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It was an absolutely stupid firing by Sunbeam. They should be condemned to the fullest for such a nonsense move

WZDX now remains...

23 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:

Looks like Gray is "LP-picking" again.....

 

They're acquiring Mansfield, Ohio Class A LP, WOHZ-CD from Mid-State Television for $450K.

 

WOHZ is the sister station of full-power independent, WMFD-TV.

 

Not sure what Gray is going to do with this LP. 

 

 

ATSC 3.0 repeater for WOIO/WUAB maybe?

22 hours ago, nbc4ne said:

Getting back to WSFL, I hope their morning news has the vibe like the Good Day format that can be found on most of the Fox O&O’s. You know I actually find it appalling that Miami has only one English language choice for local news from 7-9am, Hard News, and no other alternative. Apparently, to me, WBFS and pre-Scripps WSFL were not willing to compete and provide an English language lighter option. If WBFS were to have one, of course it would be from WFOR.

 

I mean, imagine living in Miami, raising children waiting to go to school, and it was around 7:30am. You want to watch local news in English. Unfortunately, you’re stuck with the compelling newscast that is Today in Florida on WSVN. This is why I’m hopeful that WSFL in ‘21 will provide audiences with a lighter alternative from 7-10am, along with the 4-7am portion, of course.

Miami used to have 3 BTW but WBFS cancelled theirs and then WSFL followed. 

It is madness, I agree tho. Hopefully, WSFL brings in a different newscast compared to 7...

Man...this is just lazy

5 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

 

 

You're missing KAIT, WAFF & KGMB/KHNL.

Make that 12 but I doubt Gray will touch the Hawaii stations...

That leaves only 9 stations with the old Raycom bricks package (WVUE, WFIE, KCBD, WECT, KSLA, KYOU, WTVM, KAUZ/KSWO)

We got a 2005 WKYC open (skip to 14:14)

 And a 1996 WFTV open (skip to 14:42)

A 2002 WKYC open (skip to 25:56)

A 1997 WZTV news open (skip to 17:23)

 A 1990 WKYC open (skip to 13:25)

On 10/2/2020 at 5:39 AM, LTSC1980 said:

 

HAHA

Of course it came from that station. That station have a lot of gems

We got 1984 KTTC news open 

13 hours ago, CircleSeven said:

Gray has completed its Midland "expansion" with MeTV station KWWT & Cozi TV outlet KMDF-LD. 

 

They've even announced that they're going add more "networks" in the near future. What more they can add? They basically have every diginet possible and that's alot for a small market like MIdland (Antenna, Cozi, H&I, Movies!, Decades, along with the big ones MeTV & Ion). And let's not forget their big nets (CBS [KOSA], The CW [KCWO], MyNet & Telemundo [KTLE-LD]). That's ELEVEN streams on five channels (although some networks are streamed on more then one stick).

 

Since Gray is heavy on Weigel diginets in their footprint, they'll "probably" add Start TV and Gray-owned diginet Circle. But I don't think they'll add anything else. 

 

Gray might be opening up shop for a ATSC 3.0 feed of KOSA as well...

On 9/28/2020 at 7:06 PM, ScottSchell said:

I absolutely hate the virtual set look.

Yeah...it is cheap looking. I guess Scripps spent all their money on getting Ion

6 minutes 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...

Estrella already had their financial woes in the past so theres precedence that they may have another here. So they might be happy to take the money...

This is a good deal for Tegna. They're basically trading up for a better spectrum (which means a better signal coverage for Dallas cordcutters)

Still waiting for some of the old Raycom stations to convert (KFVS?, WVUE?)

On 9/14/2020 at 8:56 PM, tw-804 said:

Here are the new opens below (7pm, 6pm & 5:30pm)

(courtesy of DADOSUPERMARIO 2 on YouTube)

 

 

Damnit, damnit, damnit

Here there are

We got a 1984 KIRO news open (jump to 7:52)

On 8/24/2020 at 11:26 AM, tyrannical bastard said:

MoffettNathanson to New Fox. "....dump the broadcast network."

https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/252665/fox-should-dump-broadcast-net-says-wall-street-analyst/

 

New Fox is pretty diluted as it is, since the entertainment assets are now part of Disney.  It's basically Fox Network, Fox News, and Fox Sports.  The latter will be even lesser if/when Sinclair rebrands the RSNs they bought.

 

 

Yeah...that's not gonna happen 

2 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

Meh, that open seems pretty slapdash.

Still trying to adjust, I see

We got a circa 1984 WLWT news open

And a 1998 WKRC open (jump to 11:22)

We got a 2005 WAFB news open

We got a 1980 WREX newscast 

We got a 1995 KEPR news open (jump to 0:28)

 And a 1989 WMAQ news open (jump to 25:49)

6 minutes ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

 

I wonder if the GM saw the new graphics and just said 'F*ck this'.

I wouldn't blame him