GoldenShine9 1512 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said: Well if that was the case, WUPV essentially takes over for what WWBT produced for WRLH. That seems likely IMO. Would WRLH start its own news department (out of WJLA?) or just go without? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-233847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 977 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 56 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said: I wonder how much longer that agreement will last. Gray and Sinclair aren't exactly friends. Are any of the megachains really friends? 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-233848 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1512 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 3 minutes ago, channel2 said: Are any of the megachains really friends? Not really. They can be friends with smaller companies, but certainly not with their top rivals. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-233849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3931 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) WRLH is probably bound under contract of their affiliation to air a newscast...so they will take what they can get from WWBT. If not, Fox goes bye-bye and Sinclair is SOL in Richmond. It makes it more awkward since Sinclair has been denied THREE TIMES from getting WTVR. First from the required divestiture when Lincoln merged with Raycom, then the failed Sinclair-Tribune merger, and because of that, being blacklisted from acquiring the Tribune leftovers in the Nexstar merger, letting WTVR go to Scripps Edited October 8, 2019 by tyrannical bastard 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-233851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 I see no reason why it wouldn't stay. SBG gets the benefit of having a news product with zero capital/employee costs and WWBT gets money to air a 10pm newscast on Fox rather than a lower-rated CW station. Remember, besides WWBT/WUPV, other Sinclair-Gray arrangements include WKYT/WDKY and KFVS/KBSI. I don't see SBG eliminating those or the WISC/WMSN or WHO/KDSM arrangements. If any of those were to end, Sinclair would almost certainly use the South Bend model and farm out the anchoring/production to a sister station. I don't think we'll ever see Sinclair build a full-fledged startup operation. You just hire a few low-paid MMJs and voila! You now have a "news operation." Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-233855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1512 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 On 10/8/2019 at 12:01 AM, AJClementeFan69 said: I see no reason why it wouldn't stay. SBG gets the benefit of having a news product with zero capital/employee costs and WWBT gets money to air a 10pm newscast on Fox rather than a lower-rated CW station. Remember, besides WWBT/WUPV, other Sinclair-Gray arrangements include WKYT/WDKY and KFVS/KBSI. I don't see SBG eliminating those or the WISC/WMSN or WHO/KDSM arrangements. If any of those were to end, Sinclair would almost certainly use the South Bend model and farm out the anchoring/production to a sister station. I don't think we'll ever see Sinclair build a full-fledged startup operation. You just hire a few low-paid MMJs and voila! You now have a "news operation." The WHO/KDSM arrangement and the KFVS/KBSI arrange also involve companies who now has a duopoly in the market and they might instead want the advertising dollars for themselves rather than Sinclair in those cases, especially with big political dollars coming in 2020. If Gray acquired another station in Lexington or Morgan Murphy acquired another station in Madison, I could certainly see them moving the news over. Plus I doubt it would be Sinclair pulling the plug there, since Gray (or Morgan Murphy or Nexstar) does the heavy lifting and having an additional station allows them to move it to their own signal. Agreed re: farming out to sister stations. WRLH could easily run its news out of WJLA. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-234026 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 (edited) 15 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said: The WHO/KDSM arrangement and the KFVS/KBSI arrange also involve companies who now has a duopoly in the market and they might instead want the advertising dollars for themselves rather than Sinclair in those cases, especially with big political dollars coming in 2020. If Gray acquired another station in Lexington or Morgan Murphy acquired another station in Madison, I could certainly see them moving the news over. Plus I doubt it would be Sinclair pulling the plug there, since Gray (or Morgan Murphy or Nexstar) does the heavy lifting and having an additional station allows them to move it to their own signal. WHO has never been in a duopoly, Edited October 11, 2019 by oknewsguy Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-234028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad 113 Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 On 10/11/2019 at 1:59 PM, oknewsguy said: WHO has never been in a duopoly, Yes, but WHO produces KDSM's local news. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-234571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 On 10/25/2019 at 3:49 PM, Conrad said: Yes, but WHO produces KDSM's local news. Now you see why I got mixed up because the way it was written it made it sound as if WHO and KDSM were in a duopoly even though in reality they're not. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-234593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) Bumping up this thread: Remember I said a while ago that Gray's WWBT is now using the graphics - currently used on WDBJ, WITN and others - and started using 615 Music's Sinclair News Package (the Curves version) on Sinclair's WRLH? Well, I took some pics from my phone and here they are (remember, WRLH doesn't stream their newscasts online). The weather graphics on both WWBT and WRLH, by the way, are currently used on WDTV 5 (CBS) in north-central West Virginia (Morgantown/Clarksburg/Fairmont/Weston). Plus, I forgot to mention the newscasts on WRLH began airing from WWBT's news set a few months ago before the graphics and music switch. Check them out, y'all. (NOTE TO SELF: crop the pics) Edited November 27, 2019 by tw-804 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-236407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Late entry in "Most Unexpected Story of the Year": Sinclair is dropping its Boris Epshteyn must-runs this Friday. (Also, Ameshia Cross, who worked on Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.) Quote “We have to shine a light on our value proposition every quarter hour, in every newscast," the company said in a statement to its staff. "Therefore, we will be expanding our local investigative journalism footprint in our daily newscasts. We are excited to dedicate more time in our newscasts to report on critical and relevant issues.” “To allot additional airtime for this storytelling, we will be ending the commentary segments this Friday, Dec. 13, featuring Ameshia Cross, and Boris Epshteyn,” the memo continued. 3 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3292 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, Samantha said: Late entry in "Most Unexpected Story of the Year": Sinclair is dropping its Boris Epshteyn must-runs this Friday. (Also, Ameshia Cross, who worked on Obama's 2012 reelection campaign.) Hopefully this means they're moving away from the must-runs. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3931 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 8 hours ago, Georgie56 said: Hopefully this means they're moving away from the must-runs. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 In other words, more time for political ads. 9 hours ago, Georgie56 said: Hopefully this means they're moving away from the must-runs. I hope all the groups will do the same, including Hearst and Tegna. 1 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237104 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanErrorist 147 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 1 hour ago, newsbot said: In other words, more time for political ads. I hope all the groups will do the same, including Hearst and Tegna. This only commits Sinclair to ending a certain type of must-run. Note that Sinclair is committing themselves to more "investigative journalism", not specifically local reporting. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, AmericanErrorist said: This only commits Sinclair to ending a certain type of must-run. Note that Sinclair is committing themselves to more "investigative journalism", not specifically local reporting. "Therefore, we will be expanding our local investigative journalism footprint in our daily newscasts." Edited December 13, 2019 by newsbot Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3931 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 They still have Full Measure with Sharyl Atkisson and America This Week with Eric Bolling..... does this mean we'll soon see Cooking With Boris? 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 2 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: They still have Full Measure with Sharyl Atkisson and America This Week with Eric Bolling..... does this mean we'll soon see Cooking With Boris? Allegedly Boris is being reassigned to sales - how, exactly, that will be carried out is anyone's guess. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3931 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Well, if this is what ROH is shilling.... 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowBergen 679 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said: Well, if this is what ROH is shilling.... ROH? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237182 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3292 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, NowBergen said: ROH? Ring Of Honor Wrestling. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) Here's why ROH is shilling for the Health Alert Hotline... https://www.cagesideseats.com/2017/6/7/15758064/pro-wrestling-wwe-television-viewers-getting-a-lot-older-study-finds Edited December 14, 2019 by newsbot Fixed quote 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1051 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 10:56 PM, newsbot said: In other words, more time for political ads. I hope all the groups will do the same, including Hearst and Tegna. Hearst just made a position for Today alum Jeff Rossen's consumer reports and his team. Must-runs aren't going anywhere on Hearst. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237207 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbnews 344 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 49 minutes ago, TSSZNews said: Hearst just made a position for Today alum Jeff Rossen's consumer reports and his team. Must-runs aren't going anywhere on Hearst. But a must-run like this is harmless... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsbot 271 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, jbnews said: But a must-run like this is harmless... It still takes time away from local news content - and you can bet they can't bury it like Sinclair stations did with Boris et al. Edited December 14, 2019 by newsbot 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/13758-sinclair-broadcast-group-general-discussion/page/52/#findComment-237216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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