atlnews2 557 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 All remaining stations have the new website. Still no name changes among legacy stations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsn8te 189 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 All remaining stations have the new website. Still no name changes among legacy stations. I really don't see most of the stations changing their url, especially the ones with 2 news operations like WBRE/WYOU, WTWO/WAWV, and WTVW/WEHT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susquvalleywgal 491 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 http://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/04/nexstar_issues_statement_to_co.html Update on the abc27/Flora situation. Looks like Nexstar is going all in for defending the way they do things. A few takeaways ... they say that they are looking at all aspects of the station ... anchor desk changes are coming ... and they are shelling in $3 million in improvements to the station. You can do a lot with $3 million dollars. Stay tuned. Things are heating up at abc27. — Matt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 KNWA (Rogers/Fayetteville) has received the new graphics that the NBC affiliates are receiving. Also, KFTA (Fort Smith/Fayetteville) received the graphics that the FOX affiliates are receiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.L. Hughes 746 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Reuters reports that Apollo Global Management has approached Nexstar about possibly acquiring the company, in conjunction with existing Nexstar stakeholder P2 Capital Partners. They note, though, that the confidential sources who informed them of the offer contend that "Nexstar has not yet engaged in sale talks and there is no certainty it will entertain an offer." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 http://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/04/nexstar_issues_statement_to_co.html Update on the abc27/Flora situation. Looks like Nexstar is going all in for defending the way they do things. A few takeaways ... they say that they are looking at all aspects of the station ... anchor desk changes are coming ... and they are shelling in $3 million in improvements to the station. You can do a lot with $3 million dollars. Stay tuned. Things are heating up at abc27. — Matt They need to clean house at management more than anything - need to fire their GM, their VP, their ND, etc.. Is it hurting them in ratings (has WHP or WPMT caught them)? I know WGAL dominates the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 It will be interesting to see if Nexstar is hostily acquired much like Media General was hostily acquired by Nexstar.... Given Nexstar's debt load, this could be a bigger disaster in the making.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 It will be interesting to see if Nexstar is hostily acquired much like Media General was hostily acquired by Nexstar.... Given Nexstar's debt load, this could be a bigger disaster in the making.... That's a long Speculatron post in the making too. And I see one difficult, but workable, possibility...which is a 180 of old rumors. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1046 Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 It will be interesting to see if Nexstar is hostily acquired much like Media General was hostily acquired by Nexstar.... Given Nexstar's debt load, this could be a bigger disaster in the making.... Funny you mention that! https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nexstar-m-a-apolloglobal-exclusive/exclusive-apollo-approaches-tv-stations-owner-nexstar-about-acquisition-sources-idUSKBN1K120L (Reuters) - Buyout firm Apollo Global Management LLC (APO.N) has approached Nexstar Media Group Inc (NXST.O), an operator of television stations that reach nearly 40 percent of U.S. households, to express interest in acquiring it, according to people familiar with the matter. The approach comes a year after Nexstar’s $2.3 billion acquisition of peer Media General Inc turned it into one of the largest U.S. broadcasters. Nexstar wants to add scale as advertisers move their spending to digital and mobile platforms. I'm getting some bad Toys R Us vibes from this... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I mentioned this in the other thread but, I say Nexstar gets broken up simply because Nexstar is WAY too big for one company to fully acquire it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 I say Nexstar gets broken up simply because Nexstar is WAY too big for one company to fully acquire it I say Nexstar(or Sinclair) falls apart simply because it got so big that nobody could buy it...and I hope the goverment allows it to fail. No bail outs. Let it crash and burn so real entrepreneurs can try something new that can serve local markets better. The sooner it happens the better. Speculation can be very costly as Sinclair my soon attest to, TV stations groups should never be considered too big to fail. I see this whole Sinclair mess as being the "warning shot" that the FCC has fired across the bow of all the large station groups. I support comprehensive television reform. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVIntheDesert 183 Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the declining morale at Nexstar's WHTM, while Perry still stands by the GM. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/abc27-flora-posteraro-discrimination-nexstar-robert-bee-20180719.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H4UL4U 127 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on the declining morale at Nexstar's WHTM, while Perry still stands by the GM. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/abc27-flora-posteraro-discrimination-nexstar-robert-bee-20180719.html Given that Nexstar's management all the way down to the station level is one big good 'ol boys club, Uncle Perry standing by their GM isn't surprising. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 New M&A from Nexstar tonight. They're buying Lockwood's CW station WHDF in Huntsville for $2.25M. Nexstar already owns the Fox station, WZDX. And as of 7/15, they're operating WHDF under a TBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 New M&A from Nexstar tonight. They're buying Lockwood's CW station WHDF in Huntsville for $2.25M. Nexstar already owns the Fox station, WZDX. And as of 7/15, they're operating WHDF under a TBA. I'm going to call it right now, Nexstar will gain a duopoly in Knoxville while also acquiring KTEN in Sherman/Ada The only question is who gets KAKELand? (since Nexstar already owns KSN) my money for that would be on Standard or Hearst acquiring KAKELand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 I'm going to call it right now, Nexstar will gain a duopoly in Knoxville while also acquiring KTEN in Sherman/Ada The only question is who gets KAKELand? (since Nexstar already owns KSN) my money for that would be on Standard or Hearst acquiring KAKELand Just throwing it out there, but what if TEGNA had an interest in getting the KAKEland cluster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Just throwing it out there, but what if TEGNA had an interest in getting the KAKEland cluster? That's certainly a possibility, I'm not going to rule it out. Anything is possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFromGulfcoast 695 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Y'all, Nexstar is trying to get KRBK. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/video/nexstar-to-acquire-krbk_20180802161330/1341474669 Don't know if it's been posted yet but better safe than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Y'all, Nexstar is trying to get KRBK. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/video/nexstar-to-acquire-krbk_20180802161330/1341474669 Don't know if it's been posted yet but better safe than sorry. They already have a duopoly there though? They'd have to shut down or sell KOZL. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Y'all, Nexstar is tryings to get KRBK. https://www.ozarksfirst.com/video/nexstar-to-acquire-krbk_20180802161330/1341474669 Don't know if it's been posted yet but better safe than sorry. So they wanted Fox so bad after losing it several years ago, when KOZL was KSFX. Looking at Nexstar's press release (which includes WHDF's deal as well) they're buying both of those stations for $19.45M. So the KRBK deal is worth $17.20M? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRob 919 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 A co-worker says people at KRBK have already been told their jobs will be gone in a month. KOLR will absorb a few.. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 A co-worker says people at KRBK have already been told their jobs will be gone in a month. KOLR will absorb a few.. Just a darn shame... KRBK becomes the new "alternate" and now, it'll be a two-station market... KYTV/KSPR/KYCW vs. KOLR/KOZL/KRBK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Just a darn shame... KRBK becomes the new "alternate" and now, it'll be a two-station market... KYTV/KSPR/KYCW vs. KOLR/KOZL/KRBK I guess Springfield becomes another Jacksonville or another market that's on the same level as Springfield with only 2 owners controlling at least 3 stations 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted August 3, 2018 Author Share Posted August 3, 2018 Not good especially after KYTV basically shut down any remaining semblance of KSPR's news department... It may have been a scrappy operation, but it was needed in Springfield. Nexstar is making a bold move in this time of heightened scrutiny over cross-ownership. Even worse, to sail this deal through, one of the signals may have to be terminated (KOZL or KRBK)...unless KRBK's distributed frequency network doesn't count as a full-powered station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 330 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I'm going to call it right now, Nexstar will gain a duopoly in Knoxville while also acquiring KTEN in Sherman/Ada The only question is who gets KAKELand? (since Nexstar already owns KSN) my money for that would be on Standard or Hearst acquiring KAKELand What about WSKY? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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