Samantha 2878 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 FWIW Poynter put out an article titled "WRAL drops CBS affiliation as networks put the squeeze on local markets". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 You are going to see a wave of this as agreements expire. All details will be withheld from you except for what is required by the FCC filings....and that is not much. Stations and networks are going to be playing hardball as the tides are turning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Wow, CBS is going to be biting themselves after this...and really WNCN was the only place they could go, since Fox was already with WRAL's sister station and ABC has an O&O. Unless Media General pulled a fast one and snatched the CBS affiliation away, knowing MG is one of CBS's strongest owners. As for WILM-LD, I'm thinking it disappears. Does WECT have room for CBS on 6.2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Wow. That's a shock. They put out a good product. Of some interest to me because I have family in that area and watch it when I'm up there on occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp 296 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I'm shocked WRAL is switching to NBC from CBS hey least they get to air both the Super Bowl and Summer Olympics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 743 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Between the affiliation situation going on in Boston and what recently happened in the Tri-Cities, this news came up out of nowhere. Who else could possibly be switching networks next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3458 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 The question is....who made the deal go through.....Media General using their muscle (as a larger company) to steal away CBS, or Capitol to finally give NBC a strong affiliation (after the decades of disaster they dealt with WPTF/WRDC and NBC ITSELF upending the affiliation over to WYED to become WNCN...) Personally, unless WRAL was muscled out of CBS, I think WRAL screwed up royally and CBS will suffer the consequences of losing one of their top affiliates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detroiter313 178 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Man..with all of the big stories that's been happening, case in point, WKPT losing ABC affiliation, WHDH losing NBC, Media General soon to merge with Nexstar (unless Meredith has anything to say about it) and above all else, the upcoming spectrum auction, there's no telling what the future of broadcasting would be like as 2016 gets under way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3458 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I wouldn't be surprised to see WBNS switch with WCMH after hearing this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 The question is....who made the deal go through.....Media General using their muscle (as a larger company) to steal away CBS, or Capitol to finally give NBC a strong affiliation (after the decades of disaster they dealt with WPTF/WRDC and NBC ITSELF upending the affiliation over to WYED to become WNCN...) Personally, unless WRAL was muscled out of CBS, I think WRAL screwed up royally and CBS will suffer the consequences of losing one of their top affiliates. Media General is one of the top CBS owners, especially after any deal with Meredith, meaning they would have a lot more clout in the market, despite having a 3rd place operation versus the dominant one. Maybe MG and NBC are having trouble right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Media General is one of the top CBS owners, especially after any deal with Meredith, meaning they would have a lot more clout in the market, despite having a 3rd place operation versus the dominant one. Maybe MG and NBC are having trouble right now? Isn't TEGNA also one of the top CBS owners? And if wouldn't KXAN switch to CBS sometime soon as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Isn't TEGNA also one of the top CBS owners? And if wouldn't KXAN switch to CBS sometime soon as well? That's correct. Not sure how well their relationships are, I know NBC and Tegna get along well. CBS has poor relations with Scripps and Hearst though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Fear and Greed. That's what will be order of business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 FWIW Poynter put out an article titled "WRAL drops CBS affiliation as networks put the squeeze on local markets". And that article says WNCN is in Greensboro. It's actually licensed to Goldsboro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 That's correct. Not sure how well their relationships are, I know NBC and Tegna get along well. CBS has poor relations with Scripps and Hearst though... About NBC and TEGNA getting along well, this even extends as small as the Waco/College Station market. And ABC has a surprisingly good relationship with Sinclair, and so does Fox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3458 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 TVNewsCheck is reporting that it was Capitol's inability to renew with CBS..... This is an interesting 180 considering their pre-buying spree station (pre-2013) affiliations were almost entirely CBS and NBC stations (except for WJBF)....and that they purchased FOUR O&Os....and the only one that is still with NBC (for now?) is WCMH (since WVTM and WJAR have been sold off or swapped). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4165 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 That's correct. Not sure how well their relationships are, I know NBC and Tegna get along well. CBS has poor relations with Scripps and Hearst though... Until last year's merger with Journal, Scripps had ZERO CBS affiliates in their portfolio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcastfan9751 136 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Media General is one of the top CBS owners, especially after any deal with Meredith, meaning they would have a lot more clout in the market, despite having a 3rd place operation versus the dominant one. Maybe MG and NBC are having trouble right now? Media General renewed it's NBC affiliations (except WNCN) today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Until last year's merger with Journal, Scripps had ZERO CBS affiliates in their portfolio. They had CBS affiliates up until 1996 and never got another until they merged with Journal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3458 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Nashville could be VERY interesting.....depending on how the Media General merger drama plays out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfuego35 89 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Media General renewed it's NBC affiliations (except WNCN) today. That said, WBNS isn't safe from losing their affiliation... it just got punted another year. WTTE's affiliation agreement with Fox expires at the same time as WBNS's with CBS, Next December, and that is the kind of thing Sinclair (or "Cunningham") would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I'm not sure if this has changed but is WILM still simulcasting some newscasts while they produce weather segments aimed at Wilmington and how will that affect them? Yes... sales is handled locally, while WRAL's morning, 6:00 and 11:00 news are simulcast. Wilmington weather inserts and CBS This Morning news cut-ins are produced by WRAL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4165 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 I wouldn't be surprised to see WBNS switch with WCMH after hearing this.... Given the histories of channels 4 and 10 (which have had the same affiliations since day one) that would be much, much bigger than this affiliation switch is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 291 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Damn. The hits just keep coming. I'm wondering what affiliate ABC's gonna drop- they and Fox are next in the "drop a major market affiliate like a turd into the toilet" race they're having. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Media General is one of the top CBS owners, especially after any deal with Meredith, meaning they would have a lot more clout in the market, despite having a 3rd place operation versus the dominant one. Maybe MG and NBC are having trouble right now? IMO this has everything to with CBS and little if anything to do with NBC. NBC is just collateral. CBS likely wanted to strong-arm WRAL into more money, hoping WRAL would blink. It didn't. So it rang up MG and they probably jumped at the chance to have the higher-rated network on WNCN (really CBS's only choice in that market). So it was only logical for NBC to move to its only viable choice...WRAL. Remember: MG is the one who got screwed out of CBS on WISH. Clearly no hard feelings in business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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