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Does anyone know if WPIX is back on DirecTV? I don't think it went off when the so called Mission stations did, but when the entire Nexstar group did. It seemed Nexstar was playing games here. Hopefully now that the FCC is at full strength, they will take a look at these "sidecars" whose only purpose is to skirt ownership caps, and at the expense of viewers. I was in RI where Nexstar controls three stations. Only one was restored - the CBS affiliate. The Fox and CW were still off the air (owned my Mission on paper).

My understanding is that the Mission “owned” stations are not included. Nexstar has more work to do before claiming “mission accomplished.”

Will this include the Mission "owned" stations? Some have been off the air longer than the Nexstar directly owned stations.

The bigger question is does anyone watch them at all? Evidently viewership of Freeform is pretty low, one reason Disney agreed to letting Charter drop it. Look for Comcast, Optimum and others, especially in the NY area, seek something similar.

Perhaps it was her choice.

Anyone have a before and after comparison?

For most of us in NY/NJ, the events of 9/11 and the aftermath are as clear today as they were on Sept. 12 2001. Everyone here was impacted one way or another. If we do not know someone who died in the attack, we know someone who does. I do not see any of the Big 3 network O&O's backing off the annual reading of the names anytime soon. Cutting in and out as you suggest, would cause a large number of complaints from survivors on why their loved one's name was not mentioned. That would be very difficult for a PR person from each station to explain, including the family of each station's engineer that died when the towers came down.

Now will be gone, discontinued. The question is do they go to a unique show with their own anchors, or resort as they did before now with a repeat (twice) of the 6 pm show? Time will tell. I suspect what it starts as will not be what it eventually becomes, including being a live newscast, length, and which hours, if indeed it signals an expansion.

And what is at 9 pm? That is when they traditionally did a newscast that took on forms from being unique to a repeat of the 6 pm news...

Wouldn't it just be easier just to say reporting from Miami, Jose Diaz Balart? Why the make believe he flies from Miami to NY to Miami every Saturday? Then they don't have to do a virtual copy of 1A, or 3C in the past and any future 3X studio.

Using a virtual set for the Saturday night show, which is typically broadcast from Miami where Jose Diaz Balart is located is not new. He does not seem to come to NY often to broadcast from 30 Rock. Makes sense with his other duties.

Adding more fuel to the question if the Murdoch family and Fox Corp are fit to have public television licenses, are two events from yesterday. One is the defamation suit by Ray Epps, a private citizen who took part in the 1/6 insurrection at the US Capitol, who Fox News & Tucker Carlson have continuously brandished as a FBI plant. He is not, nor ever an employee or associate of the FBI. He points out Fox's disinformation and impact on 1/6. The second is this opinion by those who were with Rupert Murdoch from the beginning of establishing Fox as a fourth TV network, and their current feelings. It makes for interesting reading. The issue is not how the local stations operate, it is whether ownership is a fit license holder. https://boulderpreston.com/2023/07/12/how-our-efforts-to-bring-competition-to-television-unknowingly-helped-create-the-fox-disinformation-machine/

Did RKO General mismanage WNAC (Boston) and other stations they owned? No. They lost their licenses for the misdeeds of the parent corporation. And that is the basic question, from the defamation suits, the admission of broadcasting false claims, to the culture of abuse and more, does Fox meet the requirements as a responsible TV license holder, irregardless of how the individual stations are run. The question is worth being asked and debated by the FCC.

The question is the same British regulators looked at. In light of all the revelations- is Fox worthy of holding broadcast licenses of its stations and duopolies? Despite being locally run they take direction and are owned by Fox. Their role in broadcasting false information and more begs the question.

Hopefully the first of several, including forcing to sell duopolies like what was once WWOR, now, not worth anything.

It shows what a scam Nexstar and Mission are. In some areas the Mission stations were off of Dish, but now that Nexstar is off DirecTV, they are too. Which is it? They want their cake and eat it too. What a scam.

Hmm. WNBC uses the same L3s as in all other newscasts.

Oops. Yup. Went back to the old days when News4 used 2 sets in 6B.

While channel surfing I’ve seen him on there before doing weekday weather reports. They promote one weather team between the two stations. You may see more of that, including consumer reports once they are co-located in 3B.

Does MNTV have any value to any non Fox owned station?

As others have stated, they do not have a studio to move to if that is a decision to be made. 3A is for MSNBC, 3B is being reconstructed for WNBC and WNJU, 3C is MSNBC and 3K is the current WNBC studio. 4E is MSNBC and NBC News Now, 6A is being reconstructed for Kelly Clarkson, 6B is for Jimmy Fallon Tonight Show, 8G for Late Night with Seth Meyers and 8H for SNL. Once WNBC moves sometime this year, then they can redo 3K if they decide to move Nightly back in.

What's Disney got to do with CBS and Paramount Global?

I would assume if they could they would have already. With Robertson now gone, maybe CBN will be more receptive.

This means not only the PGA tour, but CBS Sports, NBC Sports and Golf Channel (NBCU) are willing to accept Saudi blood money and promote events at trump properties. Ouch!!!

It was widely reported on other sites yesterday morning when it was completed, after first being announced several months ago - this article includes a link to the original announcement with the plan to create a holding company. https://www.nexttv.com/news/sinclair-broadcast-group-officially-becomes-holding-company-sinclair Meanwhile, Sinclair/Diamond Sports lost a battle in Bankruptcy Court where they were ordered to pay full rights fees to four MLB teams. They have the option of doing what they did in San Diego and just walk away. MLB plans to make sure clubs that lose their Diamond Sports channel coverage will get 80% of the fees between ad revenue and support from MLB during the current season. MLB has indicated that they are prepared to bid for the broadcast rights themselves, just like they did originally. They also acknowledge they understand the changing RSN model from linear to linear/streaming. This is from a report in The Athletic late yesterday, which is behind a paywall unless you subscribe to The Athletic or The NY Times.