Scripps - General Discussion

[Georgie56 3355]

Five-station trade between Scripps and Gray.

 

Scripps gets: KKTV, KMVT, KSVT-LD

 

Gray gets: WSYM, KATC

 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by Georgie56

[TheRolyPoly 2691]

Scripps will have to sell either KKTV or KOAA.

 

Scripps will also have KKCO/KJCT.

 

Gray gets a duop in Lansing with WILX and WSYM, meaning a news duo is reunited.

 

Gray finally completes the Louisiana cycle with KATC.

[Rusty Muck 4449]

17 minutes ago, TheRolyPoly said:

Scripps will have to sell either KKTV or KOAA.

 

Scripps will also have KKCO/KJCT.

Scripps isn't selling anything. This setup was deliberately engineered so KOAA can merge directly into KKTV, which recently got new studios. When it gets approved, Scripps will have the Big Three affiliations in Colorado Springs with KRXM as the only tangible competition.

 

Likewise, when Gray buys Allen as a whole, the husk known as KADN/KLAF can easily merge into KATC.

Edited 2 hours ago by Rusty Muck

[Big Rollo Smokes 270]

18 minutes ago, Rusty Muck said:

Scripps isn't selling anything. This setup was deliberately engineered so KOAA can merge directly into KKTV, which recently got new studios. When it gets approved, Scripps will have the Big Three affiliations in Colorado Springs with KRXM as the only tangible competition.

Scripps won't have all of the Big Three in Colorado Springs/Pueblo. KRDO-TV, the ABC affiliate, is owned by News-Press & Gazette.

[GoldenShine_10 115]

11 minutes ago, Big Rollo Smokes said:

Scripps won't have all of the Big Three in Colorado Springs/Pueblo. KRDO-TV, the ABC affiliate, is owned by News-Press & Gazette.

 

Unless NP&G is for sale itself - and Gray now has a clean acquisition of that. But it does take Gray out of Idaho and out of Colorado. They probably also felt there were no good acquisitions in the region to complement their stations, such as Cowles in the Northwest not being for sale.

 

KATC is a no-brainer, since I am sure for years they have wanted to get into Lafayette, and Scripps is isolated there.

Edited 2 hours ago by GoldenShine_10

[Megatron81 296]

Lansing is a 2 market with Nexstar/Mission CBS/ABC/CW, Gray WILX/WSYM as the only media owners in the Lansing market.

 

Samatha Mesa has left WXMI FOX17 and is now working at WHO13 the Nexstar station in Iowa, Samatha was only with FOX17 for a year & half although I didn't see her until she became the anchor for 6PM newscast when I checked the weather. All the best Samatha I hope that you will return to West Michigan in the near future which isn't going to be Scripps. 

[GoldenShine_10 115]

5 minutes ago, Megatron81 said:

Lansing is a 2 market with Nexstar/Mission CBS/ABC/CW, Gray WILX/WSYM as the only media owners in the Lansing market.

 

Samatha Mesa has left WXMI FOX17 and is now working at WHO13 the Nexstar station in Iowa, Samatha was only with FOX17 for a year & half although I didn't see her until she became the anchor for 6PM newscast when I checked the weather. All the best Samatha I hope that you will return to West Michigan in the near future which isn't going to be Scripps. 

 

WSYM had its news come from WILX until Scripps acquired WXMI if I recall correctly, so it is like back to square one there.

 

I think the Colorado issue for Gray was that they had zero pathway into Denver. They would have either had to deal with Tegna (who might be looking for assets themselves) or with CBS (which would have been an expensive acquisition or would have required trading crown jewels).

Edited 1 hour ago by GoldenShine_10

[WhoCares2 12]

2 hours ago, Georgie56 said:

Five-station trade between Scripps and Gray.

 

Scripps gets: KKTV, KMVT, KSVT-LD

 

Gray gets: WSYM, KATC

 

 

I feel bad for the employees of soon-to-be former Gray stations. 

[GoldenShine_10 115]

18 minutes ago, WhoCares2 said:

I feel bad for the employees of soon-to-be former Gray stations. 

 

I think Colorado Springs would be where the biggest cuts would be. The other two markets don't have any Scripps presence, so I don't expect much change personally.

[channel2 982]

1 hour ago, GoldenShine_10 said:

 

WSYM had its news come from WILX until Scripps acquired WXMI if I recall correctly, so it is like back to square one there.

 

I think the Colorado issue for Gray was that they had zero pathway into Denver. They would have either had to deal with Tegna (who might be looking for assets themselves) or with CBS (which would have been an expensive acquisition or would have required trading crown jewels).

 

I'm sure KUSA and KTVD would have to be pried from TEGNA's cold, dead hands. KUSA has been their baby for decades.