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  1. re: the WISH-TV/WTTV situation. That will be an absolute shitshow if that happens. DuJuan McCoy is still battling it out with DirecTV and Dish three years later, but I could also see CBS being a factor in forcing DirecTV/Dish to negotiate to his terms. WISH-TV has become very odd in the last few years, being a hybrid of a minority-focused station and a general news station. It also still has the news partnership with WIBC, a right-wing talk station, on the other hand.
  2. https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/exclusive-warshaw-led-consortium-in-%241.2-bln-bid-for-cumulus-media-sources April 14 (Reuters) - A consortium led by U.S. radio station industry veteran Jeff Warshaw has offered to acquire Cumulus Media Inc CMLS.O for close to $1.2 billion, including debt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Warshaw has informed Cumulus, an Atlanta-based owner and operator of 406 radio stations, that he would be willing to take it private for $15 to $17 per share, the sources said. Cumulus shares were hovering around $11 before news of the bid emerged on Thursday afternoon. Warshaw indicated he would be willing to pay more, subject to due diligence, the sources added. Further details on Warshaw's consortium could not be learned. It was unclear how Cumulus would respond to the offer and no deal was certain, the sources said, asking not to be identified because the matter was confidential. Warshaw and Cumulus could not immediately be reached for comment. Beyond its radio stations, Cumulus has a digital platform that ranks among the top five podcast networks in the United States. The company generates the majority of its revenue through advertising and had net long-term debt of almost $800 million as of the end of December. Warshaw is the chief executive of Connoisseur Media, an operator of 13 radio stations. His blank-check acquisition firm Virtuoso Acquisition Corp VOSO.O merged with automotive data analytics firm Wejo last year in a $1.1 billion deal.
  3. Remember when WRTV had that WLS knockoff package from 2007 up until Scripps bought McGraw-Hill's TV holdings? I thought it was pretty good for an obvious knockoff package.
  4. If Malone is involved, of course it'll go. He somehow miraculously got Time Warner Cable-Bright House Networks-Charter's mega-merger to go without question from the DOJ.
  5. Or they could get a new building. They've been at Network Place at Park 100 since 2005 (when WTTV/WXIN moved out of their even smaller facility on Meridian), but I think that's unlikely.
  6. Anyone know if there's anything with Tegna and YT TV? WTHR is blacked out on my guide, even though I'm in the Indy region.
  7. It looks like Andrea Morehead, former WTHR reporter, is suing the station and Tegna for failing to provide ADA accomodations for her breast cancer, as well as retaliation and harassment. Lawsuit document found here.
  8. WXIN and WTTV now have the "Keep My Station" disclaimers on them. Indy is just getting royally screwed over on local stations for DISH/DirecTV subscribers. https://keepmystation.com/fox59/ https://keepmystation.com/wttv/
  9. Looks like TEGNA might be close to a dispute with DIRECTV/ATT Uverse: https://www.wthr.com/att https://www.10tv.com/att https://www.whas11.com/att In my market, this would make 4 stations (WISH, WTHR, WNDY, WALV-CD) that AT&T isn't carrying, WISH/WNDY for well over a year now. AT&T is a company built on pure greed.
  10. It's what kind of ticks me off about this forum. If you don't like Trump or whatever, that's a valid thought, I think a lot of people don't really like him. But a lot of people here seem to dislike the idea of anything like playing the national anthem, because of whatever reason it might be. I don't think playing the SSB is anywhere near nationalism, and it really bugs me that people think this way, that somehow being proud of where you live is a bad thing.
  11. Ah yes, back when all Nexstar stations had the budget of a ham sandwich. Funny how far they've come.
  12. WISH isn't on it yet, but that's assuming Nexstar does indeed sell WISH/WNDY.
  13. Another re-trans dispute. Looks like Nexstar and Metronet. https://www.wishtv.com/keep-wish-and-wndy
  14. I always though WRTV's graphics looked terribly cheap for a market Indy's size in the mid 90's:
  15. What other stations? I guess I'm not up to speed on this. I know WTHR, and now KNXT.
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