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  1. TheSpeedKing
    Don’t expect Gray to make blockbusters or anything of that sort again unless they cash out of a few markets. They simply don’t have the cap space anymore to buy full-power. (36%, for reference)
  2. TheSpeedKing
    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! But, we can now say goodbye to crummy news operations like KPVI’s. Though I’m still terrified because NP&G is now getting a monopoly. Here in Ohio, I think that WHIO will be one of the last stations to be cashed out.
  3. TheSpeedKing
    Huh? Is it 2012?
  4. TheSpeedKing
    I wish there was a “disgusted” reaction on this site.
  5. TheSpeedKing
    Updated. I’m thinking KSWO is next.
  6. TheSpeedKing
    Norah O'Donnell is the master controller of the entire CBS network. Who can replace her?
  7. TheSpeedKing
    A graphics package definitely won't make a station, but it could make the station so much of an eyesore that the viewers associate the station with bad design. That discourages viewers from tuning in. Just look at WSB, which despite having a perfectly modern product is losing viewers at a faster than average rate.
  8. TheSpeedKing
    Any station using Nexstar NBC graphics is going to have their competition cream them. WJCL should've passed WSAV at this point.
  9. TheSpeedKing
    The FCC allowed KAXT-CD to have virtual channel 1.
  10. TheSpeedKing
    I'm also concerned with Nexstar's relation to NBC. It seems like WFLA and WCMH are the only Nexstar stations that seem to be caring about NBC in the slightest bit. They're also well behind their competition in terms of OTT capabilities. These stations do not need NewsNation on them at all. On an unrelated note, I've seen Nexstar leave its largest market stations alone whereas they forcefeed programming on their smaller market stations.
  11. TheSpeedKing
    Isn't WFXT the 5th place station in a 4-station market (WBZ, WCVB, WHDH and WGBH)? I know WGBH is noncommercial, but all four seem to do exceptionally well in some way or another, but not WFXT!
  12. TheSpeedKing
    A trend for sure, but with the fact that Sinclair is broke, Nexstar is deliberately lowering the rankings of their stations, and both are over the cap, I think that their stations are ripe for divestment. 90% to the PE vultures, 10% to the networks.
  13. TheSpeedKing
    I don't think WCMH (which used a variation of the WFLA graphics) stood up to WBNS very well. Morris copied WCMH to complete their $50 look.
  14. TheSpeedKing
    Their Wikipedia pages haven't been updated, but it says both are in widescreen SD. WDSU switched to HD in August of 2020. I don't think WGNO is in HD yet, but feel free to correct me.
  15. TheSpeedKing
    That's a retool of their existing package with new fonts. New promo graphics generally don't mean much.
  16. TheSpeedKing
    Infomercials and newscasts lol. Zero originality here. That's likely to be an NBC programme, not syndicated.
  17. TheSpeedKing
    They couldn't just get rid of WTTV to someone who wants it? I know that Nexstar kept it and tossed WISH into the bin, but Indy could use some decent ownership.
  18. TheSpeedKing
    And that's why CBS is doing this. Also in every other market, CBS can create a local news monopoly at this timeslot or create competition against independents/CW affiliates airing local news.
  19. TheSpeedKing
    The end of Maury on WJZ? Never thought I'd see that day...
  20. TheSpeedKing
    I notice the News Channel Nebraska version is using more "WHDH-esque" fonts. It's already a dated look.
  21. TheSpeedKing
    It's not the WFLA variant. KMID has kept the package default font of Montserrat. They're keeping it as close to WKRN as they can.
  22. TheSpeedKing
    Two reasons: cost and a lower dial position. I suggested that WCCB absorb the WCNC news department so they would be the new home for the Charlotte bureau of NBC News. HC2 Holdings is a company that owns several dead-end LPs in the US and they're hungry for some full-power stations. They own the Azteca America Spanish-language network. 18 is a far more accessible virtual channel number than 36.
  23. TheSpeedKing
    Again going on my point, the only logical buyers will be the networks (excluding Disney/ABC) or dead-end owners: WXIA/WATL to NBC, WSB retained WCNC dumped to a dead-end owner like HC2, NBC affiliates with WCCB and acquires the WCNC newsroom, a far cheaper option. WSOC is kept. KIRO dumped to HC2 or whatever, KING retained, KSTW becomes a CBS O&O WHBQ to Fox, WATN retained Both WTLV and WJXX will be dumped, NBC affiliates with WJXT, WJAX/WFOX retained. ABC could go to an LP since "Disney does not buy"
  24. TheSpeedKing
    I think even private equity is tired of OTA stations. Only the networks can buy. On a slightly related note, WSYX will be the market leader in my home market in a matter of weeks if this deal is allowed to go through, unless NBC is able to do something about this.
  25. TheSpeedKing
    This means that this is the only way to get NewsNation OTA. Interesting they’re going with national morning news.
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