Gray Media - General Thread

[CoopInTheHouse 68]

1 hour ago, gsrecaps said:

Worth mentioning, but WSAZ (NBC) had this on their channel.

 

1 hour ago, mvcg66b3r said:

What did the scroll say?

 

1 hour ago, TVLurker said:

guessing they're trying to get their CW station on YouTube TV due to Nexstar's method for negotiation with CW affiliates.

 

1 hour ago, gsrecaps said:

Can confirm this is correct. Certain Gray CW's are on there, while others are not for some odd reason.

And since Nexstar owns The CW (partial stake), that deal was made for all CW stations, not just Nexstar-owned ones.

[gsrecaps 8]

On 10/5/2023 at 1:48 PM, mvcg66b3r said:

What did the scroll say?

"Attention YouTube TV Subscribers, Saturday’s Marshall-NC State football game on WQCW the Tri-State CW will not be on YouTube TV. YouTube TV customers should contact YouTube TV through its YouTube TV Help Center in its app or online to ask YouTube to launch WQCW."

[tyrannical bastard 3931]

It's like Nexstar is contracting their CW stations (and affiliates) on a station-by-station basis.  Much unlike the bulk deal they were forced to make with CBS that took away WJMN.

I figured the Marshall game on the CW was the reason Gray was getting a lot of requests to have WQCW put on YouTube TV.  Of course to the average viewer, they aren't aware of all of the "sausage-making" processes it actually takes to get this done. Much of it is probably Nexstar posturing in the negotiating process, especially since they own WOWK in the market.

Edited October 8, 2023 by tyrannical bastard

[bpatrick 73]

On 9/26/2023 at 10:13 PM, tyrannical bastard said:

ABC and/or FOX likely in Macon if one of them walks away from WGXA.

WPGA already dropped ABC one time, objecting to the content of some of the network's programs.  I don't know if they'd find Fox to be any better.

[T.L. Hughes 881]

5 hours ago, bpatrick said:

WPGA already dropped ABC one time, objecting to the content of some of the network's programs.  I don't know if they'd find Fox to be any better.

Lowell Register was the one who did that, and that decision was moreso guided by his more socially conservative views. Gray owns WPGA now, so the content of network programming doesn’t matter; all that matters is whether Gray can snap up a major network affiliation. (BTW, WPGA, under Register, was with Fox for the station’s first six months of operation until WGXA took over the affiliation.)

[nathannah 2401]

31 minutes ago, T.L. Hughes said:

Lowell Register was the one who did that, and that decision was moreso guided by his more socially conservative views.

For ABC dropping WPGA at the time was probably the best result, considering this happened when he was forced to sell his radio stations. There was no way they could continue to have that affiliation and with him now gone, things are more normal under Gray, and Grey's Anatomy (the show he objected to, along with Desperate Housewives) is still on the air all these years later.

[Megatron81 256]

I wonder who will be airing the D-Back next season in The Valley Of Sun Gray or Scripps?

[Adam MadMan 285]

4 hours ago, Megatron81 said:

I wonder who will be airing the D-Back next season in The Valley Of Sun Gray or Scripps?

Probably depends on who is able to get more stations on board to air the games. After all, the footprints of MLB teams are generally much larger than those of the NBA and MLB; they might even decide to stick to the ad hoc cable channel they set up after DSG dumped them, though with the Suns and Coyotes on OTA and the Cardinals generally airing cable games on OTA anyway per NFL rules, they'd be the only Big Four sports team to keep most of their games exclusive to pay TV if they went that route.

Edited October 10, 2023 by Adam MadMan

[Glimmer 281]

Gray teaming with Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and Jonathan Katz on a pair of new streaming and OTA channels launching New Years Day

[T.L. Hughes 881]

1 hour ago, Glimmer said:

Gray teaming with Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and Jonathan Katz on a pair of new streaming and OTA channels launching New Years Day

The irony is Katz is literally launching his new venture with copycats of the very networks he helped launch: The365 is basically a rehash of Bounce (interestingly and kind of fittingly, the name harkens McDonald’s old 365Black campaign), and Outlaw is basically Grit.

 

Also, Gray already carries the “original recipe” networks on several of its stations (including in some Scripps markets), so they’re basically swapping two identical networks for the ones Katz is copying.

Edited November 7, 2023 by T.L. Hughes

[channel2 977]

Aren't a lot of Gray stations in markets where Scripps and Inyo plan to claw back the Scripps Networks when the current deals are up?

[gsrecaps 8]

YouTube TV subscribers will lose KTVK on November 18th. https://www.azfamily.com/2023/11/09/youtube-tv-subscribers-lose-3tv-starting-november-18th/

[CoopInTheHouse 68]

2 minutes ago, gsrecaps said:

YouTube TV subscribers will lose KTVK on November 18th. https://www.azfamily.com/2023/11/09/youtube-tv-subscribers-lose-3tv-starting-november-18th/

I am very surprised this is just one station and not every single nook-and-cranny station. Why are they doing this if it’s just one station?

[atlnews2 590]

25 minutes ago, CoopInTheHouse said:

I am very surprised this is just one station and not every single nook-and-cranny station. Why are they doing this if it’s just one station?

If I had to bet Gray wanted more money because now KTVK carries Suns games

[gsrecaps 8]

WQCW was recently added on YTTV today.

[T.L. Hughes 881]

On 11/7/2023 at 3:31 PM, Glimmer said:

Gray teaming with Warner Bros. Discovery, Lionsgate and Jonathan Katz on a pair of new streaming and OTA channels launching New Years Day

BTW, it appears that Outlaw Network will likely take over the channel space of Circle, as Ryman Hospitality Properties announced on November 6 in its Q3 financial report that Circle and the company’s partnership with Gray to operate the network will “wind down” on December 31.

Edited November 17, 2023 by T.L. Hughes

[Adam MadMan 285]

The Advocate is reporting that WVUE is talking with the New Orleans Pelicans to air a small selection of games.

 

This is apparently a result of a one-year deal Diamond Sports signed with the NBA to allow teams to offer up to ten games on over the air stations in exchange for staying with Bally Sports for the season. Basically testing the waters that the Suns and Jazz are already swimming in (along with the NHL's Golden Knights and Coyotes).

[tyrannical bastard 3931]

On 11/30/2023 at 2:58 PM, Adam MadMan said:

The Advocate is reporting that WVUE is talking with the New Orleans Pelicans to air a small selection of games.

 

This is apparently a result of a one-year deal Diamond Sports signed with the NBA to allow teams to offer up to ten games on over the air stations in exchange for staying with Bally Sports for the season. Basically testing the waters that the Suns and Jazz are already swimming in (along with the NHL's Golden Knights and Coyotes).

Whatever games they pick up will likely be primetime spots that won't interfere much with Fox's lineup and be shows the viewers won't mind being pre-empted or pushed to late night.

[Nelson R. 569]

1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Whatever games they pick up will likely be primetime spots that won't interfere much with Fox's lineup and be shows the viewers won't mind being pre-empted or pushed to late night.

I could see some West Coast 9:00 starts or some Sunday afternoon starts if Fox doesn’t have any sports that afternoon. 

[TheOneManHerd 553]

Any idea why Gray is removing the NBC branding from all of their affiliates?

[mightynine 290]

35 minutes ago, TheOneManHerd said:

Any idea why Gray is removing the NBC branding from all of their affiliates?

 

[MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 909]

5 hours ago, mightynine said:

 

Someone in that thread had mentioned that they want to remove the affiliations from all branding so they can focus on the LOCAL news branding instead of the national network news

[PelicanMan 19]

WVUE is leaving its complex at 1026 South Norman C. Francis Pkwy - where it had been since Day One roughly 70byears ago - and will move into a building on Howard Avenue (near South Broad Street and I-10). They hope to be in their new facility in time for the Super Bowl in February 2025, ironically in New Orleans.

Edited December 21, 2023 by Pelicanman
Grammar corrections.

[tyrannical bastard 3931]

WVUE in New Orleans is moving to a new building, which formerly housed WLAE and a housing authority.

 

https://www.fox8live.com/2023/12/21/wvue-fox-8-is-moving-new-building/

 

Back during Katrina, WVUE's existing building was flooded, requiring it to be fully renovated and the station had to be operated out of Mobile at sister station WALA (when both were owned by Emmis) for a time.

 

The current facility is surrounded by Xavier University, and Xavier will be acquiring it once WVUE vacates.

Edited December 22, 2023 by tyrannical bastard

[TennTV1983 801]

45 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

WVUE in New Orleans is moving to a new building, which formerly housed WLAE and a housing authority.

 

https://www.fox8live.com/2023/12/21/wvue-fox-8-is-moving-new-building/

 

Back during Katrina, WVUE's existing building was flooded, requiring it to be fully renovated and the station had to be operated out of Mobile at sister station WALA (when both were owned by Emmis) for a time.

 

The current facility is surrounded by Xavier University, and Xavier will be acquiring it once WVUE vacates.

 

The good thing about the new digs is it's still fairly new (only 9 years old, having been constructed in late 2014/early 2015). While I doubt WVUE will be able to fully utilize the entire space, I would suspect Gray would seek to consolidate and/or grow some of their operations there, especially with their InvestigateTV unit being based in New Orleans and all.