jeggleston 1 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I was looking on Wikipedia and we all know how accurate Wikipedia can be sometimes and it says wxia 11 alive is going to become a O&O and get nbcatlanta.com and get a new set by clickspring. Does anyone have any confirmation? P.s. here is the link to the article I read. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXIA-TV#News_operation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess 1110 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Dude, wikipedia... it came from someone's weird head. Why would WXIA go to Artworks when they have a specialized hub of their own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeggleston 1 Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Dude, wikipedia... it came from someone's weird head. Why would WXIA go to Artworks when they have a specialized hub of their own? I said that..I said I know how accurate it can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieboy247 42 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Proof that some people on Wikipedia are so ignorant when it comes to vandalism and sockpuppetry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 [citation needed] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 753 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Proof that some people on Wikipedia are so ignorant when it comes to vandalism and sockpuppetry. Speaking as a Wikipedia user (who typically backs up the stuff I write with physical evidence), this is also why they want statements to be backed up by valid references from other websites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 268 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I'll tell you a few things: 1. They'd never drop 11 Alive (they dropped it for a bit, and clearly it was a failed experiment). If by the off chance NBC did buy it, they'd probably give it a logo like WCAU but with "Alive" under it in Gotham. 2. I don't think Gannett is in a selling mood. At all. 3. Look F is way better than the Gannett standard look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 753 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 I'll tell you a few things: 1. They'd never drop 11 Alive (they dropped it for a bit, and clearly it was a failed experiment). If by the off chance NBC did buy it, they'd probably give it a logo like WCAU but with "Alive" under it in Gotham. 2. I don't think Gannett is in a selling mood. At all. 3. Look F is way better than the Gannett standard look. Agree with points 2 and 3, though if NBCUniversal did ever buy WXIA-TV (and it would probably make a perfect station to be an O&O if the opportunity ever did arise), I'm not sure I'd put it past them to try and drop the "11 Alive" branding a second time to match the "NBC (channel number)" scheme of its other O&O stations (minor exception for WVIT), though they'd run into the same issues with viewers that the station did when the "11 Alive" name was briefly dropped in '94 (though when the "11 Alive" branding removal/undo happened that year, Gannett was dropping the "Alive" branding on all stations that still used it, KOCO for example stopped calling itself "5 Alive" in favor of "Channel 5"/"5 News" at that time). Also, if NBCU did get WXIA, MyNetworkTV would have to look for a new home, *cough*WPCH "Peachtree TV"*cough*, since NBC would want to turn WATL into a Telemundo O&O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 423 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 The other deal is that NBC right now is not in a buying mode. They want to at least get the stations they currently own back up to a better standard before investing any more money into another news operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skbl17 188 Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 While I can see WXIA as an O&O, I don't think it will happen anytime soon. Look F would look awesome on WXIA, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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