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Admittedly, their current logo is a step towards the logo they had in the 1990s. They deviated greatly from it for a while with blue versions. But I agree.

I think the signals in Huntsville are on Hytop, which is to the east of the city?

I think the FCC and DOJ will have a handful here. This looks like a potential Sinclair-Tribune 2.0 with those question marks. Agreed, Jacksonville will get a lot of scrutiny and I think they will have to sell one of them.

Does Nashville have a Spanish-language news operation? That could be a potential opportunity for WSMV to set up.

That could be the beginning of the big groups actually buying the networks - and pulling Baton-style hostile takeovers.

The one in Macon is a bit puzzling. It's the one Georgia market that there is no Gray presence in, but barring a trade, there is currently no realistic pathway into the market.

It also shows how much Meredith neglected the station. The timing now couldn't be better, since WSB is not the 100-ton gorilla it was due to Apollo and WXIA has been a disaster under Tegna. It seems they are trying to play mostly with WAGA.

Ocala is technically in the Orlando market, but close enough that they'd be interested in a WCJB signal there. I'd think one of the Gainesville signals would be to pool up affiliations (maybe give its CW affiliation a full HD signal as a separate channel).

It makes little difference in such small markets, since it barely adds 0.1 or 0.2 points for Scripps - not enough to get into even one mid-sized market.

Good luck finding a way to get TV air time locally. I doubt KXII will air his ads when he is on a crusade against them, and hopefully KTEN won't pick up the slack either.

That wouldn't be a bad thing.

I kind of wish a big local owner like Nexstar or Gray owned WeatherNation since they could use the local stations as someone to work through for national coverage. Local stations have been on the ball tonight.

Fox Weather passed a big test that TWC has failed. Maybe if WeatherNation had a big yet responsible owner they could compete responsibly too.

With WXIA a distant fourth, taking the role of WGNO in New Orleans? You're right, things can adjust based on how stations manage themselves.

That is correct. I'm a bit surprised they didn't get sold to someone bigger, but Gray would have been completely out regardless.

I think they are. Looks a lot like the Hearst layout.

I'm a bit surprised she didn't end up at WCHS. But it's a clear sign Nexstar isn't likely to impose a vaccination mandate either.

KTIV, KTTC, WGEM, WBNG, WVVA - I think that's all the ex-Quincy stations now with Gray. I wonder if they are already building templates for the soon-to-be-acquired Meredith stations?

Another one possibly bites the dust on vaccine mandates, this time at Hearst with Kelly Frey at WTAE. It is not 100% confirmed though.

Does that also include the ex-Ion stations that are in markets that Scripps already had a station in?

Calhoun County (Bruce) is in the Columbus-Tupelo or the Greenville market? I know it has to be close to the boundary, being right down the middle of the state. Regardless, those are the two markets in Mississippi that Gray is not in, and their most likely pathway to each of them is completely different (forced divestiture for the former market vs. trade for the latter market).

Meggan Gray, fired by WLOX for defying a vaccine mandate, has just been hired by rival WXXV. As much as the anti-vaccine crowd will be cheering, that would be a violation of the non-compete? That means WLOX and Gray Television have a case for a lawsuit?

Maybe hand the half hour back to affiliates and let east coast CBS affiliates run hour-long 6 pm newscasts?

Eleah Lehnen, the former executive fired from KCBD (Gray), goes all-out insane. The tape of her firing was posted.

One more fired by Gray over vaccine refusal: KGNS - Barbara Campos, morning anchor The common thread seems to be that nearly all those who were fired were in smaller markets (very few were in markets above 100) and in very red areas. Most of them also seemed to be those with high levels of experience. If that is the case, the bloodletting should be less when Tegna and Scripps impose theirs next month, since they are much more prevalent in larger markets.