Georgie56 3333 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 19 hours ago, newsteam13 said: Looks like Colorado is officially NEXSTAR TERRITORY! We've got the duopoly of FOX21 KXRM and CW57 KXTU in Colorado Springs/Pueblo. Plus, we've got CBS5 KREX in Grand Junction. Now, for the Denver duopoly of CW2 KWGN and FOX31 KDVR, that duopoly was the last piece of the puzzle. That approval from the FCC and the Justice department had fit it together Illinois is officially Nexstarland now too, as they now have Chicago to add to their existing stations in Peoria, Rock Island, Rockford, and Springfield.
Info Junkie 1286 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 My question is one I’ve always had since the pending Sinclair sale: Why does Tribune want to sell anyway? Anyway this may have nothing to do anything, but I can say a new broadcasting company has risen from this sale: Circle City, which is acquiring WISH. Welcome to the industry. Oddly enough, this was how Nexstar was spawned, when they bought WYOU after it was sold in 1996.
channel2 982 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 Years of incoherent management, the bankruptcy, the fact that TV stations are selling for sky-high prices and historic Vs in New York, LA and Chicago do not come up for sale every day...
NowBergen 707 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 1 minute ago, TheRob said: That didn't take long. What station and city?
TheRob 940 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 15 minutes ago, NowBergen said: What station and city? That's Kansas City. I don't know if we added the skyline ourselves or if it came with the video. WGN just has the state outlines.
okiechi 55 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 10 minutes ago, TheRob said: WGN just has the state outlines. "Chicago's very own" indeed.
CircleSeven 1962 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Posted September 19, 2019 WGN just aired the new Nexstar ID at the end of Morning News!
Georgie56 3333 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 WGN just ran the new Nexstar logo for the first time at the end of the morning news. 1 minute ago, CircleSeven said: WGN just aired the new Nexstar ID at the end of Morning News! Jinx.
J1975am 208 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 2 minutes ago, CircleSeven said: WGN just aired the new Nexstar ID at the end of Morning News! Just saw it. I know their morning show ends at 10a, so I went to their website to see the Nexstar ID for WGN for the first time (this was preceded by an excellent performance by the cast of Newsies, which is playing at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, IL)... Funny fact: Berwyn is on the list of cities in the WGN viewing area that is listed in Nexstar's closing ID for the station! (I guess there are people at Nexstar that are fans of Svengoolie LOL)..... "BERWYN?!"
inanimatecarbonrod 1 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 WJW had a Nexstar ID at the end of New Day Cleveland. Website still says Tribune. Wonder how long this'll last...
okiechi 55 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 5 minutes ago, J1975am said: "BERWYN?!" (Couldn't resist!)
CircleSeven 1962 Posted September 19, 2019 Author Posted September 19, 2019 Let me say this. I do find it surprising that they're playing the Nexstar ID, and Nexstar hasn't OFFICIALLY announced the closing of the sale. I would not be surprised if they announce it at the end of trading day (4pm/ET), just like they did when Nexstar closed the MG merger in 2017. This Tribune editorial cartoonist drew this sketch after FCC approved the sale earlier this week.
Georgie56 3333 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 Screenie of WGN's Nexstar closing logo.
TennTV1983 810 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 5 hours ago, who?cares said: Also, WZDX's copyright reflects their new owner. It's at the bottom of WATN's website too. Also, WREG is now using the new Nexstar copyright stuff at the end of their newscasts. The Nexstar logo isn't on the bottom of their website yet.
Conrad 113 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 11 minutes ago, TennTV1983 said: It's at the bottom of WATN's website too. Also, WREG is now using the new Nexstar copyright stuff at the end of their newscasts. The Nexstar logo isn't on the bottom of their website yet. Is the TEGNA logo now appearing at the end of WATN's newscasts, is the Nexstar logo still appearing, or what?
tjt24 315 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, inanimatecarbonrod said: WJW had a Nexstar ID at the end of New Day Cleveland. Website still says Tribune. Wonder how long this'll last... It aired at the end of the morning show too. From looking at most of the other Tribune sites, they also still say Tribune.
TexasTVNews 1379 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 2 hours ago, TennTV1983 said: It's at the bottom of WATN's website too. Same as WOI-TV/Des Moines.
inanimatecarbonrod 1 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 Scripps didn't waste any time with KSTU
LoadStar 364 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 If I might be so bold as to suggest that all the Tribune stations have had their IDs and/or website copyright changed, or will do so imminently. Further, the IDs and/or copyrights aren't going to vary terribly much. I'm not sure it's necessary to check in with every station that changes it. Just my $0.02.
CLETVFan 369 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 Will Fox still try and pursue some stations or will Nexstar hold onto their newly acquired properities? (I'm sure it's been asked before, but now that it's official, I'm waiting to see the other shoe being dropped) If not, could Fox try and buy stations in markets that Nexstar would not sell to them?
okiechi 55 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 WGN and KFOR have the updated footers on their respective websites...since they're all on WordPress VIP, it was probably just a matter of editing the footer.php file in the templates, with variables in place for the Scripps stations (e.g. "if siteName = localtvkstu" or something of the sort) to reflect that verbiage.
NowBergen 707 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 Sometime in the last half hour or so it seems that the WPIX website footer was updated to say Scripps Stations Group, E.W. Scripps. Company. Earlier it still said Tribune. No lighthouse. However there is a very prominent story, with the Scripps logo, announcing that for the first time in 71 years WPIX has new ownership. It definitely is the end of an era.
broadcastfan9751 140 Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 6 minutes ago, CLETVFan said: Will Fox still try and pursue some stations or will Nexstar hold onto their newly acquired properities? (I'm sure it's been asked before, but now that it's official, I'm waiting to see the other shoe being dropped) If not, could Fox try and buy stations in markets that Nexstar would not sell to them? With Nexstar reaching a new affiliation deal with Fox that also covers the Tribune stations, a sale of any stations to Fox probably won't happen unless Nexstar wants to clear up cap space to exercise its option to buy WPIX back or buy other stations.
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