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GoldenShine9

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  1. In Eugene, when your only competition is Sinclair, you can pretty much sleepwalk...
  2. Of course, they still have to give the ex-Belo stations the makeover as well, I would think that would come after the last of their legacy stations are done?
  3. Just heard there was a roof collapse at WGAL in Lancaster, PA...station building damaged (not sure how much) and evacuated but no injuries...
  4. I'd like to see WTSP try an ice desk...being the Gannett station in the warmest climate. Now I don't see that going along well.
  5. I wonder when the first ex-Belo station will get redesigned? Also when they will get the new graphics?
  6. The second-shell conflicts might be the holdup here. Evansville is especially problematic as Nexstar would control every commercial station except one (WFIE). However, in that case, WEVV would be nothing more than spectrum bait otherwise as there is no news operation there. Have the stations that have seen major investments (or dis-investments) seen ratings changes? In the case of Memphis, WATN has three strong competitors. I am sure the competitors still wish that Sinclair got WREG...
  7. Maybe Nexstar might turn around and sell some of their most out of place stations with no duopoly potential or nearby assets? Yes they will likely continue to acquire a lot, but I do remember them saying they would sell too.
  8. It seems, other than the networks, Scripps and Hearst are the only major companies with no shells...a matter of time before they start one?
  9. Wow that is quite a surprise! Those stations dominate the market, correct?
  10. Did they reach an alliance with Post-Newsweek or something (even though they operate in completely different types of markets)?
  11. I agree the site would be so much better for the Belo stations, those are so difficult to use.
  12. IIRC, it is KSBW that dominates the ratings there?
  13. It's just a matter of getting FCC approval, which IMO should be very easy. There are no overlaps in those markets. I don't see any case for objection there, unlike many of the other deals.
  14. Interesting possibility that exists there! But who knows, maybe a local company might want WLNE instead - and it might be within their price range? Most likely the bigger names, other than Sinclair, would pass given the fact it is a low-rated station. Only three possibilities I see: duopoly bait (but WPRI and WNAC are already sister stations with a shell operation so Media General would be frontrunner there), Sinclair or local company. If it hadn't been swapped by Pulitzer in the 1980s, Hearst would own it now - although I don't know how much they would want it being a distant third place station (and Sinclair would have had WYFF and WXII as well, in both cases would be triopolies, which would make WSPA and WFMY really excited since they would probably be dominant stations instead of in close competition).
  15. Good points about Binghamton and market size. It is DMA #159, so a monopoly might be OK there. Anything over 150 is definitely not acceptable IMO, below 175 is fine if they all fall within FCC guidelines (since they likely cannot sustain competition very easily) - it is 151-175 that is debatable.
  16. Providence is too small for a legal duopoly? Otherwise perhaps WLNE ranks so low it could be purchased by Media General or LIN as a duopoly sidecar? If that is not the case, I agree Sinclair would be about the only one interested in a distant third-place station in a medium market. Citadel seemed to have nothing but distant third-place stations anyway; KTIV in Siouxland, KCCI in Des Moines and KWQC in the Quad Cities are the dominant stations. Interesting in the Quad Cities is that ALL the major stations are (or likely are) getting new owners soon - KWQC to Media General from Young; WQAD to Tribune from Local TV; WHBF to Nexstar from Citadel and KLJB is likely for sale right now from Grant (I think Sinclair wanted it but their failure to grab WQAD probably has them thinking twice). With no conflicts in Iowa, the Citadel to Nexstar deals should be a formality and probably don't even need docketing.
  17. Who would buy WBNG to block the monopoly then? Other than Sinclair, I don't see anyone potentially interested unless a local company buys it all.
  18. KLKN and WLNE are not going anywhere? or a potential side deal there?
  19. Are its sister stations in Flint, Toledo and Erie considering using that music as well?
  20. I don't think it makes too much of a difference when KOTV dominates ratings in Tulsa.
  21. For a very small market, WLOX is about as top-notch as it gets, and is in many ways as high quality as large market stations. I agree that WXXV's news operation is doomed for failure (as would anyone else trying to enter the market). A market of Biloxi's size can really only support one news operation if it is high quality like WLOX is. Few stations in sub-150 markets win Peabody awards like they did after Katrina.
  22. Could non-US stations be used to count towards the eight voices rule? Since there are several stations on the Canadian side that penetrate into the Detroit market...
  23. Probably just a local movement, nothing extraordinary. DBS may be retiring?
  24. Not all weather people are true meteorologists, some are just anchors or reporters reading out weather.
  25. At least Alexandria and (if it was rated) the USVI are sub-150 markets so such could be justified. Buffalo is the #52 market so that is purely a case of gutting a station for no reason.
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