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42 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

That's not new. The KSIX stream has been simulcasted on KKAI's sub, prior to Gray's acquisition. 

 

 

I wonder why Gray made this purchase in the first place.

5 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

 

Follow-up since the KSIX transaction closed a couple of months back.

 

A callsign changed occured in the Big Island on November 13th.

• The station that was KFVE (the former KHBC-TV) is now KSIX-TV.
• And the station that was KSIX-TV (the station Gray just bought) is now KFVE.

No word if the "K5" stream (KHNL-DT2) is airing on the new KFVE.

As per RabbitEars, the new KFVE is airing on Ohau on KKAI-DT2 50.2.

KOKH has the look, finally @dman748!

On 10/26/2020 at 9:00 PM, newsbot said:

WCSH/WLBZ anchor Lee Nelson is retiring this week after 31 years with the stations.

 

News Center Maine’s Lee Nelson will anchor his last broadcast Friday

Lee Nelson will become a personal trainer.

On 10/10/2020 at 9:31 PM, JCB4TV said:

ATSC 3.0 is Live in Oklahoma City

 

The five stations broadcasting NextGen TV in Oklahoma City include Hearst’s KOCO-TV (ABC), Nexstar Media Group’s KFOR-TV (NBC) and KAUT-TV (IND); and Sinclair’s KOKH-TV (Fox) and KOCB-TV (CW).

In OKC, ATSC 3.0 is transmitting on Nexstar's KAUT license, RF19, with KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOCB, and KAUT.

As for KAUT's ATSC 1.0 transmissions:

43.1 is on KFOR's RF27 spectrum

43.2 & 43.3 are on KOKH's RF24 spectrum

43.4 is on KOCB's RF33 spectrum

8 minutes ago, Samantha said:

All of the V + U markets have the V as a sub of the U, too.

 

From there, the most concerning station has to be WLBZ, one of just two low-Vs and the only one without a co-owned U.

WLBZ would most likely have to petition to move to UHF, they were on RF25 during the transition. 

Tegna Stations Currently on VHF:

KPNX, RF12, petitioning to move to RF18

KTHV, RF12

KXTV, RF10

KFMB, RF8

KUSA, RF9, owns KTVD, RF31

WUSA, RF9

WJXX, RF10

WTLV, RF13

WTSP, RF10

WXIA, RF10, owns WATL, RF25

WMAZ, RF13

KTVB, RF7

WTHR, RF13

WOI, RF5, owns KCWI, RF23

WHAS, RF11

WLBZ, RF2

WZZM, RF13

KARE, RF11, petitioning to move to RF31

WTOL, RF11

KGW, RF8, petitioning to move to RF26

WBIR, RF10

KBMT, RF12

KIII, RF8

WFAA, RF8, petitioning to purchase KMPX, RF30

KHOU, RF11, owns KTBU, RF33

KWES, RF9

KCEN, RF9

WVEC, RF13

ATSC 3.0 is Live in Oklahoma City

The five stations broadcasting NextGen TV in Oklahoma City include Hearst’s KOCO-TV (ABC), Nexstar Media Group’s KFOR-TV (NBC) and KAUT-TV (IND); and Sinclair’s KOKH-TV (Fox) and KOCB-TV (CW).

3 hours ago, CubsFan79 said:

YOU TUBE TV, Dish,Sling, Fubo TV have all droped  Fox Sports Regionals. 

I believe that the only major MVPD who's managed to keep the Sinclair RSNs has been AT&T as they recently renewed with all Sinclair that included the local stations, the RSNs, Tennis Channel, and added Marquee at launch. AT&T also managed to somehow resolve an earlier dispute with Altitude and added SNLA.

6 hours ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Two new sale transactions to note:

* Scripps is buying KCDO-TV/Sterling, CO and its Denver translator KSBS-CD for $9.5 million. The deal would form a full-power duopoly with KMGH, and force the sale of KPXC under the concurring Ion deal.

* Tegna is buying KMPX-TV/Decatur, TX from Estrella Media for $19 million. A very odd caveat included in the agreement is that Estrella was given an option to purchase WFAA, which would become KMPX's duopoly partner, an option I doubt would be exercised and doesn't make much sense to include.

From what I've observed, the primary reason that Tegna is buying KMPX is to get WFAA 8.1 onto a UHF stick as there have apparently been complaints of reception issues with WFAA's current VHF signal.

25 minutes ago, oknewsguy said:

It's only a matter of time before Hulu drops the Fox RSNs too.

 

And who knows how many more who will drop them too.

Sinclair better figure something out, and fast, whether that's to come down on their price, or allow the RSNs to be premium channels.

1 hour ago, The Frog said:

A move spurred in part by WFAA's recent reception woes, no doubt. Their signal has been more elusive than usual since they completed their facility changes this summer. Reducing ERP on VHF wasn't a good idea.

 

This strikes me as a really roundabout way of doing what should've been a simple facility swap.  If the plan is for Estrella to acquire WFAA's VHF facility, surely this could've been done in a more straightforward fashion? For Estrella, easily parting with an O&O in DMA #5 and potentially ending up on a weaker signal doesn't send a good message about their future.  Either way, Tegna can maneuver this into more cap space...

It appears that WFAA can move 8.1 to the KMPX stick as soon as this deal closes.

Would it just be more practical for Gray to purchase the non-license assets, NBC & CW, and move them to subchannels accordingly?

20 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

Gray has filed the paperwork to acquire KUBD Ketchikan for $1.

 

How come they're not getting KTNL Sitka & the LP, KXLJ in Juneau? Are they planning on getting it later, or is GCI planning on selling KTNL/KXLJ it to someone else?

 

.......OR since Gray already acquired LPs KATH/KSCT, they may not really need KTNL/KXLJ? And if that's the case, are they're airing CBS programming on the subs of KATH & KSCT? 

 

Some unanswered questions.

Upon review, Gray apparently has two CPs in Juneau for stations on channels 15 & 26, maybe Gray will light these up for CBS in Southeast Alaska.

https://www.rabbitears.info/search.php?request=owner_search&owner=Gray+Television

20 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

If what was said above comes to be true, it would almost be like replacing the prior MG look with the KOIN graphics.  Besides WCBD and WSAV, who else in Nexstar (legacy stations) uses the NBC package?

I know that KFDX, KAMR, KTAL, KNWA, KSNF, KARK, and KSNW are just some here in the southern plains that I know use the Nexstar NBC package. This is why I see KFOR eventually getting the NBC package whenever Nexstar gets around to imposing their look in OKC.

4 hours ago, Nelson R. said:

This was actually posted by WJZY. Ooops. Quickly deleted....

For those of you who haven't been keeping up with the NHL Restart, the Hurricanes defeated the Rangers while the Islanders defeated the Panthers in the Qualifying Round.

14 hours ago, MyNewsArchive said:

Yikes, talk about halfway...

 

I agree with dma37dude (YT), this is terrible. At this point, they should've gone completely in with "Glass V.2" instead of using parts of 2 different packages. 

Coming soon to KOKH?

2 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said:

Admittedly based on the sound of that, they were literally stuck. Of the companies in buying moods, the only ones really interested in small markets are Gray and Nexstar. The latter probably was too concerned about the cap, while the former has lots of cap space but was already in the market. As a result, they had no real options.

I believe that Nexstar is in a holding pattern at this time until the WPIX issue is resolved as Nexstar would have to sell should the Mission deal fall though.

13 minutes ago, LTSC1980 said:

So both Wyoming and Alaska are becoming a market with Gray TV v. NewsNet, with NewsNet that unlikely to win. What a shame.

Gray will now be the primary voice of reason in each of the five smallest states, by population, South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Would it make sense for KTVA to take on the former KYES schedule, including MNT, until its final fate is decided.

On 4/10/2020 at 12:17 AM, Yankees4life said:

I thought they already had a name. Weird people run that company

Sinclair had four months to rebrand the RSNs as MLB is now underway and NBA & NHL comeback next weekend. I wonder whether a rebrand is in the works or if the pandemic delayed any action on Sinclair's part. Also, Sinclair could've used the time to negotiate new deals with MPVDs who've dropped them in recent years.

KFOR Chopper 4 crew spots, rescues missing swimmer in an Oklahoma river

Nexstar should keep this bird flying.

7 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

New retrans fight. AT&T/DirecTV & Lilly Broadcasting. 

 

The Lilly stations could be dark as early as June 10.

Now is not the time.

Courtesy of the Tegna website, here's what appars to be the WOI Tegna logo.

It's not much, but KLAS-TV named ‘A Proud Broadcast Partner’ of the Raiders, will air the most Raiders’ games.