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13 hours ago, The Frog said:

Assuming he's still there. What are the chances of Nexstar putting one of their execs at the helm?

Sean Compton Guarantee TM.

3 hours ago, mre29 said:

 

The original point was to provide an option for the WB and UPN affiliates who weren't going to be CW affiliates and who were deathly afraid of becoming independent again. Never mind that their programming was an untested experiment -- 65-episode serials running nightly for 13 weeks -- that was eventually abandoned. Never mind that viewers were increasingly moving away from broadcast television even back then in 2006. Stations needed to make money, and apparently they were utterly convinced they couldn't do that as independents.

 

 

Actually, I imagine a lot of the CW's viewers who keep up with the shows watch them on the network's streaming app(s). As for their presence on Netflix...well, the shows are slowly moving to HBO Max and Paramount+. You may want to read this article about the CW's recent show cancellations.

 

 

 

Well, maybe just KSTW, WTOG, and WUPA -- the stations that aren't part of duopolies.

 

As I was told by a former CBS GM, Doups aren't core to their mission.

I see CBS shedding all of their CW owned stations in the process of this sale.

3 hours ago, DENDude said:

I wonder how quickly Nexstar kills off The CW?  Or tries to make it NewsNation+.      Something tells me this is going to go south fast if the sale goes through.

Exactly. NewsNation+. Like that will do anything except sink Nexstar faster.

1 minute ago, newsteam13 said:

 

Nexstar buying the CW? Possibly making CW O&Os out of some stations like KWGN and KXTU?

 

Nexstar already owning its CW-FOX duopolies in Colorado (KWGN/KDVR Denver and KXRM/KXTU Colorado Springs)?

 

How does this conflict with one another? Do you see where I'm getting at?

It doesn't conflict. I don't know why it would.

1 hour ago, newsteam13 said:

Seeing that Nexstar owns FOX-CW duopolies in Denver (CW2 KWGN and FOX31 KWGN) and Colorado Springs/Pueblo (FOX21 KXRM and CW57 KXTU), how is this gonna work? That is, the idea of two Colorado affiliates being CW O&Os (KWGN and KXTU)?

I don't think I understand your question.

4 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

I can't wait for their 5 part series on Mike Lindell, his pillow empire, and how it all came crashing down because of a stolen election!  It's an easy grab since the "fair and balanced" networks wont touch him after all the lawsuits have been settled!

 

But, if Nexstar really wanted to prove themselves as a credible news organization, get the voting machine companies on board, and do a behind-the-scenes on how votes are counted...

 

 

All politics aside, this reeks of desperation and stooping to doing anything to raise a buck.

TBH, that's Nexstar's MO.

Why couldn't they have modified the previous set? This is such a money suck from the Creative budget.

2 hours ago, who?cares said:

The old set was rough... it gave off a bomb shelter feeling. 

 

TOO MUCH BRICK!

 

Take a look at KDVR.

4 minutes ago, MidwestTV said:

Goodness, there are college operations that have a better presentation.

They aren't all designed and produced by one person!

On 5/6/2022 at 6:01 PM, channel2 said:

Is Twitter so indispensable that businesses won't just go elsewhere? You'd think Elon would have learned from the boom-and-bust cycles of dot-com businesses...

It will. Elon is more ego than intellect.

9 minutes ago, NYTV said:

If that does come to pass, then the stations better beef up their website and apps. 

Hahahaha! They won't.

8 hours ago, kfc513 said:

 

 

Where are you seeing this????

 

The end of the video.

42 minutes ago, ctmajka said:

NOT ONLY THAT, but all of the cities listed in the slate are in the Nashville viewing area.

What is happening.

Running all stations like they're in Scranton and investing in them that way because you are ignorant to market size and diversity.

I like how they are so lazy that the slate shows Kansas. Like, who cares?

1 hour ago, Duc4TVNewsTalk said:

Now KXRM had got a new logo recently!

 

That looks like absolute crap. But meh. In line with Nexstar's general lack of interest in Colorado.

On 4/24/2022 at 4:19 PM, ctmajka said:

He sold the company in 2020 and is happily retired.

He's teaching, still, I think.

On 2/25/2022 at 11:46 AM, susquvalleywgal said:

 

I'm glad though he will be doing his own thing, especially with the current and real dangers (not opinionating just stating what I believe is true) of climate change.  He will be missed though.  I wonder how many bow ties he has in his collection.

 

Best of luck Glenn.  You are the man.

 

-- Matt

It's true because the science says it's true. Truth isn't an opinion. It's substantiated by evidence.

One of the last few markets where stations have their own choppers.

1 hour ago, DENDude said:

Well, it will be interesting to see how they utilize the truck during May when severe Weather starts happening more.    But at what point do these vehicles become too much of a distraction from actually Forecasting and watching severe weather??

That's the thing. I think they're supposed to be a distraction because spectacle costs less money than expertise.

Given the logo, I'm about 85% certain that within 5 years, the brand will drop the Discovery name all together and the company will be known as Warner Brothers.

5 minutes ago, Yankees4life said:

Yeah...this newscast is brutal to watch. I don't blame Austin too much. I blame Cocola as this was his call. It might've been more worth it to renew the newsharing agreement with KFSN. This is...not working

Three days in and you want to say that? This is what bootstrapping a newscast looks like. Ctmajka shared this great video from '98 for Floyd Kalber's retirement from WLS. He launched KMTV's news department.
 

What Austin is doing is similar. It's even more impressive and gutsy in a market like Fresno.

Here's a thought: Nexstar buys WeatherNation or the WeatherChannel - instant weather.

40 minutes ago, ttvn2000 said:

It’s better than that honeycomb look Gray has been putting out there!

Sure! And I know that Matt can do worlds better than that too.

1 hour ago, TheSpeedKing said:

Local graphics as well. Matt Quinn and his division of Hothaus are in Cleveland, where there is a Gray station in that market (WOIO) which is how this thread started.

Matt also did quite a bit of work for WKYC, if you recall.

19 hours ago, ttvn2000 said:

Glad to hear Matt Quinn is in charge - I enjoy his aesthetic.  This also means the Meredith legacy stations should stay in tact for a while…

 

Hopefully, WVUE is on his radar… 

God no! The Meredith look is an inconsistent hodgepodge. It's not a complete package. Get rid of that thing. Get rid of every Gray look. Wipe the slate.