sanewsguy 511 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Don't you think there is a halo effect that goes along with being the local 24 hour news channel? I know there's more to it than that and you have to have substance and content. As you've said before, 6's content is actually pretty good and they now have a chopper. Content + constant exposure + constant exposure of your reporters on the radio goes a long way toward having the reputation of being THE news station. Radio used to be the place to go to for breaking news. With a 24 hour news channel you automatically have a way to cover breaking news. Over time, you become the "go to" place for news. I don't think it's a bad idea to follow the Fox model of news during the day and talk at night. I just hope they get better people than the Baltimore cheeseballs like Mark Hyman. I don't mind Hyman, but to me he looks like a cheap suit. They need people who are more polished, IMO. I also hope they do it in 16:9 versus 4:3. They may gain a reputation of being "THE news station" through all of their efforts but a lot of people who watch local news watch the same station they always have (in this case WBNS). WSYX may gain some viewers who are looking for great local content and personable talent, but the majority of viewers will stick with whoever they always watch. That's why KSAT is the ten-ton gorilla here even though their content flat out sucks. People are entrenched in their ways and it's very difficult to change that. And a news outlet isn't going to report breaking news on their subchannel. If they do report it, it will more than likely be through social networking or their website. And I think if Sinclair must persist with a news channel, that's where they need to banish Mark Hyman and Kristine Frazao to. I don't mind Hyman's views, I tend to agree with them, but local news is not the place to express them. An opinionated news channel would be a better fit. And Frazao's probably a good reporter, but Sinclair's using her to spew their agenda during a news program, not to report. I'm surprised she's putting up with that, but it's a job that pays, I guess... I highly doubt most of Sinclair's local viewing audiences care about Hyman ranting about something that doesn't really affect them. If you really care what he has to say go to his website. But they waste air time they can either sell ads in or air news. And yes, some local news does have a pro-liberal agenda too. Not saying that's right, but neither is reporting your opinions as "news" when it's not. That's kind of my point. Think of how CNN Headline News does or used to do things (I rarely watch so I don't know if they still do it this way). They had local breaks where WBNS would provide local news. Since Washington is a company town, I'm guessing News Channel 8 carries a lot of political news. If they do that during the day, interspersed with local news breaks (that can be prerecorded) you might be able to get some traction. It's one thing if you're starting this from scratch - huge risk. It's entirely something different if you have this already in place and you have 70 markets just begging for .2 content. I still think it's a smart move. You also underestimate the attraction of those .2 channels. MeTV ratings in Cincinnati came in fourth in some time slots. Many of the ratings looked near the range of getting just under a 1.0 rating. Maybe not a huge rating, but still better than some cable channels including most cable news channels. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tv/2011/10/27/cunningham-shot-down-by-the-big-valley/ I think when it comes to subchannels, MeTV and Antenna TV do well because they air proven programming and there's an audience out there for it. And of course major network affiliations. The rest of the subchannels out there are a waste of bandwidth. Subchannels also don't do very well because most cable companies refuse to carry them. The ones that are on there now probably got on ten years ago when the subchannel was in its infancy and NBC developed Weather Plus. Now there's so many of them the cable co's are just telling many of them that there's not really any space for them. And Headline News hasn't been called such since 2008... (local cutins ended a few years back) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98856 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVIntheDesert 183 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 You're really overselling the value of subchannels. Stations really don't make that much off of them. You only get stations like MeTV to work for a subchannel because they're cheap to run (it's basically just airing old TV shows). But in terms of advertisers, if you ever watch MeTV, it's basically a loop of infomercials. So obviously they're not making much in terms of ad revenue but since it costs practically nothing to run them, they're still profitable. The national advertisements may be of the direct-response/per-inquiry variety, but the local Me-TV and Antenna TV stations do attract regular spot advertisers on the local level. All I really see on the two weather subs in Phoenix are local news promos and PSA's. Stations can make money off classic shows if they put some effort into it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98874 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 And I think if Sinclair must persist with a news channel, that's where they need to banish Mark Hyman and Kristine Frazao to. I don't mind Hyman's views, I tend to agree with them, but local news is not the place to express them. An opinionated news channel would be a better fit. And Frazao's probably a good reporter, but Sinclair's using her to spew their agenda during a news program, not to report. I'm surprised she's putting up with that, but it's a job that pays, I guess... As someone who likes how Ted Cruz, Mike Lee and Rand Paul are shaking things up, I am obviously a conservative minded guy. But I agree with you that Mark Hyman or that black guy on Sunday nights (Armstrong?) have no place in the newscast with right wing commentary. I don't dislike Hyman, I just don't think he has a very good on-air presence from a theatrical standpoint. I haven't seen one of his commentaries in a while, but when I would catch them before I didn't really think he was offering a unique perspective of any kind. He was mostly repeating the same things that were already out there. If Hyman were providing some unique insights, I might not think he was so out of place. (I tend to hate parrots and love things that are unique.) My one pet peeve about Sinclair's canned segments is this ...... but I have to preface this first. It's one thing when you see a local reporter all the time and you're used to his quirks. It doesn't matter if he isn't network quality in terms of his presentation skills because you've had the chance to break the ice. But if you're seeing someone for the first time, if they aren't network quality it is pretty easy to notice that they are local talent. That's kind of my pet peeve with Hyman and some of the canned stuff that airs. Not all of it is bad, just a general lack of polish, IMO. And yes, some local news does have a pro-liberal agenda too. Not saying that's right, but neither is reporting your opinions as "news" when it's not. I think when it comes to subchannels, MeTV and Antenna TV do well because they air proven programming and there's an audience out there for it. And of course major network affiliations. The rest of the subchannels out there are a waste of bandwidth. Subchannels also don't do very well because most cable companies refuse to carry them. The ones that are on there now probably got on ten years ago when the subchannel was in its infancy and NBC developed Weather Plus. Now there's so many of them the cable co's are just telling many of them that there's not really any space for them. I'm getting tired of the whole liberal-conservative thing. I think it's run it's course. I'm no fan of big government libs, but the trouble is that I can always find things to pick apart that I heard Rush say where he was simply dead wrong. One example was when he was railing against "net neutrality" and how it was some liberal conspiracy to control the internet to silence conservative voices when it sounds to me like this is more of an issue of ISP providers wanting to charge content providers. (I don't know where I sit on the subject, I just know he was wrong. Basically, it's all gotten old. I think the smart money these days is having more of a populist perspective about things and being skeptical of everybody. I think that's where Sinclair should go with their news channel as opposed to being a clone of Fox News. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 The national advertisements may be of the direct-response/per-inquiry variety, but the local Me-TV and Antenna TV stations do attract regular spot advertisers on the local level. All I really see on the two weather subs in Phoenix are local news promos and PSA's. Stations can make money off classic shows if they put some effort into it. I enjoy the classic shows far more than I enjoy most of what is on TV today with the possible exception of Mad Men. Take an old episode of the Fugitive. It moved along well, they had simple stories, there was a point to the story, it was entertaining and there is something about watching something on film that is simply more pleasing to the eyes. The drama stuff today is overdone, IMO. They take themselves way too seriously and they are overproduced. I can't really watch most of them. It takes far more effort to follow those shows whereas the old shows you could just sit back and enjoy. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98876 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3953 Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Sinclair has a massive opportunity with their stations should they take NC8 national. Put it on subchannels of their many stations, and it gives over-the-air views something they don't have....a news channel. On the other hand, broadcasting is a double edged sword that is being propped up increasingly by growing retransmission consent payments. It's getting to the point that these growing payments are starting to matter more than the ad revenue that is coming in. Plus, with these growing payments, the relationships between Sinclair and cable/satellite companies are starting to get strained....especially with Mediacom, Dish and now, Block's Buckeye Cable. Sinclair may soon be the nation's largest owner of TV stations, but in the cable world, they're no one, and don't have many friends in the industry who are going to give them the real estate they need to expand on cable. It will cost them a pretty penny if they want to expand on cable. They need the viewership to back it up, and at this rate, it's an insurmountable task. They need to keep status quo on their newly acquired stations by not driving them into the ground and actually improve on their network of legacy stations they've owned for years. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I'm getting tired of the whole liberal-conservative thing. I think it's run it's course. [ ... ] Basically, it's all gotten old. I think the smart money these days is having more of a populist perspective about things and being skeptical of everybody. I think that's where Sinclair should go with their news channel as opposed to being a clone of Fox News. Considering the people who operate SBG, I have a hard time seeing that happening. Armstrong Williams is not going to give up his soapbox, and neither are Mark Hyman or Kristine Frazao. All signs point right now to it being a cheap knockoff of Fox, and who is going to watch that? If they tried to hire someone like former WTOP head Jim Farley and gave him free reign over the operation, maybe they could find a niche. Farley recently retired from WTOP and helped transform what was a decent-performing AM all-newser into the top-rated commercial FM signal and top-billing station in the country. It's possible. But is it probable? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 TVNewsCheck put out a feature this weekend on Sinclair, its 2014 Station Group of the Year. Some interesting quotes: "Retrans is a key element in Sinclair’s growth formula. When it buys stations, it gets an immediate uptick in revenues from the newly acquired properties by locking in its most-favored-nation status on retrans payments. If the acquired group was receiving 35 cents a sub and Sinclair gets 70 cents, for example, that’s an immediate 100% increase." "'I’ve never worked with anyone who was in the office before me and after me, especially the CEO of a multibillion dollar corporation,' says Steve Pruett, head of Sinclair’s small market initiative Chesapeake TV. 'I have to work very hard to keep up with him.'" "Smith’s perspective and efforts may be self-serving. He makes no bones about being in broadcasting for the money — his and Sinclair’s shareholders." Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 511 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 "Smith’s perspective and efforts may be self-serving. He makes no bones about being in broadcasting for the money — his and Sinclair’s shareholders." Translation: Smith uses the stations as a mouthpiece to further his personal political agenda. He couldn't care less about the money... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98990 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 738 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 "Retrans is a key element in Sinclair’s growth formula. When it buys stations, it gets an immediate uptick in revenues from the newly acquired properties by locking in its most-favored-nation status on retrans payments. If the acquired group was receiving 35 cents a sub and Sinclair gets 70 cents, for example, that’s an immediate 100% increase." Yeah, it's going to be interesting watching Sinclair play hardball with more cable providers down the road the way they are with Buckeye in Toledo. Because he's right, they're relying on that re-transmission revenue to pay off their debt. Translation: Smith uses the stations as a mouthpiece to further his personal political agenda. He couldn't care less about the money... Most obvious thing I've read on here today. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-98992 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Translation: Smith uses the stations as a mouthpiece to further his personal political agenda. He couldn't care less about the money... But he WILL care about the money once the Buckeye fiasco blows up in his face and other cable providers (Comcast, TWC, Cox) refuse to play his game. S!nclair's fight with Buckeye has the potential to last for a long time - a full year even. And it's clearly not Buckeye that is scared. The Blocks own the Toledo Blade (which is a liberal-leaning daily, and the lone daily in Toledo) which they can use to attack S!nclair. And they already have. There exists a precedent for the Blade going after political enemies. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99004 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvjay 6 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Now that part I agree with. But since cable doesn't have room for another news channel, I'm surprised either CBS or ABC hasn't jumped into the OTA world as a back door into cable news. I think the analogy here is MeTV. My understanding is that networks like MeTV actually pay to be on a subchannel. CBS would be in a better position to try something like this since they own more stations and have the news infrastructure already in place. Roll out the channel to CBS O&O's (for free) and grow it from there. Likewise CBS/Viacom was in a good position to be the MeTV of OTA,(because of TV Land and Nick at Night) but they didn't jump on the opportunity or maybe didn't want to cannibalize their cable stations. Since neither CBS nor ABC is jumping on this opportunity, I don't think it's a bad idea for Sinclair to use NewsChannel 8's infrastructure in the nation's capital as a springboard for their "MeTV news channel". By the way, ONN sucked. They had a few good shows but it was generally boring and it had poor production value. ONN also didn't really work well here because there are something like 10 media markets serving the state and there wasn't a lot of commonality in terms of what interests viewers except when it comes to sports. Nobody really cares what the mayor of Toledo is doing unless it's a sex scandal. Sinclair should also be able to do something a little more lively than ONN. So here's how I see it. Sinclair automatically can throw News Channel 8 on in 70 markets. It doesn't have to pay to be carried on those stations, so start up costs are virtually nil. It also has news gatherers all over the country. They should be able to dredge up enough compelling content from around the country. And you grow it from there. And like I said in another post, you throw NewsChannel 8 on WSYX 6.2, with local breaks interspersed throughout the day, and you become the defacto news leader in each and every market you;re in. It may or may not work, but it's worth a try. You might as well use those 70 markets for something. And it is innovative you have to admit. MeTV does not pay to be on subchannels. Stations have to buy it. From what I can tell, ONN was an "also ran" operation. When I got a tour there they were covering a shooting in Cleveland and while they had a local reporter on the ground they were taking their affiliates coverage. Their control room was literally built in a hallway and their offices were in a trailer attached to the building. They were not on any cable outlet in Northwest Ohio which means they left out 1/5 of the state plus were never on satellite, leaving out many more viewers. I loved the idea of ONN and used to watch them on satellite (SBS6) when I worked weekends. The actually had some good business type shows. For awhile they also carried the states sports tournaments. If you ask me, ONN would of been a good idea for a statewide subchannel. One thing to note about NC8 is that their infrastructure is A LOT better than most people realize. Being tied in with a local station in DC means they have access to live trucks, reporters and fiber connections to a lot of important government buildings. Also, they must be important to the DC area because DirecTV carries them on satellite EVEN though they are not OTA. If I am not mistaken, they are the only regional news channel to be carried on DirecTV. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 738 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 MeTV does not pay to be on subchannels. Stations have to buy it. From what I can tell, ONN was an "also ran" operation. When I got a tour there they were covering a shooting in Cleveland and while they had a local reporter on the ground they were taking their affiliates coverage. Their control room was literally built in a hallway and their offices were in a trailer attached to the building. They were not on any cable outlet in Northwest Ohio which means they left out 1/5 of the state plus were never on satellite, leaving out many more viewers. I loved the idea of ONN and used to watch them on satellite (SBS6) when I worked weekends. The actually had some good business type shows. For awhile they also carried the states sports tournaments. If you ask me, ONN would of been a good idea for a statewide subchannel. One thing to note about NC8 is that their infrastructure is A LOT better than most people realize. Being tied in with a local station in DC means they have access to live trucks, reporters and fiber connections to a lot of important government buildings. Also, they must be important to the DC area because DirecTV carries them on satellite EVEN though they are not OTA. If I am not mistaken, they are the only regional news channel to be carried on DirecTV. That's a fairly new thing. Directv just added them on last year. Since no cable company has a vested interest in the channel, that was no issue for them. Something similar also happened with NWCN last year too, Dish Network is starting to carry them in select markets. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvjay 6 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I personally think a good 24x7 news subchannel would be one more reason to drop satellite. I only have satellite for live news, football and a couple of shows that I could find somewhere else if I really wanted to. The big thing for me is live news. I don't think Sinclair's news channel would be good or something I would want. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 With WLIO just down the road, they better be careful about throwing stones. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99036 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 MeTV does not pay to be on subchannels. Stations have to buy it. From what I can tell, ONN was an "also ran" operation. When I got a tour there they were covering a shooting in Cleveland and while they had a local reporter on the ground they were taking their affiliates coverage. Their control room was literally built in a hallway and their offices were in a trailer attached to the building. They were not on any cable outlet in Northwest Ohio which means they left out 1/5 of the state plus were never on satellite, leaving out many more viewers. I loved the idea of ONN and used to watch them on satellite (SBS6) when I worked weekends. The actually had some good business type shows. For awhile they also carried the states sports tournaments. If you ask me, ONN would of been a good idea for a statewide subchannel. One thing to note about NC8 is that their infrastructure is A LOT better than most people realize. Being tied in with a local station in DC means they have access to live trucks, reporters and fiber connections to a lot of important government buildings. Also, they must be important to the DC area because DirecTV carries them on satellite EVEN though they are not OTA. If I am not mistaken, they are the only regional news channel to be carried on DirecTV. Cool TV paid so I assumed they all did. I DONT agree about ONN. The statewide sports channels work because there are only two MLB and NFL teams and most of the state likes one or the other. But with 10 markets, the news is too fragmented to have any commonality where Athens is going to sit through a story about Van Wert. What might have worked is a channel dedicated to rural Ohio since nobody really covers them all the time. I could see a channel heavy on Ag news and high school sports with local news cut ins where they report all the break ins and whatnot. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvjay 6 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Cool TV paid so I assumed they all did. I DONT agree about ONN. The statewide sports channels work because there are only two MLB and NFL teams and most of the state likes one or the other. But with 10 markets, the news is too fragmented to have any commonality where Athens is going to sit through a story about Van Wert. What might have worked is a channel dedicated to rural Ohio since nobody really covers them all the time. I could see a channel heavy on Ag news and high school sports with local news cut ins where they report all the break ins and whatnot. I didn't mean to imply that it would of worked the way it was. It needed help (in my opinion more live news and less repeats) and I agree a more rural focused channel might of actually gained traction. Also, when it comes to statewide sports, don't forget about The Ohio State Buckeyes! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99046 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 727 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I didn't mean to imply that it would of worked the way it was. It needed help (in my opinion more live news and less repeats) and I agree a more rural focused channel might of actually gained traction. Also, when it comes to statewide sports, don't forget about The Ohio State Buckeyes! The cooking show was also very good. I think one of the things that killed ONN was also that they didn't have a talk block at night. Canned news with poor video quality just doesn't cut it IMO. They needed a few people like Bruce Drennan. Get the most interesting talk radio hosts from around the state and throw them on TV for an hour each night. You could throw on Trivisano, Bill Wills, John Corby and Mike McConnell for starters. Anybody with a good on-air presence. But the Wolfes don't do entertainment. They do boring. If they had a little more showmanship in them, ONN would have been far more interesting. These days, TV needs more Irv Weinsteins and Bill Bonds to keep things interesting, but I doubt today's corporate suits would let them do their thing. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 With WLIO just down the road, they better be careful about throwing stones. I wished Block would pipe in WLIO in Toledo just to piss the Heathens of Hunt Valley off even more. But I know they won't do that. But I do have some BREAKING NEWS!!!! As of today, it appears that the WWCP application from Peak Media to Cunningham Broadcasting has been DISMISSED. Now this have happened before when a proposed Cunningham station was dismissed. Unless WWCP is still planning on selling, it's still in the hands of its current owners. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvjay 6 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I wonder how much this will factor into the new rules next month and if so, does this kill Sinclair's whole premise of operating their side-cars? ACA: DOJ Filing Should Signal Attribution Determination For Joint Retrans Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 And the Sinclair/Allbritton letter blizzard goes on. Today, we got some highly classified information! ...Mostly redacted for me. Remember the pages of operating projections that were blacked out? Now I have more blacked out pages of things for "Project Armour" and of operating projections from Harrisburg, etc. W I T N E S S E T H: We also got a not-so-redacted guarantee/credit agreement between Sinclair, Deerfield and JPMorgan Chase. Yes, there's text formatted like that on the first page. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hathawaynson2 39 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 And the Sinclair/Allbritton letter blizzard goes on. Today, we got some highly classified information! ...Mostly redacted for me. Remember the pages of operating projections that were blacked out? Now I have more blacked out pages of things for "Project Armour" and of operating projections from Harrisburg, etc. W I T N E S S E T H: We also got a not-so-redacted guarantee/credit agreement between Sinclair, Deerfield and JPMorgan Chase. Yes, there's text formatted like that on the first page. Project Armour, here's a name that can be used "project Trojan" just kidding. So basically speaking, is the documents going to be online to look at? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Project Armour, here's a name that can be used "project Trojan" just kidding. So basically speaking, is the documents going to be online to look at? Yeah, they'll be in the file, but redacted. The guarantee agreement is left intact though. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 With WLIO just down the road, they better be careful about throwing stones. Block offered one of their stations to S!nclair on a silver platter as part of their negotiations, and S!nclair turned it down outright. About "throwing stones," well, aside from the colorful adjectives used in the ads, it's the truth. Toledo is a two-station news market literally in the shadows of Detroit. WNWO fares far worse than WUPW in the ratings, and WUPW gave up their own news department to become an extension of WTOL. Besides, S!nclair doesn't own a cable system. And WLIO has NOTHING to worry about. I wished Block would pipe in WLIO in Toledo just to piss the Heathens of Hunt Valley off even more. But I know they won't do that. Actually, they CAN'T because Block owns the Toledo Blade. But S!nclair is basically double-dog-daring Buckeye to do such a thing, because S!nclair is prepared to sit this out, regardless of how much WNWO is destroyed as a result. WLIO is obviously out, but WISE in Fort Wayne or WDTN in Dayton theoretically could be piped in. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leavellebrett 85 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I wished Block would pipe in WLIO in Toledo just to piss the Heathens of Hunt Valley off even more. But I know they won't do that. But I do have some BREAKING NEWS!!!! As of today, it appears that the WWCP application from Peak Media to Cunningham Broadcasting has been DISMISSED. Now this have happened before when a proposed Cunningham station was dismissed. Unless WWCP is still planning on selling, it's still in the hands of its current owners. This is big for me. I'm in this market. Although, Cox had been producing the news for WWCP since about 2007, Nexstar/Mission could swoop in and try and get it and form a duopoly with WTAJ. I would love to see that happen. Then maybe Sinclair would still work with WATM and make a newscast there. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvjay 6 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Besides, S!nclair doesn't own a cable system. And WLIO has NOTHING to worry about. Actually, they CAN'T because Block owns the Toledo Blade. But S!nclair is basically double-dog-daring Buckeye to do such a thing, because S!nclair is prepared to sit this out, regardless of how much WNWO is destroyed as a result. WLIO is obviously out, but WISE in Fort Wayne or WDTN in Dayton theoretically could be piped in. I don't think it has anything to do with owning the newspaper. I don't think they are allowed by the NBC contract to bring any other NBC stations in. When you are an NBC affiliate (all networks actually), aren't you only allowed to cover your DMA unless you are serving an un-served market (like when stations are feed to Canada). For example, Toledo has both WDIV and WNWO on Buckeye cable but only WNWO is (was) allowed to show NBC programming on cable. WDIV's channel was blacked out during primetime. It is still in fact blacked out during primetime even though WNWO is not on cable. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/12568-sinclairagain/page/51/#findComment-99115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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