GoldenShine9

That's just awful to hear too, especially in fairly large markets. I wonder what kind of openings exist in the other stations in each market? I know Gray was very aggressive to pick up those laid off elsewhere, but Gray does not have a station in either OKC or Tulsa.

If that were the case, WCTV would pretty much have a monopoly on news there.

That's mostly your problem, Mr. Ripley. Regulators and other groups have no desire to work with Sinclair because of their behavior over the years.

Gray just needs to find a way to get into a news operation in Yuma to round out the state.

It's always possible they could snag an network affiliation once others have theirs expire.

I believe KSLA changed to the GrayONE package today.

There is another station in the market with the First Alert branding? Could that be why they have a non-standard branding?

That includes the many markets that Gray and Nexstar compete in as well?

A new logo as well. Hint to WCSC: Bring back the old red 5 logo, with that font for "Live" and "WCSC".

They probably also realized that it would be a critical piece of a potential sale. In addition, the insurance costs in Florida as a whole are skyrocketing now and that would be outrageously high where they were previously.

It does better than WXIA in most timeslots.

Just as I expected. The best move for CBS would be to sell WUPA.

KTIV, having basically scooped every free agent up from the ashes of KMEG/KPTM, is adding additional newscasts - an additional 30 minutes weekdays at noon, and news in the mornings on weekends.

In those markets mentioned, Gray should take a stab at the network affiliations of the Sinclair zombie stations. Having a Fox and a Big Three affiliation would be especially beneficial, as it expands their newscast options. WALA, for example, could add additional evening newscasts and a 10 pm newscast to compete with WKRG if they took the NBC affiliation away. On the flip side, in Columbia and Sioux City, extended morning newscasts and 9/10 pm newscasts could be added with the Fox affiliation on their DT2.

If they can snag network affiliations from the Sinclair zombie stations, they would gain further revenue and likely add more staff and newscasts.

It seems Gray has been hiring quite a few of the best people let go as Sinclair made the big cuts. I know KTIV had quite a few openings though, so this is a good time to pick them up. I wouldn't be surprised if they added additional newscasts (do they do morning news on weekends, for example?)

The former News Director and lead Anchor at KMEG/KPTM (Sioux City) was hired as the News Director at KTIV (the position was open at the time and Gray took advantage). It's the first major pickup of someone laid off from Sinclair because of their cuts.

Honestly, Nexstar should use those call letters for one of their stations. They have two of the stations (the former WLWC and WLWD), although WLWT is pretty much off limits to them.

I mean them being SOLD to Cox Media Group.

KIRO and WSB could always use a duopoly partner.

If it were that easy...owners can easily retaliate too, especially in the case of Gray since they own the CBS affiliation in over 50 markets. They could make the affiliation agreement conditional on keeping CBS on WANF.

I honestly have a hard time seeing those stations losing the CBS affiliation, and their owners will probably try to package them to prevent it. The smartest move IMO for CBS is to sell the stations in those markets.

They still don't have 100% penetration in Georgia, as they need to get into Chattanooga and Jacksonville for that. Anyway, now the ball is in the networks' court. Will they bail on Sinclair to come over to WPGA? If Gray can promise newscasts, that might just happen (although they'd have to compete with the 100-ton gorilla WMAZ).

https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/sinclair-1q-total-revenue-down-40/ Revenue is down 40%, but that is almost exclusively due to the RSN's being a serious anchor on the company. Without them, revenue is down about 5%.

It's hard to expect much in Market 203.