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20 hours ago, GraphicsMan said:
I don't think Fox would do that. Also KWGN news department could fall if they split with KDVR since they share resources. When Tribune/Nexstarwas happening they're was worry if KWGN got spun off they'd shut down the news department. KDVR (a bit the younger station) has KWGN wrapped around its finger.
KWGN wouldn't have a news department without KDVR. If KDVR is sold, is Nexstar going to establish a news department? That seems unlikely given the cost of living in Denver. Why wouldn't Fox continue an JSA/LMA?
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27 minutes ago, cxd7346 said:
Explain….
The design is over simplified big boxes with little detail, 1 font and 3 colors.
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20 minutes ago, ScottSchell said:
They switched at noon today.
This is such a "Look what we made in PowerPoint" kind of package.
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On 3/27/2024 at 4:58 AM, NowBergen said:
I would imagine that if that is the case, it would be in the purchase contract from Scripps. Scripps control of WPIX was always intended to be temporary until Nexstar found a way to purchase the station, directly or through its Mission beard. That is how the original contract was, that Nexstar could buy the station from Scripps. Not sure why Scripps agreed to being a short term caretaker but they did. Whether they maintained a right of first refusal should the station become available again is in the contract details which most of us probably are not privy too. The first question, after Nexstar exhausts any/all available appeals, is are they willing to part with the number of stations required to purchase WPIX directly? I would think many of the stations in smaller markets are direct/indirect duopolies (or more) and is Nexstar willing to give them up? and who could buy them? Sinclair and most likely Gray are probably in the same boat edging close to the cap (including the long obsolete UHF discount) considering WPIX is a DMA 1 station broadcasting on the VHF band.
I think this would put former FOX O&Os in play. KDVR and KTVI, especially. KWGN and KPLR can be run through LMA by Fox, since they rely on the same news department and would satisfy a non-beard spin off.
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On 3/23/2024 at 8:23 AM, MediaZone4K said:
Good question.
So to my understanding Mission Broadcasting is Nexstar's shell corporation which it uses as loophole to own more stations than the FCC ownership cap?
Overall, I'm surprised local television owners were allowed to get this massive in the first place. With the industry effectively being dominated by less than 10 companies, not only is it bad for the viewers but bad for the employees who want to leave a crappy company (like Nexstar) only to be confronted with them in almost every TV market.
This is a long-awaited reversal of Borkian Philosophy outlined in the book The Antitrust Paradox, where he insisted that monopolistic practices that harmed consumers would be sorted out naturally by the Capitalist system.
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7 hours ago, Recovering Producer said:
In hindsight, the fact that the KAZT/Phoenix deal was a time brokerage agreement and not a sidecar sale with an LMA is a pretty big clue that Nexstar knew the FCC was looking at the WPIX situation seriously and may have been aware this kind of proposed punishment was in the realm of possibilities.
It is now a waiting game until March 31 to see if the Mission purchase of WADL/Detroit gets blown up.
Whatever happens with WPIX and WADL, the real winners are lawyers getting lots of billable hours.
The viewers too. Let's be clear. If we see what I hope are many unwinding of side-care LMAs, the viewers will be the winners.
This entire mass consolidation of stations has been awful for the viewers of local news. I know that these groups try to sell us synergy, but that doesn't work in local news, unless you are shutting down whole departments and consolidating their operations, but that's never good for local ad sales and local news. You can see this in the grocery industry as well.
Kroger's ownership of all of their stores is a disservice to the vendors and consumers. Their stores, regardless of state, look, sound and sell all of the same things. There's nothing local.
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7 hours ago, GraphicsMan said:
He gonna fight to keep Detroit and New York because there crucial CW markets.
They will lose.
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1 hour ago, MediaZone4K said:
The 2013 graphics and to a lesser extent the current KABC package look great. Switching over to the O&O mandate would not be an upgrade for the station. I almost wish the 2013 KABC look was the mandate.
But the mandate does look better than what was running in NYC, Chicago and Raleigh.
It looks better for NYC and Raleigh, but not for WLS.
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6 hours ago, Vlad said:
Maybe they are going to get the ultimate look of the package, KABC has always been pretty top tier with their on-air appearance, I remember when their current graphics rolled out how crisp and wonderful it was at the time and still is pretty good, but it has shown its age at this point so we'll have to see how. But at this point, each station's on-air adoption of this package has been uniquely tailored and looks great so can't go wrong.
I still think the KABC package circa ~2012-2013 is great. It could work effectively with the ABC 3 dot redesign. https://hothauscreative.com/kabc-graphics-package
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13 minutes ago, C Block said:
That's not the new set – that's a temporary setup in their second 'studio.' That's their newsdesk and looks like one of the walls of the soon-to-be-replaced set with a new wrap on it.
I would expect they'll get something pretty similar to the KCAL set.
God, I hope not.
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36 minutes ago, DENDude said:
Sounds like she will be taking the weekend position for now. I know KMGH / KCDO had a weekend opening for sometime on the scrips employment page. Good for her!!!!!
The former KMGH AND and I speculated that this might be the case.
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On 2/26/2024 at 7:30 PM, CoopInTheHouse said:
It’s important to note that CBS did something with its CBSN Local brand (before it was called CBS News Local, but whatever), which included revamping all local newscasts of O&O’s. This included KCNC and KTVT. These became CBSN Denver and CBSN Dallas-Fort Worth respectively before they decided not to do that, switch back to the old graphics, then hit them with the “new thang”.
Ironically, the Nielsen boxes are only in the city & county of Denver regardless of how much KCNC covers, though CBS knows this. My frustration that the Denver DMA really could and should be split into two markets it's too unwieldy to reasonably be covered by Denver stations.
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And this is still all predicated on if Disney decides to sell ABC within 2 years and what the new owner wants to do with the slot.
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I've always HATED live bug "tabs" on the L3. You can blame TEGNA for originating that crap. In this case, it's redundant and it's somewhat overlapping the time/temp bug.
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On 1/24/2024 at 9:07 PM, evv_mlis said:
Here's a better look at WFIE's odd use of a bug in the left and right corners on some shots.
Looks like a Raycom graphics throwback.
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1 hour ago, MidwestTV said:
Have heard a few people call this the official death of local TV
Death of cable maybe. Don't know how this will kill off broadcasting though.
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1 hour ago, MonkeyFighter said:
KBAK finally has a new set. It might be a hand me down from the shuttered news department at KTVL in Medford, OR.
You're bang on!
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58 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:
WSB is now using the new graphics in full, as they have debuted the standard open.
This looks better than Scripps, which is saying something about Scripps
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2 hours ago, Rusty Muck said:
Isn't Nexstar paying for that ad inventory?
Not according to my friends at Nexstar.
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53 minutes ago, Rusty Muck said:
Calling it a failure with nothing to back up those claims besides ratings—which anyone would say is an outdated form of measurement and a rather arcane form of guesstimating—is particularly dishonest.
Any cable network can turn a profit if they run lean and mean, and in the case of the entire Paramount Global cable portfolio, run reruns of only one show for days on end. Why? Because it's all money that's taken directly from cable bills. We pay for these networks to be in the black and they collectively do nothing to justify it.
I don't really care for cable news or whatever NewsNation actually does at this point. At least they're doing SOMETHING, which is something I can't say about much of the vast wasteland of zombie cable channels that SHOULD be dead and are helping to kill off the medium altogether.
She was reassigned to host special projects and documentaries.
Ratings drive ad revenue and that drives profits. They are taking revenue from their local stations, none of which are #1 in any market, and using it to fund NewsNation. I guess, if you don't give a crap about the content, sure, it's successful. By that metric, Scripps using AI and few responding to it could be classified as successful, because it brings in a profit. Who cares if the community is getting anything out of it, right?
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58 minutes ago, 24994J said:
That's pretty damn special. Well deserved, Tom.
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1 hour ago, mightynine said:
What part of "offer no specifics" makes you think I'm buying the spin at face value? I was just sharing what came up in a Google search. Personally, I doubt NN is turning a "good" profit.
As for your other statement, I doubt you'll ever be in any position to make decisions on staffing anywhere.
You could have offered some commentary like, "Looks to be conjecture" or similar.
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27 minutes ago, mightynine said:
Nexstar execs claim it's profitable, but offer no specifics. I don't see anything in their last quarterly report.
From last year:
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/18/newsnation-multimillion-expansion-dc-nyc
So you're just taking the spin at face value. Remind me to never put you in an investigative role.
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Sinclair Broadcast Group - General Discussion
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Why haven't they remapped the PSIP to a UHF signal? It's the Deleware Valley for crying out loud and cable is dying. Fewer people will be watching PVI if they aren't subscribed to cable and can't watch OTA. Even Comcast knows this basic.