dman748

Danke. As much as I love my parents, their generation (Baby Boomers) just don't appreciate the fact that they do wall-to-wall weather coverage to save lives. They want the FCC to revert back to the old rules where you COULDN'T preempt regular programming to broadcast a Tornado Warning (and that's how many people lost their lives)

There might be other markets in the Tegna deal where the DOJ might have an issue but Fort Smith might very well be the biggest issue, we'll see

My educated guess on why they haven't given this deal the early release from HSO or whatever is called is because they're probably still investigating Nexstar's plans to retain KNWA, KFTA and KXNW in Fort Smith/Fayetteville

So apparently, somebody in the Control Room was just being lazy today

Is the Cubs game in a Rain Delay?

Go for it, bro. As my parents would always tell me, put your applications in everywhere

You're right about the FCC having no jurisdiction over the cable channels but the DOJ however, does (hence why they stepped in on the RSNs when they approved the Disney-Fox merger)

I wouldn't be surprised if the same consumer advocacy groups that opposed the Tribune deal opposes this one as well (even though they'll be hypocrites because they were basically silent when Sinclair reached a deal to acquire a minority stake in YES and announced the launch of Marquee with the Cubs What's going to be interesting also is how does the DOJ feel about Sinclair even though they are buying cable channels and not TV stations and how much will Byron Allen have an influence on programming on the RSNs over Sinclair.

I'll go ahead and rename my existing speculatron thread on the former Fox RSNs. Please feel free to post in there

Also, you'd have programming via Stadium and potentially the Tennis Channel that could air on the RSNs we should hear more about it today if not, by next week but this saga of the whole Fox RSN sale process is about to be totally done with (it would be up to Delhrim to decide he'll allow Sinclair to run the RSNs alongside the TV stations or not)

Hence why they've likely teamed up with Apollo (so far). They are aware of the debt they'll be taking on (as is Liberty Media) the only bidder that isn't aware of the debt load is Ice Cube because they want to add on more debt if they were successful with their bid

And with quite a few of the Fox RSNs such as Southwest that emphasizes High School Sports coverage, I think Sinclair might actually do a decent job with running the RSNs. Disagree if you wish but they're the only company that I can name off that's in the running for this thing that can actually do a decent job at running the RSNs I think Stadium SportsNet would work or how about bringing back the Prime Network branding (or SportsChannel for that matter). I think the DOJ shouldn't have an issue with Sinclair running the RSNs in places where they also operate TV stations (especially given that Fox operated the RSNs alongside their O&Os) but given DOJ's behavior since Delhrim took over you never know what the DOJ might rule

I don't think they'll bring back ASN if anything Sinclair might convert the networks to "Stadium Sports Net" or something like that, and besides isn't there a clause that says that the RSNs have to keep the Fox name, etc. for a certain amount of time like there is in Mexico and Brazil?

Is it fair to say that Sinclair's strength is in Sports or are they just weak in all areas?

Basically, KFMB would've still been sold off it'd just been delayed. So I'm sure she was glad to have sold KFMB off when she did because that could've been a mess at the FCC

Did Media General make its stations use names like centralohiomatters.com or some crap like that? No they did not. Each group makes mistakes there human just like anyone of us here are, even you and I make our own mistakes too. Nobody's perfect, not even the best TV groups with well-run management are perfect either.

Yes it does. Because without the Media General merger Nexstar would still be making the same mistakes they made pre-MG

I wonder why Scripps hasn't fired the KGUN management team? I guess the KGUN management team hasn't given Scripps a legitimate reason to fire them

Media General decided to bring in the leadership team over from LIN (which has since carried over to Nexstar)

Here's the deal with Nexstar: Yes the Media General merger and its influence has made an impact on Nexstar (and I fully expect the Tribune acquisition to be the same for Nexstar) and they will be better post-Tribune than they were post-Media General, now do I think Nexstar is wayyyy better? No I don't and here's why: Nexstar is still making some of the same mistakes that they've been doing before the Media General acquisition (i.e WHTM using the old bug) but this is like that with any other group you look at. Every group you look at no matter how big or small you will find flaws in each and every broadcast group you run into.

I sure hope this outcome happens and quite frankly, that's all Sinclair has to do in order to get back into the good graces of the FCC. It's not that difficult whatsoever.

Sinclair won't likely go that far (and besides I don't think it'll sit well with the FCC)

Sinclair has two very simple choices to make: Option A: They come to their senses, admit they did, in fact, mislead the FCC about the divestiture proceedings in the Tribune acquisition; Sinclair might be able to get back into the FCC's good graces . Option B: Continue to claim that they "didn't" mislead the FCC, and eventually, Sinclair will have to face the possibility of either selling the stations they/'re renewing the licenses for or face possible termination of the licenses. Just based off of the options being made (and what Sinclair continues to say regarding the failed Tribune acquisition) I think, Option B is more likely than Option A.

Outside of maybe Sports but I don't think any professional sports team outside of maybe the bigger markets (i.e Chicago, NYC, LA, Boston, Miami) will be willing to deal with Sinclair's antics. On the sports-related question, do you think Disney is willing to deal with Sinclair with regards to the 21 former Fox RSNs? And how would the DOJ feel about Sinclair (potentially) purchasing those 21 FSNs? As for the broadcast side of things, it's safe to say that Sinclair clearly wants to go down the RKO General path, and they've done a good job at it but, ultimately, that's what will lead to an eventual breakup (and knowing Sinclair's stance on the abandoned Tribune acquisition and the claims that they "did not" misled the FCC) it's not going to be a pretty one.

Any further updates on the situation at WCBI?