TEGNA Broadcasting and Digital General Discussion

[Samantha 2886]

Hi @dzonershow, this isn't the place for speculation or list-forming, and I think it's worth stating that up front.

 

My guess is that with Grand Rapids being closer to Chicago than Indianapolis and not in Indiana, it was not worth expanding the territorial rights area that far (with Iowa being a unique and compelling exception). The markets involved are all the Indiana markets (bar Terre Haute, where they must not have been able to get Allen or Nexstar to sign up) plus Louisville (a Tegna market with a bunch of Indiana counties), Cincinnati (which contains a few Indiana counties), Central Illinois, Dayton, and Lexington. Grand Rapids is closer than some of those last two, but closer in the direction of another WNBA franchise.

 

Even some big markets to which Indiana is the closest WNBA team that have Tegna stations (St. Louis! Cleveland! Columbus!) are not included, and that may be to protect the national rightsholders.

 

[MD TV 219]

WUSA is the new official station for the Washington Commanders, preseason games and all:

 

https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/nfl/washington-commanders/wusa9-is-the-dmvs-official-television-station-of-the-washington-commanders/65-f5ae1e94-a823-4677-9e92-ebad20fcf3b8

[NYAZSporty 44]

5 minutes ago, MD TV said:

WUSA is the new official station for the Washington Commanders, preseason games and all:

 

https://www.wusa9.com/article/sports/nfl/washington-commanders/wusa9-is-the-dmvs-official-television-station-of-the-washington-commanders/65-f5ae1e94-a823-4677-9e92-ebad20fcf3b8

A day after TEGNA lost preseason rights for the Arizona Cardinals from KPNX (NBC) to Gray's KPHO (CBS) in Phoenix. 

[MD TV 219]

Daily Blast Live is ending September 6th:

 

https://www.nexttv.com/news/tegna-ending-daily-blast-live-effective-september-6

[T.L. Hughes 824]

Michael Steib has been named the company’s President, CEO and Director, succeeding David Lougee, who will remain with Tegna in a Senior Advisor role.

 

Edited June 17 by T.L. Hughes

[Howard Beale 37]

1 hour ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Michael Steib has been named the company’s President, CEO and Director, succeeding David Lougee, who will remain with Tegna in a Senior Advisor role.

 

Lougee is getting out while the getting is still good for him.  He made $10.9 million in total compensation in 2023, and stands to make at least $6 million simply by retiring.  I’m certain Tegna will have a nice and comfy arrangement for him in his “senior advisor” role as well.

 

Source: https://investors.tegna.com/node/29976/html#executive_summary

[TheRolyPoly 1991]

Its already mentioned somewhere else on these forums but I thought I'd post it here too.

 

KVUE is finally giving KXAN a 4pm competitor starting September 9th.

 

https://www.kvue.com/article/about-us/kvue-news-at-4/269-91a51757-44a2-4a0a-b57b-df5142391a2b

[TheRolyPoly 1991]

For 30 years, KUSA has had local news at 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, and 6:00 p.m. Starting Monday, September 9th (which sounds like the first day of the new TV season), add 3:00 and 3:30 news to the extended list to replace DBL.

 

https://www.9news.com/article/about-us/9news-launching-new-newscast-3pm/73-4915c13f-ac6f-410f-abc7-fbbbeae5bf84

 

EDIT: Denver's only news breaks after this on weekdays will be 12:30-01:00 and 02:00-03:00 p.m.

 

EDIT x2: This is not Denver's first attempt at 3:00pm news. KMGH once had one a decade ago under McGraw Hill ownership under 7 News NOW.

 

 

Edited August 27 by TheRolyPoly

[TheRolyPoly 1991]

Also...

 

Cinco Cosas a Saber, a new digital Spanish newscast from KING KONG.

 

https://www.king5.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/new-day-northwest/king-5-launches-digital-spanish-newscast-new-day-nw/281-854a2551-9e10-4e74-9663-ae0183ea3a95

[TheRolyPoly 1991]

It is over for Hollie Strano at WKYC. She is no longer there as of today.

 

https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/09/meteorologist-hollie-strano-says-she-has-been-let-go-by-wkyc-channel-3.html

 

 

[DENDude 197]

On 8/26/2024 at 4:33 PM, TheRolyPoly said:

For 30 years, KUSA has had local news at 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, and 6:00 p.m. Starting Monday, September 9th (which sounds like the first day of the new TV season), add 3:00 and 3:30 news to the extended list to replace DBL.

 

https://www.9news.com/article/about-us/9news-launching-new-newscast-3pm/73-4915c13f-ac6f-410f-abc7-fbbbeae5bf84

 

EDIT: Denver's only news breaks after this on weekdays will be 12:30-01:00 and 02:00-03:00 p.m.

 

EDIT x2: This is not Denver's first attempt at 3:00pm news. KMGH once had one a decade ago under McGraw Hill ownership under 7 News NOW.

 

 

if I remember correct it didn't even last a whole television season.   I believe it was on the air maybe like 5 months. 

[TheRolyPoly 1991]

Since The Buffalo News is on a paywall, I used this link to go around that...

 

Another new newscast from another TEGNA station and... Buffalo's third 7:00 p.m. newscast starting next week.

 

https://clearthis.page/?u=https://buffalonews.com/life-entertainment/local/movies-tv/wgrz-7-pm-newscast-maryalice-demler-dan-russell/article_86a5f15c-69f8-11ef-ac57-433bcdcf2cf4.html

[bpatrick 73]

On 11/27/2018 at 3:33 PM, CLETVFan said:

They alternate with each hour.  That's why there's eight hosts for the show.  The same main topics are covered, though some change in each feed, and they do cover breaking news, though it's hard to have singers, actors, reality hosts, and comedians cover harder topics, then give opinions.

WFAA is struggling badly in the ratings according to Uncle Barky.  

WFAA is doing a major overhaul of its 2-4 PM lineup come Sept. 9.  Good Morning Texas Extra is being replaced by Judge Mathis at 2; Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition will replace DBL from 3-4.  I'm not so sure WFAA is what it was when I lived in Dallas in the '70s; in 1978 the Columbia Journalism Review ranked it and WCCO as the two best local news operations in the country.  If that's still true, I'm a monkey's uncle.

[MediaZone4K 1872]

The new graphics are too big and distracting. They occupy too much of the lower third of the screen.

I liked that the previous graphics were minimalistic and not too huge. 

I think these were Tegna's best graphics, minus the distracting upcoming headlines bar below. It was dark, slightly translucent, and compact. 

Edited September 5 by MediaZone4K

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 836]

1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said:

The new graphics are too big and distracting. They occupy too much of the lower third of the screen.

I liked that the previous graphics were minimalistic and not too huge. 

I think these were Tegna's best graphics, minus the distracting upcoming headlines bar below. It was dark, slightly translucent, and compact. 

I agree 100%.  All they really needed to do with the other one was change the font from DIN to Proxima and it still would've looked nice... And the new L3's are busy and exciting vs. the new Weather Impact boring white box on the U3... No cohesion

[Georgie56 3190]

Tegna has picked up Mavericks rights. Most games will air on KMPX, while WFAA will simulcast 15 games. KMPX will shed its Estrella TV affiliation and become an independent station.

Edited September 6 by Georgie56

[east-tx-tv 117]

On 9/5/2024 at 5:53 AM, bpatrick said:

WFAA is doing a major overhaul of its 2-4 PM lineup come Sept. 9.  Good Morning Texas Extra is being replaced by Judge Mathis at 2; Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition will replace DBL from 3-4.  I'm not so sure WFAA is what it was when I lived in Dallas in the '70s; in 1978 the Columbia Journalism Review ranked it and WCCO as the two best local news operations in the country.  If that's still true, I'm a monkey's uncle.

 

I'm afraid you're right.  Lots of changes since the Belo sale.  They will probably try to spin otherwise during their upcoming anniversary special.  I don't think WFAA has ever aired a court show before, if they have, I don't remember it.

[LiveFromHere 1]

Sure, WFAA wasn’t what it once was. But the entire broadcast business has changed and will change some more.

 

But from a storytelling, writing, Big-J Journalism perspective, it is the best in the market, hands down. Even if Tegna-tized. Chs. 4 and 5 are often … boring. And who knows what’s going on at Ch. 11. Weakest talent bench of the four. 

[mrschimpf 2233]

Ewww, court show repeats are cheap, but also so tacky, especially on a station like WFAA. I don't even like it for Judy's shows. And the long and slow sad decline of ET from the paragon of entertainment reporting to just IE-level filler that's easily pre-empted without CBSMV or viewers even ruffling a feather continues. 

[jjj 13]

On 9/6/2024 at 6:45 AM, Georgie56 said:

Tegna has picked up Mavericks rights. Most games will air on KMPX, while WFAA will simulcast 15 games. KMPX will shed its Estrella TV affiliation and become an independent station.

 

Estrella has (had?) a 5 years options agreement from 2020 to reacquire KMPX on VHF 8, I wonder what happened with that.

[MediaZone4K 1872]

16 hours ago, mrschimpf said:

Ewww, court show repeats are cheap, but also so tacky, especially on a station like WFAA. I don't even like it for Judy's shows. And the long and slow sad decline of ET from the paragon of entertainment reporting to just IE-level filler that's easily pre-empted without CBSMV or viewers even ruffling a feather continues. 

I don't mind court show repeats because many of the scenarios are evergreen. To me it wouldn't make sense for a show with thousands of episodes to disappear from television because they aren't making new ones. It would suck for shows with an extensive library like Judge judy or Mathis to just sit in a basement and collect dust. If we can watch both shows forever on youtube we might as well play them on tv since syndication options are low.

[mrschimpf 2233]

On 9/9/2024 at 3:20 AM, jjj said:

 

Estrella has (had?) a 5 years options agreement from 2020 to reacquire KMPX on VHF 8, I wonder what happened with that.

You have to assume since they went through bankruptcy they may not be acting on that due to lack of funds (Estrella will stick around on KMPX KFAA through a subchannel, by the way).

Edited September 16 by mrschimpf
New calls

[Georgie56 3190]

TEGNA has applied to change KMPX’s calls to KFAA-TV.

[TheRolyPoly 1991]

I know its a minor change, but I'm glad to see WFAA finally acknowledge that they have a sister station with this callsign change and the new Mavs deal.

[T.L. Hughes 824]

2 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

TEGNA has applied to change KMPX’s calls to KFAA-TV.

KNWA had previously used the KFAA calls from 1989 to 2004, adopting its current calls shortly after being sold to Nexstar.

 

Unless otherwise noted, this would mark the first time the same base call letters, disambiguated only by different leading prefix letters (“W” swapped for “K”, or vice versa), were used on a duopoly. Until now, there only have been cases of this occurring within the same station group, but in different markets (the Big Three’s New York and Los Angeles O&Os being a major example), as well as cases like WPKD (a nod to parent CBS O&O KDKA) where the junior partner station’s calls only partially reference those of their duopoly parent.

Edited September 14 by T.L. Hughes