CircleSeven 1955 Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 42 minutes ago, Nelson R. said: WHKY-TV sale to SBN is consummated. The new call sign WWJS goes into effect tomorrow. Programming has already switched over. Heard about this on the AVS forum. I guess some viewers missed the channel after WJZY drop the diginet two years ago....... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-285802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2402 Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 It's within Charlotte, so it's not a surprise that SBN would go after them. But really sad that their Hickory-specific newscast is likely gone because of this. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-285803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted May 22, 2023 Author Share Posted May 22, 2023 After Gigi Sohn withdrew her name from the nomination, President Biden has appointed Anna Gomez to fill that vacant commissioner spot. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-286796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted June 8, 2023 Author Share Posted June 8, 2023 On 6/21/2022 at 2:15 PM, CircleSeven said: Seal Rock Broadcasters is selling now CW affil KCBA to VistaWest Media for $1M. The KCBA deal was finally consummated this week (6/5). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-287318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 It's been a minute. But two new petitions today. One, Gray has filed a petition to switch another one of its newly-acquired stations from last year's auction from VHF to UHF. KWNV in Winnemucca, NV is vacating VHF 7 for UHF 16. Previously, Gray filed to switch its Yuma signal from VHF 11 to UHF 27. The other, NPG has filed to switch Idaho Falls station KIFI from VHF 8 to UHF 18. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-287585 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted June 27, 2023 Author Share Posted June 27, 2023 Just saw this license to cover, but apparently (since the end of last month) KTUL has lit up RF 14. The station has reminded viewers to rescan today (6/27). That means that grace period for keeping VHF 10 on will end today. Staying with Sinclair, Nebraska's KHGI is a step closer to lighting up its UHF 18 signal. They recently installed its new antenna. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-287897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted July 5, 2023 Author Share Posted July 5, 2023 (edited) A couple of things. WFVX-LD has completed its transition last week (6/30), leaving RF 22 and now channel-sharing with WVII on RF 7. This clears the way for PBS outlet WMEB to move to from VHF 9 to UHF 22. Also, three R&Os & one NPRM. R&Os: KCBY (11 > 34) KCFW (9 > 17) KENV (10 > 20) - (7/19) NPRM: WKNX (7 > 21) - (7/20) Edited July 21, 2023 by CircleSeven Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 178 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 I have a question that's been bugging me lately. Can a tv station use their physical digital channel number in their branding rather than their virtual channel? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288347 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 673 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Branding can be whatever they want to use. The only legal requirement is the Top of Hour ID which requires just Call Sign and City of License. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2402 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 17 hours ago, abric said: I have a question that's been bugging me lately. Can a tv station use their physical digital channel number in their branding rather than their virtual channel? Several stations have switched to physical channel branding and that hasn't been an issue for the FCC as long as it doesn't conflict with a virtual channel already in-market or adjacent, though they've been more hands off about that (re: NBC 10 Boston compared to WJAR actual 10 in Providence; as 10 is just a cable position and they're otherwise 15 OTA, that's something that doesn't get FCC notice). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYTV 117 Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 20 hours ago, abric said: I have a question that's been bugging me lately. Can a tv station use their physical digital channel number in their branding rather than their virtual channel? Well, KSWB San Diego is channel 69, but brands on air as "Fox 5 San Diego". Same goes for KNSD Channel 39, which calls itself "NBC 7 San Diego" Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 178 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 (edited) Would Washington D.C. and Richmond be deemed as adjacent to each other? Meaning if hypothetically a station has a virtual channel 12 in D.C., would it conflict with the same virtual channel in Richmond? Edited July 22, 2023 by 24994J Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compubit 673 Posted July 22, 2023 Share Posted July 22, 2023 While they’re adjacent, I’d think they’re far enough apart to have shared virtual channels, but I’d let the FCC decide that one, But then you have to consider Philadelphia/New York/Hartford, where you have duplicate Virtual Channels: New York/Philadelphia share 2,4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 (with both 2 and 8 also in the Hartford/New Haven market) - and that’s on the “VHF” band. “UHF” virtual channel numbers (14-69) also have a lot of duplication… Whereas DC and Baltimore should be a “No Go” in my opinion, considering the main transmitters are about 30 miles apart… Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey1986 26 Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 (edited) On 7/21/2023 at 2:34 PM, NYTV said: Well, KSWB San Diego is channel 69, but brands on air as "Fox 5 San Diego". Same goes for KNSD Channel 39, which calls itself "NBC 7 San Diego" The “Fox 5 San Diego and “NBC 7 San Diego” monikers are derived from those stations’ channel slots on the cable systems in that market. The “branding by cable channel” thing is also a trend in other markets, such as Palm Springs, CA, and Ft. Myers, FL. I’d provide examples of stations from each market that engage in this practice, but I don’t want to turn this into the dreaded list thread. Edited July 23, 2023 by Joey1986 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 New Petition. Weigel wants to move that new signal closer to the big city. They're keeping the UHF 31 allotment in Wisconsin. But want to move the Community of License east from Wittenberg to Shawano. That's about 38 miles away NW of Green Bay. 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathannah 2402 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 Absolutely not a surprise, and very smart to move the allocation. WCWF is licensed to Suring but they moved to Scray's Hill once LIN took over digitally because the Krakow site they had in the analog age wasn't getting into the Winnebago cities, and if Weigel is going to launch a Green Bay station it has to be from Glenmore. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 418 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 On 7/20/2023 at 8:38 PM, abric said: I have a question that's been bugging me lately. Can a tv station use their physical digital channel number in their branding rather than their virtual channel? Didn't WOAY re-brand as TV50 for many years going with their digital channel, then the station went back to channel 4 even though they are on digital channel 30. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288484 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3936 Posted July 26, 2023 Share Posted July 26, 2023 7 minutes ago, LexTVandRadio said: Didn't WOAY re-brand as TV50 for many years going with their digital channel, then the station went back to channel 4 even though they are on digital channel 30. Yes they did. After the repack forced them off of 50, they went back to "4". 4 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-288485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 (edited) New petition. Back to the Big Sky we go...... Sinclair now wants to vacate Montana's KECI off of RF 20 for RF 21. To recap, KECI and KTVM wanted to get off of its VHF signals (13 and 6, respectively) to move to UHF channel 20. Remembering asking this question at the time: On 12/2/2020 at 1:53 PM, CircleSeven said: I'm looking at the contours of both proposed changes of KECI & KTVM in Montana. Both are asking to change to RF 20. There's a portion where both signals will overlap. Would it be difficult for viewers getting either one of these signals, if both are on the same frequency? I guess they've answered my question in this engineering statement. Quote The local station engineering staffs have now realized the “real-world” interference consequences of both KECI-TV and KTVM-TV operating on channel 20 will result in a significant number of persons that are predicted to receive co-cannel {sic} interference causing a greater impact than was realized at the time the original interference studies were performed when preparing the rulemaking petitions for both stations. Exhibits show that for both stations pockets of interference are scattered over significant portions of each station’s populations. The overlapping of the signals should've been realized from the jump. Areas near the Sapphire Range and Deerlodge National Forest would've been affected. ______________________________________________ EDIT: Three NCE NPRMs: Ch. 2 - Colusa, CA (One Ministries, Inc.) Ch. 3 - Tulare, CA (One Ministries, Inc.) Ch. 4 - Alamogordo, NM (Vision Broadcasting Networks) EDIT 8/23: Two NPRMs: KIFI (8 > 18) KWNV (7 > 16) EDIT 8/29: One NPRM: KDIN (11 > 34) Edited August 29, 2023 by CircleSeven Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-289058 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted August 30, 2023 Author Share Posted August 30, 2023 (edited) A small M&A. SagamoreHill is fetching three LPs from Edge Spectrum for $447,180. K32FW-D - Pierre, SD KCKW-LD - Eugene, OR WTKJ-LD - Watertown, NY Also, Weigel has filed a callsign request for one of its new allotments. KKEL - Ely, NV (eff. 10/01) Edited August 30, 2023 by CircleSeven Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-289536 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasTVNews 1377 Posted September 7, 2023 Share Posted September 7, 2023 https://deadline.com/2023/09/fcc-senate-confirmation-anna-gomez-democrats-1235539010/ 2 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-289855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 (edited) One R&O. Nearly one year after its filing, this Nebraska PBS outlet is going UHF. KUON (12 > 27) This means that Flood Comm.-owned Telemundo LP KFDY-LD would have to vacate RF 27 for a new channel in Lincoln. Edited November 7, 2023 by CircleSeven Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-289882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Morgan Murphy makes its Marks in Michigan with a $13.375 million purchase of the Marks family's Michigan broadcasting operation. WBKB, WBKP, and WBUP are included along with radio stations in Houghton and Iron River. The Marks family has been slowly divesting the properties the late Stephen owned, though this is the first TV M&A: An AM-FM pair in Park Falls, Wisconsin ($210K to Civic Media) WOWZ-FM Accomac, Virginia, to its LMA operator What's left? The famous KXGN and KYUS in Montana plus the Montana–North Dakota radio cluster with stations in Glendive, Sidney, Forsyth, Miles City, and Williston, and Belfield (near Dickinson). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-290122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1514 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 36 minutes ago, Samantha said: Morgan Murphy makes its Marks in Michigan with a $13.375 million purchase of the Marks family's Michigan broadcasting operation. WBKB, WBKP, and WBUP are included along with radio stations in Houghton and Iron River. The Marks family has been slowly divesting the properties the late Stephen owned, though this is the first TV M&A: An AM-FM pair in Park Falls, Wisconsin ($210K to Civic Media) WOWZ-FM Accomac, Virginia, to its LMA operator What's left? The famous KXGN and KYUS in Montana plus the Montana–North Dakota radio cluster with stations in Glendive, Sidney, Forsyth, Miles City, and Williston, and Belfield (near Dickinson). I would imagine Scripps is the obvious buyer of KXGN as they already own the rest of the MTN stations. They could also buy KYUS and just maintain the time brokerage deal with Cowles. Or Cowles could just buy the station itself. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-290125 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 38 minutes ago, mre29 said: I would imagine Scripps is the obvious buyer of KXGN as they already own the rest of the MTN stations. They could also buy KYUS and just maintain the time brokerage deal with Cowles. Or Cowles could just buy the station itself. Counterpoint: KXGN is, logistically, a radio operation with a TV appendage. Morgan Murphy has radio properties—that's probably what drew them to the Michigan operation. But either the Montana/Dakota stations are being structured as a separate M&A from the Michigan ones or MMM didn't want them. 1 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/18065-at-the-fcc/page/49/#findComment-290129 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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