tyrannical bastard 3768 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 51 minutes ago, CLETVFan said: WOIO might be losing MeTV as Weigel has purchased W27EA-D from Media-Com. Weigel may be looking to use W27EA-D for either MeTV+, the soon-to-be-launched Story, or even snag some or all of WBNX's Weigel offerings. Being that WBNX is WBNX, and how they lost the CW under mysterious circumstances, could Gray and Weigel know something about them that we haven't found out about....yet? WOIO/WUAB is way overstuffed with channels, so they could likely afford to lose something like MeTV, and bump MyNetworkTV somewhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2237 Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 On 2/7/2022 at 5:26 PM, mrschimpf said: Of additional note...this WGCL news share deal made with Univsion's WUVG in 2017 will likely come to an end, suggesting that it's possible the WKTB buy-out came as a result of the new TelevisaUnivision deciding to put actual resources into the WUVG news department and kill the Meredith agreement. And that's been taken care of; WUVG now has a news-share with WSB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4362 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 On 3/23/2022 at 10:53 PM, tyrannical bastard said: Weigel may be looking to use W27EA-D for either MeTV+, the soon-to-be-launched Story, or even snag some or all of WBNX's Weigel offerings. Being that WBNX is WBNX, and how they lost the CW under mysterious circumstances, could Gray and Weigel know something about them that we haven't found out about....yet? WOIO/WUAB is way overstuffed with channels, so they could likely afford to lose something like MeTV, and bump MyNetworkTV somewhere else. Easiest move to make is using 19.2 as a full-power SD simulcast of WTCL 6.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpeedKing 265 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 (edited) On 3/31/2022 at 6:32 PM, Myron Falwell said: Easiest move to make is using 19.2 as a full-power SD simulcast of WTCL 6.1. With that crappy encoder and VHF? No way! Edited April 5, 2022 by TheSpeedKing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Muck 4362 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 12 hours ago, TheSpeedKing said: With that crappy encoder and VHF? No way! WOIO/WUAB has two substantial translators to compensate for their lousy V signal, and WTCL does the same. Plus WTCL is the only Spanish-language media outlet within the city proper (unless you count WQHS, which is run out of a broom closet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted April 7, 2022 Share Posted April 7, 2022 New M&A. Gray is fetching another LP in their home state. They're getting WKSY-LD in Summerville-Trion, GA from Narrow Path Productions, for $325K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted April 8, 2022 Share Posted April 8, 2022 20 hours ago, CircleSeven said: New M&A. Gray is fetching another LP in their home state. They're getting WKSY-LD in Summerville-Trion, GA from Narrow Path Productions, for $325K. Likely would be a WGCL satellite for the NW corner of the market. (If Gray acquired a station in Chattanooga such as WRCB, they could shoehorn it on there too...) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 On 6/11/2021 at 10:01 PM, CircleSeven said: Gray is unloading its other radio property. Lamesa, TX Spanish radio outlet KTXC is being sold to religious broadcaster VCY America, Inc. for $650K. It took ten months, but Gray has finally unloaded this Texas radio station today (4/14). The deal was greenlighted on April 1. Let's see how long they'll keep those Quincy radio stations........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 1:14 PM, CircleSeven said: I should also mention regarding Memphis, that WYMP-LD deal was completed last week. The question now is whether Gray will keep that signal at its current spot near the TN-MS border, or move the signal closer to Shelby County. That is going to be something to watch out for. Looks like they're going to do just that. Gray has filed an app to move WYMP-LD to Shelby on WMC's tower. Should this get the greenlight, they'll going to withdraw that WMC DRT application (which mirrors the same technical parameters as WYMP's proposed facility). As mentioned before, the FCC had placed a hard freeze on new DRTs seven years ago. So they had to ask for a "waiver" to get the grant. But nearly two years after it was filed, the DRT app has yet to be acted on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 724 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 12/19/2018 at 12:21 AM, CircleSeven said: Gray has completed the KNCT acquisition, as of Monday (12/17). It'll be interesting to see what programming there be putting on this new station. No PBS in Waco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 1 minute ago, DirtyHarry said: No PBS in Waco? Waco gets PBS from KERA Dallas on cable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 724 Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 1 hour ago, mvcg66b3r said: Waco gets PBS from KERA Dallas on cable. Extremely short-sighted since so many people are cutting cable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliverolang 41 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 KCRG is no longer Eastern Iowa’s “24 Hour News Source”. They are now “Your Trusted Local News Source”, which they have used going to break the last few weeks. There are also new graphics which I haven’t seen on other Gray stations yet. The Weather graphics and on air bug are the same, but wouldn’t be surprised if they change soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 That graphic pack is not new. They're using the same pack WBTV & WBAY uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GodfreyGR 568 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Oliverolang said: The Weather graphics and on air bug are the same, but wouldn’t be surprised if they change soon. I wouldn't hold my breath on Weather graphics... KSFY and KFYR use the same overall package KCRG switched to, but all three aforementioned stations are using the same wx graphics as of right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 (edited) This might explain all of this LP buying.... Gray announced it has expanded its partnership with Telemundo to carry the network in 34 markets. The 22 new markets are primarily in the Southeast. Edited May 3, 2022 by CircleSeven 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted May 3, 2022 Share Posted May 3, 2022 I noticed Macon was one of those markets - the one Georgia market without a Gray station, and unless a trade is coming (i.e. swap with Tegna for WMAZ), there is no realistic plan to get into that market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1946 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 1 hour ago, GoldenShine9 said: I noticed Macon was one of those markets - the one Georgia market without a Gray station, and unless a trade is coming (i.e. swap with Tegna for WMAZ), there is no realistic plan to get into that market. Gray just bought an LP in Macon (W21EN-D) and had that signal modification app approved today. I'm hoping they'll expand that signal contour in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
channel2 929 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Telemundo must be big business for them - or, at least, it has a ton of upside! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3768 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 11 hours ago, CircleSeven said: Gray just bought an LP in Macon (W21EN-D) and had that signal modification app approved today. I'm hoping they'll expand that signal contour in the future. It sounds like all of the Georgia stations they are launching will all be part of a network based out of the affiliate they are launching in Atlanta. So this may be the way that Gray is entering Macon without having their own full powered station in the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFromGulfcoast 695 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I'm in Shreveport and just now noticing Gray bought KBXS as well.....I always thought Gray would try to get a station here to be an independent but now, I'm having 2nd thoughts. Ironically enough, Gray also has WBXH which years ago was also owned by L4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLETVFan 366 Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Could Gray also add Telemundo in Cincinnati and Toledo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtyHarry 724 Posted May 5, 2022 Share Posted May 5, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 8:59 AM, Myron Falwell said: WOIO/WUAB has two substantial translators to compensate for their lousy V signal Does it really have a lousy signal? I know it's only 10 kw or something like that, but WKRC only has 15 KW or something like that and I don't hear a lot of complaining about their signal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 844 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 (edited) I noitced that KTVK/KPHO recently switched their weather branding to First Alert Weather... I also so see WGCL did too.. is this a requirement for the former Meredith stations?? I see WNEM has yet to change (and they can since it isn't used in the Flint market) Edited May 8, 2022 by MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpeedKing 265 Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie said: I noitced that KTVK/KPHO recently switched their weather branding to First Alert Weather... I also so see WGCL did too.. is this a requirement for the former Meredith stations?? I see WNEM has yet to change (and they can since it isn't used in the Flint market) Appearing like an O&O is my guess. But I really don't know since these are not former O&Os. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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