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3 hours ago, TheRob said:

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-24-34A1.pdf

From the PDF listed above:

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10.          Although the general arrangements described immediately above apply to all of the Mission stations that are reliant on Nexstar, only one—WPIX—is without a  Nexstar-owned station in the same local market. It is important to note the distinction made in the Commission’s Rules between relationships concerning entities that own stations in the same geographic market (i.e., same-market) and those that do not. When presented with same-market instances, the Commission has recognized the efficiencies that SSAs, JSAs, or LMAs, can produce. The Commission has not considered previously whether the same benefits occur to the same degree when a licensee outsources these functions to a party that does not already operate in the same market.

This section caught my eye. It seems that this is not the the beginning of the end for sidecar companies. This situation seems to have been the FCC closing a loophole from when Nexstar purchased Tribune, divested to Scripps, and the repurchased via Mission.

2 hours ago, NowBergen said:

FCC has rules Mission (Nexstar) must sell PIX11 within a year.  Nexstar has been fined as well for essentially being over the ownership limit.  If Nexstar wants to keep the station they’ll need to sell others to stay under the cap. Good to see this side car crap finally got called out 

 

https://www.nexttv.com/news/fcc-orders-mission-to-sell-wpix-fines-nexstar-dollar18-million

The link you posted was broken, at least for me. if anyone has the same problem, I found the article after a bit of digging.

Next tv probably updated the article (1.8M to 1.2M)

https://www.nexttv.com/news/fcc-orders-mission-to-sell-wpix-fines-nexstar-dollar12-million

Rhetorical question: Why am I simultaneously surprised and not surprised about this?

So will Bally Sports be involved with the MLB this year? I know that they are out of the southwest.

19 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Given the questionable status of Alabama (and other SEC schools), and the dominance of Michigan (and potentially Ohio State), this change of CBS from SEC to Big 10 may help in more important places as opposed to the CBS stations taking a dive without SEC football.

 

I don't think that it's going to lead to any affiliation switches, unless one of the big owners really drops the ball with Paramount and they go elsewhere....

From experience living in the south, and the dominance of the SEC, this could certainly hurt viewership on Saturdays. As SEC college football is king in the south. 

Also, there is a thin possibility that it could help in markets like Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte and Nashville due to the amount of people that are transplants from historical BIG10 territory (Atlanta has a lot from rust belt, Charlotte and Nashville is more from across the country).

43 minutes ago, qunewsguy said:

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned this yet but I hate the fact that it's a double live bug.

Its been mentioned, just not directly, you think we would not notice that! You might have scrolled right past it, happens to us all.

On 2/18/2024 at 6:42 PM, ABC 7 Denver said:

I've always HATED live bug "tabs" on the L3. You can blame TEGNA for originating that crap. In this case, it's redundant and it's somewhat overlapping the time/temp bug.

The difference between the top live bug and the L3s, makes me wonder if there going to roll out a new (or refreshed) graphics package.

I do not when they last got a graphics refresh, would someone be able to tell enlighten us on that?

16 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said:

For the owned and operated stations I'll say again...

 

CBS O&O newscasts have a very generic, corporate, "Spectrum News" like feel, that isn't always authentic to the markets they're in. Big example, the CBS' defunct "Nowcasts". WUPA's version, produced in NYC, felt so out of place in a country/soulful/hip hop city like Atlanta.

I was interviewed for one of WUPA's "newscasts" back in December of 2022, with one of their only MMJs. Watched the newscast that evening to see what was what and definitely disappointed. Wasn't surprised, I didn't even know what the local CW affiliate was at the time until that morning, let alone that they had a newscast.

I will definitely agree  that they were produced like "Spectrum News 1".

29 minutes ago, Abraham J. Simpson said:

Indeed, great point. Hey, if they sell it to Byron Allen, look for lots of content from his library there.

Second that, especially with the offer he made in the fall(?).

8 hours ago, Abraham J. Simpson said:

There can be common threads, but no situations are identical. Each station has its own unique competitors and market dynamics at work. In some cases (a la KDKA as noted) that has worked to the station's benefit. Others, not so much. Sometimes you can employ a solid plan and execute it well, and still not show big results, if the competition hasn't given people enough reason to go elsewhere. And your network performance matters; while a really strong local affiliate can outperform and even give the parent network a bit of a boost there, by and large, you're also partially at the mercy of factors outside your control. 

You can partially give the New World-FOX partnership/merger the blame for all of this too.

Additionally, before WAGA was bought by/transferred to FOX in the 1994-96 realignment, it was arguably one of their stronger affiliates. Notably it is also the only station in Atlanta that currently has a chance at surpassing the almighty WSB-TV. Same goes for the prior affiliates in Detroit, Milwaukee, etc.

New World must have run their stations well because the majority of them continue to maintain strong viewership. This time period also coincides with when CBS began to see declining ratings as a whole.

Also during realignment CBS had to affiliate with small unheard of channels with relatively high channel numbers, and in many cases the news room was built from scratch.

6 hours ago, Encore Emp said:

A lot of CBS stations especially in the top ten markets had historically have less stability and branding changes regularly while NBC and especially ABC stations have way more stability and reporters/anchors tend to stay at these stations longer so viewers get familiar with them and trust these people more to deliver the news. Most people want a quality newscast over quantity.

A notable exception is CBS owned KDKA in Pittsburgh, although a lot of it is historical preference hanging on tight.

6 minutes ago, EVVTV12 said:

Kate Snow announced this evening she will be leaving “Nightly” Sunday next week to focus more on “Daily.” 

I was nervous when she said "now some personal news," I thought she was leaving NBC News entirely. Glad to here she is commiting to the successful 'noon'-ish newscast.

Her announcement:

16 minutes ago, nomadcowatbk said:

no more victory parades?

Unlikely, as long as football exists there will be people celebrating. Besides, from what I understand the incident last week in Kansas City was born out an argument gone to far.

WEEK made the switch at 5pm today

13 hours ago, ABC 7 Denver said:

Looks like a Raycom graphics throwback.

WAFF did the same for the few months prior the their switch to GrayONE in early December.

6 hours ago, evv_mlis said:

It's like their folks are just having fun with their old system before the switch maybe.

That doesn't not make sense....

So does this mean that they are effectively 'shutting down' indefinitely?

It also varies a lot more once you go west of the eastern time zone.

It is going to be hard to get rid of the NBC chimes, those have been used since the beginning.

31 minutes ago, susquvalleywgal said:

WHP-TV CBS 21 here in Harrisburg (not to any surprise) kept the old ticker, for now.

 

-- Matt

Same for WHDF in Huntsville

1 hour ago, Megatron81 said:

I think that Gray try's and gets Salt Lake City NBC from KSL since they for a long time wouldn't air some prime time shows on NBC for some reason. One of the few TV stations not to do that.

Plus the previous events (at CBS Detroit) show that it is still possible for a news station to be built from scratch in this day and age.

(albeit with some snafus along the way)

3 hours ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said:

This means nothing... There are several Gray stations that have had the NBC peacock and the CBS eye removed for weeks now...

I have been wondering will Gray let NBC affiliates display the Olympic rings? I think it is something to be proud of (being the only free station broadcasting the games), and a missed opportunity.

6 hours ago, TheNewsTV said:

 

I hope the L3s get updated with the new ticker, the two just don't match.

31 minutes ago, Big Rollo Smokes said:

...and when WTBS became the NBA's main cable outlet, Turner sublicensed Hawks games to WGNX, the predecessor of WANF.

And the cycle continues, it would even stranger if Gray were to then have their stations (not WANF) put WPCH on a sub-channel, that will never happen though.

33 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:

What value does KCBU have for Gray though? Unless they acquire KSL (and there's no indication Bonneville is selling), it's an isolated asset with no real value.

I am thinking as it is centrally located in the western US, it is possible that they might be another Graphics hub, they could also build a newsroom there to build a western edition of Local News Live. Those are both possibilities. There is a long-shot possibility that they'll try to take the FOX affiliation from Scripps.

Some big news from Gray today:

• asset swap with Marquee out west:
  • PRESS RELEASE

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    ATLANTA, Feb. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gray Television, Inc. (“Gray” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GTN) announced today that it has
    reached agreements with Marquee Broadcasting, Inc. (“Marquee”) to swap television stations. Gray will sell its television stations in the Cheyenne-
    Scottsbluff and Casper television markets (DMAs 194 and 198, respectively) to Marquee in exchange for Marquee’s FCC permit authorizing the
    construction of new, unbuilt television station KCBU in the Salt Lake City market (DMA 27).

• Gray, Syncbak and NAB announce new local streaming platform Zeam (Morgan Murphy Media as well)
  • Read here.

Additionally; there is this

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To maximize consumer awareness and buzz, Zeam will release an eight-figure marketing campaign with the centerpiece being localized Super Bowl ads featuring John Stamos, airing across the country in around 100 different markets.

...

This value proposition has already gotten the buy-in from nearly 300 stations and 30 groups including Gray, CBS, News Press & Gazette, Hearst and Morgan Murphy. At launch, Zeam will have station representation that covers nearly 80% of the U.S.

More Here

According to a different website that shall not be named, 'Zeam' is to serve as a successor to VUit.

20 hours ago, Geoffrey said:

I've never been a fan of this look. Either don't put the desk in the corner, or embrace that piece of the building and stick logos there. It looks so poorly done this way.

They have been using the "simulated window" look for years, and when the camera is positioned just right, it is barely noticeable. That is until someone walks by.

4 hours ago, Drew said:

Way back in the day with Katie & Bryant/matt it was shown as a green marble column and they would pull up the screen that said today all over it when they started the show and then pull it down to show the window. Then when they went HD is when the different tv screens came in. They dropped the fabric type screen when they remodeled again and add the now dropped Orange Room

the column has always been there, they have just tried to hide it for the last 30 years: