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  1. GoldenShine9
    Having that WANF-esque font in the WCSC logo under the classic "5" would make for quite a nice logo.
  2. GoldenShine9
    Would that logo fit well with modern graphics? I agree it should be brought back. I know the change from the Raycom-era logo was a positive, but that would be another step upward.
  3. GoldenShine9
    There are 76 CW affiliates in Nexstar markets that the affiliation is currently owned by another company. Of them, 25 are owned by Gray (either on one of their own signals or a subchannel), 20 by Sinclair, while Allen, CBS, Hearst, Scripps and Tegna each have between 3 and 5 with isolated instances elsewhere. That's a lot that they would have to pick off at once without compensation.
  4. GoldenShine9
    Would this be a suitable graphics package in smaller markets? That would be an excellent large-market Gray package going forward, but is it too big for a market like Lake Charles, Twin Falls, Dothan or Binghamton?
  5. GoldenShine9
    They only mentioned at 11 pm, although CBS affiliates are typically very weak - even powerhouse ones - in the morning. It's surprisingly close overall between all of them, but WANF is way behind in the demo. Either they skew young or old.
  6. GoldenShine9
    Also in Texas, only Nexstar and Tegna have reach that comes anywhere near statewide. I agree, if it was the Bannon podcast, that would turn into Comedy Central once the Democrats respond. The other markets that are missing for Nexstar in the state are Beaumont-Port Arthur, Corpus Christi, Victoria and Laredo.
  7. GoldenShine9
    Yuma is a separate market, unless they are thinking of acquiring the Imagicomm cluster...
  8. GoldenShine9
    Macon is the only market in Georgia that Gray is absent in. Maybe, just maybe, they could swipe a major network. I'm sure they would have loved WMAZ, but that is off limits to them except via a trade, and what would they give Tegna in return? Also, KNIN is pretty useless for Gray. Scripps does all the heavy lifting there, and Gray has no realistic path into that market either for a news producing station (plus it's too small for 4 such stations).
  9. GoldenShine9
    I wonder how long it will take to install them in 113 markets (that assumes that Gray doesn't get into any more markets in that timeframe). There are a few stations I believe still with legacy graphics from nearly a decade ago.
  10. GoldenShine9
    Could some CW affiliates decide to skip the network coverage as a result?
  11. GoldenShine9
    WFLA will be very angry, as they literally run themselves on streaming coverage and online specials, especially during hurricane season.
  12. GoldenShine9
    It has kind of a Gray feel to the package in some ways.
  13. GoldenShine9
    They'd get eaten alive by the competition in that situation.
  14. GoldenShine9
    Could be a combination of that as well as the fact that odd-numbered years are very lean for stations without the political ads. (A few exceptions do exist, as KY, LA and MS have state races, but otherwise it's quiet.) Also, the Super Bowl is on Fox, which Gray is a little leaner with (they have far more CBS and NBC affiliates).
  15. GoldenShine9
    "De facto" doesn't matter. It's not part of the official Columbus market.
  16. GoldenShine9
    All the other major TV companies are in the same position. Ironically, they had Tegna in the best shape, despite the proxy wars and attempted sale.
  17. GoldenShine9
    Not their problem. It's a different market.
  18. GoldenShine9
    That hour might end up with station owner-produced programming as well, instead of newscasts, on some stations, according to what executives are thinking.
  19. GoldenShine9
    In most cases, that would be good to have a 3 hour delayed Nightly News at 10:00. If there is really big news, they could have a special live one produced at 10:00 PT (1:00 ET). If local news started at 10:30 pm (9:30 pm CT) or 10:35 pm (9:35 pm CT), they could have an hour-long late news or some other special if the 11:00 pm (10:00 pm CT) half hour stayed with affiliates. Otherwise, late night shows starting at 11:05 pm (10:05 pm CT)? (My preference would be 1 hour with affiliates, from 10:35 to 11:35, for hour-long late newscasts or news/sports shows or the like).
  20. GoldenShine9
    It's in a tiny market, but Gray has fired KNOP's News Director, Melanie Standiford, for actively promoting pro-life (or anti-abortion) causes. It's become quite controversial (and understandably so, in an extremely conservative area).
  21. GoldenShine9
    I can see this becoming the large-market Gray package for the bigger stations, say up to DMA 50 to 60. However, I think the honeycomb package will be the default small-market package (i.e., below 100). The mid-market stations could go either way. Stations like WBTV, WBRC, WOIO and WVUE I could see getting something like this.
  22. GoldenShine9
    WUPA would be an excellent piece to sell. Maybe WSB could make CBS they can't refuse and tie it to them. Nexstar would probably love WUPA as an O&O but they are capped out.
  23. GoldenShine9
    They have sent some staff to southwest Florida as well to cover for all Gray stations. Since Gray only has two news operations in the Florida Peninsula (in the two smallest markets), they don't have much presence there to provide larger coverage.
  24. GoldenShine9
    Local News Live seems to have changed to a "hybrid" of the Honeycomb and the old Meredith graphics. I suspect the larger market stations will get future graphics similar to the existing Meredith set.
  25. GoldenShine9
    WMBB has gone full circle though, reuniting with most of its old siblings.
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