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It appears that high winds knocked over the KRIS-TV tower, RF 13, as they've moved to RF 10, KZTV to transmit in the meantime.

https://www.kristv.com/news/local-news/high-winds-are-altering-kris-coverage-across-the-area

6 minutes ago, TexasTVNews said:

WFAA and KHOU got new web layouts today.

KFMB, KUSA, KTVB, KARE, KSDK, WFAA, KHOU, WVEC, and all the Nexsrar acquisions have the Tegna 2020 website layout, meanwhile, neither of the Dispatch stations have been converted.

Former KFOR “In Your Corner” reporter Scott Hines is among those stranded in Peru as part of that nation’s COVID-19 induced lockdown.

4 hours ago, mrschimpf said:

And Gray can't acquire it now; the station failed so no FSW can be filed if Gray files a CP for a new station on the 27 allocation (unless Ajit's willing to look the other way on even more stuff).

Couldn't Gray, or anyone else for that matter, attempt to apply to build a brand new station on the channel 27 allocation?

Based on what's transpired with the Fox RSNs since Sinclair took over, I'm now surprised that they were able to renew with AT&T, which also included the local stations. I also wonder whether Sinclair will lower the asking price for the RSNs at some point or possible wait until the contract for the local stations comes up for renewal. If you want to point fingers:

• Fox for selling the RSNs in the first place
• DOJ for making Disney sell the RSNs instead of allowing them to become part of ESPN
• Sinclair for being completely stubborn

Tegna's News Center Maine, WCSH, was off the air briefly on Tuesday as their building on Congress Square had to be evacuated.

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/news/local/news-center-maine-building-evacuated/97-622a2f7f-e626-4df4-b3e4-59fccff31c45

58 minutes ago, Weeters said:

Those mugs were sent in years ago and sit in a cabinet in 30 Rock. They probably just have someone go grab one every night, and WKYC never sent in a new one or told them to remove the old one.

Apparently, fellow Tegna station WCNC took the time to send 30 Rock an updated mug as demonstrated on Thursday's installment of Late Night With Seth Myers.

New website and, apparently, a new logo for WQAD. See for yourself.

This was on Seth Myers' desk last night on Late Night With Seth Myers.

Apparently, DIRECTV (AT&T) has WDVM in test mode for the entire DC market.

http://iamanedgecutter.com/showthread.php/825-Transponder-Maps-Data-2-12-2020/page173

5 minutes ago, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

I’ve come to find out it will include the cordillera stations. Hearing several of them are getting ready to launch. Sorry WLEX package. 

I'd like to see the reaction when these graphics hit Montana.

The Nexstar politics graphics still don't match KFOR.

NBC Sports' Basketball score bugs, bottom (NBCSN) and corner NBCS RSNs.

1 hour ago, MarkBRollins88_v2 said:

Do we know when the goal is to have every station switched over? Summer? End of year?

I wonder if this would also include the stations that joined the group in 2019, Cordillera & Tribune.

35 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:

 

That seemed like the most likely path for it too, since Meredith and Gray have very little overlap - they seem like companies that can work together more easily.

The only market where Meredith & Gray overlap is Flint.

3 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

PIX has been using the new website design since December.

Scripps has converted all the websites of the stations they acquired from Tribune/Nexstar. Tegna has not converted any of their acquisitions while Nexstar has only converted WGNO.

1 hour ago, Yankees4life said:

Yea...that was bad

The black & yellow are the colors of the University of Iowa.

2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

WKRG's mic flag is old, they replaced it when they changed to the CBS package 2 years ago.

 

For as penny-pinching a company Nexstar is, you would think that buying a single electronic LED mic flag that you could instantly change the logo on would be more cost effective than shipping and changing out hundreds of mic flags....

Fortunately for Nexstar, the next 2 Super Bowls, LV & LVI, will be in Tampa and Los Angeles respectively, so maybe on the following will happen:

Nexstar will ship a box full of flags to WFLA and KTLA

Purchase a croma key flag and let the control rooms handle the rest

Just use a generic flag with the Nexstar logo.

4 hours ago, djlynch said:

I don't think that's even all of the Nexstar mic flags. I don't see KSWB, KLAS, KXAN, or WNCN.

 

There's a KRON flag in the picture, which surprised me, but it could be there because it was easier to take the entire collection than to try to pull out the ones that won't be used.

No KFOR

51 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:

 

 

Fox may utilize each team's logo font for the last names starting with this package.

21 minutes ago, Spring Rubber said:

So basically they're pulling an NBC and only updating their football graphics. Every other sports property will be stuck on the same old graphics for 5-6 years+ probably. I hate this new trend of football-only graphics.

Since 2015, NBC has only refreshed their NFL & EPL graphics. I believe that a new package will debut at the Olympics in late July.

CBS overhauled their look at Super Bowl 50, and will have next year's Super Bowl LV, thus I'm expecting a refresh at that time.

Fox may be unable to refreshed their look until the RSN's rebrand.

ABC/ESPN customize depending on which sport they're televising.

On 2/1/2020 at 12:02 PM, Morphtato said:

WISH/WNDY have been pulled from DirecTV/AT&T U-Verse after a dispute with Circle City Broadcasting. This means no satellite subscribers have access to these two stations due to their existing dispute with Dish. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2020/01/31/att-u-verse-directv-customers-could-lose-wish-tv-myindy-23-midnight/4624974002/

Weren't WISH/WNDY off AT&T last summer in the Nexstar dispute? What's Circle City trying to prove here?

11 minutes ago, oknewsguy said:

Out of the 3 that you mentioned I'm actually partial towards the YES package being used on the other FSNs, we'll just have to wait and see what Sinclair decides to do.

 

Beyond that there is precedent to former Fox owned RSNs hanging on to the Fox package long past the retirement date (e.g. FSN Northwest, Pittsburgh and Rocky Mountain all kept the 2008 FSN package even after those RSNs became Root Sports) so it's possible that Sinclair may rebrand the RSNs in the Spring and wait until the Fall and then roll out the new package.

I believe there are two possible rebrand dates, March 26, MLB Opening Day, and July 17, when MLB resumes following the All-Star Game.

5 minutes ago, oknewsguy said:

I suspect that at least through April the Sinclair RSNs would probably need the outgoing Fox package.

 

I suspect that the Sinclair RSNs will roll out a new graphics package on a template based on the Marquee Sports Network graphics, I'm not sure if the FSNs will indeed use that template but that is certainly a possibility here.

I can see the RSNs to continue to use the 2017 Fox Sports graphics until they are no longer available, or switch to the Marquee, YES, or Stadium packages.

15 minutes ago, TexasTVNews said:

Let's not forget that in 1980, Silverman was responsible for pulling the plug on three daytime game shows; Hollywood Squares (Marshall), Chain Reaction (Cullen), and

High Rollers (Trebek) in favor for a 90-minute daytime show which only lasted four months.

NBC kept one game show in its daytime lineup, Wheel of Fortune (Chuck & Susan).