H4UL4U 127 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 On Thursday, Dayton powerhouse station WHIO aired its 70th anniversary special. Lots of historical photos and footage. https://www.whio.com/news/70th-anniversary-special/TwULkk6tirg3D4uhCXmHHP/ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 WHIO is one of the few stations across the country that is still owned by its founders, and has never changed their primary affiliation. This distinction is on the verge of going away once the Apollo sale goes through. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 2447 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 3 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: WHIO is one of the few stations across the country that is still owned by its founders, and has never changed their primary affiliation. This distinction is on the verge of going away once the Apollo sale goes through. Never changed its call sign either. The only thing that changed really is the channel numbers going from 13 to 7 in 1952. These reasons are as to why W-oHIO has been #1 since forever. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dabnis74 52 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 If Apollo tries anything to hurt WHIO reputation it would be a huge public outcry, even if they make cuts it wouldn’t hurt WHIO ratings. WHIO market share is like 75 percent in the Dayton Market. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1916 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, dabnis74 said: WHIO market share is like 75 percent in the Dayton Market. It's 77% of "available local news viewers," which is like saying 75% of "available dinner eaters" are eating a Hamburger because 3 of the 4 people currently sitting in McDonalds have burgers. The Dayton market has 463,430 television households, and WHIO's "77%" is only 38,000 households. That's roughly 12% of TV households in Dayton watching WHIO's highest rated newscast. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad 113 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 22 hours ago, Weeters said: It's 77% of "available local news viewers," which is like saying 75% of "available dinner eaters" are eating a Hamburger because 3 of the 4 people currently sitting in McDonalds have burgers. The Dayton market has 463,430 television households, and WHIO's "77%" is only 38,000 households. That's roughly 12% of TV households in Dayton watching WHIO's highest rated newscast. You can't be better than Cox, Hearst, Graham, Sunbeam, or Dispatch right now. They are all well run station groups. However, Cox is going away. The future Apollo/Cox company might be like a smaller version of Nexstar or Gray (though not as bad as Sinclair). WHIO's competition is operated by Sinclair and Nexstar. That benefits WHIO more. Cox ownership and mega-groups operating competitors have allowed WHIO to be ultra-dominant. I'm really asking - what other stations are THAT dominant? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 25 minutes ago, Conrad said: You can't be better than Cox, Hearst, Graham, Sunbeam, or Dispatch right now. They are all well run station groups. However, Cox is going away. The future Apollo/Cox company might be like a smaller version of Nexstar or Gray (though not as bad as Sinclair). WHIO's competition is operated by Sinclair and Nexstar. That benefits WHIO more. Cox ownership and mega-groups operating competitors have allowed WHIO to be ultra-dominant. I'm really asking - what other stations are THAT dominant? In top-100 markets, I'd think the other most dominant stations are KCCI (Hearst), KFSN (ABC/Disney), KSAT (Graham), KVIA (NPG), WBNS (Dispatch), WCSC (Gray), WGAL (Hearst), WINK (local owner), WIS (Gray), WKYT (Gray), WNEP (Tribune --> ??), WSAZ (Gray) and WTOC (Gray). In top-25 markets, definitely WSB is most dominant. Smaller markets often have an uber-dominant leader, of which there are too many to name, Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 3 hours ago, GoldenShine9 said: In top-100 markets, I'd think the other most dominant stations are KCCI (Hearst), KFSN (ABC/Disney), KSAT (Graham), KVIA (NPG), WBNS (Dispatch), WCSC (Gray), WGAL (Hearst), WINK (local owner), WIS (Gray), WKYT (Gray), WNEP (Tribune --> ??), WSAZ (Gray) and WTOC (Gray). In top-25 markets, definitely WSB is most dominant. Smaller markets often have an uber-dominant leader, of which there are too many to name, Ohio has it's fair share. WFMJ has become the leader over the years since it is the last locally owned tv station in the market (and proudly proclaims it) and like WHIO, has been owned by the same company since it's sign on. The only difference? They started on Channel 73 and moved to 21 a year later. Even down in Lima, where WLIO has OWNED the market by default. Their only competition was low-powered affiliates of Metro Video Productions, which ended up filling the market with a full slate. Eventually Block (WLIO) bought Metro Video and absorbed the stations...so now they LITERALLY own the market through dual-streaming NBC and FOX and ABC/CBS on a lower powered station. Even WHIO had Lima for a while as a default CBS affiliate because of the lack of one... And then there's Zanesville, which has always been WHIZ....which is only reason there is a Zanesville market. Another family-owned company that has been an NBC affiliate from day one. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222507 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1537 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 15 hours ago, Conrad said: You can't be better than Cox, Hearst, Graham, Sunbeam, or Dispatch right now. They are all well run station groups. However, Cox is going away. The future Apollo/Cox company might be like a smaller version of Nexstar or Gray (though not as bad as Sinclair). WHIO's competition is operated by Sinclair and Nexstar. That benefits WHIO more. Cox ownership and mega-groups operating competitors have allowed WHIO to be ultra-dominant. I'm really asking - what other stations are THAT dominant? WMUR, maybe? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weeters 1916 Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Getting way off topic, folks. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/16952-whio-70th-anniversary-special/#findComment-222555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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