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2 hours ago, newsbot said:

WMTW expanded its weekday 12PM newscast to an hour today; WCSH and WGME remain at a half-hour. Previously WMTW aired a rerun of Access Hollywood in the 12:30PM time slot.

For the record:

WCSH airs Daily Blast Live at 12:30 p.m., while WGME airs The Young & The Restless.

It appears that the Hearst-AT&T Blackout is on.

https://www.koco.com/article/a-message-for-directv-subscribers-2/30370617

6 minutes ago, TSSZNews said:

With Miami now safe, and Boston 25 in a bit of an identity crisis, he'd be smart to tie any swap to a new agreement for WSVN. They're still the top FOX affiliate in the country, and FOX got burned once in Charlotte with an O&O - I'm sure they'd be happy with an upgrade in Boston.

Should FOX be waiting for Ansin to pass, would they actually want F O&Os in AFC East markets? The Patriots' dynasty could end as early as this weekend, and the Dolphins are several years away from contending. If FOX wants an O&O in the AFC East, they can try WUTV/WNYO, Sinclair dogs in Buffalo.

Today, January 2, 2020, is the 25th anniversary of the affiliation switches in Boston and Baltimore that was the result of the Westinghouse-CBS alliance.

In Boston, the switch was straightforward, Group W's WBZ dropped NBC to join CBS while Sunbeam's WHDH departed CBS to join NBC.

In Baltimore, the switch was a little more complicated, Scripps' WMAR went from NBC to ABC, Hearst's WBAL dropped CBS and rejoined NBC, and Group W's WJZ left ABC for CBS.

Hearst and DIRECTV have a temporary extension until 3:00 p.m. EST on January 2, 2020!

https://www.koco.com/article/a-message-for-directv-subscribers/30351352

1 hour ago, 8Viewer said:

 

Good question. I'll have to see if I can find the article(s) again. I just know that ABC put WLCY "on notice" and that ABC was rumored to be wooing WFLA. There was a later article from '81 I think where the president of ABC said they were much happier after WTSP built a new transmitter. The WLCY-TV situation is pretty unique and a long discussion, but basically they were appealing to the FCC as early as 1967 for a new transmitter location since nearly half the market couldn't receive channel 10. The station was a "dog" and the ratings were proof

In May 1978, these were the 11 o'clock Tampa sweeps numbers:

WTVT  43 share, WFLA 33 share, WLCY 11 share

 

WTOG got a better share of the market than the ABC affiliate!

From my readings, I believe that channel 10 in Tampa had to build their stick further north than the others Tampa stations as to protect WPLG in Miami. This is the reason that WLXT (WWSB) went with ABC when they signed on in 1971.

2 hours ago, oknewsguy said:

As they should, I expect both WAVY and WOOD to give Newswire and Primetime News a few updates to it but otherwise. both of the packages at both of the stations should be left alone

Keep what they have and give to KFOR!

7 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

 

WWNY, WECT, WTVM, WBRC, WSFA, WAFF, KSLA, KPLC, WVUE, WFIE, KFVS, KAIT, KEYC, KCBD, KSWO, KAUZ, KOLD, KGMB/KHNL. I'm probably missing a couple.

 

WSFA will most likely get new gfx once they move to downtown Montgomery sometime in the new year. 

 

 

I believe that neither of the Alaska stations have converted.

48 minutes ago, Yankees4life said:

I guess those stations will get scooped up by Nexstar and resold again to another sidecar

There's always Mission!

18 minutes ago, jerseyfla said:

 

Actually, next year will be the 40th anniversary of many stations swapping NBC for ABC in 1980 due to ABC's massive ratings at that time and the network seeking stronger affiliates.

 

Atlanta-ABC swapped from WXIA to WSB losing NBC

Dayton-ABC swapped from WKEF to WDTN losing NBC (reversed August 2004)

Jacksonville-ABC swapped from WJKS (now WCWJ) to WTLV losing NBC (reversed April 1988)

 

Not 1980 but 1979 for the same reason Indianapolis-ABC swapped from WTHR to WRTV losing NBC

In the early days of television, in many markets, CBS & NBC had the stronger and well funded stations with ABC & DuMont having to make due with either secondary clearances, weaker VHF stations, or unenviable UHF stations. As television become more viable and profitable, ABC won the battle with DuMont to be the nation's third network, stations became stronger, and more signed on the air. By the late 1970s, many markets had grown large enough to support three or more stations. ABC, with the assistance of Monday Night Football, became the top rated network, as the expense of NBC, necessitating upgrades in many markets across the nation. In addition to the markets above, other switches included:

San Diego-ABC swapped from KCST to KGTV losing NBC

Three Station swaps in Charlotte and Minneapolis

CHA-ABC swapped from WCCB to WSOC losing NBC, who went to WRET

MSP-ABC swapped from KMSP to KSTP losing NBC, who went to WTCN

31 minutes ago, Greggo said:

 

Robert Feder says CLTV is gone at the end of the month. A dozen folks will be kept and shift to WGN, while "four or five" will be cut. The memo from the GM says they plan to expand WGN's weekend morning news in Q1 2020, in addition to adding sports and politics programming.

 

https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/12/16/nexstar-media-pulling-plug-cltv-cable-news-channel/

With CLTV apparently closing up shop, what will become of WGN America?

1 minute ago, Nelson R. said:

WSB switched from NBC to ABC a couple years after sister station WSOC in Charlotte did, however NBC went to WCNC (then WRET) instead of outgoing ABC affiliate WCCB thanks to Ted Turner. He sold out to Group W a few years later and WRET ended up pretty much shutting down their news department and canceling NBC Nightly News for a while. I’d say ABC got the better end of that deal in Charlotte.

Cox moved WSB & WCCB to ABC as the alphabet was the top network at the time while NBC was the low rated network. As a matter of fact, many stations switch from NBC during this time including KSTP, KGTV, WRTV just to name a few. Imagine what would've been had Group W kept WPCQ, which would be a CBS station today.

29 minutes ago, atlnewsfan03 said:

I remember the big affiliation switches of the mid 90s.  Atlanta being my home market, I remember WAGA 5 ending its then 45-year union with CBS when they took Fox away from WATL 36.  CBS got lucky in a sense in going to then WGNX 46 (now WGCL), despite the dilemma of CBS almost having nowhere to go.  Next year will also be 40th anniversary of WSB 2 and WXIA 11 swapping out ABC and NBC.

In Atlanta, CBS had to buy WVEU (WUPA) when they thought no one wanted to affaliate with the eye before eventually moving to WGNX. In Detroit, CBS had a similar issue when they had to buy WPGR (WWJ) at the last moment while in Milwaukee CBS had to move to Weigel's WDJT. In 1994, all these stations were, as you expect, low budget, low rated, poor signal, independent stations that had to be vastly improved in order to gain respect in their communities.

Read today's article at FTV, NEXSTAR CONTINUES TO CUT PEOPLE.... MERRY CHRISTMAS, Mr. Jones mistakenly refers to KFOR as Miami's CO&O WFOR.

In Your Corner is bank at KFOR! Meet the new IYC reporter Adam Sinder. There's no bio yet, and his first story just aired.

You can read & watch Adam's first story here, https://kfor.com/2019/12/11/notorious-roofers-in-bad-standing-with-state-continue-to-chase-down-payments/

As for Sherman/Ada, I'm not sure whether KXII will be able to add Circle, at the moment, they have Ion on 12.4, and they apparently have an HD version of 12.2 on K31LQ-D 31.1.

K31LQ-D is currently broadcasting at 166' 4.8kw from the KXII stick in Marshall County, Oklahoma with a CP to move to RF 28 at 1633' 15kw from the same tower.

Scripps Website Conversion Tracker:

WXMI

WSFL

WPIX

KASW

WTKR/WGNT

WTVR

KSTU

3 hours ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

WXMI and WPIX has now gone from the Tribune web layout to the Scripps layout

 

http://www.fox17online.com

http://www.pix11.com

 

Also, the WXMI logo no longer has the Fox Searchlights in the 17 box...

You can add the following:

WSFL

We'll update as migrations continue.

23 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

And it appears the dispute is now over, as AT&T has reached deals with all of the affected sidecars...some agreements going back a few weeks.

 

https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/at-t-reaches-agreement-with-cw-affiliate-in-nashville

 

 

Based on these reports, it appears that AT&T does not have any ongoing disputes at this time and all available channels are on the air, just in time for the holidays, and the NFL playoff races.

KFOR will most likely send a reporter to the Big 12 Championship in Arlington in addition to the respective Oklahoma & Oklahoma State Bowl games, along with the others.

As of November 15, KMTW is back on AT&T!

Apparently KFOR still has the budget to send reporters out of state as Dylan Buckingham was sent to Morgantown, West Virginia to cover the Oklahoma State-West Virginia game. KFOR claims that they were the only OKC station to send a reporter to the game. 

https://kfor.com/2019/11/23/cowboys-lead-west-virginia-after-one-quarter/ 

You'll need to watch the video.

9 minutes ago, rkolsen said:

I saw a picture of their studio and underneath every confidence monitor there’s a large piece of paper making sure the talent remember it’s Air Comfort Solutions Chopper 4.

 

 

This image is from the Instagram profile of Eli Roberts, who no longer needs to worry about this.

2 hours ago, TheRyan said:

 

Some markets can better justify it better than others.   In OKC and Tulsa, there is no doubt that it seems to be a vital part of their coverage on some of the stations.  Without it, KWTV/KOTV and KFOR would be forced to rely solely on chasers on the ground (which they also do) and maybe a camera on the transmitter tower (if they have one and if the storm is close enough).  The quality of their coverage is vastly improved by having a live chopper.  It gets more people to take shelter than it would by showing blurry livestreams and the radar.

 

I wonder how much they offset the cost by having those sponsorships (i.e. Bob Moore Chopper 4, etc.).     For the remainder, they probably just consider it the cost of doing business.

 

But I'm sure you're right about how much the chopper loses by being on the ground in the off-season.

 

If WAVY, DMA 42, is allowed to keep thier helicopter, KFOR, DMA 43, can keep theirs as well. If Nexstar cannnot handle it, sell.

1 minute ago, Sendir said:

Confirmed. These graphics were done in house by WAVE. They did not want the crap Gray is producing. 

How did WAVE pull this off without upsetting the bosses?