RGSJenkins 435 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 WTNH could be BELO or Gannett. Or Hearst-Argyle. No, no, no, no. WTNH is too good to be a Hearst-Argyle, Media General, or a Gannett station. BELO would be a good choice. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsie 11 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I think maybe WAVY could go to Gannett. WISH maybe the same, I would hate for them to become an o&o and possibly become branded some name like "CBS 8". I don't know why, but I can't see WAVY going to Gannett. I see LIN stations being sold like NYT. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyGringoChannel 0 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Don't forget LIN also owns WALA in Mobile. I wouldn't be suprised if FOX made a play for them instead of WLUK. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10604 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkarrick00 0 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Where would the stations managed by LIN go to? WAND (Decatur) is owned 67% by Block, 33% by LIN (managed by LIN). Do you think Block would purchase it outright? Seeing as though there aren't very many stations owned by Block (something like five of them). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonmediaguy 123 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Furutre Ownership Predictions: BELO: WOOD-TV, WTNH-TV and WANE-TV NBC-Universal: KXAN-TV, WAVY-TV, WDTN-TV CBS Corp: WISH-TV, WIVB-TV, WPRI-TV CBS cannot buy WPRI because their city-grade signal overlaps with WBZ/Boston. CBS owned 'PRI and was forced to sell after the Westinghouse deal. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilene 2 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I don't see CBS having any interest in a station in Indy, which is market #25. Just too small a market for them. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 254 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 WISH is an awful strong station it wouldn't be smart for CBS not to look in to WISH! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEPA 0 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Another problem that comes up is LIN is big on hubbing their stations. In New England, WTNH/WCTX, WPRI/WNAC WWLP/WAPA are all run out of Springfield MA. (WWLP). Whoever buys the stations might want to buy the whole hub. It would be cheaper to buy the whole group of stations than cherry pick. When LIN hub'ed the Northeast, they took the automation, switchers, playback and other things from all the stations, to build the hub. Another problem a new buyer will have is that LIN has not spent any money at the local stations for a digital infrastructure. To run the stations locally (not hubbed), its going to cost millions to completely redo the infrastructure and to rebuild the MC facilities. WTNH also has Parkervision. (The worst thing ever invented). Hearst would be a logical buyer for WTNH. WTNH would give Hearst a station in all of the New England markets. Hearst already has Boston/Providence, Manchester NH, Burlington/Plattsburg. New Haven/Hartford would be a nice addition. It should be very intresting to see how this plays out. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Hearst would be a logical buyer for WTNH. WTNH would give Hearst a station in all of the New England markets. Hearst already has Boston/Providence, Manchester NH, Burlington/Plattsburg. New Haven/Hartford would be a nice addition. That's exactly what I was thinking. (Though it's Manchester that's part of the Boston market, not Providence.) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lampstein 107 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I don't think NBC and CBS are in the buying mood with their sell-offs of lower-market stations... Sorry, I'm a little late to the party on this one - Thanks, first on fox, for bringing logic to the conversation. Don't forget, Fox is also looking to sell off some of their stations. None of the networks are in any position to buy up stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 254 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Well, all I can say is I hope somebody like Sinclair, Raycom, or Media General doesn't get WISH, or any other station that LIN has put so much into. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Okay, How's this other future predictions (If it happens). BELO: WISH-TV/WNDY-TV, WANE-TV and WTNH-TV Gannett: WAVY-TV, WDTN-TV and WPRI-TV That's all I can think of all for right now. But however, in situation of this kind, you make up your own mind of which station is going to be owned and/or operated. I got BELO, CBS & NBC O&O on my head and maybe ABC O&O but it's up to you of what station is going to bought. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElliotJones 52 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 What is everybody's obsession with these stations becoming O&Os, especially in a time when some O&Os are selling off stations? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Horn 78 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 CBS cannot buy WPRI because their city-grade signal overlaps with WBZ/Boston. CBS owned 'PRI and was forced to sell after the Westinghouse deal. 1. that used to be the case -- it was the reason in your example, and why argyle had to sell wnac in 1998 following its merger with hearst. 2. the fcc changed the rules in 2003. ownership limitations are now only determined market-by-market and on a national level. 3. market-by-market: · In markets with five or more TV stations, a company may own two stations, but only one of these stations can be among the top four in ratings. · In markets with 18 or more TV stations, a company can own three TV stations, but only one of these stations can be among the top four in ratings. · In deciding how many stations are in the market, both commercial and non-commercial TV stations are counted. · The FCC adopted a waiver process for markets with 11 or fewer TV stations in which two top-four stations seek to merge. The FCC will evaluate on a case-by-case basis whether such stations would better serve their local communities together rather than separately. 4. nationally: The FCC incrementally increased the 35 percent limit to a 45 percent limit on national ownership. · A company can own TV stations reaching no more than a 45 percent share of U.S. TV households. · The share of US TV households is calculated by adding the number of TV households in each market that the company owns a station. Regardless of the station's ratings, it is counted for all of the potential viewers in the market. Therefore, a 45 percent share of US TV households is not equal to a 45 percent share of TV stations in the US · On March 31, 2003, there were 1,340 commercial TV stations in the US Of these 1,340 stations, Viacom owns 39 TV stations (2.9 percent), Fox owns 37 (2.8 percent), NBC owns 29 (2.2 percent) and ABC owns 10 (0.8 percent). 5. ownership of two stations in neighboring markets is allowed and could only be regulated according the national limit. signals can overlap -- WBZ/WSBK and WLWC would be good examples of stations with overlapping signal having the same ownership under the 2003 rules. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10636 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 233 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 With WAVY, & WISH NBC & CBS could be the big contenders for a network O&O. With WAVY, I would sure hope not or else bye bye wave logo. Gannett, maybe twenty years ago; now, not so much. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 254 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 I don't know that much about Belo, is it as good as LIN? Do they let stations keep individuality like LIN (unlike Sinclair, and Media General)? Only want the best for WAVY,and WISH/WNDY/WIIH! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 I don't know that much about Belo, is it as good as LIN? Do they let stations keep individuality like LIN (unlike Sinclair, and Media General)? Only want the best for WAVY,and WISH/WNDY/WIIH! Some of Belo's stations have individuality, some don't... KING, KREM, and WCNC all share the same graphics package. Propulsion is being used on several of Belo's stations (it was made for Belo). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
WANEFan 1 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Anyone want to bet that WANE will end up in the wretched clutches of Nexstar or, worse yet, Sincrap? After all, Fort Wayne is the kind of market that Sincrap and (especially) Nexstar both like. However, if Nexstar buys WANE, they would have to sell WFFT to another owner, but I'm quite sure that they would form an LMA so they could retain some influence at WFFT... and maybe launch a WANE-produced newscast as well. Personally, I'm hoping for the best, but I'm betting on the worst... :-\ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 596 Posted May 19, 2007 Author Share Posted May 19, 2007 Anyone want to bet that WANE will end up in the wretched clutches of Nexstar or, worse yet, Sincrap? After all, Fort Wayne is the kind of market that Sincrap and (especially) Nexstar both like. However, if Nexstar buys WANE, they would have to sell WFFT to another owner, but I'm quite sure that they would form an LMA so they could retain some influence at WFFT... and maybe launch a WANE-produced newscast as well. Personally, I'm hoping for the best, but I'm betting on the worst... :-\ Nexstar may not buy WANE because they're considering selling their stations as well... http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6442953.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10653 Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 254 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Anyone want to bet that WANE will end up in the wretched clutches of Nexstar or, worse yet, Sincrap? After all, Fort Wayne is the kind of market that Sincrap and (especially) Nexstar both like. However, if Nexstar buys WANE, they would have to sell WFFT to another owner, but I'm quite sure that they would form an LMA so they could retain some influence at WFFT... and maybe launch a WANE-produced newscast as well. Personally, I'm hoping for the best, but I'm betting on the worst... :-\ Nexstar may not buy WANE because they're considering selling their stations as well... http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6442953.html Maybe WTWO, would end up with somebody decent!!! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilene 2 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 Maybe WTWO' date=' would end up with somebody decent!!![/quote'] This may sound strange, but compared to what WTWO has had before, Nexstar IS somebody decent!! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 254 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Maybe WTWO' date=' would end up with somebody decent!!![/quote'] This may sound strange, but compared to what WTWO has had before, Nexstar IS somebody decent!! Okay, maybe somebody better will buy WTWO, their a really good team. They're just underfunded, and it seems Nexstar doesn't care. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobilene 2 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Okay' date=' maybe somebody better will buy WTWO, their a really good team. They're just underfunded, and it seems Nexstar doesn't care.[/quote'] Compared to before, WTWO is rolling in cash. Seriously. Not that I'm a Nexstar fan, I just remember watching painful, painful stuff on WTWO in the late 80s and early 90s when I lived in that market. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10670 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 First LIN Broadcasting, now Nexstar Television? What the hell's going on with these ownerships! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10671 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrothers 1 Posted May 20, 2007 Share Posted May 20, 2007 Watch Gannett or Belo drop out. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/1251-lin-for-sale/page/2/#findComment-10673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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