tjt24 313 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 3 hours ago, who?cares said: According to FTV Live (taken with a grain of salt), Nexstar is ditching WISH in favor of WTTV (doesn't mention WXIN). Yeah I'm definitely taking that with a grain of salt. I have a hard time believing that. Nexstar has invested a lot into WISH, so why would they sell them? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-219977 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 19 minutes ago, tjt24 said: Yeah I'm definitely taking that with a grain of salt. I have a hard time believing that. Nexstar has invested a lot into WISH, so why would they sell them? They wouldn’t. They won’t. Too much they would throw away if they sold WISH. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-219978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1299 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, tjt24 said: Yeah I'm definitely taking that with a grain of salt. I have a hard time believing that. Nexstar has invested a lot into WISH, so why would they sell them? Plus, WTTV and WXIN are in the Top-4, while WISH and WNDY are 5th and 6th, respectively. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-219979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 429 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 23 minutes ago, NEOMatrix said: Plus, WTTV and WXIN are in the Top-4, while WISH and WNDY are 5th and 6th, respectively. Wouldn't merely raiding WTTV of it's CBS affiliation and moving it back to WISH be the eaisest move? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-219980 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 11 minutes ago, scrabbleship said: Wouldn't merely raiding WTTV of it's CBS affiliation and moving it back to WISH be the eaisest move? CBS might have something to say about that. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-219981 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjt24 313 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Georgie56 said: They wouldn’t. They won’t. Too much they would throw away if they sold WISH. Yeah very true. There is no way that they would. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-219988 Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4UL4U 127 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Considering WISH handles the master control for something like two dozen former LIN stations as well as traffic and some other internal operations for Nexstar, I find it very hard to believe they would be sold. That would be a lot of infrastructure to spread out among the stations, or find another one for the hub. But being Nexstar, anything for the bottom line. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-219991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 59 minutes ago, H4UL4U said: Considering WISH handles the master control for something like two dozen former LIN stations as well as traffic and some other internal operations for Nexstar, I find it very hard to believe they would be sold. That would be a lot of infrastructure to spread out among the stations, or find another one for the hub. But being Nexstar, anything for the bottom line. It's possible WISH has moved back into the top 4 in ratings, and if that is the case, it would have to be sold if they want either WXIN or WTTV/WTTK. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-219995 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Until I see official sources like B&C and TVNewsCheck, I'm taking the reports of who's being divested in Indianapolis, Des Moines, and Huntsville with a grain of salt Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 979 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 8 hours ago, mre29 said: CBS might have something to say about that. Has the WTTV era for CBS gone as badly as the period in the '90s when KSTW was their Seattle affiliate did? KIRO ended up getting CBS back! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1256 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 35 minutes ago, channel2 said: Has the WTTV era for CBS gone as badly as the period in the '90s when KSTW was their Seattle affiliate did? KIRO ended up getting CBS back! How long is the current CBS affiliation agreement between CBS and Tribune with regards to WTTV? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4UL4U 127 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Of course, when I made my original post, in my post-awakening grogginess I forgot that Tribune operates an MCR hub at WXIN/WTTV. If Nexstar decides to dump WISH they can transition the hub to the existing one at WXIN/WTTV. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 254 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 2 hours ago, channel2 said: Has the WTTV era for CBS gone as badly as the period in the '90s when KSTW was their Seattle affiliate did? KIRO ended up getting CBS back! It hasn’t been pretty their newscasts are barely pulling .1s (11pm the exception). They are in 5th place by far. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220030 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFromGulfcoast 708 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 11 hours ago, mre29 said: CBS might have something to say about that. With the different leadership at CBS, Moonves having been shown the door, it may be a move worth giving a second look at. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jterry 43 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 FTVLive this morning indicates Nexstar is planning to sell WATN and keep WREG (no word on WLMT). It also says Nexstar may sell the building WREG is currently located in and move the station to a new building in a different part of town. As noted above, probably take with a grain of salt until more confirmed information is out there. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220067 Share on other sites More sharing options...
plnewsfan 9 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 FTVLive is reporting that Nexstar will sell WOI-TV in Ames, Iowa and keep WHO-TV. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220070 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Give WOI, WATN, and WISH to Tegna Media. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaking News 829 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 1 hour ago, TexasTVNews said: Give WOI, WATN, and WISH to Tegna Media. I personally want WREG to be with TEGNA or Meredith. I wish Meredith would get a station in their home market. I was thinking WHO, but WOI up in the air. As for WISH, I would like it to be in Ed Asin's hands. He knows what it likes to lose an affiliation for his stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1051 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 They poured a lot of money into all three of those stations of late, too. I suppose this means WYOU/WBRE - Nexstar's first acquisition - probably isn't safe either. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 15 minutes ago, TSSZNews said: They poured a lot of money into all three of those stations of late, too. I suppose this means WYOU/WBRE - Nexstar's first acquisition - probably isn't safe either. The problem there is that they would have to sell BOTH of them, since that's a grandfathered LMA that would be broken if tied to WNEP. If Mission doesn't run it alongside the new owner, they would (I believe) have to go to separate owners. But this probably belongs in the Speculatron. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVIntheDesert 183 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 21 hours ago, channel2 said: Has the WTTV era for CBS gone as badly as the period in the '90s when KSTW was their Seattle affiliate did? KIRO ended up getting CBS back! The reason why KIRO got CBS back was because Viacom got KSTW in a trade with Cox (who first bought KSTW, but ended up buying the stronger KIRO when Belo decided to keep KING) and wanted to make it a "UPN O&O," thereby reversing the affiliation swap of two years earlier. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 Latest: There could be two spinoffs to keep Nexstar under the ownership cap. One of them could change the landscape of local tv like it's 1988 again. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/1/15/nexstar-to-spin-off-tribunes-new-york-station https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/1/15/could-it-be-1988-all-over-again-in-miami Sidenote: Couldn't Ansin move the CW to WHDH, close up WLVI + call it a day please? Otherwise, as First Take says "Embrace Debate" here. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 429 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 4 minutes ago, justin2kx said: Latest: There could be two spinoffs to keep Nexstar under the ownership cap. One of them could change the landscape of local tv like it's 1988 again. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/1/15/nexstar-to-spin-off-tribunes-new-york-station https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/1/15/could-it-be-1988-all-over-again-in-miami Sidenote: Couldn't Ansin move the CW to WHDH, close up WLVI + call it a day please? Otherwise, as First Take says "Embrace Debate" here. I would wait to see what happens with Cox but if Fox doesn't use their right of first refusal to buy back WFXT it would be a sign that Fox would probably pursue Sunbeam. They have the money to make a wild well-above-FMV offer that Ed couldn't refuse. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgie56 3304 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 31 minutes ago, justin2kx said: Latest: There could be two spinoffs to keep Nexstar under the ownership cap. One of them could change the landscape of local tv like it's 1988 again. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/1/15/nexstar-to-spin-off-tribunes-new-york-station https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2019/1/15/could-it-be-1988-all-over-again-in-miami Sidenote: Couldn't Ansin move the CW to WHDH, close up WLVI + call it a day please? Otherwise, as First Take says "Embrace Debate" here. And here comes TEGNA. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1519 Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 I had a feeling Nexstar would have to spin off one of Tribune's big three, but why WPIX and not WGN or KTLA? I mean, besides NYC being the largest DMA. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16811-nexstar-to-acquire-tribune/page/6/#findComment-220347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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