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  1. GoldenShine9
    As smaller stations, I could see all, or almost all, the ex-Quincy stations getting the "honeycomb" package, which seems to be the smaller market package.
  2. GoldenShine9
    Have they also hired a Spanish-language news team for the Telemundo expansion?
  3. GoldenShine9
    Excellent choice by KWCH. They needed to get rid of the Media General-era logo, which made them look like a Nexstar station.
  4. GoldenShine9
    Fayetteville is an odd one, since there are no Gray stations in NW Arkansas, and the prospects aren't great of acquiring one - the most likely scenario I can see is that Tegna and Standard collapse, then acquires Hearst, leaving Gray with the leftovers.
  5. GoldenShine9
    If this turns out successful, I wonder if this experiment will transfer to other Gray markets?
  6. GoldenShine9
    Of course, we also don't know what future owners of WSB and WXIA will do to their stations. WAGA has the stability advantage more than anything, even if it isn't a legacy station.
  7. GoldenShine9
    When it comes to CBS affiliates beyond the 14 O&O markets, the number of markets (excluding same-market satellites) owned or controlled by company: Gray - 55 Nexstar - 43 Sinclair - 23 Tegna - 15 Scripps - 11 Allen - 5 NP&G - 5 Morgan Murphy - 4 Others - 35 (none with more than three each) Can they really blackmail them that much?
  8. GoldenShine9
    It's market 204 I believe, so we can't hold them to the same standard. Any old Gray set could find its way up there to be reused.
  9. GoldenShine9
    Atlanta isn't the only market Gray is greatly expanding in. WHNS Greenville (SC) is getting a 35% expansion in its local coverage and adding at least 10% to its workforce.
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    WSB has already seemed to falter with Apollo, only standing on their laurels as a legacy station with pseudo-local ownership. WAGA is catching up in ratings? I agree WXIA is the big loser.
  11. GoldenShine9
    Truth be told, if much of its range is in Alabama, they should shoehorn WBRC onto there too to enhance its coverage in the far eastern part of that market.
  12. GoldenShine9
    Does that also get translated for WKTB? I know they are building up a Telemundo operation.
  13. GoldenShine9
    If any network may want to be willing to go for a prime time newscast, I think it would be CBS since they are usually a distant third in ratings in the early evenings - maybe a 10 pm (or 9 pm CT) national news there (with the 6:30/5:30 pm timeslot yielded to an hour-long local newscast) would be able to break from the shadow of NBC Nightly News and World News Tonight.
  14. GoldenShine9
    The honeycomb seems to be the small-market Gray package.
  15. GoldenShine9
    In the case of Grand Junction, VHF is probably better due to the mountainous territory and numerous communities between the ridges. Twin Falls would be better on UHF, since the Snake River valley is all they serve.
  16. GoldenShine9
    I wonder if some of them will also appear on nearby Gray stations when they are short-staffed?
  17. GoldenShine9
    Who is highest rated in the market?
  18. GoldenShine9
    Someone at a smaller Gray station could be in for a promotion there? Maybe hire from, say, WCAX?
  19. GoldenShine9
    I figured the ex-Quincy stations would be next. As far as the ex-Meredith stations, they are similar enough that I suspect they will be retained until another Gray package comes along later.
  20. GoldenShine9
    It starts to make me wonder if CBS will put some of their stations on the sale block.
  21. GoldenShine9
    I am noticing that Local News Live is also covering with local stations in non-Gray markets as well. For the most part, it seems either Hearst-owned stations or CBS O&O's that they have been working with, which may be because those are who Gray has the best relations with. (Then again, Hearst and Gray compete directly in 10 markets...)
  22. GoldenShine9
    I noticed Macon was one of those markets - the one Georgia market without a Gray station, and unless a trade is coming (i.e. swap with Tegna for WMAZ), there is no realistic plan to get into that market.
  23. GoldenShine9
    Have any of the ex-Quincy stations changed their graphics yet? Those would likely be next.
  24. GoldenShine9
    The honeycomb seems to be the small-market package.
  25. GoldenShine9
    There had been times in the past even a 30% (high) risk wouldn't keep TWC live.
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