Adell sells WADL to Mission.

[Recovering Producer 113]

Even more billable hours are coming...

https://www.nexttv.com/news/owner-of-wadl-urges-mission-to-close-station-purchase

[tyrannical bastard 3488]

17 hours ago, Recovering Producer said:

Even more billable hours are coming...

https://www.nexttv.com/news/owner-of-wadl-urges-mission-to-close-station-purchase

Honestly, I hope Mission gets stuck with this station. 

As much of a hot mess Kevin Adell is, I think Nexstar got in way too deep after getting full control of the CW. 

Unless Nexstar sells off 7-8 percent of  population reach, they're stuck with a station that can't even air the entire CW output.

 

That's probably a good reason Sinclair hasn't bought a network (like MyNetwork).  Surprised it hasn't hit Ion/Scripps as well since they're way over the line in reach.

 

Getting the CW in Detroit is going to be even harder than CBS had to scramble in 1994.  At least they stayed on Channel 62!  So far, CW has bounced from WKBD....to WADL....to WMYD...and who knows after that?  (WDIV as a subchannel is probably the likeliest....)

Edited May 7 by tyrannical bastard

[mer764KCTV5 46]

36 minutes ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Getting the CW in Detroit is going to be even harder than CBS had to scramble in 1994.  At least they stayed on Channel 62!  So far, CW has bounced from WKBD....to WADL....to WMYD...and who knows after that?  (WDIV as a subchannel is probably the likeliest....)

Here are the options:

Any Windsor, Ontario stations are an big NO.

WJBK is an bit of an problem, they could put the MyNet program service on 2.2 or an its main signal on late nights. 

WDIV is the most likely.

 

WXYZ, WKBD, WWJ, WADL, WMYD, or any other station won't be an option. 

[GraphicsMan 16]

4 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Getting the CW in Detroit is going to be even harder than CBS had to scramble in 1994.  At least they stayed on Channel 62!  So far, CW has bounced from WKBD....to WADL....to WMYD...and who knows after that?  (WDIV as a subchannel is probably the likeliest....)

WDIV will probably get the affiliation it’s kinda impossible to land somewhere else. So I see why Mission wants to close.

[DENDude 188]

Okay question, what if WDIV declines to put the CW on one of it's digital sub channels?  Then what does Nexstar do?

[Rusty Muck 4225]

1 hour ago, DENDude said:

Okay question, what if WDIV declines to put the CW on one of it's digital sub channels?  Then what does Nexstar do?

Pretty simple here: the CW winds up without a Detroit affiliate.

[mer764KCTV5 46]

3 hours ago, DENDude said:

Okay question, what if WDIV declines to put the CW on one of it's digital sub channels?  Then what does Nexstar do?

It's complicated. 

The CW / Nexstar could ask cable companies in Detroit to put stations like WLAJ-DT2 in Lansing, Michigan, WBSF in Bay City (Michigan Thumb), or WTVG-DT2 in Toledo, Ohio. 

On-Air; Well, good luck with that. 

[AmericanErrorist 107]

3 hours ago, mer764KCTV5 said:

It's complicated. 

The CW / Nexstar could ask cable companies in Detroit to put stations like WLAJ-DT2 in Lansing, Michigan, WBSF in Bay City (Michigan Thumb), or WTVG-DT2 in Toledo, Ohio.

They could also launch their own cable-only station with the Plus feed and have someone handle advertising.

[tyrannical bastard 3488]

If the system carries NewsNation, all Nexstar would have to do is ask them to carry either the CW feed or one of their adjacent CW O&Os.

 

That may be a harder ordeal than trying to please the FCC

[Megatron81 185]

Kevin's letter is nothing but a word salad and begging Nexstar/Mission to close the deal which Nexstar will let the agreement expire at the end of June. Kevin sells it to a religious broadcaster for less than $75 Million. I could see Nexstar putting CW+ feed in Detroit if they can't get WDIV although would have to find something else for TMZ & TMZ Live I think WJBK airs both those shows in Detroit.