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WCAX says they are the last non-group CBS affiliate in the country. Is that true? if so it's a bittersweet day in local television http://www.wcax.com/story/35342251/wcax-sold-to-gray-television

what happened at KNTV ?

WXIA is launching a temporary 7pm newscast on sister station WATL. They are doing this in order to cash in on all the political ads for the special election for the 6th congressional district. http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2017/05/03/11alive-adds-temporary-7-p-m-newscast-on-watl-tv-to-accommodate-ossoff-handel-political-ads/

WUSA has a great opportunity to make up ground as Sinclair is slowly starting to infect WJLA. Knowing Tegna they will find a way to screw it up

Time, Inc has decided not to sell itself. Meredith was seeking to buy part of the Time, Inc portfolio. Maybe now they'll decide to focus on TV acquisitions instead? https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/04/28/time-inc-opts-not-sell-shares-down/101018094/

How can you forget KUSA? Others for consideration would be KARE and WGRZ.

Cox Enterprises has named a new CEO, Alex Taylor. He will take over on Jan 1, 2018. He is the great grandson of Cox founder James Cox http://www.ajc.com/business/founder-great-grandson-named-cox-enterprises-ceo/ueypCLNqNW43ZHIkpl1IRM/

Scripps says they could be a buyer it the right deal comes up. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/103560/scripps-chance-of-acquisitions-possible

pink slip express stops in Indy https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/4/6/more-nexstar-layoffs

to answer your first question Hearst has a corporate mandate that their stations brand themselves based off their call letters. Because "newscenter5" is too popular and iconic in Boston they simply add WCVB before newscenter5

WCAV is axing weekend news. it will simulcast news from WHSV in it's place. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/3/26/gray-station-to-pull-the-plug-on-newscasts

WTHI is the first former MG/Nexstar station to get the Heartland Media website

Former WXIA weekend anchor/reporter Keith Whitney has landed a job at WGCL. Keith spent 23 years at WXIA and left as part of Tegna's early retirement/buyout program http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2017/03/11/former-11alive-reporter-keith-whitney-lands-at-cbs46/

KWQC also has the Gray website now

Former WGCL and GPB (PBS in Georgia) sports anchor Mark Harmon has had a rough couple of months. http://radiotvtalk.blog.ajc.com/2017/03/07/former-cbs46-anchor-mark-harmon-loses-gpb-gig-house-burns-down/

Nexstar took the axe to KXAN's I-team https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/3/3/leaving-nexstar-in-austin

apparently a former KVIA weatherman is now a stripper http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/3/1/wellits-a-living

the axe falls at WTEN http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/2/24/nexstars-pink-slip-express-pulls-into-albany

Not a surprise at all. It seemed inevitable that Gray would buy another station in Maine given that it seemed ridiculous to have WAGM all by itself. Will be interesting to see if Gray makes WAGM a semi-satellite of WABI or let's it continue to be it's own station. The plus side to this is that WABI and WCJB will now finally have a decent graphics package.

Brian Williams and Katy Tur called out WJLA for giving Trump a softball question at a press conference http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/2/14/nbcs-brian-williams-katy-tur-call-out-sinclair-station

It isn't a conspiracy that Donald Trump is extremely unpopular and that his inauguration was the least attended in years, IT IS A FACT. Stop being so sensitive about this fact, you're being as childish and petty as Trump

Ah yes. The entire media is conspiring against the poor GOP and Donald Trump. Fox News exists because facts have a well known liberal bias, Republicans need alternative facts in order to fit their own narrative

I honestly don't know why anyone would hire someone who used to work for RT

Scripps has finally let go of KJRH's assistant ND. She's best known for twitter posts where she called for Hillary Clinton to be jailed and Obama a Kenyan http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/1/19/whacked-in-tulsa

WFXT reporter appears to have been let go after she posted a youtube video of herself in bed http://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/1/19/reporter-sacked-after-posting-video-in-bed