hmaxhanson

I have to wonder if Rincon was created for the purpose of handling duopolies/triopolies that would come from a potential Scripps merger. I could also see Sinclair purchasing Marquee down the road, their WSWG/WSST/WFXL already closed their newscast in favor of the National News Desk, and maybe the same fate could befall WNKY, WMDT, and possibly WHIZ.

That's your channel? Who knew! Anyhow, good work on the news you've put up, cant wait for the Panama City ones!

That's actually one of my VHS finds that I gave to @CraigS1996TV. You're welcome either way!

Bumping the thread to mention that MSTMike3K, the user who uploaded tons of Columbus, GA clips, was recently terminated. It may have been from the SESAC dispute, but perhaps not, as I've noticed in the past he had uploaded a number of vids that appeared copyright strike worthy. Before the termination, Mike started a backup account, whether or not the vids from the old account are put on there is still yet to be seen.

I think he had an Internet Archive account to upload full tapes at one point, not sure if its still there.

A pre-emptive move in case CW moves to WOWK?

Checked the schedule, and its just 90 minutes of news, 6:30am, 6pm and 11pm. I'd assume its the bare minimum ABC asked the station for to remain an affiliate, but its the same ammount WNWO did before Sinclair did a mercy killing for the National Desk, back when they did news from WSBT's spare studios.

That's likely for use on both the ABC and NBC channels, which since the Gray buyout have both been called 21 Alive.

You mean KTVU?

I assume that within the next few weeks, they will be totally back to the pre-Licht graphics?

Now we wait for Nexstar to announce something like, 'This fall, Great 38 is Tampa Bay's new home of the CW!'

Nexstar will likely use it as the new home of WTTA's 8pm news, as its very likely they will join CW come this fall.

Interesting. I think the only way Morgan Murphy could reinstate 35 minute 11pm newscasts for KVEW & KAPP would be if Sinclair pulled KEPR & KIMAs in favor of National Desk.

I'm surprised that the Tri-Cities stations have replaced Yakima ones as the originators of newscasts, instead of the other way around. How long has that been the case?

I've gone through all of the Sinclair stations they own and found the stations that I most believe are on the bubble for being shut down in favor of syndie shows and The National Desk. KIMA & KEPR: The fact that Yakima was able to handle three newscasts for over 50 years is surprising, but surely Sinclair will think that makes the two stations expendable. A full shutdown of KIMA & KEPR's news could also allow KAPP & KVEW to expand their 11pm news back to 35 minutes. But at best, Sinclair could just end all of KEPR's stand alone newscasts and fully simulcast KIMA. KLEW: A real anamoly, as they're Lewiston & Clarkston's only commercial TV station. If there's not enough support from th viewers in those cities, it could be on the bubble. WGFL: Sure, this is done out of WPEC, but still, this is a good choice to quietly shut down considering WCJB owns the market, and to a lesser extent, WUFT. All they have is a 6 and 11pm newscast, which can easily be replaced by an extra Judge Judy rerun or Daytime Jeopardy, and The National Desk. KRCG: They may have a purpose, given how they're licensed to Jefferson City and provide a mostly Jefferson City focused newscast, but still, KOMU is the big leader here, with KMIZ likely second. KHGI: Yes, I find the venerable NTV as a station who's news is probably on the bubble, since most of their news goes out to rural towns and cities. A shutdown of KHGI for TND would also mean that KFXL's news would end up going to TND, and then Lincoln would have no 9pm newscast unless KOLN starts one for their CW channel. KTXS: Somehow, Abilene has 4 TV news operations, since Nexstar has run KRBC & KTAB as seperate stations. This would be a easy cut for that reason, along with the fact they have no midday newscast unlike KRBC & KTAB. Incidentally, their CW channel is already carrying the morning and primetime National Desk broadcasts. KEYE: Be honest, can Austin really handle 4 news operations, especially in the midst of a Fox O&O in KTBC? To add to this, they don't have a noon or 4pm newscast, unlike KTBC and KXAN. And said noon slot is occupied by reruns of Modern Family. KEYE does have the city's only 6:30pm newscast, but that can't be doing well against ET, TMZ and WoF. KMTR: I'm surprised that Sinclair didn't fully merge KMTR and KVAL's newscasts after Newport sold KMTR off in 2012 to Fisher, and then bought the two. Their newscasts however have been produced out of the KMTR studios since 2020, so in my eyes it seems expendable. In addition, I can see Sinclair blowing up the outsourced newscasts on WMSN, KDSM and KRXI in favor of TND, as well as the newscasts on KCVU, KJZZ, WCWN, and WTVX, as well KBOI, WHP, WWMT and KIMA's CW channels. I also think that WJLA 24/7 will close down as well, spelling the end of the network that was once NewsChannel 8. If I missed any other markets or you have a differing opinion on my choices, let me know!