JCB4TV 347 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Tegna Stations Currently on VHF: KPNX, RF12, petitioning to move to RF18 KTHV, RF12 KXTV, RF10 KFMB, RF8 KUSA, RF9, owns KTVD, RF31 WUSA, RF9 WJXX, RF10 WTLV, RF13 WTSP, RF10 WXIA, RF10, owns WATL, RF25 WMAZ, RF13 KTVB, RF7 WTHR, RF13 WOI, RF5, owns KCWI, RF23 WHAS, RF11 WLBZ, RF2 WZZM, RF13 KARE, RF11, petitioning to move to RF31 WTOL, RF11 KGW, RF8, petitioning to move to RF26 WBIR, RF10 KBMT, RF12 KIII, RF8 WFAA, RF8, petitioning to purchase KMPX, RF30 KHOU, RF11, owns KTBU, RF33 KWES, RF9 KCEN, RF9 WVEC, RF13 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-252296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 All of the V + U markets have the V as a sub of the U, too. From there, the most concerning station has to be WLBZ, one of just two low-Vs and the only one without a co-owned U. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-252297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 8 minutes ago, Samantha said: All of the V + U markets have the V as a sub of the U, too. From there, the most concerning station has to be WLBZ, one of just two low-Vs and the only one without a co-owned U. WLBZ would most likely have to petition to move to UHF, they were on RF25 during the transition. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-252299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaronQ 279 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 A staff member from WCNC Charlotte tested positive for the Coronavirus after attending a Trump rally over in Gastonia, NC back on October 21st. https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/two-test-positive-coronavirus-after-president-trump-gastonia-campaign-rally/275-293a3e81-68d9-463f-8c79-e1c5de8e2bbb Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-252827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 On 9/28/2020 at 4:00 PM, Samantha said: Tegna is making another buy, this time from Estrella Media. They'll be purchasing that network's owned station in Dallas, KMPX 29, for $19 million. There are two important elements to this deal: Estrella will remain, on 29.1 apparently; there's a 5-year network affiliation agreement that will be part of this sale. There are triggering clauses in the agreement that then would allow Estrella, under a separate option agreement, to buy WFAA-TV (read: the VHF transmitter facility) for $5 million. That deal has been greenlighted today. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3933 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Well, WNEP went there in a Talkback 16 segment. A viewer didn't like the NXT tease.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdj1DpAQ-CU 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 673 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 10:02 PM, tyrannical bastard said: Well, WNEP went there in a Talkback 16 segment. A viewer didn't like the NXT tease.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdj1DpAQ-CU Will there be rioting in the streets Of Scranton upon the eventuality of the theme being changed??? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 4 hours ago, compubit said: Will there be rioting in the streets Of Scranton upon the eventuality of the theme being changed??? You still think they're going to switch to that god-awful noise? Talkback 16 would be jammed!!....... 1 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253439 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3933 Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 If only WBNS and the other newly-minted Tegna stations had stood their ground. WBNS is literally a turtle on it's back these days, a shell of what it was when it was Dispatch owned. So much talent and experience has walked out the door in the past year. At least there's hope for the uber-dominant stations like WBIR, WMAZ and of course Newswatch 16. How WBNS ever got to that point is mystifying, although Dispatch likely played a hand over time as WSYX was slowly catching up to them. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseyfla 207 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: At least there's hope for the uber-dominant stations like WBIR, WMAZ and of course Newswatch 16. How WBNS ever got to that point is mystifying, although Dispatch likely played a hand over time as WSYX was slowly catching up to them. Now that I have been living in the Macon market since January, I can tell you WMAZ would have to literally self destruct for either of its competitors to come close to them. They could change its news music to Rebecca Black's wretched song "Friday" and people would still watch them 4:1 over WGXA and WMGT. WGXA had given up on morning newscasts on their ABC subchannel even though my Directv listings still show them scheduled from 6-7am M-F. I don't think they have enough people on their staff for daily newscasts and they don't have the elaborate sets like their bigger Sinclair sisters. And don't me started on WMGT! They still have their weather and sports staff at their houses even during known severe weather coming to the area. They don't produce live weekend newscasts. You know your market sucks when your NBC affiliate shows a local stereo store informercial every Saturday night at 11pm instead of a newscast and on Sundays they do a recorded review of local stories from the past week. Edited November 14, 2020 by jerseyfla 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3933 Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Agreed on WMGT. And to think that the WGXA situation was all because WPGA dropped ABC over "moral" issues, and that was a trainwreck of its own. I'm sure that Macon doing newscasts for Albany's WFXL stretches them even thinner. It's the darkside of Sinclair few talk about, especially in this part of the country where they literally stretch themselves thin just to put enough on the air for them to offer the illusion of doing newscasts. WBIR, although it's full on Tegna, still has a lot of the "folksy-ness" features that make it unique. And their WTNZ newscasts do not use the C-Clarity theme, but use Arnold's Canvas instead. I wonder if Lockwood has a hand in this? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 558 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: Agreed on WMGT. And to think that the WGXA situation was all because WPGA dropped ABC over "moral" issues, and that was a trainwreck of its own. I'm sure that Macon doing newscasts for Albany's WFXL stretches them even thinner. It's the darkside of Sinclair few talk about, especially in this part of the country where they literally stretch themselves thin just to put enough on the air for them to offer the illusion of doing newscasts. WBIR, although it's full on Tegna, still has a lot of the "folksy-ness" features that make it unique. And their WTNZ newscasts do not use the C-Clarity theme, but use Arnold's Canvas instead. I wonder if Lockwood has a hand in this? Those old WPGA owners wished they didn't drop ABC They don't even exist anymore! Edited November 15, 2020 by Yankees4life Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRyan 560 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 16 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: Agreed on WMGT. And to think that the WGXA situation was all because WPGA dropped ABC over "moral" issues, and that was a trainwreck of its own. I'm sure that Macon doing newscasts for Albany's WFXL stretches them even thinner. It's the darkside of Sinclair few talk about, especially in this part of the country where they literally stretch themselves thin just to put enough on the air for them to offer the illusion of doing newscasts. WBIR, although it's full on Tegna, still has a lot of the "folksy-ness" features that make it unique. And their WTNZ newscasts do not use the C-Clarity theme, but use Arnold's Canvas instead. I wonder if Lockwood has a hand in this? Before the current graphics, the WTNZ newscasts actually used Raycom's Limerick graphics for the opens for a time until 2018. I like the unique approach WTNZ has, instead of just using C Clarity. I hope the trend continues. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3933 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, Yankees4life said: Those old WPGA owners wished they didn't drop ABC They don't even exist anymore! WPGA lives on, even after the original owners filed for bankruptcy in 2015. The Debtors-in-possession sold the station to Marquee, and now it's a repository of subchannels, with MeTV on the primary feed. It's probably the best outcome of all, even though it's likely trounced by WMAZ, but could be nipping at the heels of WGXA and WMGT, given their efforts to begin with. Edited November 15, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 558 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: WPGA lives on, even after the original owners filed for bankruptcy in 2015. The Debtors-in-possession sold the station to Marquee, and now it's a repository of subchannels, with MeTV on the primary feed. It's probably the best outcome of all, even though it's likely trounced by WMAZ, but could be nipping at the heels of WGXA and WMGT, given their efforts to begin with. I was talking about the ownership group but ok Edited November 16, 2020 by Yankees4life Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3933 Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) Finally, WBNS with purple graphics makes sense! (Not in a good way though, it's basically a "stay at home" advisory for Franklin County, home of Columbus and 10TV.) Edited November 19, 2020 by tyrannical bastard Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253652 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DENDude 216 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 For the first time since April 2009, so 11 1/2 years KUSA went back to a double anchor format today for the NOON newscast. Personally I think that is a bit overkill, considering the majority of what they do on that newscast is show packages from News Channel. I liked the single anchor format. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253763 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3933 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 For all of the flack WKYC gets for out-sucking the other Tegna stations, at least they have once again a piece of their past to be very proud about, Leon Bibb. He always will be the "poet laureate" of Cleveland television. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmdvDmy5vII&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1rNyKhrR_3Hm3WPHtIbymUisVS8Hj14_fnkyy1kXBsD8laQPcA_tmRdN8 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 400 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 What's this I hear about TBN wanting to buy Tegna and replace the existing newscasts on those stations with hard-right religious shows? Did you hear about that? https://www.nexttv.com/blog/beware-of-religious-bias-in-media-consolidation 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin 118 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, bmasters1 said: What's this I hear about TBN wanting to buy Tegna and replace the existing newscasts on those stations with hard-right religious shows? Did you hear about that? https://www.nexttv.com/blog/beware-of-religious-bias-in-media-consolidation You know this reminds me of pastor Kenneth Copeland when he said "The media says Joe Biden is the next President a bursted out laughing" well this reminds of it but it's at people like him and his faith!!! This is never gonna happened not even Aj Ptat (A Republican himself) wouldn't allow this to happen TBN is a joke the only one I know who watches it is my grandma on my dad side (she's strictly Christian). And that would cost a huge rapture and it would be the largest mass affiliation rupture since 1995 with the FOX/New World deal. Cause no network is gonna wanna affiliate with that cause they serve the audience of America which is diverse, multicultural, and multi-religous also they be the ones to clear network programming for stuff not all religions would do not be happy with. This article is comedy cause it's never gonna happen!!! They even pre-empt the network evening newscasts, specials it just wouldn't be good for the business!!! And in Markets like Seattle, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, Portland, Washington D.C., Phoenix that just wouldn't slide there. Edited November 29, 2020 by Gavin 2 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 400 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gavin said: And in Markets like Seattle, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, Portland, Washington D.C., Phoenix that just wouldn't slide there. How true, how true! Imagine if someone in Phoenix wanted to turn on the evening edition of KPNX 12 News on coming home from work, and then all of a sudden had TBN shouting at them or Mike Huckabee ranting-- the ratings would tank in a hurry! 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253950 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin 118 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Just now, bmasters1 said: How true, how true! Imagine if someone in Phoenix wanted to turn on the evening edition of KPNX 12 News on coming home from work, and then all of a sudden had TBN shouting at them or Mike Huckabee ranting-- the ratings would tank in a hurry! There be irreparable damage, I mean Sinclair learned the hard way and there collapsing right now, I'm kinda happy about it cause pushing agendas is something for cable. And local people kept it local, non-biased community faith, and now local news is endanger!!! Now I don't live in a Tegna market but imaging WFMY 2 News with Huckabee racist views. 2 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253951 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsGuyTV 42 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 2 minutes ago, bmasters1 said: How true, how true! Imagine if someone in Phoenix wanted to turn on the evening edition of KPNX 12 News on coming home from work, and then all of a sudden had TBN shouting at them or Mike Huckabee ranting-- the ratings would tank in a hurry! I hope not, I watch WATN in Memphis and even though I don't like TEGNA, I definitely don't want to see the 700 Club every night. 1 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin 118 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 minute ago, NewsGuyTV said: I hope not, I watch WATN in Memphis and even though I don't like TEGNA, I definitely don't want to see the 700 Club every night. I know right, screw Pat Robertson, he airs on WRAZ FOX 50 in Raleigh or he used too they now air simulcast sister-station WRALs Noon News. No one watches and want to hear his racist-gospel rants 3 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmasters1 400 Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 12 minutes ago, NewsGuyTV said: I hope not, I watch WATN in Memphis and even though I don't like TEGNA, I definitely don't want to see the 700 Club every night. I wouldn't either! 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/134/#findComment-253955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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