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Sorry, Mr. Armstrong Williams, but your claim of buying it is purely fake news now!

As of the time of this reply, the image is still up on Williams' web site of the station he hoped to acquire.

We have a NEW M&A tonight. Gray is bulking up in Wyoming.

 

Gray will acquire Mark III's KGWL/KGWR for $15.7M ($15,716,667). KGWC will be spun-off to an indie buyer.

 

Legacy Broadcasting will acquire Silverton's KTWO (and its sats) for $1.5M. Plus they'll be getting the Wyomedia stations (including KFNB) for $3.28M ($3,283,333). Legacy is claiming KFNB as the fifth-largest rated station in Casper, and its MeTV LP station KYWF-LD as the fourth largest.

Will Legacy Broadcasting continue to run these Wyoming stations as is? The reason why I'm asking is that if you review their profile, all their stations were picked up from a Gray garage sale and are now running that H&I, or some other, junk.

That sounds like Gray.

Yep! It appears that KGWC will meet the fate of KFXF, KJCT, WAGT, WIFR, KSPR, KXJB, KVTV > KYLX, & WFXS > WZAW, down on their luck full power stations rescued by Gray and converted to low power status in order to avoid possible closure and satisfy FCC regulations.

I posted in the Speculatron last week that KGWC was going to lose CBS, not knowing this was going to happen. Their affiliation agreement is up in June. When Gray signed a new deal for its CBS affiliates last year, and when they started buying LPs around Casper, I had a feeling it was curtains for KGWC. Mark Nalbone is making out like a bandit.

Using RabbitEars as my reference, Gray purchased:

• K16JI-D RF 16 -326' 12.6kW
  
• K18JQ-D RF 18 -326' 2.3kW
  

These appear to be fill-in translators serving the immediate Casper area.

The one I mentioned earlier today, KSBF-LD RF 36 1,792' 15kW, is apparently being constructed to be the "new" KGWC. When the dust settles in Casper, I can see the following:

• The current, soon to be donated, RF 14, starts their new programming with a new call sign mapping to PSIP 36
  
• The under construction RF 36 signs on as KGWC, PSIP 14, CBS programming
  
• OTA viewers in the Casper area get the proverbial rescan advisory and number to call and complain
  

So KGWC is being dumped on a non profit.

 

It appears likely that one of the satellites will become the new KGWC. Read this article:

 

http://k2radio.com/caspers-channel-13-to-purchase-cbs-affiliate-kgwc/

As per RabbitEars, Gray has an application to build a LD station on RF 36 in Casper, KSBF-LD. They are seeking permission to build the station at 1,792’ 15kW.

EDIT: Click here to see the signal contours of the current KGWC & KSBF-LD

Since the chances of Gray getting a station in Atlanta is near zero, WRDW may be their de facto flagship...

You got that right, Atlanta is DMA 9 while the largest Gray station, WVLT, is in DMA 61. If Howell wants a station closer to Atlanta, give Morris Multimedia a call, they have WMGT, NBC Macon, DMA 120. BTW, Morris' largest station is in Lexington, KY, DMA 63, where a confilct would exist. Excluding Lexington, all other Morris stations are in DMAs under 90.

They're also using the new "Windows 10" graphics and music package on-air.

NewsCenter Maine, WCSH/WLBZ, has a new set! Photos courtesy of their Facebook page.

With Super Bowl LII behind us and the XXIII Olympic Winter Games about to get underway, there're are currently 4 NBC affiliates, by my count, currently in a dispute with a MPVD. Each of the following stations are in DMA 160 or lower:

KTEN vs. DISH - Serving Lake Texoma DMA 160

KPVI vs. Spectrum - Serving East Idaho DMA 162

KYMA vs. Spectrum - Serving the Imperial Valley DMA 166

KIEM vs. Spectrum - Serving California's North Coast DMA 195

These are the results of the ongoing disputes between Lockwood vs. DISH, and Northwest Broadcasting vs. Charter.

If there are any other disputes, please let our community know.

Just in time for the Super Bowl - Newscenter1 (KNBN) is back on DIRECTV

The new TEGNA websites have made Central Texas and the Brazos Valley, completing the NBC affiliates. All they need are the graphics.

Meanwhile, DIRECTV customers in the Black Hills and DISH customers along the shores of Lake Texoma are now in jeopady of missing out on the Super Bowl and the Olympics as retransmission squabbles between DIRECTV-Rapid Broadcasting and DISH-Lockwood Broadcasting continue. Also, DIRECTV is apparently still without KFVE in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

One long national nightmare is over - America Spirit Media Reaches Deal With Directv

Courtesy of KAUZ - CBS Wichita Falls, TX-Lawton, OK

KGW/KBMT now have it.

We're now waiting for conversions in Baylor-land and at Texas A&M-land.

WCNC just got the new website look today

So has the Treasure Valley, graphics too.

If you're scoring at home the new TEGNA website layouts have nearly been rolled out to all the NBC affaliates. As of this posting the following TEGNA NBC regions have yet to see the new layout:

Northwest Oregon

Golden Triangle Texas - Yes, I am aware that NBC is a subchannel station here.

Central Texas

Brazos Valley

None of TEGNA's stations not affiliated with NBC have the new websites as of yet.

Starting the week of January 24th, 2018, the small DMA #200 market of Ottumwa, Iowa and Kirksville, Mo. will finally have all four major networks when KYOU will launch NBC on subchannel 15.2

 

This is what the market will have once KYOU has NBC:

KTVO has ABC on 3.1 and CBS on 3.2

KYOU has FOX on 15.1 and will soon have NBC on 15.2

The market has PBS through digital translators from Iowa Public Television.

It even has a CW cable-only affiliate from "KWOT" (The CW Plus)

 

http://www.kyoutv.com/home/2018/01/08/kyou-nbc-release/

As per Wikipedia, once KYOU-DT2 joins NBC, there will only be four DMA's left in the nation that will not an in market NBC affaiate:

DMA 175 - Harrisonburg, VA - Receives NBC programming, repeaters, from WVIR in Charlottesville, VA

DMA 199 - Mankato, MN - Receives NBC programming, repeater, from KARE in Minneapolis, MN

DMA 206 - Presque Isle, ME - Receives NBC programming, Cable only, from WLBZ in Bangor, ME

DMA 208 - Alpena, MI - Received NBC programming from, Cable only, from WPBN in Traverse City, MI

Upon review, from Rabbit Ears, each market has no room for an OTA NBC affiliate at this time.

The new TEGNA websites have arrived in Denver, Jacksonville, Maine, and Phoenix!

WRDE's lower thirds are looking a lot like Raycom's...[ATTACH=full]5112[/ATTACH]

Correct me if I'm worng, but doesn't WRDE outsource its newscasts to INN?

(Narrator: They didn't win.)

 

#FAKENEWS

Meanwhile, American Spirit-owned Raycom stations are still not on DirecTV or AT&T U-verse yet.

Does anyone have an update? I have never seen a dispute with DIRECTV last this long.

I hate it when stations use their news branding to refer to a station as a whole. NBC Maine or Maine's NBC would have been better.

“NBC Maine” for general programming, and “NewsCenter Maine” for the news.

The 2018 KFOR Anchor Desk - L to R - Brian Brinkley (Sports Director), Joleen Chaney (Linda Cavanaugh's Successor), Kevin Ogle, and Mike Morgan (Chief Meteorologist)

This Just In: The WCSH iOS app has just been updated and now has the "News Center Maine" logo icon! In the description of the update, all it says is, "Branding Update."

An animated Paul Bunyan has taken his axe to WLBZ2 and rechristened the station as NEWS CENTER Maine - but the old WLBZ2 logo still appears on the station bug and promos.

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In another ident, a lighthouse shows the old logo pointing left and the new one pointing right - with the new one eventually taking over the frame

WCSH & WLBZ also have this as the cover photo on their respective Facebook pages. I wonder if a rebrand will comes when the new TEGNA website and graphics hit The Pine Tree State.

First Tegna took away WLBZ's newscasts; now they appear to be taking away its branding. Look at this tag that aired tonight on a promo for Daily Blast Live.

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As per WLBZ's Wikipedia Page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLBZ

"Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WLBZ is considered a semi-satellite of sister station WCSH (channel 6) in Portland. WLBZ's master control, as well as some internal operations, are housed at WCSH's studios. It simulcasts most of WCSH's newscasts, and clears most of its syndicated programming (though in some cases at different times). There are also some programs that only air on WLBZ while some are only seen on WCSH. WLBZ also airs separate station identifications and commercials. Although WLBZ and WCSH are based in different locations and technically serve separate markets, the two essentially operate as one station. With their combined resources, the stations provide statewide coverage not offered by any other outlet in Maine. WLBZ serves as the default NBC affiliate for the Presque Isle market, which does not have an affiliate of its own."

The "NewsCenter Maine" branding is years overdue. "NBC Maine" would also be acceptable.

13.3 million would run the KENV Elko news operation for how many decades?

Until the end of time.