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Kristin Volk is leaving WEWS News 5 Cleveland after tomorrow for a marketing job.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/reporter_kristin_volk_leaving.html#incart_m-rpt-2

Poor WEWS, losing 3 anchors over several days.

Video courtesy of WHAG's Facebook wall.

 

Doesn't look like the graphics and set will change. Just the new logo. And it sounds like Inergy theme music on the promo.

It's inergy.

Saga is selling its TV stations to Morgan Murphy Media. It is also acquiring Apex Broadcasting radio wise

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/117820/saga-sells-tv-stations-acquires-apex-media-charleston-hilton-head/

Lots of paperwork this morning.

 

First, some closings. Three names have now gone away in the broadcast TV world.

 

Calkins have completed its sale its three stations on Sunday (4/30) (even though it was announced in a press release Monday (5/1), the 4/30 date was stated in the FCC closing papers). WTXL & WWSB went to Raycom, while WAAY went to Heartland Media.

 

Withers completed its sale of WDTV/WVFX to Gray on Monday. Gray has operated the duo since last June. Withers owned WDTV since 1973.

 

And Diversified has completed its sale of its two stations to Gray. The WCJB one was closed Monday, while the WABI one was closed on Tuesday (5/2), ending 64 years of family ownership of the TV outlet (and 68 years in broacasting altogether; it founded WABI-AM in 1949).

 

Here's a little tidbit, this was the same firm that gave Perry Sook his first television in 1996. And look how his company have ballooned since........

Diversified, Withers & Calkins. RIP to Horace Hildreth & Russell Withers.

 

Now even though they're no longer in the TV world, they're involved in other businesses.

 

Withers is not out of broadcasting entirely, as it continues to own several radio stations in the Jackson Purchase region (southern IL, Paducah-Cape Girardeau). Calkins owns newspapers in Pennsylvania & New Jersey, and has recently launched some digital services, including OTT. And Diversified has a thriving convention/trade show business in the U.S., Canada & overseas.

 

Second, the transaction of Laughlin, NV station KMCC by Cranston TV to Entravision was greenlighted yesterday (5/3).

 

Finally, last month someone asked if the stations owned by Alaska Telecom, GCI (through subsidiary Denali Media Holdings) are included in the transaction to Liberty Media. Here's the paperwork for KTVA (that and the other Alaska stations are included in this sale). When the deal closes, the parent company General Communication Inc. will become GCI Liberty, Inc. but the Denali subsidiary and the licensee names will stay a status quo.

 

This will be the first time in six years Liberty is involved in a television station. They previously owned the former CBS O&O WFRV from 2007 to 2011.

Withers still owns its radio stations. So Withers is still alive.

The WDTV/WVFX deal was greenlighted today. FSW paper (in doc.)

 

Wouldn't be surprised if both Diversifed & Withers deals get closed in tandem.

As of May 1st, the sale closed and withers is no more (I think).

Edit- I thought wrong, withers still owns Radio stations.

Nexstar to buy TEGNA (pls let this just be a regular Tuesday/Wednesday rumor)

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2017/4/26/nexstar-to-buy-tegna

If this merger is official, I am going to be really mad. Nexstar really wants to monopolize the tv market.

I actually like how they modified that "Nexstar set" with those solid colors (instead of multiple bright colors that went all over the place). The modifications is a vast improvement than what they had last year, in which they started its in-house news operation (4/1/16).

 

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Another thing changed: KLAF dumped Inergy for Aerial

Speaking of KLAF, looks like they're under going some kind of change.

Has anyone checked about the big change that is happening to KLAF?It's supposed to be happening today. (April 3rd)

December 21st of this year (2017) will mark 65 years since the nation's second oldest UHF station that is still operating today and the oldest UHF station that never changed channel numbers (stayed on channel 43 since its entire existence), WPMT, signed on the airwaves as WSBA-TV, and gave the Susquehanna Valley another choice for TV, other than WGAL. Here is a newscast from WPMT in 1999.

That 4 is way too tall.

That logo is not new, WNWO used it since 2014. And the 4 is fine, it's looks cool when a number is on top of another.

Have any ex-MG stations had their domains changed yet?

 

I also wonder what the graphics and website design will be going forward, since Nexstar has inherited LIN Digital. Will they change their other stations to the MG template, or will it go the other way?

As of what I have seen with the websites, no not yet.

I will not be surprised if WSYR-TV has new graphics and logo like KCAU's in the near future.