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And speaking of KELOLand, they're following sister WGN's footsteps... in opening their own merch shop. https://keloland.threadless.com/

KELOLand is reairing Captain 11 once again. The longtime local children's show from 1955-1996 is getting a Sunday marathon on KELO Xtra. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.keloland.com/news/local-news/captain-11-day-in-sioux-falls/amp/

Here's something that I missed from last month... KOIN and KRCW are carrying 20 Oregon State Beavers baseball home games this season. One is airing now as we speak on KOIN but the majority of the games will be on KRCW. https://www.koin.com/sports/all-20-oregon-state-home-baseball-games-airing-on-koin-6-portlands-cw/

WNYW struck it rich with the New York Liberty last season as it ended up being a Championship season for them. Now, the the rights have been extended and are expanding. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/wnyw-wnba-n-y-liberty-set-multi-year-partnership-extension/?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=WNYW+%26amp%3b+WNBA+N.Y.+Liberty Set+Multi-Year+Partnership+Extension&utm_campaign=Democrats+Introduce+Bill+To+Defang+Carr’s+Aggressive+FCC

Here's the 11:00pm announcement.

ABC and FOX are now gone in Guam. Sorensen Media Group has filed with the FCC to cancel the licenses of both KTGM and KEQI-LD. All that Guam has left is NBC (KUAM), CBS (KUAM.2), PBS (KGTF), and, oddly enough, The CW (KTKB). KTGM: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff394e080a001951a1c648e4791&id=25076ff394e080a001951a1c648e4791&goBack=N KEQI-LD: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff394e080a001951a8a48a44902&id=25076ff394e080a001951a8a48a44902&goBack=N

Say it with me... I won't this time. It's Gray, KMOV, and the St. Louis Cardinals. For the first time since KSDK had longtime OTA rights to them before giving it up in 2010 (KPLR before that), KMOV will be carrying a select few telecasts of the birds this upcoming season, whether it's Channel 4 or Matrix Midwest. KFVS, KYTV, KSPR or KYCW; WMC, KAIT, WIFR or WSLN; WEEK, WGEM, WFIE, KTIV, KCRG, KYOU, KWQC, and KTTC or KXLT (either on their main channels or on a digitnet) will carry these games as well. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/st-louis-cardinals-partner-with-gray-media-kmov-matrix-midwest/?utm_source=Listrak&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=St.+Louis+Cardinals+Partner+With+Gray+Media%2c+KMOV+%26amp%3b+Matrix+Midwest&utm_campaign=Less+Hype%2c+More+Hybridity+For+Cloud+Vendors+In+2025

I warned y'all a month ago. I knew we were being duped. Don't be surprised if more stations do this because Allen was planning to do this all along.

Two things from ESPN... Today is the 20th anniversary of ESPN-U. https://www.espnfrontrow.com/2025/03/espnu-turns-20-two-decades-of-elevating-college-sports/ Around The Horn has its final episode date... Friday, May 23rd at 5:00 p.m. ET. https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2025/03/espns-around-the-horn-to-host-its-final-episode-on-may-23/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=espns-around-the-horn-to-host-its-final-episode-on-may-23&utm_source=ESPN+Front+Row&utm_campaign=2f5babd7ce-MediaZone_Daily_RSSFed_Digest&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d3cee178e6-2f5babd7ce-138324565

Sticking to the nearby region, longtime anchor/reporter Elizabeth Peterson has left WLUC. It was her second stint there. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.uppermichiganssource.com/2025/02/28/elizabeth-peterson-shares-message-gratitude-with-upper-michigan-she-wraps-up-her-final-newscast/%3foutputType=amp

A new program like that won't convince me to watch CNN anytime soon. Besides, WSVN is on.

Let's welcome KKCO/KJCT Grand Junction to the GrayONE party.

You're right. CBS News Roundup CBS News Mornings (CBS News 24/7) CBS News Mornings (CBS) CBS Mornings CBS Mornings Plus Like... huh?!

So its CBS News Mornings or the CBS Morning News (as it says on the set)? Which is it?

France Thanks to last summer's decisions made by ARCOM (one third of France's FCC), C8 and NRJ12 have shutdown and are out of service on DTT. The French government channel Le Chaine Parlementaire (the C-SPAN France equivalent), replaced C8 on Channel 8, and the kids channel Gulli replaced NRJ12 on, you guessed it, Channel 12. The new channel list for FREE OTA TV in France starting in March is posted here: https://www.arcom.fr/presse/nouvelle-numerotation-des-chaines-de-la-tnt-compter-du-6-juin-2025 It includes moving France 4 to Channel 4 and the news channels (BFM TV, CNews, LCI, and Franceinfo) to Channels 13-16.

WMDT has replaced its weekday morning news at 5am (still starting at 6am) and instead, replaced it with Wake Up Weather, a simulcast of WGDV-LD 32.1 which is WeatherNation with local inserts from WMDT added inside it. Those inserts are at 5:07 and 5:47 a.m. with GMA's Tech Bytes at 5:27 a.m. (as per the on-demand clips at WMDT.com).

One of Cincinnati's all-time great sportscasters, Greg Hoard, has passed away. He was 73. He spent a good amount of time at WLWT (working with Jerry Springer and Norma Rashid) before becoming WXIX's first-ever sports anchor in 1993 and staying there until 2004 to return to print journalism. https://www.fox19.com/2025/03/01/greg-hoard-first-fox19-now-sports-anchor-dies-73/

Missed one from today too... WTKR's Patrick Rockey. His final sign off was also at 6:00pm and here it is:

More retirement sign offs later today... WRTV's Kevin Gregory at 6:00pm. WAVE's John Boel at 6:00pm. Just in case anyone wants to set those recorders to later publish on the Tube. I can't think of others for today because others are retiring months from now (Cheryl McHenry, Ellen Leyva, Lisa Rose, Rich Tettemer, etc.).

That's it. Ron Steele signed off tonight after the 6:00pm news. 50 years at KWWL... now forever history. https://www.kwwl.com/news/waterloo/anchor-ron-steele-shares-message-with-viewers-during-his-final-broadcast-with-kwwl/article_5200b158-f562-11ef-923f-0b1263464ccd.html

Another day, another Gray sports rights deal. This time, a five-game deal in simulcast with FanDuel Sports Network Southeast to carry the Grizzlies. TL;DR Memphis: WMC 5.1 (NBC) and WMC 5.3 (News/WX) Nashville: WSMV 4.1 (NBC) and WSMV 4.2 (Tennessee Valley Sports and Entertainment) Knoxville: WBXX 20.1 (CW) and WVVLT 8.2 (MNT) https://graytv.gcs-web.com/static-files/c3a43f92-d0ca-48a6-8bdb-1384b097caef

WPSD is on the move. They're going from 100 Television Lane to The Paducah Sun's headquarters at 408 Kentucky Avenue in Downtown Paducah (remember, WPSD's focus is on Paducah and Western Kentucky, WSIL's on Carbondale and Southern Illinois, and KFVS' on Cape Girardeau and Southeast Missouri). A new set is guaranteed (finally), but hopefully, new graphics, music, and everything will come with it as their current look is so 2008-old (its the only HD graphics package they've ever had). The progress is documented in a series called Making An American Newsroom. https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/making_an_american_newsroom/

Remember KENV Elko's Lori Gilbert? The last person working at the NBC affiliate before they lost that affiliation? I was curious as to where she's at now... She is still serving Elko but is now at 91.5 KNCC (a KUNR repeater) and is still a one-woman band. https://ruralpublic.org/blog-and-news/blog/one-woman-station/

Another local program is coming to WTMJ... What's Brewing Wisconsin. This lifestyle program is similar to The Morning Blend and stays separate from WTMJ's news department. https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/tmj4-launches-new-afternoon-lifestyle-show-whats-brewing-wisconsin

At Gray's WCAX Burlington, don't be surprised to hear this... MAX Advantage Weather is out and First Alert Weather is in. https://www.wcax.com/2025/02/17/wcax-weather-coverage-evolves-with-first-alert/