Eat News 4738 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 There are now over 1,000 objection posts on the FCC site. That has to be a record. Out of 320 million people in the USA? I have seen crazy ham radio guys flood the FCC with more emails and post re: admin regs. Besides... According to Myron, the FCC was paid-off to approve the Sinclair deal. The comish has a receipt for the pay-off. So There! I have to hold GoldenShine to a higher standard today...cuz of the eclipse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Even the British can comprehend that a thoroughly fascist organization - tied to the hip with a Nazi sympathizer currently occupying the White House - seizing control of the lion's share of TV stations in the United States is a bad thing. Still doesn't change how much of a foregone conclusion this atrocity is. Nothing will stop the Smith KKKlan from using their inevitable power as a impenetrable weapon against the moral fiber of this country. Altji Paid Off needs to be sitting in a jail cell right now with no bond and a public defender. Instead he'll reap the rewards of being a rubber stamp Republican allowing their party to fulfill their Nazi dreams. Your use of the term NAZI in this forum has become offensive to those who actually know history and have first hand experience as to what a real NAZI is. Stop being an ass... please show some respect to others. Thank You. EDIT: added "please". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susquvalleywgal 494 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 CBS21 here in Harrisburg FINALLY launched their drone today. Sky View 21 ... http://local21news.com/news/sky-view-21/robb-hanrahan-wins-assignment-of-the-day-with-sky-view-21 -- Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 333 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 There are now over 1,000 objection posts on the FCC site. That has to be a record. With any luck, the FCC will act in the public interest, whatever that is, and reject this deal as it's bad for America. Plus, I do not want to see Sinclair "trash" the new KFOR/KAUT studio in Oklahoma City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2878 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Sinclair (and whoever else) have until tomorrow (8/22), to file reply comments to a slew of petitions of deny applications. Here's hoping they don't have to send each party documents via physical mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 743 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 With any luck, the FCC will act in the public interest, whatever that is, and reject this deal as it's bad for America. Plus, I do not want to see Sinclair "trash" the new KFOR/KAUT studio in Oklahoma City. Not this FCC I'm afraid. Pai and his corporate buddies on the commission are all in the back pocket of Der Führer Drumpf and the Smiths, and will steamroll this thing right across the finish line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4167 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 With any luck, the FCC will act in the public interest, whatever that is, and reject this deal as it's bad for America. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA This is a fait accompli. The FCC is corrupt through-and-through, and don't you forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4167 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 I'm sorry... did some right-wing sympathizer who thinks he's a shark try to pick a fight with me again? Didn't even see it. Yawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 The Smiths, Pai, and Trumpy are gonna try their damnedest to get this merger deal through. When it happens, Fox might have to either go through with disaffiliating on Sinclair stations or actually get in Sinclair's good graces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner 32 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 The Smiths, Pai, and Trumpy are gonna try their damnedest to get this merger deal through. When it happens, Fox might have to either go through with disaffiliating on Sinclair stations or actually get in Sinclair's good graces. In the fight of Sinclair vs Fox, go Fox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 did some right-wing sympathizer who thinks he's a shark try to pick a fight with me again? Stop that. No one is trying to instigate a fight here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 would be like Morris trying to swallow the divested stations... there's no possible way they could handle many more stations in markets way larger than they operate. And would small groups like Morris, or even Morgan Murphy be interested in buying the conflict markets? More than likely,they're not and why would any of those small groups (Gray included) look at buying the conflict stations in medium-size markets,I know Gray would love to have a sister station in Oklahoma City to complement KXII in Sherman-Ada, heck even Raycom would love to get KSWO and KAUZ a sister station in Oklahoma City as well but do not expect those small groups that only operate in small markets to even look at getting a station in Oklahoma City. (FYI, KAUZ is owned by American Spirit Media but operated by Raycom under a sharing agreement, most should know that by now but for those that don't, now you know) BTW, has Sinclair even set a deadline as of yet for any groups looking to buy the stations in the markets where SBG can't own a station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Some of you are getting too emotionally invested in this deal again. Knock it off before I have to dole out bans of some kind. This also applies to long winded fantasies. Keep that crap in the speculation board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 Some of you are getting too emotionally invested in this deal again. Knock it off before I have to dole out bans of some kind. This also applies to long winded fantasies. Keep that crap in the speculation board. Then Weeters, I give you 2 simple choices becuase the restrictions you've placed on me on this forum, I can't speculate in the speculatron, so here's your 2 choices: 1. Lift the restricted access to the Speculatron 9000 so then I can speculate in the speculatron thread. 2. You can go ahead and ban me from this forum for all I care about. You're the admin for the page, so the choice is up to you, Weeters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonDonP1 113 Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 CBS21 here in Harrisburg FINALLY launched their drone today. Sky View 21 ... http://local21news.com/news/sky-view-21/robb-hanrahan-wins-assignment-of-the-day-with-sky-view-21 -- Matt Fascinating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3464 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 With any luck, the FCC will act in the public interest, whatever that is, and reject this deal as it's bad for America. Plus, I do not want to see Sinclair "trash" the new KFOR/KAUT studio in Oklahoma City. TVSpy has a write-up on their relaunch and rebrand... http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/oklahoma-station-relaunches-with-focus-on-tornado-coverage/193305 Here's hoping Sinclair passes on them to stay put in the market with KOKH and sells them to someone who will give a damn to run them right... Would Sinclair torpedo something this new just to run things "their way?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oklahomanewsman 210 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 TVSpy has a write-up on their relaunch and rebrand... http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/oklahoma-station-relaunches-with-focus-on-tornado-coverage/193305 Here's hoping Sinclair passes on them to stay put in the market with KOKH and sells them to someone who will give a damn to run them right... Would Sinclair torpedo something this new just to run things "their way?" If Sinclair is smart enough, they're better off just selling KFOR off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1811 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Then Weeters, I give you 2 simple choices becuase the restrictions you've placed on me on this forum, I can't speculate in the speculatron, so here's your 2 choices: 1. Lift the restricted access to the Speculatron 9000 so then I can speculate in the speculatron thread. 2. You can go ahead and ban me from this forum for all I care about. You're the admin for the page, so the choice is up to you, Weeters With that attitude, I should do number 2. There was a bug in the way the permissions system was granting people access to the speculation board. I fixed the glitch. Go nuts! If anyone else thinks they should have access but don't, feel free to private message me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Sinclair (and whoever else) have until tomorrow (8/22), to file reply comments to a slew of petitions of deny applications. So Sinclair did file a reply comment, defending the deal. Although, I can't find their filing doc on the ECFS (probably have to wait). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Sinclair DOES have a point about the complaints re: content. There is nothing within the law that prohibits running a far-right network (and I don't use that lightly as ponying up with Breitbart warrants such, since Fox News doesn't warrant that description, and neither do any of Newsmax, the Blaze or OANN), and the First Amendment explicitly protects such. Any backlash would be the free market in action. The comparable outlets on the left would be Occupy Democrats and some authors at DailyKos. That said, the deal is still illegal on station reach, and there is no push in Congress to change such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4167 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Sinclair DOES have a point about the complaints re: content. There is nothing within the law that prohibits running a far-right network (and I don't use that lightly as ponying up with Breitbart warrants such, since Fox News doesn't warrant that description, and neither do any of Newsmax, the Blaze or OANN), and the First Amendment explicitly protects such. Any backlash would be the free market in action. The comparable outlets on the left would be Occupy Democrats and some authors at DailyKos. That said, the deal is still illegal on station reach, and there is no push in Congress to change such. That's a big reason why John Oliver's segment didn't do much to actually aid in opposition to this merger. He focused far too much time on Osama bin Epshteyn and the other easy targets... and not on how the FCC was blatantly reenacting obsolete rules to make an illegal merger... well... kinda sorta legal. Remember that John Oliver assailed Paid Off for his shady plans to repeal Net Neutrality, and the resulting barrage of complaints overwhelmed the FCC's website. Why John didn't target and dissect Paid Off for reinstalling the UHF Discount rule is ponderous. True, in John's defense, it wasn't widely reported about Altji Paid Off's willfully colluding with the Smith family before the inauguration when he did that segment. And yet, why wasn't this revisited by John last week? Or this week? If he did, it sure as heck hasn't gone viral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 So Sinclair did file a reply comment, defending the deal. Although, I can't find their filing doc on the ECFS (probably have to wait). Some accurate points (mainly re: the content and lack of rules) and some highly inaccurate (i.e. market overload, ignoring rules that exist and ignoring shells). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 TVSpy has a write-up on their relaunch and rebrand... http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/oklahoma-station-relaunches-with-focus-on-tornado-coverage/193305 Here's hoping Sinclair passes on them to stay put in the market with KOKH and sells them to someone who will give a damn to run them right... Would Sinclair torpedo something this new just to run things "their way?" They won't torpedo it for a year or two after the sale closes. They have an extra 40-some stations to Borg, so KFOR should be last on the totem pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 Although, I can't find their filing doc on the ECFS (probably have to wait). Here's their reply comment in FULL. That didn't stop Newsmax and the Coalition for firing back on its rebuttal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 333 Posted August 23, 2017 Share Posted August 23, 2017 They won't torpedo it for a year or two after the sale closes. They have an extra 40-some stations to Borg, so KFOR should be last on the totem pole. #SaveKFOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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