Rusty Muck

Ya know, had this all come down in the early 1980s, Ernest could have gotten a job as an auto mechanic to make ends meet. Edit: I think I found an advance copy for the final "90 and 9 Club!" XD

Would it be Angley who sells the station, or the creditors initiating the foreclosure? Because while Angley is 96 years old, I can’t see him selling WBNX unless he’s simply ordered to against his will. (To wit, he simply closed down the adjacent Cathedral Buffet after the initial harassment/abuse issues against him became public.) That station has been his lifeline in more ways than one.

The OSI theme had much better staying power than the sorry Gannett Rampage theme, which was outdated as soon as it was implemented.

Ajit Paid Off couldn’t dismiss it outright like he wanted to, so why not issue a pathetic slap on the wrist with a wink and nod?

Wasn’t All News Channel’s highest possible platform as overnight filler on some TV stations that couldn’t carry ABC World News Now, CBS Up to the Minute or NBC Nightside? I don’t remember it ever being used in place of a traditional newscast (unless Hubbard might have ran it at a decent spot on their Duluth stations at some point?). And aside from Sinclair’s failed NewsCentral and the (unrelated) past and present incarnations of Independent News Network, it’s not like that option has never existed before. (Likewise, NBC Radio, the Associated Press and Talk Radio Network have all tried — and failed — with syndicated all-news turnkey services on the radio, because there was no need for either of them in large markets.)

Even without knowing the budget for KXGN, I’m pretty sure their overall expenses are at least $100K. And KXGN has a one-man-band news department in every sense of the word.

Hubbard was behind the All News Channel and it still couldn’t compete. Maybe it was years ahead of its time and could have had a chance in the diginet era. We’ll never know.

Damn autocorrect! :/

Please don't tell me his real name was Bob Klinkingwood. That's gotta be a Scott Jones inside joke or something... Oh crap, it really IS Bob Klinkingwood.

Laurence might as well have done this as a meta-joke aimed at skinflint Laura Ingraham. And guess what? It worked! He's getting the easy publicity.

Looks similar to WKBW's AM Buffalo (which dates back to 1965 but has been operating under the same infotainment setup for well over a decade).

Soon to be a Nexstar triopoly with WPRI, WNAC and WLWC's intellectual property.

[QUOTE="Eat News, post: 190280, member: 2985"]What is an "Ethnic Democrat"?[/QUOTE] Look up the extended history of WJW's horror movie hosts. @YTownNewsGuy, maybe the phrase should have been "[I][B]Certain Ethnic [/B][/I]Democrat." Edit: tagged the wrong guy. Lol

WJAR hasn't had mass layoffs under the Smith family, no? Plus it's the de facto OTA NBC affiliate for a significant portion of Boston because reasons.

And we all know what happened to WCBS - it's arguable they've never recovered. Fittingly, that massacre took place as Westinghouse completed their merger into CBS.

Absolutely zero leeway. WJW has a lot of long-tenured staff and a lot of newscast output for a market this size. I expect an absolute bloodbath on day one because Sinclair. Actually, a good analog would be how Cumulus Media ruined KGO 810 - but a lot of the factors that led to the death of KGO were probably unavoidable (demos that aged out of any relevance; a large and expensive payroll; Cumulus' desire to McRadio everything).

That KOMO is being portrayed as "defying" Sinclair by burying those must-runs at the least accessible time slot possible... that's only giving their GM and news director the biggest bull's-eye possible back at Hunt Valley. They'll both get forced out for corporate lackeys in a few months, and KOMO will be ordered to air Osama bin Epshteyn and Mark Hernian at prime slots.

Tribune risks having to pay a hefty "kill fee" if the merger isn't completed by some point next spring, or if it collapses. In reality, both Sinclair and Tribune should have set that kill fee for two years, not one year. But Sinclair also expected Paid Off to ignore the rules and let it go with a rubber stamp as big as the Free Stamp on Cleveland's downtown. That's really the only signal worth keeping an eye on, IMO. If that kill fee deadline is extended, that means something is up.

Andy is asserting that he left by his own volition, having lost his father a few weeks ago. He's cohosted the midday show at WKRK "92.3 The Fan" for six years now, and apparently wants to focus on that. [MEDIA=twitter]908801917404565505[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]908802443194060800[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]908803101846573056[/MEDIA]

Loss of (expensive) talent that identify with the viewer can risk being a big turnoff. After all, Sinclair's favorite colors are pink and green. WJW and WGN-TV risk being wounded irreparably by THAT... moreso than by being forced to run Osama bin Epshteyn ordering the arrests of people protesting the Trump Regime... or Sheryl Atkinson's poor impersonation of a non-discredited journalist. (And to clarify, both WJW and WGN-TV will be losing a lot of veteran talent, even in the imperceptible chance the Sinclair deal implodes.)

Since BreitBrat Ben Swann remains on Meredith's payroll, that will make such a defeat even more noteworthy.

That's such a incongruent argument that I refuse to dignify with a response.

Corporate Mandate = Forced

Has that debuted at all? Was supposed to have debuted on August 28 but got pushed back. Unlike the alleged social media smarty-pants at KNTV/WTSP, it looks like that show is going to be a Nancy Grace rehash, along with some sports and weather. Yippie. I'll pass.

Harlan Hill is an insufferable political hack that I blocked ages ago. That said, that's still a great blooper.