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The article also mentions that S!nclair plans on spinning off the license of either KVCW or KVMY, and move the spun-off station's intellectual property onto a subchannel.

 

Curious as to how KSNV's planned phase out of outside syndicated programming in favor of increased news output continues.

 

The article also mentions that S!nclair plans on spinning off the license of either KVCW or KVMY, and move the spun-off station's intellectual property onto a subchannel.

 

Curious as to how KSNV's planned phase out of outside syndicated programming in favor of increased news output continues.

 

I find it hard to believe that they're keeping the inferior low-VHF broadcast facilities of KSNV. That may change between now and the time they close the deal.

 

I find it hard to believe that they're keeping the inferior low-VHF broadcast facilities of KSNV. That may change between now and the time they close the deal.

 

That might be the one they'll try to sell. I'm sure they would have a better chance finding a prospective buyer out in Las Vegas than they did in Charleston and Birmingham. This would be a great opportunity for Univision to get a better signal for their Unimas network in Las Vegas. Right now it's on a low-power station.

 

Guess this means that Las Vegas gets to enjoy those Town Hall meetings that in no way seem like something that is forced on the stations by corporate. ;)

 

That might be the one they'll try to sell. I'm sure they would have a better chance finding a prospective buyer out in Las Vegas than they did in Charleston and Birmingham. This would be a great opportunity for Univision to get a better signal for their Unimas network in Las Vegas. Right now it's on a low-power station.

 

Guess this means that Las Vegas gets to enjoy those Town Hall meetings that in no way seem like something that is forced on the stations by corporate. ;)

 

That would be Entravision that you're talking about. They own the Univision station there.

 

KSNV looks as if it has the stronger signal than KVMY or KVCW, according to the FCC DTV transition maps (KSNV was still KVBC at the time). KVMY and KVCW's signals don't cover all of Clark County. Also keep in mind that KSNV has 8 translator stations throughout southern Nevada.

 

I find it hard to believe that they're keeping the inferior low-VHF broadcast facilities of KSNV. That may change between now and the time they close the deal.

 

I think they'll move KSNV to KVMY's facilites, and have KVMY's intellectual property on a subchannel.

 

The article also mentions that S!nclair plans on spinning off the license of either KVCW or KVMY, and move the spun-off station's intellectual property onto a subchannel.

 

Curious as to how KSNV's planned phase out of outside syndicated programming in favor of increased news output continues.

 

It won't. Expect the midday and 3pm newscasts to be the first to go as Sinclair will want to put Days of Our Lives back on KSNV where it belongs (it currently airs on KVCW), and it wouldn't surprise me if they decide to put Dr Phil back on at its soon-to-be-former time slot once the sale is complete.

Out of all the M&A activity this has to be the least shocking...well to me at least. It's pretty obvious this was all being telegraphed over a year ago. I also think it was obvious that the dismantling of IWCC was part of some estate planning and providing an orderly exit. I know there was some "uproar" here over Sinclair's alleged visit to Las Vegas in Jim's final days. But, I always felt that such a visit was likely done to quickly tie up loose ends related to their deal. I refrained from posting that as the thread was venturing into "dumpster fire" territory. In any case I feel that this was clearly all planned by Jim prior to his death. And, Beverly's comments to B&C today seems to back that theory up. I can't be the only one that felt (or, feels) that way...can I?

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It looks like Sinclair will be pulling a Birmingham/Charleston in Las Vegas this weekend:

 

From www.mylvtv.com:

 

"If you receive News 3-KSNV, The CW Las Vegas-channel 33, MY LVTV-channel 21 or Estrella TV via antenna, you could lose access to your favorite shows on Saturday, November 1st! Technical circumstances will require viewers to rescan the channels on their digital receivers! Some remote controls have a button for "rescan" or "channel search". You may have to reset your channels through the menu of your digital receiver or television. Don’t miss your favorite shows! Rescan your channels after midnight on Saturday November 1st and continue receiving News 3-KSNV, The CW Las Vegas and MY LVTV."

 

It looks like Sinclair will be pulling a Birmingham/Charleston in Las Vegas this weekend:

 

From www.mylvtv.com:

 

"If you receive News 3-KSNV, The CW Las Vegas-channel 33, MY LVTV-channel 21 or Estrella TV via antenna, you could lose access to your favorite shows on Saturday, November 1st! Technical circumstances will require viewers to rescan the channels on their digital receivers! Some remote controls have a button for "rescan" or "channel search". You may have to reset your channels through the menu of your digital receiver or television. Don’t miss your favorite shows! Rescan your channels after midnight on Saturday November 1st and continue receiving News 3-KSNV, The CW Las Vegas and MY LVTV."

 

So which station is moving where? At least Birmingham and Charleston they told viewers where to find the new positions for their channels.

 

So which station is moving where? At least Birmingham and Charleston they told viewers where to find the new positions for their channels.

 

The speculation is that KSNV will move its signal to a subchannel of KVMY and the channel 2 signal will be turned off.

The same thing could be happening in Tallahassee. From radioinsight.com:

 

I got a Ematic converter box and i notice WTWC here in tallahassee fl has a blank digital subchannel called WTWC-FX Channel 40-2 with DTV programming (whatever dtv is) Does anyone know why they would have a Blank digital subchannel with no american broadcast network on it?

Judging by the WTWC-FX callsign, do you think FOX is moving there from WTLH?

 

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTLH:

 

On September 25, 2013, New Age Media announced that it would sell most of its stations to the Sinclair Broadcast Group. To comply with Federal Communications Commission ownership restrictions (Sinclair already owns WTWC-TV in Tallahassee), Cunningham Broadcasting will acquire the WTLH license, though Sinclair will operate the station (as well as WTLF, which will be acquired by Deerfield Media) through a shared services agreement.

It's been over a year and the deal still isn't done. With the FCC's crackdown on JSAs/SSAs, Sinclair may be trying to move WTLH and WTLF's programming to subchannels of WTWC. WTWC-DT1 (NBC) would stay at 1080i HD, DT2 (FOX) would go to 720p, and DT3 (CW) at crappy 480i SD.

 

Since when does Sinclair own KSNV? They must be time-brokering them until the sale actually closes.

 

Sinclair is not currently operating KSNV. They are buying the non-license assets from IWCC, just like they did with KRNV in Reno. Sinclair takes over the operation of KSNV tomorrow.

From another forum, here's the aftermath of the Sinclair swap in Las Vegas:

 

3.1 - NBC

3.2 - Estrella TV

3.3 - getTV

 

21.1 - NBC (KSNV simulcast)

21.2 - COZI TV

21.3 - Antenna TV

 

33.1 - CW

33.2 - MyNet (KVMY intellectual unit)

33.3 - This TV

 

From my observation, it looks like they will unload 21.x since Sinclair's preferred diginets moved to 3.x. I could be wrong, though.

 

From another forum, here's the aftermath of the Sinclair swap in Las Vegas:

 

3.1 - NBC

3.2 - Estrella TV

3.3 - getTV

 

21.1 - NBC (KSNV simulcast)

21.2 - COZI TV

21.3 - Antenna TV

 

33.1 - CW

33.2 - MyNet (KVMY intellectual unit)

33.3 - This TV

 

From my observation, it looks like they will unload 21.x since Sinclair's preferred diginets moved to 3.x. I could be wrong, though.

 

That's what it looks like too since KVMY is basically moving to 33.2 while NBC stays on 3.

 

That's what it looks like too since KVMY is basically moving to 33.2 while NBC stays on 3.

 

Which makes no sense at all since 21 was always a higher-rated station with better facilities than 33. But then again, if they were planning on selling off the 21 license, they would have kept the MyNet programming on 21.1 and simulcasted on 33.2 until they found a buyer. I'm pretty sure that Sinclair doesn't want to keep COZI or Antenna TV, which are not preferred diginets of theirs.

 

Actually, nothing that Sinclair has been doing lately has made any sense.

 

From another forum, here's the aftermath of the Sinclair swap in Las Vegas:

 

3.1 - NBC

3.2 - Estrella TV

3.3 - getTV

 

21.1 - NBC (KSNV simulcast)

21.2 - COZI TV

21.3 - Antenna TV

 

33.1 - CW

33.2 - MyNet (KVMY intellectual unit)

33.3 - This TV

 

From my observation, it looks like they will unload 21.x since Sinclair's preferred diginets moved to 3.x. I could be wrong, though.

 

Here's what's more confusing. According to a user from another forum (probably the same one), it looks like they'd switched the virtual channels of KSNV & KVMY.

 

For example, RF 22 (KVMY) is using virtual channel 3. And RF 2 (KSNV) is using virtual channel 21.

 

So it makes me think Sinclair wants to keep both UHFs and sell out that VHF 2. But aren't they breaking the rules in switching virtual channels like that?

Give Sinclair some time....when they run out of stations to buy, they'll be calling the shots on stations they don't own or have any financial interest in....or they'll find a way to get their foot in the door.

It's why I wonder what right they've had to call the shots before they gained possession of the "non-license assets". Jim Rogers' estate must have signed themselves away after his passing to give Sinclair carte blanche to do whatever they want...ESPECIALLY after Jim had claimed that he would NEVER put the station up for sale.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/station-station/ksnv-vegas-owner-rogers-battles-cancer-wont-sell/128315

 

It's so bad that other publications have been hoodwinked into thinking KSNV was already a Sinclair station that has been "gutted" after some staffing changes, and the transaction wasn't even approved, or consummated!

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