AJClementeFan69 477 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 So, how'd the stations rank before Sinclair bought Fisher and Tegna bought Belo? My understanding is that it's historically been 1. KING 2. KOMO 3. KIRO. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-173877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 My understanding is that it's historically been 1. KING 2. KOMO 3. KIRO. What about KCPQ? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-173878 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFromGulfcoast 708 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 What about KCPQ? Fourth. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-173886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Fourth. Like in Oklahoma City, the DOJ/FCC will not allow Sinclair to form a triopoly between KOMO and KCPQ/KZJO Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-173887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1299 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Like in Oklahoma City, the DOJ/FCC will not allow Sinclair to form a triopoly between KOMO and KCPQ/KZJO 6 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-173905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 [ATTACH=full]3962[/ATTACH] Then tell some people who still say that Sinclair will do this/that to stop that, then I won't have to repeat myself this. Been trying to tell them that I don't know how many times and some how and some way it's fallen on deaf ears Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-174111 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 591 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Sinclair's new Trump hire was on Bill Maher last Friday 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-174885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4366 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 The Bonten TV stations in Montana - part of the group Sinclair wants to acquire - are the only outlets not competently covering the rather big story of a congressional candidate assaulting a newspaper reporter. [MEDIA=twitter]867598130346422272[/MEDIA] Not only is there audio, but a Fox News crew saw the assault and corroborated with the victim's testimony. This trio of stations are the only outlets pushing this narrative. Why is this? Because said assaulter is a Republican. I, along with others, assumed this was a fait accompli and that Sinclair already took over. As it is, Sinclair does not own them yet. My initial post (and that tweet) was wrong. Bonten is suffering from institutional failures of their own, arguably even worse than anything I've seen in awhile. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2416 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 The Bonten acquisition was only announced a month ago and SBG hasn't taken control of anything yet there, so this has no Hunt Valley handprints all over it. But this is still a sad example of the 'press release journalism' you see in small towns where only the police and their press releases are considered to be official, and everything else is under the broad 'sources say' discrediting, or the dreaded 'balanced news coverage' umbrella designed to fill out 90 seconds. At least the state's other media like their newspapers and other TV stations are taking a wider view. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175120 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2395 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Sinclair TV stations in Montana are the only outlets not competently covering the rather big story of a congressional candidate assaulting a newspaper reporter. [MEDIA=twitter]867598130346422272[/MEDIA] Not only is there audio, but a Fox News crew saw the assault and corroborated with the victim's testimony. This trio of stations are the only outlets pushing this narrative. Why is this? Because said assaulter is a Republican. Dishonesty and corruption at Hunt Valley proudly showing its face yet again. But that's wrong because Bonten still owns KECI. It hasn't been fully acquired by Sinclair yet so that's preposterous to blame it on a future owner that hasn't had any control of the stations just yet. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175131 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 But that's wrong because Bonten still owns KECI. It hasn't been fully acquired by Sinclair yet so that's preposterous to blame it on a future owner that hasn't had any control of the stations just yet. This isn't like some of the recent Gray and Nexstar acquisitions where an immediate LMA resulted in transfer of operational control before the sale was consummated. I did hear someone suggest that Bonten's stations had a similar conservative lean to SBG though...I'd have to find it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 This isn't like some of the recent Gray and Nexstar acquisitions where an immediate LMA resulted in transfer of operational control before the sale was consummated. I did hear someone suggest that Bonten's stations had a similar conservative lean to SBG though...I'd have to find it. It's ok.... The right leaning media is now balancing out the left leaning media....or vice versa. Fair is fair right? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4366 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 But that's wrong because Bonten still owns KECI. It hasn't been fully acquired by Sinclair yet so that's preposterous to blame it on a future owner that hasn't had any control of the stations just yet. Well poopie. Goddam it. That post is edited. Excuse me for a minute. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175142 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4366 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 But this is still a sad example of the 'press release journalism' you see in small towns where only the police and their press releases are considered to be official, and everything else is under the broad 'sources say' discrediting, or the dreaded 'balanced news coverage' umbrella designed to fill out 90 seconds. At least the state's other media like their newspapers and other TV stations are taking a wider view Press release journalism runs amok in markets like Fort Wayne (the Fort Wayne Media Maven is a testament to that). It's what happens when a station, or set of stations, don't have nearly enough resources to do their jobs. Something tells me that won't really change under Sinclair when they take over (they haven't yet; my initial post was inaccurate and revised to indicate Bonten ownership). 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4366 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Just throwing this out there... [MEDIA=twitter]869661131647877120[/MEDIA] Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Press release journalism runs amok in markets like Fort Wayne (the Fort Wayne Media Maven is a testament to that). It's what happens when a station, or set of stations, don't have nearly enough resources to do their jobs. Something tells me that won't really change under Sinclair when they take over (they haven't yet; my initial post was inaccurate and revised to indicate Bonten ownership). Bonten has felt like Sinclair Jr. for quite a few years though. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175616 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2395 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Just throwing this out there... [MEDIA=twitter]869661131647877120[/MEDIA] Just when you think Sinclair is so biased, there you go. Sinclair and Trump go hand in hand. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4366 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Just when you think Sinclair is so biased, there you go. Sinclair and Trump go hand in hand. Will be interesting to see how long Sinclair sticks with Boris Badenov when this probe inevitably escalates. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Capitano 4 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Like in Oklahoma City, the DOJ/FCC will not allow Sinclair to form a triopoly between KOMO and KCPQ/KZJO Acually, Sinclair would hold a "quadopoly" in the Seattle market since they also own Univision station KUNS, which is and was part of the KOMO duopoly. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 Acually, Sinclair would hold a "quadopoly" in the Seattle market since they also own Univision station KUNS, which is and was part of the KOMO duopoly. Salt Lake City (KUTV-KMYU-KJZZ and KSTU) Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (WOLF-WSWB-WQMY and WNEP) However, both of those markets, Sinclair uses their shell companies for at least one of the stations in the same market. Harrisburg and Richmond they can't form duopolies in both of those markets as they have too few full-power stations to permit legal duopolies (plus the top 4 market rule as well) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-175803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Sinclair is dumping Nielsen for audience measurement in all its markets and going with comScore http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/104783/sinclair-turns-to-comscore-for-all-tv-ratings 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-176286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1051 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Sinclair is dumping Nielsen for audience measurement in all its markets and going with comScore http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/104783/sinclair-turns-to-comscore-for-all-tv-ratings Remember in the Sinclair / Tribune merger thread a few weeks back where I lamented 3rd party vendors stand to lose a lot if the merger goes through? This could break Nielsen. I'm serious. 8 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-176288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 This could break Nielsen. I'm serious. My heart bleeds. Nielsen had ample opportunity to fix its diary markets but did nothing. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-176289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4366 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Nielsen still has radio ratings (they merged with Arbitron a few years ago) so they won't be totally "broken." Yet. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-176303 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 Remember in the Sinclair / Tribune merger thread a few weeks back where I lamented 3rd party vendors stand to lose a lot if the merger goes through? This could break Nielsen. I'm serious. Nielsen has branched out into some other forms of measurement in other fields, however this is s pretty big hit so it should be interesting to watch. I have no love lost for Nielsen, it's a racket and way overpriced for what you get. Why should we (KBEX) pay for that service when our sales staff just "sells around" Nielsen anyway. Having Comscore in the picture has allowed station sales teams to "question" the Nielsen numbers more and more. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/30/#findComment-176305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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