newsbot 269 Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 As of Monday Sinclair is including Tennis Channel content in their newscasts as appropriate. They aired a report on Maria Sharapova's press conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 751 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Although it's a little late to report this, KOKH added a midday newscast at 11:00 a.m. this past Monday (March 7). The 9:00 a.m. hour of the Fox 25 Morning News, which was removed as part of a concurring scheduling shuffle to make room for the program, in which the lifestyle talk show Living Oklahoma, which the station debuted in October, was moved from 10:00 to 9:00 a.m. (effectively shortening the morning newscast to four hours), while The Wendy Williams Show was moved from 11:00 to 10:00. The midday newscast is essentially an extension of the Fox 25 Morning News, even featuring the "around town" feature reports, traffic reports normally featured only on morning newscasts and the recently added "Live Desk" (in which Keaton Fox, who was moved from his role as co-anchor of the weekend edition of the 9:00 p.m. newscast in February to serve as anchor for segments on the morning show), which originate from a monitor bank at an area of the newsroom once occupied by the anchor desk used from the start of its news department in 1996 until the newscasts moved to a dedicated set in 2014. https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2016/03/05/kokh-adding-midday-news-this-monday/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Well look who's going participating in the "forward" auction? Almost three years ago, Sinclair expressed interest in buying back spectrum that's was getting sold off from the reverse auction. On Friday, the FCC released the list of applicants who will participate in the Forward auction and one applicant "STG Wireless" B&C states that its the same owners who control Sinclair. The FCC is withholding the applicants who'll participate in the reverse auction, until the forward auction is completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
news89 467 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Came across this sales promo spot from Sinclair9, whoops WTOV9 in the big old Wheeling-Steubenville market. Having lived and worked in that market wtov9 to me has very blah news coverage. Anyways. Complete with Sinclair graphics and music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 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. Exactly five months after it was announced, the FCC has greenlighted the deal of the NTV stations. The Pappas trust is about to wind down....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcastfan9751 136 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 WTGS will be starting its own news operation this June. https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2016/04/04/wtgs-starting-own-news-operation-thanks-sinclair/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 GTN News is dead in Gainesville. As first reported by Florida NewsCenter... GTN News is now CBS 4 News and has taken the KDBC route in terms of graphics and its logo: [MEDIA=twitter]717006787266875396[/MEDIA] http://flnewscenter.com/?p=10247 WGFL and WMYG are owned by New Age Media, but are operated by Sinclair under a master service agreement. WNBW and WYME are owned by MPS Media, but are operated by Sinclair under also a master service agreement. Apparently, CBS 4 News is on both WGFL 28 (Cable 4; reason behind the CBS 4 branding) and WNBW 9 with no references to the NBC station, according to the story. The only newscasts are weekdays at 6:00 and 11:00pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 GTN News is dead in Gainesville. As first reported by Florida NewsCenter... GTN News is now CBS 4 News and has taken the KDBC route in terms of graphics and its logo: [MEDIA=twitter]717006787266875396[/MEDIA] http://flnewscenter.com/?p=10247 WGFL and WMYG are owned by New Age Media, but are operated by Sinclair under a master service agreement. WNBW and WYME are owned by MPS Media, but are operated by Sinclair under also a master service agreement. Apparently, CBS 4 News is on both WGFL 28 (Cable 4; reason behind the CBS 4 branding) and WNBW 9 with no references to the NBC station, according to the story. The only newscasts are weekdays at 6:00 and 11:00pm. So they made these new graphics and logo, but the news studio & anchors are still outsourced. Cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATL46 11 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 So they made these new graphics and logo, but the news studio & anchors are still outsourced. Cheap. They Have a Listing For A news director is in-house news is coming soon indeed, we shall see 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Sinclair's Wisconsin stations were ordered to air an extended 25 minute Trump interview with Sharyl Atkisson during their Sunday newscasts. I guess we now know which candidate Sinclair execs like the most http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/4/4/sinclair-turns-stations-over-to-trump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Flagship station WBFF Fox 45 in Baltimore celebrates 45 years on air. Article includes video. http://foxbaltimore.com/news/cover-story/wbff-celebrates-45-years-on-air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Flagship station WBFF Fox 45 in Baltimore celebrates 45 years on air. Article includes video. http://foxbaltimore.com/news/cover-story/wbff-celebrates-45-years-on-air Talk about corporate spin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2059 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Sinclair's Wisconsin stations were ordered to air an extended 25 minute Trump interview with Sharyl Atkisson during their Sunday newscasts. I guess we now know which candidate Sinclair execs like the most http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/4/4/sinclair-turns-stations-over-to-trump WLUK has done all they can to stay away from the "Fox News" stereotype as much as possible for years...they must've wanted to throw up disclaimers that corporate would never want. Milwaukee and Green Bay though really had no say without in-house news departments, though they have the big advantage of nobody watching them on Sunday morning at all so it was easily buried. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Sinclair's Wisconsin stations were ordered to air an extended 25 minute Trump interview with Sharyl Atkisson during their Sunday newscasts. I guess we now know which candidate Sinclair execs like the most http://www.ftvlive.com/todays-news/2016/4/4/sinclair-turns-stations-over-to-trump Considering that he's the Republican front-runnner, I can't say I'm surprised. Flagship station WBFF Fox 45 in Baltimore celebrates 45 years on air. Article includes video. http://foxbaltimore.com/news/cover-story/wbff-celebrates-45-years-on-air Setting aside the fact they're basically a propaganda outfit for the Republicans, you do have to give WBFF credit from turning itself from an independent station with no news department into a major Fox affiliate with a growing news department. Congrats to WBFF on 45 years. WLUK has done all they can to stay away from the "Fox News" stereotype as much as possible for years...they must've wanted to throw up disclaimers that corporate would never want. Milwaukee and Green Bay though really had no say without in-house news departments, though they have the big advantage of nobody watching them on Sunday morning at all so it was easily buried. According to FTVLive, it sounds like they tried to get interviews from the other candidates in order to give it some sign of "balance". You can tell that they haven't been a Sinclair station for long because balance isn't a 4-letter word to them like it is to the corporate folks in Hunt Valley. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Talk about corporate spin Yeah, that was a tad overkill. Usually stations doing similar stories like would highlight the history of the station and where the future is taking them but this is the first that I saw that kisses up to the owners of the station so much. But I guess since it's the flagship station, we shouldn't be too surprised. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2059 Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Considering that he's the Republican front-runnner, I can't say I'm surprised. According to FTVLive, it sounds like they tried to get interviews from the other candidates in order to give it some sign of "balance". You can tell that they haven't been a Sinclair station for long because balance isn't a 4-letter word to them like it is to the corporate folks in Hunt Valley. Their entire branding since 2007 has been about "balanced news coverage" so this was definitely out of left field for them. Pretty much everyone in the GB-A market except WFRV brands on presenting both sides for major stories, even if it's just five seconds of a random bystander saying the opposite. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 New M&A regarding Sinclair tonight. They're acquiring KJZZ from Larry H. Miller Communications for $6.5M. It'll become a sister to KUTV. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 New M&A regarding Sinclair tonight. They're acquiring KJZZ from Larry H. Miller Communications for $6.5M. It'll become a sister to KUTV. Back to the future given that KUTV and KJZZ used to operate in tandem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Former Member 207 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 Back to the future given that KUTV and KJZZ used to operate in tandem. We had to wonder how much longer the Millers were going to hold on to KJZZ, especially once they took the Jazz cable-exclusive to Root Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 KUTV-KMYU-KJZZ There you go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dantheflash2014 14 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 The question is KJZZ will become MyNetworkTV again or retain Independent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 And so too will this end the LMA between KJZZ and Bonneville/KSL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3464 Posted April 19, 2016 Share Posted April 19, 2016 The question is.....how does KMYU factor into this? It's almost like a repeater since it serves a separate geographic area and the program streams are identical, aside from the PSIP assignments KUTV is 2.1 on both channels, whereas KMYU is 2.2 on KUTV and 12.1 on KMYU itself. Armstrong Williams will probably swoop in and acquire it and shift the channels to run some diginet on 12.1.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2059 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 The question is.....how does KMYU factor into this? It's almost like a repeater since it serves a separate geographic area and the program streams are identical, aside from the PSIP assignments KUTV is 2.1 on both channels, whereas KMYU is 2.2 on KUTV and 12.1 on KMYU itself. Armstrong Williams will probably swoop in and acquire it and shift the channels to run some diginet on 12.1.... KMYU is so far out of the main SLC market Sinclair will definitely claim a failing station waiver rather easily (and MyNet is the ultimate security blanket in keeping a station out of the top four which would kill a deal). Without Sinclair it either becomes spectrum bait or goes back to the dark days of 2009 when it was running Retro TV to few. Worse comes to worse the St. George transmitter gets LD'ed to cover only St. George proper and the deal easily goes through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 KMYU is so far out of the main SLC market Sinclair will definitely claim a failing station waiver rather easily (and MyNet is the ultimate security blanket in keeping a station out of the top four which would kill a deal). Without Sinclair it either becomes spectrum bait or goes back to the dark days of 2009 when it was running Retro TV to few. Worse comes to worse the St. George transmitter gets LD'ed to cover only St. George proper and the deal easily goes through. I'm wondering if they would be able to treat KJZZ as a satelite of KMYU since the coverage areas of both signals don't overlap each other at all. Right now KMYU's programming is on a subchannel of KUTV in the Wasatch Front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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