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ColtFromGulfcoast

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  1. 5 hours ago, mre29 said:

    What @nycnewsjunkie said. All SG had to do was agree to put the Tegna stations in Atlanta, Charlotte, Jacksonville, and Seattle up for sale (no need to make Coxpollo sell its stations when this whole thing was Soo Kim's brainchild) and the deal would've happened. Instead, Kim/SG and ApollCox are joining Sinclair in sitting in the corner wearing egg on their faces. Eggs are for eating, not wearing.

     

    Hell, better yet, just do away with the King Broadcasting cluster period!!!

     

    Hearst would have jumped out of the sky for those stations. If not them, then Graham might have.

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  2. 5 hours ago, iron_lion said:

    Prophecy Fulfilled😒 Could Byron not just do real cases? 

     

     

    His writers must be cheap af. But you'd think it'd be cheaper to...idk....not pay both writers and actors and just do real cases.  I'll even forgive him cheaply using the same set. 

     

    He seems to keep that same energy with his TV stations and everything else. For him to have all that money...... well, that's why he has all that money. 

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  3. Pick a name. Either call it Paramount+ or just call it Showtime Extended or something. 

     

    To call the literal cable channel Paramount+ with Showtime. Imagine what BET will be rebranded to.  

     

    Tyler Perry's Paramount+ with BET, CBS, whatever shows we would have sold to the CW, Showtime, KCAL News, CBS News New York and everywhere else, Nickelodeon, MTV, Gayle King, Star Trek, Moesha reruns, Yellowstone spin-offs and other Taylor Sheridan creations but not Yellowstone itself cause we let that go to Peacock, who may or may not merge with Hulu, and also we aint got  Comedy Central cause we let that go to HB...Disco...whatever the heck they'll call it.

     

    Y'all know you're thinking it. 

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  4. On 2/11/2023 at 5:59 PM, Drew said:

    I could see Comcast/NBCUniversal looking at purchasing and merging Peacock into Hulu. 

    How about Comcast and Disney go 50% and merge ALL streaming services they have.  That way, everyone is happy and everyone wins.  All apps can also remain separate and then if they want them all together just use the Hulu app so that you don't have to keep switching between apps. 

     

    Honestly, a streaming service that could give me not only the best of ESPN but the best of NBC Sports, would be appealing. Furthermore, Hulu's shows combined with both Peacock and Disney+ would result in a series of bangers that would be worth paying a Netflix style price per month for. To say nothing of the vast library content. Plus Hulu just renewed their deal with Fox Broadcasting Company so there's that.  

     

    Disney would be smart to also buy a small part of Xumo too or even do a deal with Tubi, if not buying a small part of that. Then you would really have a threat to Pluto. 

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  5. 2 hours ago, BluesNews said:

    I mean I get people here are upset and are looking for some kind of justification to Gray ditching the CBS46 brand, even down to speculating a possible disaffiliation with CBS but we’ve known since Gray purchased the Meredith stations that they planned to blow up WGCL. We’ve known this entire time they had plans to make it a more serious news-centric operation with its own brand and less influence on the network it was affiliated with, they’ve made zero secret about that.

     

    What I don’t understand is why everyone is so upset with WANF and the Atlanta News First brand, sure, it’s unconventional but it does exactly what Gray said they were going to do. We knew going in that CBS46 was going to be tossed out, we knew going in that Gray intended to expand newscasts and beef up the news department. Now, WANF is trying to make headway in unseating the top stations in town for news and make a name for itself, and everyone wants to crap all over the effort. I say, good for Gray and good for WANF for wanting to try to do it right this time. I’m sure, as I’ve mentioned before with the whole KCBS/KCAL thing, that this was tested and tested and tested before it hit the air and it worked.

     

    So to come on here and have a meltdown over a brand and say that Gray is destroying the station when we’ve known all along this was their plan is kind of ludicrous. To also speculate that CBS is unhappy with Gray and WANF and plans to yank the affiliation for their own station in Atlanta is also ludicrous. If CBS really wanted WUPA to be a CBS affiliate, they would have done so decades ago.

     

    Why does CBS still own WUPA? That’s a question for the theologians. But the same question can be asked of KSTW, WTOG, and others as well. And if CBS pulls their CW affiliations from said stations, it’s not an automatic that they’re going to be actively seeking CBS affiliations for those. Heck, they could run them as 24/7 linear CBS News stations. They could do a number of things, but I think we can’t speculate about what hasn’t happened yet.

     

    I think we need to focus on the fact that WANF is finally trying to make a name for themselves in the field of news, and Gray is pouring money and resources and time in that Meredith didn’t in order to make it work. And that should be applauded, not lambasted.

    AMEN!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  6. 1 hour ago, DirtyHarry said:

     

    I'm sorry I got everybody off on a tangent, but CBS needed some place to park the CW back in the old days. Now they don't. But just take a look at the WANF website. Not a CBS logo in sight. I don't think it's a stretch to think they are going the way of WISH, WJXT and WHDH.

     

    Gray didn't have to do anything just as Sunbeam didn't have to do anything in Boston. CBS may just want to bring things in house. What you see in this Detroit launch will probably end up being relevant in Atlanta.

    I just noticed the Atlanta News First thread below. Sorry if I went off on a tangent. LOL

     

    Okay but a vast number of CBS stations and indeed a number of stations owned by Gray in general don't brand with the network.

     

    As long as Gray keeps paying those checks for reverse comp, WANF should be fine. 

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  7. 17 minutes ago, Georgie56 said:


    They have the same hour-long NOW newscast the independent and CW-affiliated stations (except WPCW and KMAX) have. 
     

    It could go either way. The fact WANF doesn’t have any CBS branding is interesting, but if CBS decides to cut all ties with channel 46, I think both Gray and Paramount would be happy. Paramount could start CBS News Atlanta on channel 69 and Gray could turn WANF into Atlanta’s KCAL.

    Yo, what exactly has Gray Television done that would provoke CBS to leave WANF?? Everyone keeps saying this. I don't get it. 

     

     

    If CBS wanted to move to 69, they'd have done so back in 2006 or a long time ago.  There is a reason why they sold 69 only to regain it coincidentally just after merging with Viacom. If things went South with the CW, they'll just either run an independent, do something else we don't expect them to do with 69 or sell 69 into a duopoly with one of the other stations and MAYBE get something back.  But I don't even see any reason why they'd dump the CW as long as they still have that small ownership stake. Otherwise, they'd have dumped the full 100 in Nexstar's lap.  To say nothing of just how badly Gray could screw CBS up if CBS really tried to pull its programming from 46. Remember, there are many more CBS stations owned by Gray. 

     

    By this logic, WTTV should still be the CW affiliate and WBXI should be CBS.

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  8. 3 hours ago, Myron Falwell said:

    I declared this transaction completely and utterly doomed months ago in TNC and even then, I didn't expect for Apollo and Standard General to take their goddam masks off while the deal is (deservedly) languishing in the FCC and DOJ.

     

    https://www.nexttv.com/news/dish-says-cox-wants-deal-to-include-standard-media-tegna-stations-in-blackout-talks

     

    If you wanted a company - make it two companies! - that makes Sinclair look normal and ethical, may I present to you Apollo-Cox and Standard General. I call it... Apollostandarditis.

    Good lord. Apollo, Standard, if y'all are having second thoughts about going through with this, all yall have to do is call it off. 

     

     

    Y'all are basically on your knees begging and pleading for this to go to an ALJ. 

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  9. On 10/4/2022 at 11:58 PM, GoldenShine9 said:

    It's in a tiny market, but Gray has fired KNOP's News Director, Melanie Standiford, for actively promoting pro-life (or anti-abortion) causes. It's become quite controversial (and understandably so, in an extremely conservative area).

     

     

     

     

    The woman is (or was) married to a err.....criminal (won't say what he did here...Google is your friend) and somehow, this is what broke the camel's back.  Not saying that anyone in the media should be bringing their beliefs into local news but her stance would be a bit ironic. That's all I have to say about that. 

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  10. 15 minutes ago, nomadcowatbk said:

    what sports would be available except maybe local high school and small colleges?

     

    Idk but I do have the feeling that at least one network is gonna have an issue and I really feel like Fox would be the one to not want to be tied to a network associated with a potential competitor. 

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  11. This is likely some speculatron stuff but I could see Fox being uncomfortable with Nexstar owning the majority of the CW for some reason. Especially if Nexstar actually believed that it could land major sports rights, which I'm not at all saying they will. 

     

    I'm certainly not speaking for the other networks though. 

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  12. 35 minutes ago, 24994J said:

     

    Are you sure this wasn't the local update during NBC News Daily?

    They didn't air very much of the News Daily and I watched the whole block. 

    Maybe KTAL went way over on the local cut ins or something. 

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  13. KTAL has apparently launched something similar to what the CBS O&Os are doing on their CW partners. It's some sort of 1pm Newscast. 

     

    Idk if this is permanent or what. Brittany Defran is the anchor. 

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