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  1. Adam MadMan
    Given this little bit in the article... ...it sounds like a matter of when, not if. That said, when might not be for a while; KFMB's affiliation agreement doesn't end until 2026 according to files on the FCC's website.
  2. Adam MadMan
    Probably not. CBS is dropping The CW from their stations to wipe their hands of the network for good, and to potentially get local sports rights. WSBK and WBFS dropping MyNetworkTV, on the other hand, was just them dropping a network that really isn't anymore (if it ever was in the first place).
  3. Adam MadMan
    I don't know about anyone else's CW stations, but I do know that WWLP's CW subchannel is carried on Hulu.
  4. Adam MadMan
    Looks like you were right about that one:
  5. Adam MadMan
    Assuming the Soo Kim will even be allowed to buy them, after all the crap he's pulled trying to buy Tegna.
  6. Adam MadMan
    Comscore recently released a blog detailing TV ratings in the Atlanta market, and it seems to back up the notion of WANF beating WXIA. If you scroll down to "Top Five Broadcast Networks (by Rating), you'll see WANF in third, beaten by WSB and WAGA, but ahead of WXIA (fifth place, incidentally, went to the local MeTV affiliate rather than any of the indies or WUPA*). *Yes, I'm including WATL among the indies; MyNetworkTV is hardly a network at all, just an NBC rerun farm in all but actual ownership
  7. Adam MadMan
    Soo Kim: "Am I so corrupt and hypocritical? No, it's the FCC who is wrong.""
  8. Adam MadMan
    Assuming they wouldn't just get bought out before the deal even went to court, like Tribune did with the Sinclair suit, which quickly died down after Nexstar came in. Then again, it's hard to think of any potential single buyer for the company that isn't already capped or is just unlikely to be interested. But that's a conversation for Speculatron.
  9. Adam MadMan
    RIP Tegna/Standard General
  10. Adam MadMan
    NABET-CWA chief Charlie Braico wrote a guest blog for NextTV explaining why Soo Kim is full of it.
  11. Adam MadMan
    Because FCC laws. Both stations are Big 4 affiliates, which generally means they rank in the top four in the local ratings, which means "No can do, buddy".
  12. Adam MadMan
    I'm honestly surprised they've held onto a lot of the small markets from the ZGS and Serestar buyouts.
  13. Adam MadMan
    I guess the fool was on @DetroitTVNews.
  14. Adam MadMan
    Looks like Standard General's getting a sped-up appeals court proceeding. Whatever that means. I'm not gonna lie, reading SG's arguments in that article gave me a migraine. The more I hear Soo Kim talk, the more I want to see him lose.
  15. Adam MadMan
    I'm getting sick of posting about these feckless "activists" latching onto this deal, but here's another one...
  16. Adam MadMan
    OH GOD. Soo Kim's going nuclear and suing the FCC to get the deal through.
  17. Adam MadMan
    Double posting, I know, but now it looks like Soo Kim is turning to the press: he wrote an op-ed article on Newsweek.
  18. Adam MadMan
    Didn't they say they were trying to get older audiences? Because somehow I doubt a show like that would appeal to the NCIS crowd. Then again, it's probably cheap programming, especially as a hand-me-down from David Zazlav's hatchet.
  19. Adam MadMan
    Despite all the unions who've agreed with (most of) us that the deal is a terrible idea, a union in Southern California and Southern Nevada is backing the deal (a little late, guys...).
  20. Adam MadMan
    Apparently, nobody's been watching TrueReal, because Scripps is shutting that network down and merging its programing with Defy TV. The spectrum (at least on Ion/Inyo/Scripps stations) will be leased to Jewelry TV.
  21. Adam MadMan
    Hazel Dukes of the NAACP is PO'd at the FCC for letting the deal die.
  22. Adam MadMan
    Broadcasting & Cable recently did an article about the news stations in Atlanta. It mentions that WANF is still in fourth place in both total viewers and the 25-54 demographic.
  23. Adam MadMan
    And here comes the defense squad.
  24. Adam MadMan
    Given all the crap he's pulled, between his past ripping apart of companies, Sinclair-level shell company tactics, and shameless exploitation of historically marginalized groups as a shield against any and all criticism, he frankly deserves to lose the case. Tegna as it has been in the past few years has been a mess, as a few people here have pointed out, but would letting the company fall into the hands of a Machiavellian bankster be any better for the stations involved?
  25. Adam MadMan
    Honestly, even if Apple or some other streamer gets the rights, I'm not sure that would completely close the door on Scripps or another linear broadcaster getting the rights. After all, Apple's deal with the MLS allowed for a linear window, which Fox was happy to jump onto. Even Thursday Night Football runs on OTA in markets where the featured teams are subject to blackout rules. With people tightening their wallets over fears of a recession, there's certainly room for at least some major sports to air for free, even if it's more of a gateway drug for a subscription service or RSN (which seems to be the case with most sports on OTA in recent years) than anything else. After all, the RSNs are in freefall, and Pac-12 royally screwed up the handling of their own network, so there's likely to be a mix of income sources as the teams and leagues figure out how to navigate the new realities of TV.
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