The Frog 396 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/88539/nexstar-buys-4-north-dakota-stations Nexstar is paying $44 million for CBS affiliates KXMC, KXMB, KXMA and KXMD in Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson-Williston and will also provide sales and other services to the market’s two ABC affiliates owned by Forum Communications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Look, it's another family owner getting out of the business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WXmanTim 88 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 Tvspy quotes the release as saying the Bismark DMA is one of the fastest growing, climbing to 139 from 160 just a decade ago. Yes. Because of the Bakken oil boom. Once that's depleted, or it becomes no longer economical to drill, Bismark goes back to zeros-ville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted September 18, 2015 Share Posted September 18, 2015 Tvspy quotes the release as saying the Bismark DMA is one of the fastest growing, climbing to 139 from 160 just a decade ago. Yes. Because of the Bakken oil boom. Once that's depleted, or it becomes no longer economical to drill, Bismark goes back to zeros-ville. Given recent trends in crude oil prices, that might be now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 A bit on the sale of the KX stations... The most impressive thing in that piece is that the KX system produced 171 consecutive hours of news coverage during flooding in 2011. An "industry expert" also mentions that there is now just one other CBS affiliate in the country under local ownership. That's actually incorrect; the largest by far is KFMB, but WCAX, WRAL and WBOC would also qualify as locally-owned stations, and KTVA and KBNZ are among the class of stations owned by local companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 An "industry expert" also mentions that there is now just one other CBS affiliate in the country under local ownership. That's actually incorrect; the largest by far is KFMB, but WCAX, WRAL and WBOC would also qualify as locally-owned stations, and KTVA and KBNZ are among the class of stations owned by local companies. If he was an "industry expert," then he would've know this by now. WINK is another one, owned by the Ft. Myers Broadcasting Company (a.k.a., The McBride Family) Just thought of another one: WBNS-10TV in Columbus, started by The Dispatch Broadcasting Company (a.k.a. The Wolfe Family). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1945 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 The FCC has greenlighted the Nexstar/Reiten sale this morning. This grant was in condition that it had to terminate its existing JSA with KBMY/KMCY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 The FCC has greenlighted the Nexstar/Reiten sale this morning. This grant was in condition that it had to terminate its existing JSA with KBMY/KMCY. Will that JSA be replaced by an SSA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1847 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 In other words, that tells me nothing. Just by reading that, it seems like no SSA is coming for the stations, even though I feel like one is coming in a SSA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 268 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Those stations are essentially semi-semi sattelites of WDAY. They could easily just handle sales out of Fargo or make a little office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1945 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Nexstar appoints Robert Romine as GM of the KX stations in North Dakota, as they'd announced the completion of the sale today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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