CircleSeven 1944 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 This makes sense as WMTW & WPXT are currently roommates, yet aren't duopolies not allowed in Portland, ME. Should this go through, would Sinclair acquire WPFO? The eight-voice test was eliminated when Pai changed the media ownership rules last year. That's how Hearst acquired WCWG from Lockwood. I wouldn't be surprised if Hearst move MeTV to WMTW, relieving some of the clutter on WPXT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 The eight-voice test was eliminated when Pai changed the media ownership rules last year. That's how Hearst acquired WCWG from Lockwood. I wouldn't be surprised if Hearst move MeTV to WMTW, relieving some of the clutter on WPXT. I know this is not the speculation thread but... 8.1 = ABC 8.2 = Me-TV 8.3 = H&I 51.1 = CW 51.2 = MyTV 51.3 = Escape 51.4 = Laff I may be wrong, but that's how I see it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2034 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I know this is not the speculation thread but... 8.1 = ABC 8.2 = Me-TV 8.3 = H&I 51.1 = CW 51.2 = MyTV 51.3 = Escape 51.4 = Laff I may be wrong, but that's how I see it. They'll dump Escape and Laff first chance they get; those aren't networks Hearst has affiliations with solely for quality concerns, along with them being Scripps networks. 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 They'll dump Escape and Laff first chance they get; those aren't networks Hearst has affiliations with solely for quality concerns, along with them being Scripps networks. 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. True. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouGrant 14 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Clearly, this is the precursor move to Hearst acquiring the Cox stations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Clearly, this is the precursor move to Hearst acquiring the Cox stations. Only conflicts: Orlando (WESH 2/WKCF 18 and WFTV 9/WRDQ 27) Boston (WCVB 5/WMUR 9 and WFXT 25) Pittsburgh (WTAE 4 and WPXI 11) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcastfan9751 136 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman748 1250 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Only conflicts: Orlando (WESH 2/WKCF 18 and WFTV 9/WRDQ 27) Boston (WCVB 5/WMUR 9 and WFXT 25) Pittsburgh (WTAE 4 and WPXI 11) Which those sales should be easy ones AND this gives Hearst stations affiliated with Fox for the very first time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColtFromGulfcoast 695 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 They'll dump Escape and Laff first chance they get; those aren't networks Hearst has affiliations with solely for quality concerns, along with them being Scripps networks. 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. Ok. Hearst did drop those networks off of WCWG. However, they left Bounce TV (also a Scripps network) on the lineup. Escape and Laff may stay for all we know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1335 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Only conflicts: Orlando (WESH 2/WKCF 18 and WFTV 9/WRDQ 27) Boston (WCVB 5/WMUR 9 and WFXT 25) Pittsburgh (WTAE 4 and WPXI 11) We. know. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Ok. Hearst did drop those networks off of WCWG. However, they left Bounce TV (also a Scripps network) on the lineup. Escape and Laff may stay for all we know. Worth noting that’s likely because of bandwidth. WCWG shares spectrum WXII. They’re running two 1080i and two 480i channels 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2034 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Ok. Hearst did drop those networks off of WCWG. However, they left Bounce TV (also a Scripps network) on the lineup. Escape and Laff may stay for all we know. Big difference though is Bounce has a quality rep and original programming going for it, and an obvious viewership base in the market Hearst wouldn't ditch (thankfully Scripps isn't tinkering with that so far). Escape and Laff have none of that going for them and have little to no local advertisers wanting to burn money on those networks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 New M&A from Hearst. They're acquiring Portland, ME's CW station WPXT from Ironwood Communications. It's been greenlighted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broadcastfan9751 136 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 It's been greenlighted. Hearst has completed the WPXT purchase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted September 21, 2018 Share Posted September 21, 2018 Hearst has completed the WPXT purchase. It didn't waste anytime announcing its new 10pm show. It starts Monday! And Hearst has rebranded its CW outlet as "Maine's CW". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobC 44 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 It didn't waste anytime announcing its new 10pm show. It starts Monday! And Hearst has rebranded its CW outlet as "Maine's CW". By the way, the WMTW/WPXT news idea was in my mind. So it means that 10pm news is back on 51. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 It didn't waste anytime announcing its new 10pm show. It starts Monday! And Hearst has rebranded its CW outlet as "Maine's CW". I had a feeling it was coming. Really. Every duopoly that Hearst has, it produces news for its sister. Hearst takes advantage of its duopolies, just like Cox and unlike some other groups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mre29 1335 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I had a feeling it was coming. Really. Every duopoly that Hearst has, it produces news for its sister. Hearst takes advantage of its duopolies, just like Cox and unlike some other groups. And where they don't have a duopoly, they put the news on a subchannel, correct? At least, that's how it is for WCVB and WMUR (which are technically a duopoly but serve different parts of the Boston DMA). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 And where they don't have a duopoly, they put the news on a subchannel, correct? At least, that's how it is for WCVB and WMUR (which are technically a duopoly but serve different parts of the Boston DMA). Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1839 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 And where they don't have a duopoly, they put the news on a subchannel, correct? At least, that's how it is for WCVB and WMUR (which are technically a duopoly but serve different parts of the Boston DMA). Hearst too takes advantage of its subchannels to air more news. Me-TV is on and all have 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT news except WAPT, WDSU, WVTM and WYFF: KETV (.2) KOCO (.2) WAPT (.2) WCVB (.2) WMUR (.2) WLKY (.2; with 7:00 a.m. morning news too) KCCI (.2) WBAL (.2) WDSU (.2) WGAL (.2) WLWT (.2) WPTZ (.3) WVTM (.2) WYFF (.2) [*]The CW is on and has 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT news: KHBS (.2) / KHOG (.2; with morning and weekend 5:00 p.m. news too) [*]CozI TV is on and has 7:00 p.m. news there: WTAE (.2) This post was just to make a point... Hearst uses its subchannels to its advantage to air more local news. You don't see other groups doing this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edladd 14 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I really wish Hearst would buy KOCB in OKC. It's the Sinclair owned CW affiliate. What a cool duopoly it would be...KOCO/KOCB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Hearst too takes advantage of its subchannels to air more news. Me-TV is on and all have 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT news except WAPT, WDSU, WVTM and WYFF: KETV (.2) KOCO (.2) WAPT (.2) WCVB (.2) WMUR (.2) WLKY (.2; with 7:00 a.m. morning news too) KCCI (.2) WBAL (.2) WDSU (.2) WGAL (.2) WLWT (.2) WPTZ (.3) WVTM (.2) WYFF (.2) [*]The CW is on and has 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT news: KHBS (.2) / KHOG (.2; with morning and weekend 5:00 p.m. news too) [*]CozI TV is on and has 7:00 p.m. news there: WTAE (.2) This post was just to make a point... Hearst uses its subchannels to its advantage to air more local news. You don't see other groups doing this. You forgot KCWE at 9. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacobC 44 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 You forgot KCWE at 9. Even WKCF at 7-9am and 10pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamTheJ 87 Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 Hearst too takes advantage of its subchannels to air more news. Me-TV is on and all have 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT news except WAPT, WDSU, WVTM and WYFF: KETV (.2) KOCO (.2) WAPT (.2) WCVB (.2) WMUR (.2) WLKY (.2; with 7:00 a.m. morning news too) KCCI (.2) WBAL (.2) WDSU (.2) WGAL (.2) WLWT (.2) WPTZ (.3) WVTM (.2) WYFF (.2) [*]The CW is on and has 10:00 p.m. ET/9:00 p.m. CT news: KHBS (.2) / KHOG (.2; with morning and weekend 5:00 p.m. news too) [*]CozI TV is on and has 7:00 p.m. news there: WTAE (.2) This post was just to make a point... Hearst uses its subchannels to its advantage to air more local news. You don't see other groups doing this. WPBF is, I believe a Rare example of a station to Not have a newscast on a sister station, nor subchannel. EstrellaTV is on 25.2 and the Justice Network on 25.3, but I don’t think either subchannel Has a newscast in English or Spanish, so I say there’s always room for expansion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 WBAL initially had a 7-8AM Show but it was axed when they launched the 4:30 newscast. It was successful enough for them to launch the 10PM newscast. The morning show lasted 3 years, 3 months and 10 days (10/03/2011-01/12/2015). The ratings were minimal in the beginning apparently but good enough for them to launch the 10PM five months later. I think the 7AM show was axed perhaps because of contractual reasons - but that’s just a guess. Anyway there’s a neat WBAL logo style I haven’t seen before promoting Matter of Fact: And maybe slightly updated graphics package: I learned that the show is edited and put together down by HTV design. I would of thought the DC Bureau would be in charge of the program. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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