Sinclair...Again

[Mrtraveler01 738]

I like to rag on Sinclair as much as the next guy but I did get a kick out of this video that WSYX's Bob Kendrick made:

 

[ColumbusNewsFan 217]

 

I like to rag on Sinclair as much as the next guy but I did get a kick out of this video that WSYX's Bob Kendrick made:

 

 

That's how we roll in Columbus! :rofl!:

 

Actually I'm starting to think Columbus, Ohio is becoming a flagship for Sinclair with how much they are promoting and improving their news product in town.... Also with epic slide of WCMH under MG and WBNS being WBNS.

[Samantha 2895]

 

That's how we roll in Columbus! :rofl!:

 

Actually I'm starting to think Columbus, Ohio is becoming a flagship for Sinclair with how much they are promoting and improving their news product in town.... Also with epic slide of WCMH under MG and WBNS being WBNS.

 

Didn't someone say on here that Columbus has always been a cash cow for SBG?

[Mrtraveler01 738]

 

Didn't someone say on here that Columbus has always been a cash cow for SBG?

 

It has done very well as an ABC affiliate from what I've heard. The fact that a lot of Ohio State football games air on the station is why I think its so profitable.

 

I gotta give Sinclair some credit, they actually do seem to be putting effort into WSYX (a rarity), now all they need to do is fix the headlight on their news vehicles (the one in the video had a busted headlight, lol).

[A3N 1002]

 

It has done very well as an ABC affiliate from what I've heard. The fact that a lot of Ohio State football games air on the station is why I think its so profitable.

 

I gotta give Sinclair some credit, they actually do seem to be putting effort into WSYX (a rarity), now all they need to do is fix the headlight on their news vehicles (the one in the video had a busted headlight, lol).

 

Can't forget that Ohio gets a lot of political dollars during election years and tv stations get a large amount of revenue from political advertising. Which should start to ramp up next year.

[sanewsguy 511]

 

I like to rag on Sinclair as much as the next guy but I did get a kick out of this video that WSYX's Bob Kendrick made:

 

 

Ha that was funny. But really? Wendy's? Yuck (yes I know they're a locally based chain but still)...

[Big Country News 435]

 

Which should start to ramp up next year.

 

Just a matter of months until Midterms, and there are many Ohio incumbents up for re-election.

[bammy9 26]

 

Sinclair purchase El Paso office building for KDBC and KFOX.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/sinclair-purchases-el-paso-building-for-kfox-and-kdbc_b113628

 

That's a good thing for KDBC. Now they'll be able to move out of their closet of a studio.

[NewsMaster 226]

 

That's how we roll in Columbus! :rofl!:

 

Actually I'm starting to think Columbus, Ohio is becoming a flagship for Sinclair with how much they are promoting and improving their news product in town.... Also with epic slide of WCMH under MG and WBNS being WBNS.

 

To a point, they are; the master control for WDKY Fox 56 in Lexington seems to be based there: the number to call for closed captioning concerns is a 614 area code.

[Mrtraveler01 738]

 

To a point, they are; the master control for WDKY Fox 56 in Lexington seems to be based there: the number to call for closed captioning concerns is a 614 area code.

 

KDNL's master control is there too. Actually you can see the door to the control room with the logos of the different stations they control from there as they run to the elevator.

[hathawaynson2 39]

KDNL's master control is there too. Actually you can see the door to the control room with the logos of the different stations they control from there as they run to the elevator.

Aren't you forgetting that WBFF is the main flagship station of Sinclair?

[Samantha 2895]

I received this email today from Peter Saharko with the FCC:

 

Good afternoon,

 

The Video Division conducted a brief call this afternoon with representatives from Free Press and ACA upon their request to provide a status update on this matter. During the call, we informed these parties that we would like to hold a conference call next week to request additional information we need to complete our review of the applications. We asked Free Press to work with the parties to set up the call at a mutually acceptable date and time. Please let us know the best date and time and we will make ourselves available.

Looks like the FCC wants some more information. Interesting.

[Mrtraveler01 738]

 

Aren't you forgetting that WBFF is the main flagship station of Sinclair?

 

No one is arguing that. We're just saying that Sinclair treats their stations in Columbus like a "second flagship" station. Even though they aren't a flagship, they do host master control for a lot of their stations in that region (including KDNL and WDKY).

[hathawaynson2 39]

I received this email today from Peter Saharko with the FCC:

 

 

Looks like the FCC wants some more information. Interesting.

Regarding the Allbritton sale in general?

[tyrannical bastard 3953]

I think rather than referring to stations as "flagships" within Sinclair, it's more of a "hub and spoke" system that's been developed over the years.

 

With WSYX/WTTE/WWHO, they've been a Sinclair station for over 18 years, and was a major part of Taft/Great American, AnchorMedia and later River City, despite their third place ranking in the Columbus market. I remember an old NewsBlues posting when they allowed anonymous postings about stations, and the poster said that WSYX was a "cash cow" and possibly the most profitable of all of Sinclair's stations (at the time). This was back in the late 90s when they were in the midst of being eaten alive by WCMH and WBNS, and trying to "merge" with WTTE. Keep in mind that this was right before duopolies were legal, and Columbus has been a thorny market for this since they lack the number of full-powered signals to permit a duopoly.

 

With the purchase of stations and entire groups, I would imagine Sinclair will continue to utilize facilities and strong, established stations to leverage certain efficiencies over their stations.

[Samantha 2895]

Sinclair says they'll do the conference call, but they want it on the straight and narrow. From Clifford Harrington:

 

"Before proceeding with the call, we believe that it would benefit all those involved for the Media Bureau to set a specific agenda for the call. In particular, we believe that the Media Bureau should make clear that the purpose of the call is to focus on the Bureau’s specific requests for information regarding the transaction and its structure, including an explanation of the details thereof, and that the call will not be a forum for a discussion as to the merits of the arguments or factual allegations raised in the pleadings, or allow new issues to be raised by the petitioners."

 

And Rainbow PUSH (which we haven't heard from in months in this dispute) is, well, pushing back:

 

"On behalf of Rainbow PUSH, I agree that a call should be held, and that an agenda should be set. However, there is no reason to limit the agenda so as to exclude the discussion of any matter germane to the questions before the Commission, which are whether a hearing is needed to determine whether the applicants are qualified and, whether or not a hearing is required, whether the transactions need to be reformed."

 

———

 

On a slightly different subject, Sinclair station KSAS was named the Corporation of the Year by the Wichita-based W.G. Williams Community Foundation.

[Samantha 2895]

The conference call has been scheduled for Friday afternoon. I will be listening in and will recap some of the highlights of the call.

 

It will feature attorneys from Sinclair and Allbritton, as well as representation from Free Press, the ACA and Rainbow PUSH, plus the FCC.

[Daybreak 288]

Since Sinclair took over Barrington, I'm very surprise they didn't have any changes yet like to the stations like the graphics or the websites since its ave been basically 3 months now.

[ABC 7 Denver 1715]

 

Since Sinclair took over Barrington, I'm very surprise they didn't have any changes yet like to the stations like the graphics or the websites since its ave been basically 3 months now.

 

KXRM has changed.

[Samantha 2895]

There wasn't much in today's conference call:

• The FCC wants some things from Sinclair that will likely be covered under a protective order, namely the actual revenues from the four assigned stations from 2010-2013 as well as copies of the loan debt guarantees between Sinclair and its sidecars.
  
• The FCC is encouraging Sinclair to make the necessary amendments to the application so the FCC can finish its review.
  
• Sinclair was resistant to sharing information with ACA, which it cast as a competitor, though ACA has been able to see this information in other cases.
  
• Rainbow PUSH does not object to the protective order but put in for the record that it has some sort of beef with Cunningham and how Sinclair is denying Cunningham its independence. They believe they are entitled to a hearing.
  

The loan debt guarantee thing was the one that caught my interest the most. It appears to hint at some financial-level concerns the FCC has with JSAs and SSAs.

[broadcastfan9751 140]

WGME and WWMT have gotten the new responsive layout.

[sanewsguy 511]

 

WGME and WWMT have gotten the new responsive layout.

 

Why does Sinclair feel they need to change their site layouts every year?

[Mrtraveler01 738]

 

Why does Sinclair feel they need to change their site layouts every year?

 

I don't know. It looks very similar to the layout KABB got a while back.

 

It actually looks worse than the old layout because everything is bunched closer together and still ridiculously cluttered and busy. At least with the old layout there was some space even though it was still pretty cluttered.

 

When are they going to get the message that a News tab should not have 19 different subsections?

[sanewsguy 511]

 

I don't know. It looks very similar to the layout KABB got a while back.

 

It actually looks worse than the old layout because everything is bunched closer together and still ridiculously cluttered and busy. At least with the old layout there was some space even though it was still pretty cluttered.

 

When are they going to get the message that a News tab should not have 19 different subsections?

 

The subsections are *mostly* left up to the station. Then there's a list of one or two Sinclair makes them list, like Behind the Headlines or Waste Watch, etc.

 

on WGME's See It Shoot It Send It, Your Voice Your Future, Political Pulse, Health Care Reform, Waste Watch, Washington Times, and Behind the Headlines are all from corporate office.

 

WWMT's selection is similar but they've seem to have put in more local ones.

[tyrannical bastard 3953]

 

Why does Sinclair feel they need to change their site layouts every year?

 

Perhaps they've come to realize how bad the layout is on their sites they relaunched last year (mostly with the old Newport and Cox stations)

If this is the norm....I'll take it.