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Here's another thing... WPLG will fill up ABC programming with news. WSVN will have to decide which simulcasts will go on 7.2 and which will be exclusive. Get ready for the cable/satellite paperwork that'll be discussed to find out where ABC will be located while WPLG stays on 10 more likely.

I do see this... the WPLG and WSFL news arrangement will be off come Aug. 4th since they'll want to move the 10pm news over to WPLG itself and restart the 7-9am block it once had. Add 6:30 news as well, finally bridge the gaps on weekends mornings, and this could be the story that finally gives WSVN a run for their money. I mean, they already have but this will take things to a whole new level.

What a big way to venture into WSVN's 70th year. I truly didn't see this on my bingo card for 2025 or for 2026.

Here's the WSVN side of the story... ABC Miami on WSVN 7.2. https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/disney-entertainment-and-sunbeam-television-corporation-announce-new-home-for-the-abc-television-network-in-the-south-florida-market/?FBWSVN&fbclid=IwY2xjawJJTKJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWIpSNEIDqDVeuvOu1Mk-s7TLKwZlyhOM-bu4kZc4cHaNldzLsPUBiODhQ_aem_B0JyRJKky81ge_aAjP29vg

Wow. I am STUNNED. WSVN is gonna carry two networks?! I mean, this is like a nuclear bomb dropping over us! I wonder what WSVN will do in terms of news output. There's no way WSVN will split it.

BREAKING: WPLG and ABC are breaking up. https://www.local10.com/station/2025/03/20/wplg-tv-parts-ways-with-abc-television-network/

Except... they've started it as a FAST channel (that's available online plus Roku, Fire TV and other places). It airs news plus docs from various Gray stations. Local News Live from Gray Media

I already knew that WTVT has a weather program, SkyTower Weather NOW, on FOX Local. I didn't know WITI had one of their own too on FOX Local... Wisconsin Weather Experts. Here is one episode as an example:

I have another sports deal for ya. This time, FanDuel and Gray are giving you 10 games of... the Cincinnati Reds. WXIX and RESN are the main channels for it, but Charleston-Huntington (WSAZ/WQCW), Lexington (WKYT/WKYT.2), Louisville (WAVE), and Nashville (WSMV/TNV-SEN) also plan to air the package, with additional markets to be added soon. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/fanduel-sports-network-cincinnati-reds-partner-with-wxix-rock-entertainment-sports-network-gray-media/

Update: I did a quick check and all I saw were 33 stations airing it, not 37. Yes, WIS and WLUC 6.2 are among them but according to checks of schedules, I found stations in Wichita, Cincinnati, Knoxville, Kansas City, Lubbock, Cape Girardeau, Rochester (Minn.), Fort Wayne, Lexington, St. Louis, Las Vegas, and Reno, among others, who are also airing Gray's afternoon newscast. Actually, in one such instance, WITN, thanks to this new addition, now airs SEVEN STRAIGHT HOURS of local and national news every weekday (12:00-7:00pm).

More local sports deals: WTTV/WTTV.2/WXIN and the Triple-A team Indy Indians. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/aaa-indians-partner-with-nexstar-in-indianapolis/

Canada Guess who's also coming back? Kevin Frankish! Except, not on BT. Instead... on 640 CFIQ for Toronto Today. https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/kevin-frankish-aims-to-give-bt-some-competition-with-new-morning-gig-on-torontos-am-640

You don't see much news these days regarding ratings at TV markets. Well we still know of one such winner as of February 2025... Jacksonville's WJXT, The One and Only Channel 4. Winner of every newscast in A25-54 except for 12 Noon and 11pm. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/susie-losco-65054625_n4j-february-win-ugcPost-7303551617398628353-7QN-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABqGw-0BrOQ_9csrv95OAtvM37gqLkE_dSc

Victoria Kokinos has joined WYFF Greenville after spending the last six years at sister WJCL Savannah. She'll be doing traffic (in the morning) and weather (at 12 Noon), just like what she did at WJCL. https://www.wyff4.com/article/victoria-kokinos-joins-wyff-news-4-today/64218624?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwY2xjawJGmclleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRG3EHJctZZ4qp5t5G628BifdAQWE2nhrXLgjmRGWCJboLDPzUCfcDLlhw_aem_i-pu4eAwGVKzHNbOhmc16A

Canada Because Citytv is making a brand new move, Breakfast Television is also making a brand new everything. A new studio, new music?, a somewhat new look, and new presenters: Tim Bolen and a return to Dina Pugliese after a two year hiatus.

Chief Meteorologist Ben Pine is saying goodbye this week after a 17 year run at WHAS 11. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1307015207460585&id=100044563533885

37 stations are joining WIS Columbia in airing Gray's Local News LIVE in their afternoon lineups. One such example? WLUC 6.2. https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2025/03/17/3043985/0/en/Gray-Stations-Add-Local-News-Live-to-Daily-Programming-Lineup.html https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/03/17/fox-up-add-local-news-live-daily-programming-lineup/

Larry Mendte is back in the limelight to do a morning show on 710 WOR Radio. The news was announced early last week. https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=c42466

Local sports is coming to FOX O&Os. First, it was the Liberty with WNYW and WWOR. Next, 10 Brewers games on WITI. Now, its the Dallas Stars on KDFW and KDFI with two games on each channel. https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-stars-games-fox-4-more27-schedule

The article mentions WRTV. According to one email I read from FTVLive's Patreon... there could be a hint as to what could happen there. I won't say more as I took it with a grain of salt, but still...

I wasn't fooled and here's proof. Here's TWC's Ray Stagich for WTHI. The Allen TWC plan is in effect.

After 33 years at KLFY-TV 10, Darla Montgomery will anchor her last newscast in half an hour from now as she enters a now common phrase so far this year called... retirement. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=977239417851179&id=100066953900346

All non-national Las Vegas Aces games are moving from KVVU (mainly 5.2) to KMCC. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/scripps-sports-to-broadcast-regular-season-wnba-las-vegas-aces-games-on-vegas-34/?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=Scripps+Sports+To+Broadcast+Regular+Season+WNBA+Las+Vegas+Aces+Games+On+Vegas+34&utm_campaign=FCC’s+Gomez%3a+Trump+Administration+Is+Waging+'Aggressive+Campaign'+To+'Bring+Broadcasters...To+Heel'

So who will be the American rights holder broadcaster for the 2034 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah? Well, NBC, of course. Except today, the network made it official by picking up two more rights to the Olympic Games: the 2034 Winter Olympics SLC and the 2036 Summer Olympics in a city TBD. It was supposed to expire in 2032. A $3B investment in which NBC is now a "strategic partner" with the IOC, instead of just being a regular rights holder broadcaster for the Olympics. With this extension, NBC will be on 48 years of covering the Olympics when its all suddenly done (since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul; Winter since 2002 in, ironically enough, Salt Lake City). https://deadline.com/2025/03/comcast-nbcuniversal-extends-olympics-rights-deal-2036-1236325411/#recipient_hashed=2ec9ce834f7dfcbd8366c088aae71c4495ea058de393aaa911e79a0a64eaa988&recipient_salt=1647efd76c5fdce2b562fb95bdf916387b7d2ea6936a1d5940c4336463521675&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=Deadline_BreakingNews&utm_content=593413_03-13-2025&utm_term=3234612

WEAU's Judy Clark is a local broadcast legend. Its true for someone who's celebrating 35 years at WEAU this year. Not only that, the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (WBA) has noticed that too. https://www.weau.com/2025/03/13/judy-clark-be-honored-2024-local-broadcast-legend/