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We have yet another Tegna station dumping a traditional newscast (sigh..)

KTVB has officially launched "The 208" in the 5pm timeslot and it's meant to take a conversational approach to the news of the day

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/ktvb-new-show-208-brian-holmes-idaho-news-smart-honest-perspective/277-3403d71b-5f5c-4c67-8b1f-021fd2f2d750

I'm not entirely sure what the 208 is referred to since I'm not from the area but all I will say is it's either going to work the way KUSA's "Next" has worked or it's going to be an epic disaster.

23 hours ago, G2000 said:

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/nbc-news-today-fifth-hour-morning-noah-oppenheim-1203483697/
NBC is open to the idea of a fifth hour.

23 hours ago, RGSJenkins said:

The only way they'll get the fifth hour if "Days of Our Lives" goes bye-bye.

My thinking is that NBC would only add that fifth hour of Today if Sony ends production of Days of Our Lives because there's no way NBC takes away the 11am or 12pm slots from the affiliates (and certainly not the 2pm or 3pm slots either)

26 minutes ago, ehatt493 said:

It feels like a quick turnaround on this package vs. the last two. And if it is a while new network-wide package, I wonder what the plans are for other FOX Sports properties...Daytona 500 is only a 2.5 weeks away, then MLB starts in late March. Plus it's a whole thing as to whether or not the FSNs get re-branded by then and whether Sinclair will debut a new package for all of their sports properties or keep Stadium and the FSNs separate and continue to use the old FOX graphics (a la 2011 Root Sports).

Given that Sinclair hasn't revealed anything as far as rebranding plans are concerned right now it looks like it'll be Sinclair keeping Stadium and the FSNs seperate (unless things change between now and Opening Day for Major League Baseball.

30 minutes ago, TheRyan said:

Hopefully KFSM was allowed to choose the least repulsive cuts of "C Clarity".   Either way, it's a sad day for the NW Arkansas DMA, especially at Channel 5.

Sadly (at least the Noon newscast) they used the awful cuts of C Clarity. Not sure what they were using at 4pm but that's what I saw when I went to playback today's Noon newscast.

They're using the same cuts that they used for Noon at both 4pm and 5pm.

KFSM now has the Tegna weather graphics. Not sure if they fully debut the Tegna graphics today but here it is https://twitter.com/5NEWSGarrett/status/1222234909655420934?s=20

I shared this on Discord and I'm sharing this on here.

https://www.si.com/johnwallstreet/sports-business/diamond-sports-rebrand

Right now, I wouldn't be too concerned about Sinclair's future (I would be a little bit) but, if say we go into this Fall and the upcoming NHL/NBA season and we still don't have concrete plans from Sinclair about the RSNs that would be when questions need to be asked about what's going on.

I know it was rumored about Fox Sports Florida/Sun being rebranding a few months back, they said the rebrand would take place over the next few months but that hasn't happened either as of yet.

4 hours ago, hankthetank23 said:

WTHR debuted their new graphics?

No what I was referring to is @MidwestTV's post that's above mine back on Page 113 in this thread.

As far as I've seen so far WTHR has not fully debuted the Tegna graphics and C Clarity.. Yet.

I have a question (and someone maybe can answer this one for me):

Is the graphics seen on WTHR actually a refresh of the 2018 graphics or no?

Something tells me that Tegna might be doing a refresh on their graphics and there would be no way that we'd be seeing the how-to guide being rolled out to the Tegna stations. Obviously someone will have to fill me in on that as I don't have inside info as to what's going on at Tegna.

That was LONG overdue at KGUN. 

Btw, was there any particular reason why KGUN never adopted the previous Scripps package after the Scripps/Journal merger happened?

1 hour ago, ScottSchell said:

No not all of them just the stations that have been using the First Alert brand will keep them everyone else should keep what they have been using like Storm Shield or their stations branding like KJRH for example just uses 2 Works For You Weather before that they were known as Storm Shield Weather.

And besides both KXXV and WTXL carried over the First Alert Weather branding from the Raycom era.

That and WPTV does news for WFLX (owned by Gray which brought Raycom and have been spreading the First Alert Weather branding to the legacy Gray stations)

Meanwhile here's the WFLX news open with the new graphics. All I'm gonna say is what in the name of frankfurt is the WFLX logo? 

1 minute ago, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

So I guess Scripps decided it wasn’t important enough to incorporate the NBC chimes into this music like they did with Inergy?

That's an interesting question, I'm curious to know why Stephen Arnold couldn't incorporate the NBC chimes into the new music myself

42 minutes ago, ns8401 said:

Our resident KMGH fanatic is gonna be disappointed to hear this but... those don’t look bad at all...

Paging @ABC 7 Denver

Here are the 2 videos that @ScottSchell is referring to 

What kind of animations is WPTV using in the Open? Those in particular are completely different compared to what other Scripps stations that have adopted this new look have done.

20 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said:

We're in Speculatron territory though?

And The whole discussion about Standard/Tegna needs to be split into it's own thread (if the mods are even paying attention)

9 minutes ago, Al-SA-TX said:

 

I think the biggest takeaway from this article is that Apollo does not intend to keep the CMG properties.
 

 

That said, these Hedge fund companies can stick it where the sun don't shine.

Calling it now, Tegna will buy Cox in a 3 way merger between those 2 and Standard Media at some point either this year, next year or later on in the 2020s.

2 hours ago, TexasTVNews said:

https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/tegna-blasts-standard-general-in-letter-to-shareholders

2 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said:

 

In other words, giving a middle finger to Mr. Kim. Smart move there to fight off corporate bullying. 

Sorry to say fellas but Tegna is just as big of a bully as what Mr. Kim is. Is Mr. Kim a bully in this, yes I think he is. But at the same time, we have to look at both sides of the issue here.

So Standard General as part of their response to Tegna that I shared Yesterday this one here expands on what was originally reported that @tyrannical bastard shared last week.

They have filed with the SEC a Schedule 14A, as recently as Thursday and according to that report it mentions names like Stephen Usher, David Glazek, and Michael Perrone as names of those that are part of the proxy fight to take over Tegna

I think Soo brought more than just a crew he brought an ARMY of those that are willing to join Kim in the fight to takeover Tegna, this is getting more and more interesting as I'm reading these articles related to Standard/Tegna.

1 minute ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Actual reach is 39 percent while the UHF discount brings it down to 32.

Ok. So assuming Kim get's his way at the end he would have a little wriggle room to make at least one big acquisition (maybe even 2 big acquisitions)

1 minute ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Standard Media has zero competition from any Tegna TV station, as each company has no stations in the same market, and even if they did, they're exempt in many places because they are low power (especially the Waypoint ones).  Digital is another story, as the lines are undefined, but there's nothing stopping that.

 

Regardless of our opinions regarding how Tegna operates it's stations, it's a company ripe for takeover, and if anyone is going to take station groups and make them bigger, or make something out of the leftovers, it's outside investors and private equity.

Where is Tegna at in terms of the FCC ownership cap? I think they have to be at least 30% if not a little bit over that.

2 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said:

It seems Soo Kim is being a bully here. 

I'd say both parties involved in this are being bullies (Tegna for essentially giving the finger to Kim just because of the fact they're afraid that Kim would come into the company and destroy everything Tegna has been doing to their stations in the last few years)

You could say Kim was being a bully in his response but Tegna started it here, not Soo Kim.

On 1/15/2020 at 11:08 AM, tyrannical bastard said:

Here we go.....

 

https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/243396/tegna-to-fight-proposed-board-changes/

 

“The board is also concerned that his significant investments in and influence over other broadcasting companies would create a conflict of interest as a Tegna director.

“Accordingly, the board unanimously determined that adding him to the board is not in the best interests of Tegna and its shareholders. Mr. Kim was informed of the board’s decision on Jan. 10.”

 

I smell a Tegna-Standard Media merger in the works....and as for the the "best interest of Tegna and their shareholders"... we all know the garbage that Tegna has been putting out.  Time to overhaul the board and make something out of Tegna.

 

A follow-up on this:

Soo Kim has responded back to Tegna's baseless claims and I'll just let the quote's from Mr. Kim speak for itself on this one:

Quote

TEGNA asserts that Standard General has a track record of actions favoring its interests over those of other shareholders. This is nonsense. Like other active investment firms, Standard General often takes substantial equity positions, and our principals have served on the boards of a number of public companies in which we have invested. As a matter of firm policy, our principals take no fees or other compensation for their board service.  Standard General profits from stock price appreciation, in the same way as any other shareholder.

TEGNA has also sought to mislead our fellow shareholders by raising spurious claims regarding conflicts of interest with Standard General's other investments. First, Standard General's investment in a woman- and minority-owned broadcasting start-up with approximately $10 million of annual cash flow hardly represents a conflict with TEGNA's business. Second, in our discussions with TEGNA, we committed not to make any new investment in TV stations without first offering the opportunity to TEGNA. In short, there is no conflict.

TEGNA's press release also claims that the current board and management are "[open] to all paths to create value for all of TEGNA's shareholders." However, representatives of Standard General sat, with other investors, in an investor meeting with TEGNA management last August, in which TEGNA's CFO denied that TEGNA had received a business combination proposal from Apollo Management. The next day, TEGNA hastily retracted this falsehood, admitting that it had received two separate proposals from Apollo in 2019, but declining to provide any further details. As a result, we must question whether shareholders can rely on TEGNA's assurances that the current board and management are open-minded.

We believe Standard General's involvement is critical to ensure that TEGNA is on the right path to maximize shareholder value. While we are disappointed in TEGNA's shrill response, it has no impact on our plan to vigorously pursue representation on TEGNA's board and to drive value creation for all TEGNA shareholders.

All I'm gonna say is you might need 2 or 3 boxes of popcorn for this one.

23 minutes ago, ScottSchell said:

Looks like KJRH maybe getting closer to the new graphics this was on their Youtube page along with the banner (which I couldn't save a picture of).

I have to imagine KJRH is probably next in the rollout of new graphics unless they have someone else in line to receive the new package before KJRH gets them

6 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Deb McDermott, the head of Standard Media worked alongside Kim in the latter years of Young and Media General, and was one of the board members Kim wanted to put on Tegna's board. 

 

If they buy their way into Tegna, Standard could be roped into it though a hostile takeover using Kim's money.

I think Tegna's board might have to think twice about this one because if they think that by telling Kim no will push him away, they are sorely mistaken.

The fact that Kim is responding back by bringing some of his people (all of which had YEARS of experience of being in the business) tells me that Soo Kim really wants Tegna and wants Tegna bad.

I'm starting to wonder if it was coincidental that Tegna bought stations like WTHR/WBNS, WNEP, WPMT and WOI/KCWI (all of which are in markets that both Kim and McDermott either tried to buy in 2018 or were in those markets when they were in charge of Media General)