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4 hours ago, J1975am said:
More than likely the latter; that almost looks like a CBS test pattern to me (I've seen this happen on occasion in the seconds leading up to the start of the "CBS Evening News").....
It is a CBS test pattern. WCIA (which streams most of the CBS' special reports on its YouTube channel) had a stream of CBS' coverage of Trump's second impeachment trial and after the coverage ended, they kept the stream going for a few more minutes, and it displayed the same test pattern.
In this case, KXJB probably accidentally switched to the network feed when they intended to air Jeopardy.
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On 10/16/2020 at 7:31 PM, Samantha said:
(Why is WIAV authorized for 48 kW ERP?)
According to the engineering exhibit in the FCC application, WIAV-CD requested (and ultimately received) a waiver to broadcast at 48 kW in order to reduce interference from WETA, which broadcasts on channel 31, right next to WIAV-CD which is on channel 30.
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On 9/30/2020 at 3:24 AM, Mastaclocksetta said:
Dish is involved in seven different carriage disputes at this time. That number could grow to eight if a new deal between the satellite TV provider and the Cox Media Group, which owns 18 stations in 10 markets, isn’t reached by 7 PM ET on October 1.
https://tvanswerman.com/2020/09/29/dish-could-lose-even-more-channels-this-week/
Dish and Cox have agreed on a one-week extension to avoid a blackout until October 8th.
https://tvanswerman.com/2020/10/02/dish-cox-media-avoid-new-blackout-for-now/
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The new scoreboard.
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14 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:
Does BH own any stake in Graham Media, or vice versa?
Berkshire Hathaway and Graham did own stakes in each other, but as part of the WPLG deal Graham bought back most of Berkshire's shares in Graham and Berkshire bought back Graham's shares in Berkshire.
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1 hour ago, LoadStar said:
Sinclair Closes Purchase of Fox Regional Sports Networks From Disney
Does anyone have a link to the actual purchase agreement, or any details? I'm curious how long the Fox Sports brand licensing agreement will last.
Here is the purchase agreement from Sinclair's SEC filing. The licensing agreement was redacted from the filing.
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1 hour ago, DENDude said:
When I took a look at the KREX/KGJT website nothing is mentioned about being blacked out by AT&T/DirecTV and even the DirecTV promise website dosn't mention KREX/KGJT. However the KXRM-FOX21 website has the banner at the top talking about getting blacked out. Weird.
That's because DirecTV doesn't carry local channels at all in Grand Junction (one of the few markets where that is the case).
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14 minutes ago, CircleSeven said:
My question is how would the OTA viewers in Presque Isle proper can see the new signal, which is in the extreme northern tip of Aroostook County. Unless they carry the NBC stream on WAGM 8.4. I'm kind of shocked that they haven't start a new LP on the same stick as WAGM's.
It looks like Gray is "hopping" WWPI into Presque Isle to get around the minor modification rules. That RabbitEars map shows the facilities Gray is applying for right now to move WWPI further east from its previous location in Fort Kent. Once those facilities are approved and constructed, they'll probably apply for a move to the WAGM tower.
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3 hours ago, oknewsguy said:
Just out of curiosity, what was the largest fine the FCC has ever given in their history as an agency?
The largest fine the FCC has imposed was back in 2015, when it fined AT&T $100 million for violating the FCC'S "Transparency Rule".
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2015/db0617/FCC-15-63A1.pdf
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22 minutes ago, GoldenShine9 said:
The FCC and DOJ are irrelevant here since cable doesn't fall in their jurisdiction?
Under Disney's agreement with the DOJ, the DOJ has to approve any buyer.
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The FCC's Administrative Law Judge has cancelled the hearing over the Sinclair/Tribune deal.
https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/fcc-alj-drops-sinclair-hearing
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2 hours ago, NEOMatrix said:
Would make sense, especially if Gray and/or Scripps are terminating the SSA and "Fox 29" moves to WHDT. However, that does leave Gray with a WFLX without any programming.
One problem though. A move of "Fox 29" to WHDT would run afoul of the rule the FCC put in place a few years ago that makes such moves subject to the top four rule.
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The American Cable Association wants the FCC to force Sinclair to file license renewal applications for WJLA, WBFF, WSET and WTVZ early in order to address Sinclair's qualifications to remain an FCC licensee.
https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/225996/aca-fcc-make-sinclair-renew-licenses-early/
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Also, let us not forget that Liberman Broadcasting was the venture behind the infamous Spanish talk show “Jose Luis Sin Censura” (basically the Spanish language version of “Jerry Springer”); that show, if I’m not mistaken, got SEVERAL of Liberman’s stations (if not the entire company) in hot water with the FCC several years ago.....
Yeah, they eventually reached a consent decree with the FCC and had to pay $110K to the US Treasury.
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I think they just swapped Me-TV and H&I, that's all. I think MyTV is still on 51.3
According to Wikipedia, "WPME" has been replaced by Escape on 51.3, with MNTV moving to secondary status on 51.2.
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That's probably dead too. I imagine Mark III/Wyomedia will search for a new buyer, but I really want to hear more about how this one fell apart.
Interestingly this comes three months after WXNerd warned the deal, which had received FCC approval, was on hold and the lawyers were being called in.
I think maybe the DOJ found out about the deal and didn't like the fact that Gray would have controlled all big 4 affiliates in the Casper and Cheyenne markets (and for that matter, all big 4 affiliates that primarily serve Wyoming).
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I'm not sure if they even launched The CW yet, despite inking that subchannel agreement on the 1st. I'm sure if they would've launched it on KCWH or KNHL 5.3, that info would've been posted on either 10/11now or the NBC Nebraska website by now. The CW zip code listing even says that KXVO is the "Lincoln" CW station, and not KCWH or KNHL.
KCWH-LD has officially launched as a CW affiliate.
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IIRC, didn't WUPW have a 6:30pm newscast in the LIN-era? If so, why did Raycom cancel it?
They still had the 6:30 newscast when they originally consolidated with WTOL. Not sure if they cancelled it at some point or if they just moved the newscast to 7.
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Lasting, Michigan has a new 5:30 newscast thanks to WILX News 10, starting Monday, October 1st. (set your calendars) But they can’t do live newscasts for WSYM FOX 47 at the same timeslot. It can match WLNS’ 5:30 newscasts which debuted last year
According to Wikipedia, the WSYM newscast will move to 6:30.
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Another M&A for Gray?
It appears that Gray could be acquiring the license of the soon-to-be defunct PBS outlet KNCT in Waco.
The PBS outlet goes off the air on Friday.
It looks like KNCT is one of the very few PBS stations whose frequency is not reserved for noncommercial use, thus allowing it to be sold to a commercial broadcaster. This pre-transition DTV Table of allotments shows channel 38 in Belton, which was used by KNCT as not being reserved.
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KRBK's license is in Osage Beach, Missouri (near Lake of the Ozarks) which technically is within the Springfield/Branson DMA
Osage Beach is actually split between the Springfield and Columbia/Jefferson City DMAs. Most of Osage Beach is in Camden County, which is in the Springfield DMA, but a small portion of it is in Miller County, which is in the Columbia/Jefferson City DMA.
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I could see them also killing the "WPME" schedule off to remove the confusion of the Ion deal and move the 10 hours of dead weight to 51.1's overnights and bump it up to 1080i when they merge their MC in.
That's probably what they should do (or they could also go the KCCI route and do a dual MNTV/H&I).
Just take a look at the "WPME" (51.3) schedule. The schedule has a lot of stuff that already airs on WPXT or their Me-TV subchannel. For instance, at 9AM "WPME" airs The Doctors, which is also seen at 2PM on WPXT. And they simulcast Me-TV from 11AM-3PM, then at 3PM they air The People's Court, which is already seen at noon on WPXT (although it appears to be a different episode that airs on "WPME", but still). Then at 7PM, leading into MNTV, they have M*A*S*H, which is also simulcast with Me-TV.
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I have a question about the TOTG station IDs. Sinclair sold off WUTBs license completely (instead of just selling the spectrum and channel sharing) and now airs on WBFF’s 45.2.
I’ve noticed that their TOTH legal ID for 45.2 (MyNetwork) just says “WBFF.2 Baltimore”. Now I never seen an ID like that and am wondering if it is technically legal within FCC guidelines? I realize PSIP data now makes IDs irrelevant but I am still under the impression that it needed to be the call sign, channel number, and city of license.
WUTB is channel-sharing with WBFF, according to Rabbitears, but apparently it no longer airs MyNetworkTV. According to WUTB's Q1 Children's TV Report, it currently airs TBD.
Section 73.1201(b) of the FCC rules, which deals with station identification, has this part about the content of station IDs:
(1) Official station identification shall consist of the station's call letters immediately followed by the community or communities specified in its license as the station's location; Provided, That the name of the licensee, the station's frequency, the station's channel number, as stated on the station's license, and/or the station's network affiliation may be inserted between the call letters and station location. DTV stations, or DAB Stations, choosing to include the station's channel number in the station identification must use the station's major channel number and may distinguish multicast program streams. For example, a DTV station with major channel number 26 may use 26.1 to identify an HDTV program service and 26.2 to identify an SDTV program service. [...](2) A station may include in its official station identification the name of any additional community or communities, but the community to which the station is licensed must be named first.
So "WBFF 45.2 Baltimore" would be a compliant ID, but "WBFF.2 Baltimore" is not.
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Despite introducing new graphics for Big Ten Basketball, they're still using the old style graphics for A-10 Basketball on USA.