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Certainly not because of a station serving DMA #179 being licensed in DMA #94!

...who had their master control in Lafayette, LA, then to Baton Rouge, LA and back to Alexandria while they tried to maintain a base in Natchez, MS all while being apart of the Jackson, MS DMA. Somebody put that station out of its misery.....

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I'm starting to think there was a conspiracy involved with Nexstar to buy Media General. Their chairman died just before the Meredith deal was off. Coincidence? I think not!!! Nor do I believe the official story of the cause of his death.

...who had their master control in Lafayette, LA, then to Baton Rouge, LA and back to Alexandria while they tried to maintain a base in Natchez, MS all while being apart of the Jackson, MS DMA. Somebody put that station out of its misery.....

 

On top of all that the station has its transmitter in Concordia Parish, which is in the MONROE DMA!!!

 

Lol I'm having way too much fun with WNTZ...

On top of all that the station has its transmitter in Concordia Parish, which is in the MONROE DMA!!!

 

Lol I'm having way too much fun with WNTZ...

...and the ratings are judged in Alexandria. What the f...........:smash:
...and the ratings are judged in Alexandria. What the f...........:smash:

 

On the FCC digital transition gain/loss maps, WNTZ is included in the Alexandria set of maps but not the Jackson or Monroe sets. Someone from the FCC please tell us if WNTZ has to be sold or not...

I'm starting to think there was a conspiracy involved with Nexstar to buy Media General. Their chairman died just before the Meredith deal was off. Coincidence? I think not!!! Nor do I believe the official story of the cause of his death.

Sure there was/is a conspiracy involved with this deal. It's called money and power; however, I am sure his age (77-years-old), the stress from this crazy deal and whatever injuries he had with his neck was just too much. Just read some of the comments on this thread and it's very evident that the stress is taking its toll on some of the people on this website!!!

Anyone suspect the recently announced Cox-Meredith "partnership" turns into something more (a sale) now that Meredith lost MG to Nexstar? Both have publishing holdings in addition to TV. Seems like a potentially better fit.

 

I've thought that myself. The main issue is that Cox is private, and it likes being private for a variety of reasons.

 

The real winner here is probably MG's shareholders. They were very vociferous from the outset of the Meredith deal that they didn't want to return to the publishing industry. That will not be happening.

On the FCC digital transition gain/loss maps, WNTZ is included in the Alexandria set of maps but not the Jackson or Monroe sets. Someone from the FCC please tell us if WNTZ has to be sold or not...

 

WNTZ doesn't have to be sold because Nielsen considers it to be in the Alexandria market (see the FCC's opening bid prices for the incentive auction). While Natchez is in the Jackson market, Nielsen has sometimes assigned stations to a DMA different from the one where it's community of license is located if a station specifically requests it. The FCC uses the DMA the station is assigned to by Nielsen and not the DMA the station's community of license is in for determining compliance with the ownership rules.

WNTZ doesn't have to be sold because Nielsen considers it to be in the Alexandria market (see the FCC's opening bid prices for the incentive auction). While Natchez is in the Jackson market, Nielsen has sometimes assigned stations to a DMA different from the one where it's community of license is located if a station specifically requests it. The FCC uses the DMA the station is assigned to by Nielsen and not the DMA the station's community of license is in for determining compliance with the ownership rules.

 

OK, cool. That's what I was thinking when WNTZ was on the Alexandria gain/loss maps, not the Jackson ones. Thanks for the insight.

 

:whew:

A non-CapCities parralel to

 

 

The silver lining here is Nexstar can't grow much more (or, really, any) more under FCC rules.

 

Remember they used to tell the people of Tokyo that line every time Godzilla tore up the town in one of his drunken stupors....

I'm starting to think there was a conspiracy involved with Nexstar to buy Media General. Their chairman died just before the Meredith deal was off. Coincidence? I think not!!! Nor do I believe the official story of the cause of his death.

 

OK, this place has officially jumped the shark.

This thought occurred to me: What are the odds we are likely to see more statewide newscasts done under the combined Nexstar Media Group? I say this because in Arkansas (where Nexstar owns a station in just about every market), they run a daily midday newscast called Arkansas Today that originates from KARK and is simulcast on all of its stations, and I know the soon-to-be-former West Virginia Media stations have done this as well.

Unless it's Sinclair, I doubt any company wants to undertake the investment of running a separated WJMN should WFRV be sold off to another party. It's much like WHLT is to WJTV...run out of the parent station with little local content and the lack of manpower and facilities to do so. WBAY will likely be the castoff.

 

Quad Cities will be interesting too... WHBF will likely be sold off since KWQC is the dominant station in the market. We could see the return of KWQC produced newscasts on KLJB if this is the case. It would be a prime candidate for Meredith, although it's importance this year would be over by the time all is said and done with elections...

Just out of curiosity, what's the national reach of Nexstar and Sinclair combined?

 

If they didn't have any overlaps (there are many), about 76%.

 

I calculated their combined reach, if they were one company with all conflicts settled or shelled, it would be 55.5%.

OK, this place has officially jumped the shark.

I highly agree!!! Now even I'm involved in it and I am now considering leaving TVNT!

 

Sure there was/is a conspiracy involved with this deal. It's called money and power; however, I am sure his age (77-years-old), the stress from this crazy deal and whatever injuries he had with his neck was just too much. Just read some of the comments on this thread and it's very evident that the stress is taking its toll on some of the people on this website!!!
I'm talking about the possibility that Perry Sook may be involved in the black market business and may have sent someone to kill MG's chairman and make it look like the accident that we've recently heard of. It's like in GTA where a CEO of a huge media conglomerate is involved in crime, except it might be real with Nexstar (and the NAB) and none of us know it.

 

I just calculated, and the national reach of the combined Nexstar is 38.2%. Still a bit of room to make a few more deals, but not much. Certainly can't acquire a company like Meredith.

 

If they didn't have any overlaps (there are many), about 76%.

 

I calculated their combined reach, if they were one company with all conflicts settled or shelled, it would be 55.5%.

And since Perry Sook is in the NAB, he could just start lobbying for an increase in the media cap

 

I've thought that myself. The main issue is that Cox is private, and it likes being private for a variety of reasons.

 

The real winner here is probably MG's shareholders. They were very vociferous from the outset of the Meredith deal that they didn't want to return to the publishing industry. That will not be happening.

Not just the shareholders, we didn't either (and neither did the general public or Perry Sook), and Berkshire Hathaway's newspapers will die within a decade, if not any sooner or later
In the words of Hank Hill (King of The Hill) with Nexstar acquires MG.

 

I needed a good laugh after hearing about this.

 

Nexstar has really become the TV equivalent of Clear Channel Radio/iheartMedia. They buy TV stations, cut the costs of them down to the bone to the point that they're all homogonized clones of one another. And the best part is that they try to slap on the word "Local" to their branding in a vain attempt to convince themselves that they really are.

 

The biggest losers are the MG stations. Those stations are going to be cut to the bone where they're nothing but hollow versions of their old selves. Stations like WFLA, KXAN, WAVY, KHON, KOIN, etc. I feel for anything who works at these stations right now.

 

The biggest winners besides the shareholders are the competitors to these stations. For example, WTSP could take away a lot of WFLA's viewers if Tegna decided to invest in the station and possibly poach talent that Nexstar cuts from WFLA.

 

Still it's a sad day for Local TV.

I'm starting to think there was a conspiracy involved with Nexstar to buy Media General. Their chairman died just before the Meredith deal was off. Coincidence? I think not!!! Nor do I believe the official story of the cause of his death.
OK, this place has officially jumped the shark.I highly agree!!! Now even I'm involved in it and I am now considering leaving TVNT!

You're considering leaving TVNT because somebody said it's jumped the shark because of something you said?

 

What?

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