TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 Had to wait 9 months after the completed sale... August 1st is the date: http://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local/Restructuring-at-WPTA--WISE-on-schedule-for-Aug--1-debut WPTA 21.1 - ABC WPTA 21.2 - NBC WPTA 21.3 - TBD (either stays with Weather or becomes MyTV which moves from WISE 33.2) WISE 33.1 - CW (under CW Plus) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Or in other words, "we'll keep all the good stuff and leave the new buyer just some scraps". That said, I kinda understand what's going on. Television isn't the sustaining business it used to be. Many smaller markets or Rust Belt areas can probably only support two, maybe three TV newsrooms now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mvcg66b3r 97 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Had to wait 9 months after the completed sale... August 1st is the date: Why can't they wait just another month, until after the Olympics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Clearly an end-around solution of getting away with a duopoly. Keep all of the primary streams and intellectual property on one frequency (which is fine and legal under the rules) and give the leftover, turn-key programming (CW Plus) to the OTHER licensee... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Isn't the same thing supposed to happen with KDLH and KBJR in Duluth? The same owners (Quincy & SagamoreHill) are involved and were also Granite/Malara stations as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Why can't they wait just another month, until after the Olympics? As a condition of that Quincy/Granite sale, the JSA was only good for nine months after closing, and then afterwards it would be terminated. That is a very interesting timing of the change to, as the Olympics would start a few days later. Isn't the same thing supposed to happen with KDLH and KBJR in Duluth? The same owners (Quincy & SagamoreHill) are involved and were also Granite/Malara stations as well... Yes it is. The CBS affil is moving from KDLH to a sub of KBJR. The CW will be moved from the sub to the main channel on KDLH. I hope the "21 Alive" branding is staying put after all of these changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Isn't the same thing supposed to happen with KDLH and KBJR in Duluth? The same owners (Quincy & SagamoreHill) are involved and were also Granite/Malara stations as well... As CircleSeven as mentioned, yes. However, I don't know whether it will take place on the same day or earlier or afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTSC1980 96 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 WHOI is also part of deal. Sinclair may take over WHOI after then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 WHOI is also part of deal. Sinclair may take over WHOI after then This would also mean that Granite would reassume operations of WTVH until they inevitably cash out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 This would also mean that Granite would reassume operations of WTVH until they inevitably cash out.And who will take over then? Marshall, Mission, or anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 And who will take over then? Marshall, Mission, or anyone else? Save for some reporters and logistical support WTVH is separate from WSTM at this point. If anything I see Heartland or Lilly swooping in, possibly as an outside guess Gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Meanwhile, WANE is also for sale right now, with few potential buyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Meanwhile, WANE is also for sale right now, with few potential buyers.How do you know that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 How do you know that? Media General must sell it off since Nexstar cannot acquire it. Gray has said they are not interested in the divestments, Sinclair is maxed out, who is left for a smallish market station? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Media General must sell it off since Nexstar cannot acquire it. Gray has said they are not interested in the divestments, Sinclair is maxed out, who is left for a smallish market station? It could go either way. WANE is far stronger than WFFT and conventional wisdom would have WFFT being sold off. Another possibility could be WFFT being absorbed into WANE. This would give it scale with WPTA's new arrangement. Also, either station could fetch some auction proceeds depending on who gets auctioned off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 It could go either way. WANE is far stronger than WFFT and conventional wisdom would have WFFT being sold off. Another possibility could be WFFT being absorbed into WANE. This would give it scale with WPTA's new arrangement. Also, either station could fetch some auction proceeds depending on who gets auctioned off...Reguardless of the outcome, and I've sort of mentioned this in the Nexstar thread, I think that more than likely, Nexstar (when it becomes Nexstar Media) will get NBC affiliations in some of its (Nexstar Media's) markets, (KTVX will yank the NBC affiliation from KSL, and either WANE or WFFT could get an NBC affiliation on one of their subchannels depending on which station Nexstar keeps for example) particularly the larger ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Reguardless of the outcome, and I've sort of mentioned this in the Nexstar thread, I think that more than likely, Nexstar (when it becomes Nexstar Media) will get NBC affiliations in some of its (Nexstar Media's) markets, (KTVX will yank the NBC affiliation from KSL, and either WANE or WFFT could get an NBC affiliation on one of their subchannels depending on which station Nexstar keeps for example) particularly the larger ones Again, what is your reasoning behind this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Again, what is your reasoning behind this?NBC has as good relations with Nexstar as Fox does with Sinclair, and because once the merger is complete, they will have lots of bargaining power to get NBC to affiliate with any of their larger stations, and it helps that Sook is a member of the NBC affiliate relations group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TennTV1983 742 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 I'm sorry, but these kinds of speculations make my head hurt. A lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 The recent power-grab affiliation swaps have been the bigger companies exerting their leverage over the little guys. In WHAG's case, NBC itself pulled the trigger because they already had their own station in the market. Now if stations' contracts are up or past renewal, and have no deal...AND someone else is waiting in the wings to offer something better....THAT'S when stuff will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 253 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Nexstar is keeping WANE. Employees have been notified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mardek1995 200 Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Nexstar is keeping WANE. Employees have been notified.I figued, and so did a few other people. Only, what about WFFT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
who?cares 253 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I figued, and so did a few other people. Only, what about WFFT? From what I hear, they'll be sold off to who ever is willing to buy. Just like WTHI in Terre Haute. We've also been told that WLFI will be spun off, still not sure why on LFI though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 The switch will go into effect one week from Monday at 10am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichiganNewsGraphicsJunkie 743 Posted July 23, 2016 Share Posted July 23, 2016 Wonder if there's going to be a completely new logo or they'll figure out a way to incorporate the NBC peacock into the current 21 Alive branding... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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