tylerSC 61 Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Disappointed Tegna NBC affiliate WCNC Charlotte has cancelled their Sunday morning political program Flashpoint. It was an informative program with newsmakers and political leaders that aired after Meet the Press, as sort of a local version. Good program, sorry to see it go. Victim of cutbacks, I suppose. They are now airing infomercials in its place. WSOC still airs its Political Beat program on Sundays on the Cox ABC affiliate in Charlotte, and the Hearst NBC affiliate WYFF in Greenville-Spartanburg still has their Sunday news and public affairs program. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-304803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 One of the oldest OTA TV sports partnerships will continue... WKYC and the Guardians. https://tvnewscheck.com/programming/article/wkyc-cleveland-guardians-extend-broadcast-rights-agreement/ 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-304896 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Aaron White left the evil empire that is AMG and KIMT some time ago and has now landed in TEGNA country at WBNS 10TV. https://www.facebook.com/GarofaloWX/posts/pfbid02NijYQh1wjaCAoNa2woAXMHDo3xyb1NrVMyVTFXTjJ6VKJq3ZxsUKmE3CvANfS3myl 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-304975 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2415 Posted Sunday at 08:51 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:51 PM It's rare to see any kind of ratings news but I found one... WGRZ Buffalo who, according to ComScore in four different demos, is #1 in the morning, 5, 6 7, and 11pm. My guess is that Noon and 4pm went to WIVB but it's only a guess. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremysettle_teamtegna-ugcPost-7316174833556353028-wVp6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABqGw-0BrOQ_9csrv95OAtvM37gqLkE_dSc 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-305033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD TV 258 Posted Thursday at 10:56 AM Share Posted Thursday at 10:56 AM WTHR has signed a 2-year extention to continue to air Indiana Fever games. 14 games this season will air on WTHR and 4 will air on WALV: https://www.wthr.com/article/sports/wnba/indiana-fever/wthr-metv-local-tv-home-indiana-fever-2-year-deal-2025-broadcast-schedule-game-players-standings-coach-roster-caitlin-clark-aliyah-boston/531-b9654a0b-602e-4f7b-9e84-70d7f8336811 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-305095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
norcalTVfan 15 Posted yesterday at 02:30 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:30 AM TEGNA is taking a page out of the Scripps playbook now. In Spokane on KREM 2, the weeknight 11pm broadcast is now a replay of the 10pm they produce for their sister station. The main channel doesn’t even air live news at 11. No disclaimer on the TV that it isn’t live, but the app lags a few seconds behind the on-air feed and they match up word for word. Interestingly enough, the app has a “previously recorded” tag but keeps the 10pm time/temp bug. The on-air rebroadcast has the right bug. Seriously cheap as this is a mid-60s market. Is this happening elsewhere in TEGNA-land? 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-305108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 354 Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago On 4/18/2025 at 1:30 AM, norcalTVfan said: TEGNA is taking a page out of the Scripps playbook now. In Spokane on KREM 2, the weeknight 11pm broadcast is now a replay of the 10pm they produce for their sister station. The main channel doesn’t even air live news at 11. No disclaimer on the TV that it isn’t live, but the app lags a few seconds behind the on-air feed and they match up word for word. Interestingly enough, the app has a “previously recorded” tag but keeps the 10pm time/temp bug. The on-air rebroadcast has the right bug. Seriously cheap as this is a mid-60s market. Is this happening elsewhere in TEGNA-land? This is just … odd. What good does this do? They pay people for one less hour? How much does that save? It’s a piddly amount. KREM used to be strong and Tegna has destroyed it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-305120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaZone4K 2176 Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago On 4/13/2025 at 8:51 PM, TheRolyPoly said: It's rare to see any kind of ratings news but I found one... WGRZ Buffalo who, according to ComScore in four different demos, is #1 in the morning, 5, 6 7, and 11pm. My guess is that Noon and 4pm went to WIVB but it's only a guess. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremysettle_teamtegna-ugcPost-7316174833556353028-wVp6?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAABqGw-0BrOQ_9csrv95OAtvM37gqLkE_dSc why aren't local stations transparent about ratings anymore? Is it to spin the numbers in their favor to convince advertisers to agree to a certain price? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-305121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3951 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 53 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said: why aren't local stations transparent about ratings anymore? Is it to spin the numbers in their favor to convince advertisers to agree to a certain price? Because ratings are even more irrelevant than ad revenue. It's all about the retransmission payments they are getting from Pay TV providers lining their pockets. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-305122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recovering Producer 218 Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago 29 minutes ago, MediaZone4K said: why aren't local stations transparent about ratings anymore? Is it to spin the numbers in their favor to convince advertisers to agree to a certain price? When the audience is a fraction of what it was a decade ago, there's no good way to spin them. Put out a press release that says "we won at 6pm with a 5 share!" means you're tacitly admitting at least 80% of people watching TV in that time slot are not watching local news over linear TV. The sales model has shifted away from selling on past show ratings to actual ad impressions which means specific newscast ratings are less relevant to the financial picture for a station and ownership group. In 2012, a manager at a station meeting said "flat is the new up" - I assume by 2025 it's now "not bleeding out viewers is the new flat" 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13009-tegna-broadcasting-and-digital-general-discussion/page/148/#findComment-305123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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