tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 hour ago, scrabbleship said: Didn't WPGX just launch a WMBB-produced 9:00 newscaar? Well whaddya know? https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/catch-up-post-4-wcsh-wlbz-wpgx-wmbb/ Mind. Blown. Hopefully this one lasts. The last time they tried this was for a hot minute in the 90s with WJHG. Well done Nexstar and Lockwood!!! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246931 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2896 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Split this out into its own thread as it's quite a discussion going and I want to spin some of those out from under the Out & About thread as we transition into it being a staff moves thread. KTWO radio (which hasn't been related to the TV in a long time) has a report, and it is actually quite blistering! Some of the incredible lowlights: Quote Chief Meteorologist Erik Dean -- Wyoming's longest-tenured television personality with six years at K2TV -- was let go Monday. He won the 2020 award for best weather from the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters. The new owners on Wednesday fired Anchor Jiani Navarro, Meteorologist Ryan Gold and Sports Director Kiera Grogan. With their departures, the television station's newsroom has lost over half of its on-air news team in 2020. Sloan Dickey, David Furtado and Carmine Gemei left amicably earlier this year. Quote "I understand a business has to make money, but this is just insane," one person involved with the changes said in a phone interview Monday. "Did that really just happen? Did three of our best people really just get let go?"Those comments were made before the person being interviewed learned of Dean's firing Monday afternoon. Dean was told to leave the building an hour after he returned to the office following several days of vacation for his wedding. Quote Several of the recently fired personalities were part of a confrontation with Fielder last week, sources tell K2 Radio News, over a new employee handbook. Though its contents are fairly typical, sources say the 35-page document did include one substantive change: it declares all Coastal Television employees work on an at-will basis, and can leave or be let go at any time for any or no cause, which reportedly differs from the contracts employees had signed under the previous owner. According to sources, Fielder stormed into a workspace Tuesday afternoon as local journalists were working to produce a newscast. He demanded that they immediately fill out the signature page of the handbook.Some employees were apprehensive to do so, and were conscious of their approaching deadline. "You don't have a 6 p.m. newscast if I say you don't have a 6 p.m. newscast," Fielder reportedly told them. A source says the journalists handed the signed papers over at 5:56 p.m. Tuesday, and the production crew had to replay the 5 p.m. newscast because Fielder's actions prevented them from completing a fresh newscast to air at 6 p.m. "We were very level-headed and he was just freaking out on us," one person who was present recounted in a phone interview. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246932 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1513 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 hour ago, tyrannical bastard said: Well whaddya know? https://changingnewscasts.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/catch-up-post-4-wcsh-wlbz-wpgx-wmbb/ Mind. Blown. Hopefully this one lasts. The last time they tried this was for a hot minute in the 90s with WJHG. Well done Nexstar and Lockwood!!! Nexstar should do the same thing in Knoxville and Dothan, and maybe Augusta. Back to Casper, I wonder if Gray may resurrect local news there since they now have no competition in the state? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 hour ago, GoldenShine9 said: Nexstar should do the same thing in Knoxville and Dothan, and maybe Augusta. Back to Casper, I wonder if Gray may resurrect local news there since they now have no competition in the state? Well, scratch my earlier comments about WSFA doing WDFX's news....because WDHN is now doing WDFX's news!!!!!! From a station that doesn't even do news on weekends, and only recently did morning news, this is a shocker. Part of me figured the WSFA arrangement was going to go away eventually, and it did. Seeing as how Gray is the 800 ton gorilla with WTVY (and WRGX), it was only a matter of time. It's the FOX Nexstar graphics package with Inergy. I'll end my thoughts here and put any new updates in the Out and Abou....er...soon to be Comings and Goings thread. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246934 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webovision 202 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 i see the new "CNN" (Canned NewsNet) has claimed another victim... funny how mister eric "low power station of the year" wotila has turned his quaint little operation into something that allows owners to threaten their employees... hope its all worth it, assholes... these stations will have NO newscasts once CNN cuts off the newsource gravy train... do they even know...? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsMaster 226 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 All of this is precisely the reason why nearly the entire state of Wyoming should be a single market. Cheyenne and Casper are too small to justify each of them having their own market. Meanwhile, there are parts of Wyoming, most notably Gillette, Laramie and Sheridan, that are in the Denver and Rapid City markets. I can understand western Wyoming being part of the Salt Lake and Idaho Falls / Pocatello markets, but the rest of the state should be one single market. 12 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said: Well, scratch my earlier comments about WSFA doing WDFX's news....because WDHN is now doing WDFX's news!!!!!! From a station that doesn't even do news on weekends, and only recently did morning news, this is a shocker. I wonder if WMBB is doing WPGX's news in Panama City. The ownership and affiliation structure in Panama City is mostly the same as in Dothan. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFan79 58 Posted June 26, 2020 Share Posted June 26, 2020 You have to wonder if Legacy Broadcasting had bought KTWO TV and KFNB (KLWY) TV, and KCWY and GRAY TV bought KGWC TV what the Casper TV market would have looked like. The FCC has already been Supreme Court to lo relax duopoly rules. Will see what the court rules. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246948 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 15 hours ago, NewsMaster said: I wonder if WMBB is doing WPGX's news in Panama City. The ownership and affiliation structure in Panama City is mostly the same as in Dothan. Yes, it is WMBB. A decade ago, they did weather cut-ins for them, but later went back to using the WeatherVision service they had before. The two stations used to be across the street from each other but WPGX moved to an office park a few miles away several years ago, probably when much of the operations side was outsourced to WBRC in Birmingham. Now that Lockwood owns them, I believe WDFX is picking up the technical slack since they have a larger facility in Dothan. It's good to see Nexstar making these moves, and finally propping up WDHN to do things that WTVY isn't doing (yet). Yet being the prime opportunity to use their CW or Me/My subchannel to compete at 9pm. Same goes with WJHG/WECP. WTVY tried a 9pm a few years ago on their CW, but stopped doing so, but this may be incentive to fire that up again. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVIntheDesert 183 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I didn't think ANYONE could make KTWO/KGWC/KFNB WORSE than what they were under Wyomedia/Silverton/Mark III. They were NOTORIOUSLY cheap and three decades behind the times. But, it looks like Coastal/Vision has done so. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-246996 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFan79 58 Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I am surprised that the Casper Cheyanne market does not merge. Is KCWY TV the number 1 station in Casper. But Cheyanne is with Scottsbluff Ne. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247000 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Due to Denver reaching into the state, (and a large swath of Nebraska eastward from Cheyenne) it's physically impossible to create a single, cohesive market between Casper and Cheyenne. Denver has several "orphan" counties in the state north of Casper/Riverton. https://medium.com/@jrcharney/gerrymandering-isnt-just-a-political-problem-it-s-messed-with-our-tv-for-years-97cca9ba7592 Scroll down to the Denver image, and you'll see how split up the market is. I believe it's based on current assignments. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247002 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatron81 263 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 The FCC should've approved Gray for Casper yeah I think half the state should be one TV market in WY. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 9 hours ago, Megatron81 said: The FCC should've approved Gray for Casper yeah I think half the state should be one TV market in WY. I'm curious to see how Denver spread that far. Probably has to do with satellite viewing, since broadcast viewing is likely impossible in those counties, due to the distance and terrain. Even with repeaters, the population is so sparse to even make them feasible. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 On 6/28/2020 at 11:40 PM, Megatron81 said: The FCC should've approved Gray for Casper yeah I think half the state should be one TV market in WY. The FCC did approve most of that transaction (only the KFNE part of the deal was not greenlighted). It was the DOJ that threated to sue to block the sale. And this was after those FCC approvals. I wished they would've fought this in court. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247099 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3955 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Looks like the concern from the DOJ would be the total control of Gray for virtually every station in the market, even if the FCC would allow it under a "failed station" waiver. Gray should have been granted a conditional sale in which they had an extended period of time (up to 2-3 years) to divest the station to a buyer. Then, if no buyer emerged, then they could keep the stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247101 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LOWERCASE GUY 263 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 So, they cut the news talent, and expand the newscasts...Real smart *eyeroll* Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFan79 58 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I could see KTWO TV and KGWC TV simulcast the morning and 6, and 10 newscast. Why were the DOJ and FCC worried about GRAY TV'S Control in Wyoming. I live in the Sioux Falls TV market, if anything Gray TV has improved KDLT TV news department with the merger with KSFY. Will see what Coastal will do with all three stations. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2896 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I'm extremely skeptical. My guess is that they're going to be taking a lot of NewsNet material to fill those hours. That's more news than KFNB/KGWC have carried in eons. KFNB briefly had a 9pm in the early 2000s that started on KWYF prior to losing ABC, and the station had a news department as KXWY-TV/KFNB between 1986 and 1988. KGWC hasn't had news since January 3, 2006. This month marks 20 years since Benedek blew up the KGWC news department it had started. Prior to that, the station had spent quite some time inserting into or re-airing KGWN's news from 1988 on. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
effseesee 101 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 58 minutes ago, CubsFan79 said: I could see KTWO TV and KGWC TV simulcast the morning and 6, and 10 newscast. Why were the DOJ and FCC worried about GRAY TV'S Control in Wyoming. I live in the Sioux Falls TV market, if anything Gray TV has improved KDLT TV news department with the merger with KSFY. Will see what Coastal will do with all three stations. They could have simulcast KTWO news on KGWC for years, but haven't done so. My guess is they didn't want to dilute their ratings by spreading it across 2 channels. I don't know what ratings are like since KCWY shut down their news department, but before then, KCWY was regularly cleaning KTWO's clock on both ratings and revenue. In Sioux Falls, Gray is fighting the 800 pound gorilla (KELO) so they had a good argument to combine KSFY and KDLT. In Wyoming, it's the opposite. Gray is the 800 pound gorilla, and Coastal is the one arguing to have combined operations. I'm not convinced Coastal will make the same investments as Gray has. If Gray plans to stay in Wyoming, I'm sure they will eventually make another run at getting CBS, and putting it on 13.2 in Casper. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247117 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2896 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Mark Nalbone ran KTWO decently, but the other stations were very sorely neglected. KLWY has a logo that looks like it might have been made with LightWave 3D sometime in the 90s. KGWC is running on its third or fourth retread of the Benedek-era logo. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFan79 58 Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, effseesee said: They could have simulcast KTWO news on KGWC for years, but haven't done so. My guess is they didn't want to dilute their ratings by spreading it across 2 channels. I don't know what ratings are like since KCWY shut down their news department, but before then, KCWY was regularly cleaning KTWO's clock on both ratings and revenue. In Sioux Falls, Gray is fighting the 800 pound gorilla (KELO) so they had a good argument to combine KSFY and KDLT. In Wyoming, it's the opposite. Gray is the 800 pound gorilla, and Coastal is the one arguing to have combined operations. I'm not convinced Coastal will make the same investments as Gray has. If Gray plans to stay in Wyoming, I'm sure they will eventually make another run at getting CBS, and putting it on 13.2 in Casper. Could Gray and KCWY TV take CBS away from KGWC TV. Where would that leave KGWC TV/ KGWC TV reminds me of KMEG TV in Sioux City when it had a affiliation with CBS and FOX. It had to compete with KTIV, KCAU. and KELO TV for news. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubsFan79 58 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 I think the KCWY/KGWC TV and the KTWO/KFNB TV would have been a great fit for Gray and Legcy broadcasting, but the DOJ/FCC ruled against it. I .wish all three stations the best. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
effseesee 101 Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 18 hours ago, WxNerd said: So, they cut the news talent, and expand the newscasts...Real smart *eyeroll* Nothing screams professionalism more than misspelling your Anchor’s name in a press release. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yankees4life 559 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 The people behind NewsNet is salivating at the prospect of more affiliates under their coffers Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247189 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoFloTVClassics 973 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 *sighs* since wyoming is a conservative state, why can't any station be referred to as Wyoming 24/7, ala Sinclair. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/17832-coastal-swings-the-ax-in-casper-cuts-at-ktwo/page/2/#findComment-247256 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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