Rusty Muck 4374 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I mentioned it in the chatbox... KSWL-LD 17 is the new CBS affiliate for Lake Charles. Signed on air on Feb. 15th and is in 1080i HD. Owned by Wayport Media, which also owns WPBI-LD 16 (FOX/NBC) in Lafayette, IN. It hopes to carry local news in the future, which is also true for WPBI-LD. This now leaves ABC as the only TV network left without its own dedicated Lake Charles TV affiliate, since all others are available including PBS. I'm so old I remember when KVHP 29 was the default Fox affiliate for Beaumont. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 What companies like Sinclair really want is access to New York (WPIX), Los Angeles (KTLA) and Chicago (WGN)-- mostly WGN. I warned about it when Liguori started complaining about the stock price (i.e., the investors want their money). Tribune sold real estate. They sold Gracenote. They offered buyouts. Liguori is leaving. Station sales are next. If no company can be formed to buy the whole lot, then Tribune will have to smash itself with a hammer. You're forgetting WGN America. Talk about a hammer S!nclair can use to extort cable companies for every station in the whole damn chain. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetroCity 248 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 You're forgetting WGN America. Talk about a hammer S!nclair can use to extort cable companies for every station in the whole damn chain. WGN America is not that big a hammer. It's lots of old reruns and tired movies with one or two original productions here and there. There isn't anything that can't be found on a dozen other rerun channels, and certainly nothing that anybody feels is a cable deal-maker or breaker. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PelicanGuy 117 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 certain CBS stations air the price is right at 11AM instead of 10AM. majority of the O&Os in the west coast have 10PM slot. KCNC however decided to keep lets make a deal at 2PM due to CBS this morning at 9AM where as other CBS O&Os show lets make a deal at 9AM. this is probably the same case for CBS affiliates not owned by CBS like Nexstar, Sinclair or Hearst for example. WAFB does this and airs "The Y & the R" at 4 pm...they've been doing this for years. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2416 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 I'm so old I remember when KVHP 29 was the default Fox affiliate for Beaumont. But didnt Beaumont have KUIL 64 as a FOX affiliate fot Beaumont? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168057 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3951 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 You're forgetting WGN America. Talk about a hammer S!nclair can use to extort cable companies for every station in the whole damn chain. Please be Meredith....please be Meredith....PLEASE PLEASE be Meredith that ends up with them! Now that Meredith owns the station formerly known as WTBS outright.....they could have a superstation and a former one on their hands... They're the only ones who have room to expand and taking the prime Tribune properties could be a new avenue for them. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168059 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 certain CBS stations air the price is right at 11AM instead of 10AM. majority of the O&Os in the west coast have 10PM slot. KCNC however decided to keep lets make a deal at 2PM due to CBS this morning at 9AM where as other CBS O&Os show lets make a deal at 9AM. this is probably the same case for CBS affiliates not owned by CBS like Nexstar, Sinclair or Hearst for example. The KCNC's guide says that Rachael Ray is aired at 9am. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168061 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Please be Meredith....please be Meredith....PLEASE PLEASE be Meredith that ends up with them! Now that Meredith owns the station formerly known as WTBS outright.....they could have a superstation and a former one on their hands... They're the only ones who have room to expand and taking the prime Tribune properties could be a new avenue for them. No matter who ends up with them...Tribune will be gutted further. Any real estate left? 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius22 122 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 The KCNC's guide says that Rachael Ray is aired at 9am. weird. because it said CBS this morning. at 9AM. i must have gotten a site glitch. and can you believe NBC turns 90? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 weird. because it said CBS this morning. at 9AM. i must have gotten a site glitch. and can you believe NBC turns 90? Some site schedules are adjusted to your local time zone. You know NBC turns 90 and is likely older than the BBC when it was formed in the current incarnation? When it was formed it was based on a consortorium of radio manufacturers. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168066 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobody 20 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Oh god no. If Sinclair buys the major ones, say goodbye to WPIX, KTLA and WGN as we know it. Sinclair ruins everything and these stations will be no different. If Tribune goes away, these stations are ruined. wpix IS ruined.... Been the laughing stock of NYC News Media for over 30 years. "We do News our own way" has always been the mantra of the management - yeah, you do News the WRONG Way. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggo 354 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 But didnt Beaumont have KUIL 64 as a FOX affiliate fot Beaumont? KVHP initially served both Lake Charles and Beaumont. Then, the same company (National Communications) launched KUIL to serve Beaumont. This, among other things, allowed them to target ads to just Beaumont viewers and let KVHP carry Saints games in Lake Charles and KUIL carry Cowboys games in Beaumont instead of having to choose one or the other. Eventually, KBTV flipped from NBC to Fox, taking the affiliation away from KUIL. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4374 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 KVHP initially served both Lake Charles and Beaumont. Then, the same company (National Communications) launched KUIL to serve Beaumont. This, among other things, allowed them to target ads to just Beaumont viewers and let KVHP carry Saints games in Lake Charles and KUIL carry Cowboys games in Beaumont instead of having to choose one or the other. Eventually, KBTV flipped from NBC to Fox, taking the affiliation away from KUIL. And KUIL today operates as a literal extension of KBMT (12.5 and 12.6, respectively). 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 So NPG's flagship TV properties in St. Joseph includes Fox, The CW, Telemundo & NBC. Come June 1st, they'll be adding CBS. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin2kx 237 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 WJBK weekend anchor Ron Savage died of a heart attack today. http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/238077533-story Just watched the 6:00 news online. Emotional seeing anchors marching on while paying tribute to Ron. Moral of the story is sentiment shared: Live your life, appreciate it. We all have an expiration date, some sooner than others. No matter how much we hope to live as long a la Betty White or Dick van Dyke. As fit as he was, younger than his age, while training, not even fitness did it prevent tragedy. Strength for his family + friends at this time. 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 He was a fine man and had many friends. He will be missed. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168158 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 According to DCRTV, WJLA will be dropping MeTV effective 3/1. No word on if another DC station will pick it up or if local cable providers will pick up the Baltimore or Richmond feed. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 According to DCRTV, WJLA will be dropping MeTV effective 3/1. No word on if another DC station will pick it up or if local cable providers will pick up the Baltimore or Richmond feed. They're going to add Sinclair's new action-themed diginet Charge! on that allotment. Wouldn't be surprised if Fox gets MeTV, since it already carries its other networks on WDCA. Fox also carries MeTV on Austin's KTBC 7.4. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Another Tegna Departure. Longtime WWL's Action reporter Bill Capo will be leaving the station on Friday after 36 years. And from FTVLive this morning, WUSA's morning reporter Nikki Burdine is heading to Nexstar's WKRN in Nashville, where she'll be a new anchor. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 171 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Sula Kim is rejoining New Orleans NBC affiliate WDSU this time as weeknight 5, 6 & 10 pm co-anchor: http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/anchor-returning-to-new-orleans-after-2-years-in-seattle/186379 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ns8401 941 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Nia Harden joins WXYZ in Detroit as a reporter. She comes from KWTX the Gray owned CBS station in Waco, Texas. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Sula Kim is rejoining New Orleans NBC affiliate WDSU this time as weeknight 5, 6 & 10 pm co-anchor: http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/anchor-returning-to-new-orleans-after-2-years-in-seattle/186379 What's happening to Adrianna Hopkins? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168208 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseRM303 171 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 What's happening to Adrianna Hopkins? She's leaving to move out of state to be with her husband. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168211 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2416 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Sula Kim is rejoining New Orleans NBC affiliate WDSU this time as weeknight 5, 6 & 10 pm co-anchor: http://www.adweek.com/tvspy/anchor-returning-to-new-orleans-after-2-years-in-seattle/186379 What's happening to Adrianna Hopkins? She's leaving to move out of state to be with her husband. And now, I have just finished reading that TVSpy story without going to TVSpy because all details were provided. Thanks, TVNT. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 She's leaving to move out of state to be with her husband. Duh. I scanned the article too quickly. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16860-out-about/page/218/#findComment-168219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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