MXSans2 64 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 That won't happen. KOMO is higher rated than KCPQ and ABC hasn't bought a station in years. But KCPQ has NFL (Seahawks) and Mariners Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174916 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 979 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Sinclair doesn't own or control that content. Also, the Mariners' ability to attract the casual audience might be hampered by the fact that they haven't made the postseason since 2001. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174922 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Even if the House or Senate flip in 2018, they won't actually be in office until early 2019. That gives the current Congress more than a year and a half to change that rule. They'll staple it to a "job creation bill" and zoom, off it goes! You're assuming this Congress can do anything. Right now, all they've done is allowing the sale of our browsing history to the telecoms and passed a repeal of the Affordable Care Act that won't get through the Senate after weeks of infighting amongst themselves and their own constituants. That's... that's it. That's all they've done. This Republican congress is so incredibly dysfunctional right now that Altji Paid Off could hand them a repeal of every FCC reg known to man on a silver platter... and they'd trip on their faces. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2429 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Also, the Mariners' ability to attract the casual audience might be hampered by the fact that they haven't made the postseason since 2001. They also own 60% of their network, so the only way a broadcast station is airing their games is by paying a king's ransom for the fun of it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 New Piece. This time from the B&C. The two CEOs (Ripley & Kern) are stating their reasons to "size" up. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 291 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 They also own 60% of their network, so the only way a broadcast station is airing their games is by paying a king's ransom for the fun of it. I think we were talking about MLB on-ahem, Fox MLB games. I don't think the Mariners have done syndicated OTA games for a while now. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174959 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Not if Sinclair is as serious about acquiring NFL rights down the road as some trade publications are suggesting... A serious bid for NFL rights couldn't happen until 2022, from what I understand. We have no idea what the broadcasting industry will look like then. The only other option is buying ESPN, and despite the major financial pain Disney is in, they aren't selling that whole operation off. (Although, what about Hearst's 20% stake in ESPN?) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Sinclair Management may be Conservative but I wonder just how conservative their local stations actually intentionally and consciously sway - being 97% of their current stations are not in Major Markets. If Sinclair stations DO sway right - it because that's what their viewership in those markets is. Then why are all Sinclair stations - regardless of market size or makeup of viewership base - being mandated to run Mark Hyman, Sherryl Atkinson, Armstrong Williams and (soon) Boris Badeov Epsteyn, to say nothing about their "terror alert desk" segments? "But KOMO and WJLA are tapping into an underserved conservative audience!" Oh, okay. But at the expense of everyone else in the market? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublejman69 124 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Then why are all Sinclair stations - regardless of market size or makeup of viewership base - being mandated to run Mark Hyman, Sherryl Atkinson, Armstrong Williams and (soon) Boris Badeov Epsteyn, to say nothing about their "terror alert desk" segments? "But KOMO and WJLA are tapping into an underserved conservative audience!" Oh, okay. But at the expense of everyone else in the market? But do viewers view thoses segments apart as their local news department? I know it just one station that Sinclair owns, but I've watched WLUK in Green Bay many times and I haven't noticed any slant from any the local news reporting. Most of the mandated segments gets pushed at the end of newscasts or when viewership is at its lowest. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 But do viewers view thoses segments apart as their local news department? I know it just one station that Sinclair owns, but I've watched WLUK in Green Bay many times and I haven't noticed any slant from any the local news reporting. Most of the mandated segments gets pushed at the end of newscasts or when viewership is at its lowest. For now. stations like KOMO couch those segments outside of news blocks and place Atkinson's and William's show on graveyard shifts. Hell, WBFF exiles Mark Hyman outside of their newscasts. It should all be be optional a la carte content, but it's kinda obvious that none of their stations would carry any of it. So why do it except to push an ideology? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
d247 43 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Out of all the Hunt Valley mandated segments and programs, KTUL airs Full Measure at 9:00a Sundays after This Week. Williams goes out at 5:30a Sundays. Hyman gets shoved in during the earlier parts of their morning news (around 4:30a-5:30a). The Alert Desk airs during the 4:00p news. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 From what I've seen I don't see KOKH air too many Hyman commentaries and they do air Full Messure on Sunday mornings at 9am leading into Fox News Sunday Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-174991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 347 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Cough cough..... CUNNINGHAM... Cough cough.... DEERFIELD... Cough cough... CHESAPEAKE.... You get the idea... Cough cough... Howard Stirk Holdings Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublejman69 124 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 For now. stations like KOMO couch those segments outside of news blocks and place Atkinson's and William's show on graveyard shifts. Hell, WBFF exiles Mark Hyman outside of their newscasts. It should all be be optional a la carte content, but it's kinda obvious that none of their stations would carry any of it. So why do it except to push an ideology? Thats the point I'm making, if stations shoving these programs to the paid programming early Sunday morning time slots are the viewers that are tuning into KOMO's 10 pm newcast, watching it and thinking they're watching a local version of Fox News? My guess would be no and it wouldn't be much different than say a KIRO or KING newscast. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhratbrat 437 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Thats the point I'm making, if stations shoving these programs to the paid programming early Sunday morning time slots are the viewers that are tuning into KOMO's 10 pm newcast, watching it and thinking they're watching a local version of Fox News? My guess would be no and it wouldn't be much different than say KIRO or KING. On top of that, most of the Ring of Honor broadcasts are in a death slot as well (12-3 AM Saturday/Sundays) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 258 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Armstrong Williams show comes on at 5:30AM on CW7 Sat, Sun 3:30AM on WWMT, Ring Of Honor comes on Sat at 10:30PM on CW7 & at 11:30PM on WWMT along with 3:30AM airing Sat as well on WWMT, Full Measure comes on Sun at 11AM on WWMT with a repeat at 12:30AM late Sun. A lot of the Sinclair shows do air late at night in dead slots other than Full Measure. Hoping if Sinclair shell owns Fox17 that they don't air any of the shows unless they take the shows off CW7 then again that would be a dead give a way that it's a de facto Sinclair station. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175031 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Armstrong Williams show comes on at 5:30AM on CW7 Sat, Sun 3:30AM on WWMT, Ring Of Honor comes on Sat at 10:30PM on CW7 & at 11:30PM on WWMT along with 3:30AM airing Sat as well on WWMT, Full Measure comes on Sun at 11AM on WWMT with a repeat at 12:30AM late Sun. A lot of the Sinclair shows do air late at night in dead slots other than Full Measure. Hoping if Sinclair shell owns Fox17 that they don't air any of the shows unless they take the shows off CW7 then again that would be a dead give a way that it's a de facto Sinclair station. I think shelling WXMI might work (although both the FCC and the DOJ might cry foul to that) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175037 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Hell, WBFF exiles Mark Hyman outside of their newscasts. Also I didn't realize this but they air The Right Side with Armstrong Williams at 3AM Sunday Morning. While Full Measure gets two airings the first Sunday at 10AM on WBFF and 2:30PM on WUTB. Ring of Honor gets three airings Saturday's at 10 PM on WNUV, Sundays at 12AM on WNUV and Sunday at 1PM on WUTB. Aside from Full Measure the remaining shows don't get the best time slots or stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 They were talking about the Sinclair-Tribune deal last night on WTTW's Chicago Tonight. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 They were talking about the Sinclair-Tribune deal last night on WTTW's Chicago Tonight. I think the commentators in that video is scared of what Sinclair might do to WGN, One thing that they failed to mention is the conflicts that Sinclair will have to divest to get FCC/DOJ approval and of course the commentators of the interview are assuming that Congress will change the rules to allow Sinclair to buy Tribune with ZERO divestitures (which will be challenged in the courts IF that happens) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175063 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad 113 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 They also own 60% of their network, so the only way a broadcast station is airing their games is by paying a king's ransom for the fun of it. I wonder what this would do to the Mariners' owner, Nintendo. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I wonder what this would do to the Mariners' owner, Nintendo. Nintendo sold all but 10% of their majority stake in the Mariners last year — netting them a cool $661 million. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Nintendo sold all but 10% of their majority stake in the Mariners last year — netting them a cool $661 million. Just remember... Genesis does what Nintendon't. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 I don't think it matters what part of the newscast it airs in -- the fact that these must-runs air during the newscasts at all is a problem. It's the principle of it. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175116 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 258 Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 They were talking about the Sinclair-Tribune deal last night on WTTW's Chicago Tonight. Use to have WTTW was on Cablevision for decades in Kzoo Charter Spectrum took off WTTW 10 years ago in fall of 2007 was always on channel 11. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15610-sinclair-tribune-close-to-merger-deal/page/37/#findComment-175218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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