mardek1995

Nope. The last was WWOR and KCOP but gone since 2013 and WFTC but gone in over a decade.

So in that case, the only duopoly partner that has any news is KICU as KTVU Plus. So why don't they start bringing news on their duopoly partners (and in the case for many mynet O&Os that were UPN affiliates, bringing news back)?

Oh. Well I thought it did, but never mind.

But do any of Fox's MyNetworkTV stations have any hours of news on their own?

I think KMSP already does it with MyTV/WFTC 29 on KMSP 9.2

I don't think that counts though.

Yeah I get the newscasts airing on KICU, but really? KTVU Plus? If you're going to do that, move it to 2.2! Would not put it past them to do the same thing with WMYT in Charlotte.

In fact, why donsn't Fox do the same thing with all their MyNetworkTV stations?

 

WUSA simulcasts their 7pm news on their Bounce subchannel and also will air regular CBS programming over there in the event of longform breaking news coverage or when a Nats baseball game is on the main channel.

Doesn't Hearst do the same thing on their Me-TV subchannels?

Won't let them sell all those properties to one buyer - and the list of prospective buyers is strikingly smaller than it was even a few years ago (especially because, at the moment, private equity isn't interested). And we haven't heard anything lately about whether or not Tribune Media is even formally pursuing a sale of their broadcast properties.

 

Also, TEGNA knows they own ABC and CBS's largest affiliates. That is a reason to hold onto them, not sell them, unless they were in dire, dire need of financial relief, or some "activist shareholder" were pressuring them to sell.

Not to mention that by this August (for reasons already stated in the WHDH losing NBC thread), they'll also own the largest non-O&O NBC affiliate (WXIA), which effectively means they'll own the largest non-O&O affiliates of 3 of the big 4 networks. And even if they were to sell WFAA, they still have their 3 flagships, one of which is TEGNA's DC bureau.

 

Darius:

 

I don't think that can happen. The other three are duopoly partners. Gannett is not buying The television arm of Tribune, but the publishing arm.

And Gannett is a pure-play newspaper business (digital newspapers more than ever) now.

They don't, however, own the largest Fox and CW station, with the honors being given to Cox Media Group and Tribune Broadcasting respectively. Again, you're just focusing on the Big 3 Network. Isn't Fox and CW a network?

Fox is, but TEGNA doesn't own nearly as many fox affiliates as they do affiliates of the other 3 networks, in fact, they only own 2 and one's a semi-satellite of the other

 

I felt like I knew Gannett set themselves up perfectly for M&A post split. While Tegna doesn't have much growth potential YET (they will in a year or two), Gannett has bought up a couple of publishing groups since their split.

Ironically, Tribune's split didn't go so well. In fact, unlike Gannett, Tribune Publishing has a pretty big debt load (but as tyrannical bastard said, it's still smaller than TEGNA's) and Tribune Media isn't faring much better, especially since the fcc won't let them sell off all their properties.

They are not about to exit their largest market, especially when that market came to their portfolio from the company they are not two and a half years removed from paying a fortune for, largely to get their hands on it.

It's also because (and I'll say it again) TEGNA owns the 3 largest affiliates of ABC, NBC, and CBS

http://unclebarky.com/dfw_files/c20a608f4d5c84351e0beb9c1ccf208a-1303.html

 

Hard to believe, but WFAA's former sister newsgatherer in Dallas, the Morning News newspaper, had its own buyout drama almost 10 years ago as more than 100 were handed not-so-golden parachutes. This included the paper's longtime TV critic, unclebarky.com blogger Ed Bark.

 

More recently, Bark has been tallying the departures of anchors/reporters at the 4 DFW market TV news stations; they add up to more now since the beginning of 2014, but at the point of this article (http://www.unclebarky.com/dfw_files/2ff9402b1a563c2f3d76a8df5edf8ffb-3639.html), the departure count was 50 (KDFW has lost 9, KXAS - 12, WFAA - 12, KTVT - 17) from the market.

More may come thanks to TEGNA's buyouts, specifically at WFAA. And as I've said before, they'd be better off selling WFAA than keeping it and some of the station's personnel accepting buyouts, but seeing as how by this August they'll own the largest non-O&O affiliates of ABC (WFAA), NBC (WXIA), and CBS (WUSA) and keep them all, I digress

I was going to do one today but with the breaking news earlier that WFAA was losing their ABC affil, then getting sold to Hearst, I left it alone. I'll put it together in a bit though.

WFAA losing it's affiliation and it getting sold to Hearst are both unlikely scenerios especially, as I have just mentioned, that by August, they will effectively own the largest non-O&O stations for ABC, NBC, and CBS

A group would not sell off their biggest stations which bring in the most money. There's a reason why when NBC put WTVJ and WVIT on the market (and obviously off) and not any of their Top 10.

It's presumably the same reason why TEGNA still kept WUSA, WXIA, and KHOU, which I still think they'll keep. Besides, even if they sell WFAA (largest non-O&O ABC affiliate and largest non-O&O affiliate of any network), WUSA (largest non-O&O CBS affiliate) and WXIA (soon to be the largest non-O&O NBC affiliate) already earn the company a lot more money than most of their other stations (not that they'll sell any of them)

It's the largest market network station that is not an O&O - meaning it brings in big money for sure.

Yeah, but with TEGNA's huge debt load, wouldn't they be better off selling it rather than keeping it?

One more note. Tegna is NOT selling WFAA either. And that goes for all the Tegna stations as well.

How do you know that?

One interesting tidbit: The people who take the buyouts can NEVER work for a TEGNA station again. Seems rather extreme.

Where'd you get that information? And anyway, can any TEGNA employee that takes the buyouts work for any of the other station groups?

It's the spectrum auction.....with people!

and possibly some of the stations as well

Yes, the TEGNA buyout program is company-wide as far as I know. Qualifications may vary from station to station.

 

The buyouts keep on coming. First Austin (KVUE), Houston (KHOU), Minneapolis (KARE), Norfolk (WVEC), and now Corpus Christi (KIII). Richard Longoria, news director of the ABC affiliate KIII-TV is retiring after 13 years with the TV station after 38 years in the TV business.

http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2016/04/richard-longoria-kiii-corpus-christi-houston-ktrk-abc13-740-ktrh-news-director-retires.html

At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if WFAA or even any of TEGNA's three flagships are next

The buyouts keep on coming. First Austin (KVUE), Minneapolis (KARE), Norfolk (WVEC), and now Corpus Christi (KIII). Richard Longoria, news director of

the ABC affiliate KIII-TV is retiring after 13 years with the TV station after 38 years in the TV business.

http://mikemcguff.blogspot.com/2016/04/richard-longoria-kiii-corpus-christi-houston-ktrk-abc13-740-ktrh-news-director-retires.html

Is every one of TEGNA's stations going through buyouts?

Media General and Nexstar held a joint video presentation to share surface-level info on the merger process with employees and shareholders. Both companies indicated that they wanted to begin the "conversation" and to bring employees into the loop before the official closing happens, instead of beginning the discussion after the merger, which is how things are typically done. They loosely hit on benefits, operating structure and management in a big-picture/snapshot sort of way.

 

It's too bad video isn't available, but you can check out the link below for a text transcript.

 

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/216539/000119312516532379/d177283d425.htm

And it was on KXAN, no doubt, though seeing as how Nexstar's headquarters are here in the DFW area (or more specifically, in Irving), it kind of makes sense. Well Mr. Sook, I've got an idea: after the FCC incentive auction, why not bring back the Station Venture Holdings (this time being Station Venture Holdings II, LLC), complete with NBC 5 DFW and NBC 7/39 with NBC having a majority stake on both stations (76% to be exact, while Nexstar will have a 24% stake). This time, it's in exchange for a minority stake in WFLA and KXAN (NBC owning 24%, while Nexstar will own the majority (74%)).

And KAGS got it before KCEN? Even that's hard to believe.

I know right? I myself would've expected KCEN to get it before KAGS if not at the same time.

and let it began for the soon to be gone WVMH stations.

 

 

 

WBOY is now WVAlways.com

 

WOWK is now TriStateUpdate.com.

 

WTRF is now YourOhioValley.com.

 

WVNS is now WeAreWVProud.com.

 

Just when you think they couldn't get worse...

At least they have a new website layout (though I'm not sure about that, or if they'll switch to an updated version of their rendition of Lakana). Other than that, they're right up there with Sinclair, yet both are below Scripps for worst station group.

KPNX has become what some longtimers may recall as a slogan for another station: "The Place with More Fluff". It's just...not there. KTVK is decidedly un-fluffy (and has been for most of this decade) and KPHO moreso.

 

Keep in mind that KPNX had to disconnect itself from the Arizona Republic, which was a tall order for both operations and I think a real ding to KPNX's news operation.

 

KNXV has been on its once-a-decade hot streak. I think they can keep it up this time, though. 15 has managed to shed its "barren" label, and that's rather amazing.

 

KNXV was good for the first two years or so of their news operation (1994-96) when they started until the staffers who made the startup great left. They then got good again in the mid-2000s, promptly stumbling again. They're back at it now.

But then KNXV will stumble again a few years later. And though KPNX disconnected itself from the Arizona Republic, it didn't do so entirely considering that Gannett's newspapers still work with TEGNA's stations. One thing you forgot about is, what about Fox 10?

Following the trend like the other Hearst stations, KCCI will add a new 9pm newscast on its Me-TV subchannel, beginning March 21.

 

WXII, KETV, WCVB, WLWT, WLKY, WBAL, WMUR, WPTZ and WGAL are the ones that broadcasts local news on their MeTV subchannels. WTAE broadcasts their 7:00pm weeknight newscast on their This TV subchannel.

 

Btw, what a surprise for KCCI to do this on Me-TV and not on their MyTV subchannel which is also home to H&I.

In that case, shouldn't Hearst own up to 50% of Me-TV?

 

It doesn't matter if 11Alive goes #4 or CBS 46 goes #3, the top 2 will always be WSB at #1 and WAGA at #2. They are just too good for 11Alive or CBS 46 to even pass them.

In part because of the Falcons' games on Fox 5 ATL (WAGA).

 

News from Channel 12 in Market 12 from FTVLive:

 

KPNX ND Sandra Kotzambasis resigned after the station had two bad books. Former ND Mark Casey takes over in the interim.

 

Less than a decade ago, KPNX was the top dog in Phoenix. The two headed monster that is KPHO/KTVK can't be eating their lunch that badly these days (quite possibly KNXV may be the only bright spot in the Scripps legacy portfolio--no one ever posts the market's sweeps results anymore). Could it be that the station has caught TEGNitis, or isn't Vanessa Ruiz connecting with viewers that well?

 

http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/3/8/phoenix

Speaking of TEGNitis, WFAA is now struggling to keep their position as market leader according to the recent sweeps results, which were posted on the Feb 2016 sweeps post.

 

I remember when WGNX was an Indy outlet had a 7:30PM newscast, before switching to CBS. By 96 the 7pm news move to 6PM. They did see an influx with CBS' primetime ratings, but I agree Meredith did do a lot more with investing in a new building, resources and more newscast.

 

 

 

I don't see CBS46 moving Y&R unless CBS said so, because Y&R ratings at 3PM wins it time slot & beating WSB-TV. When your in last place you have to do some bold moves, and Y&R is a good lead-in to the 4PM news.

I think another bold move for CBS46 would be to take Wheel/Jeopardy from WXIA.

 

Also wish TEGNA would drop some $$$ on WXIA to be more competitive and maybe it time to drop the 11Alive moniker, but after 40 years would viewers really be upset because it no longer 11Alive? I know around 93/94 viewers were so pissed off about it no longer identify as 11ALIVE.

There's no way that WXIA would drop the 11Alive branding again because just like in 93/94, viewers would still be pissed about the change in the longtime branding. However, a new logo for 11Alive is more likely.

 

Wow. Had no idea. But in all fairness, I did say that I may be wrong and I admit that I was. I guess the affiliation switch at the time affected many FOX O&Os that became FOX, including WAGA.

 

No, I wasn't jumping down your throat, but wanted to clarified on some points. Cleveland, Detroit, Atlanta, Milwaukee affiliates at that time the audience didn't jell to well with the affiliation switch in those markets. However, later on Atlanta, Cleveland those two FOX outlets did rebound. It all good, no worries.

In large part because The Simpsons was a very popular show and was still in its heyday when WAGA and WJW rebounded.

Raise up what? Just because Scripps does poorly overall doesn't mean it can't have ABC stations that do well... I'm sure not every one of Hearst's ABC stations is a market leader either, and Scripps and Hearst own nearly the same amount of ABC stations...

But here's the thing, Scripps owns ABC stations in larger markets (WFTS, and KNXV for example) than Hearst's ABC stations (except WCVB/WMUR).

Or maybe he has stock in Scripps???

That Grandpa left him???

I wish. If I did own shares of both Scripps and Disney/ABC though, I would advocate that ABC own 20% of Scripps.

Disney doesn't even want to own 20% of ABC/O&O's, let alone 20% of Scripps. Don't understand why mardek keeps bringing this crap up repeatedly...

If they really don't, my guess is that Scripps purposely cheapened itself so that it wouldn't be bought by anyone.

Based on their long term history and ABC's hierarchy on the Disney totempole.

 

Also, ABC O&O stations tend to be the ratings leader in their market. Why would they want to own stations that have been starved ratings wise and are in debt?

To raise them up. The risk factor being the reason why I think they should only invest up to 20% to minimize risk in case the venture fails.

Why is it that people have this obsession with ABC investing in or buying Scripps? ABC is small change to Disney and ABC doesn't buy.

More like, why is it that people are always doubtful that ABC would ever buy any station?