CircleSeven 1944 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 I don't think anybody mentioned that Sinclair has a deal in place to buy KUQI in Corpus Christi for $9.25M. That's a reasonable price. It will be interesting to see if they're planning on keeping it a stand-alone operation or if they're planning on partnering with KIII/Tegna on a shared services or if they hub it out to the point where the only things to find locally is a small sales office and a transmitter. Yes I did..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surplus Engineer 38 Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 Yes I did..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Well, it happened. FOX is now only on WTVC 9.2 in Chattanooga, and has changed its branding from "FOX 61" to "FOX Chattanooga". WDSI meanwhile has ThisTV on 61.1 and Comet TV on 61.2. MNT has moved to WFLI 53.2. Chattanooga is now the largest market (and first Top 100 market) to have FOX on a subchannel of a Big 3 station. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=22590#station http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=72060#station http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=22590#station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 And if it can happen in Chattanooga, could it happen in say, Portland ME? Right now FOX is on WPFO 23.1, which doesn't really reach far southern Maine or the New Hampshire counties in the market. Sinclair could put FOX on WGME 13.2 and shift GetTV to 13.3. WPFO would have Grit on 23.1 and Comet TV on 23.2. Coverage Maps: WGME: http://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=1163014&map=Y WPFO: http://www.rabbitears.info/contour.php?appid=1316507&map=Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3464 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 ....basically anywhere Sinclair has a third or 4th wheel. Move the primary stations on to the strongest channel and put the secondary stations onto the strongest station outside of the top 4. Deerfield then can have all of the diginets on the other station in the top 4 and the 4th station is spectrum bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Well, it happened. FOX is now only on WTVC 9.2 in Chattanooga, and has changed its branding from "FOX 61" to "FOX Chattanooga". WDSI meanwhile has ThisTV on 61.1 and Comet TV on 61.2. MNT has moved to WFLI 53.2. Chattanooga is now the largest market (and first Top 100 market) to have FOX on a subchannel of a Big 3 station. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=22590#station http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=72060#station http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=22590#station So basically they took the Fox Rochester logo and replaced it with "Chattanooga". It's also worth noting that with the new rebrand, the newscasts on Fox Chattanooga got the new graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 And it's looks like IWCC is one step closer to closing it's books for good, because the sale of KVMY to HSH was closed on Friday. Only the properties in Northern NV remains for now (KRNV/KENV). 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 New M&A This Morning, and it appears they've won the big Pappas prize. As Sinclair released it's Q3 earnings this AM, it announced that it'll acquire KFXL & the NTV stations from the trust for $31.25M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 New M&A This Morning, and it appears they've won the big Pappas prize. As Sinclair released it's Q3 earnings this AM, it announced that it'll acquire KFXL & the NTV stations from the trust for $31.25M. That's disappointing, but not surprising. They'll probably have one of their sidecars acquire KLKN (most likely HSH), and move ABC in Lincoln to the main channel of KFXL and then have Fox moved to .2 . KLKN will then probably show some digi-net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 KLKN will then probably show some digi-net Or be spectrum bait for Omaha. BTW, doesn't this deal put Sinclair over the cap? Will they have to sell some other stations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSC1980 96 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I could see Mr. Cieloha's long rant once again.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I could see Mr. Cieloha's long rant once again.... It's the end of a years-long saga. Sinclair should at least get these stations up to speed where investment might have been missing in recent years. The move also reunites NTV with a number of former Pappas stations, including KPTM in Omaha. The NTV staff also have to be at least happy with the certainty a new owner might bring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted November 4, 2015 Share Posted November 4, 2015 I don't think anybody mentioned that Sinclair has a deal in place to buy KUQI in Corpus Christi for $9.25M. That's a reasonable price. It will be interesting to see if they're planning on keeping it a stand-alone operation or if they're planning on partnering with KIII/Tegna on a shared services or if they hub it out to the point where the only things to find locally is a small sales office and a transmitter. Or if they make it a semi-satellite of KABB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobvick 9 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Chattanooga is now the largest market (and first Top 100 market) to have FOX on a subchannel of a Big 3 station. Kind of like Birmingham and ABC. A top 50 market with full power ABC on three subchannels. Although I suppose they do get even better coverage than they did before, and technically the LD station is the affiliate. I always have wondered why they didn't take WTTO 21 and make it ABC on 21.1 and brand as ABC 21. I suppose they have their reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surplus Engineer 38 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Well, it happened. FOX is now only on WTVC 9.2 in Chattanooga, and has changed its branding from "FOX 61" to "FOX Chattanooga". WDSI meanwhile has ThisTV on 61.1 and Comet TV on 61.2. MNT has moved to WFLI 53.2. Chattanooga is now the largest market (and first Top 100 market) to have FOX on a subchannel of a Big 3 station. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=22590#station http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=72060#station http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=22590#station It's amazing this is okay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Idk if this has been talked about before in this thread, but here's the reason why WPMI 15 had to cancel their 4:30am newscast earlier this year and I didn't know about it: WPMI cancelled their 4:30am show in June 2015 due to an FCC rule limiting the amount of hours of news a broadcast company can air in a television market. Since Sinclair Broadcast Group owns both WEAR-TV and WPMI-TV with many hours of news on each station' date=' the 4:30 to 5am half hour exceeded the FCC limit for hours of news. To comply, the 4:30 half hour was dropped and no weekend morning news could be added to their lineup. WPMI is the only station in the Mobile/Pensacola market not producing a weekend morning newscast. WJTC UTV44 newscasts at 6:30 and 9 pm were retained, as news on that channel did not factor into the FCC's limit on news.[/quote'] Is this true? Opinions on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcastfan9751 136 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Idk if this has been talked about before in this thread, but here's the reason why WPMI 15 had to cancel their 4:30am newscast earlier this year and I didn't know about it: Is this true? Opinions on this? It's because under the rules, Sinclair can only provide up to 15% of WPMI's and WJTC's programming without being deemed to hold an "attributable" interest in WPMI and WJTC. If Sinclair held an "attributable" interest in them, they would exceed the ownership cap due to already owning WEAR and WFGX. However, the Wikipedia article is incorrect in saying that there is a limit on how much news a company can air in a market because it's really a limit on how much programming Sinclair can provide to WPMI and WJTC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 It's because under the rules, Sinclair can only provide up to 15% of WPMI's and WJTC's programming without being deemed to hold an "attributable" interest in WPMI and WJTC. If Sinclair held an "attributable" interest in them, they would exceed the ownership cap due to already owning WEAR and WFGX. However, the Wikipedia article is incorrect in saying that there is a limit on how much news a company can air in a market because it's really a limit on how much programming Sinclair can provide to WPMI and WJTC. Ah okay. Thank you! I never knew that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 WPEC video editor Mike Caruso, who suffers from muscular dystrophy, is suing Sinclair for discrimination. He says Sinclair is refusing to accommodate his disability. Mike has been with the station for 27 years. http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2015/11/12/wheelchair-bound-staffer-sues-sinclair-station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidwestTV 1173 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I...no. http://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/11/19/sinclair-creates-terrorism-alert-desk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I...no. http://www.newscaststudio.com/2015/11/19/sinclair-creates-terrorism-alert-desk/ So does the Terrorism Desk have it's own Terrorism Stapler, and a Terrorism roll of tape? Or does the terrorism desk have to borrow the paperclips from the Weather Desk?. Are they always stealing the best chair????? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 So does the Terrorism Desk have it's own Terrorism Stapler, and a Terrorism roll of tape? Or does the terrorism desk have to borrow the paperclips from the Weather Desk?. Are they always stealing the best chair????? Is WJLA going to be Sinclair's second flagship because of this and a few other factors??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 This is a pretty Sinclair move. But not too surprising, they seem to want their viewers either afraid or outraged over something (even their Town Halls are politicized), even more so than other members of the "mainstream media" which really aren't that much better. Just another example of what a joke Sinclair is when it comes to journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 This is a pretty Sinclair move. But not too surprising, they seem to want their viewers either afraid or outraged over something (even their Town Halls are politicized), even more so than other members of the "mainstream media" which really aren't that much better. Just another example of what a joke Sinclair is when it comes to journalism. I know, right? In fact, they should buy a 20% stake in Fox Sports and simulcast NFL games involving teams in their respective NFL markets that Sinclair's stations are in, the same way Hearst does with ESPN to compensate for their (Sinclair's) lack of quality when it comes to journalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5276 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 In fact, they should buy a 20% stake in Fox Sports and simulcast NFL games involving teams in their respective NFL markets that Sinclair's stations are in Why/how the hell would they do that? And don't say to make up for bad journalism, because the two should have no bearing on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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