Eat News 4738 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 When I watched Breaking Greenville, I laughed my ass off when WABG's morbidly obese news director Pam Chatman called herself the "Oprah of the South". "Uh, who are you?!!" I guess this chick has never met Monica Kaufman-Pearson, she's the Oprah of the South. Chatman loves touting how she was the first black female news director in the state of Mississippi. Way to narrow down your barrier breaking Pam! I can't wait to see the first Hispanic male news director in the state of Mississippi. (It has probably happened already) Just saying.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1295 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 [ATTACH=full]3572[/ATTACH]Believe it or not --- they're getting ready to use NEW HD GRAPHICS! Not bad graphics for the market, although whoever chose Arial as the choice font should be slapped silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2876 Posted January 5, 2017 Share Posted January 5, 2017 Helvetica's not bad. Arial would be cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Okay, Their website has a tweaked URL deltanews.tv. The message says that website is under construction. They must've launched this website days ago because last week, I clicked on the former URL (yourdeltanews.com) it was completly blank. On top of the site, it said this: You've reached the website for Cala Broadcast Partners LLC, owner and operator of WABG (ABC), WNBD-D1 (CBS), WNBD-D2 (NBC) and WABG-D2 (FOX) serving the Mississippi Delta. This site is currently under construction. So did they move CBS to WNBD 33.1 & moved NBC to 33.2? Or is this a misprint? And what happens to WXVT's signal? There's no silent STAs filed on WXVT. I say this because a user from another forum said that WNBD is carrying CBS on a subchannel but my heavy assumption was that CBS was carried on 33.2. But the site says otherwise. What was also said on the site was its office was at WXVT's building, and it will move to WABG's facility once renovation is completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 A small update. An unused station under the calls WFXW-LD has changed its calls to WXVT-LD on RF 17, as of Monday. Not sure if that channel is now airing CBS programming or not but its license to cover application was granted today. The full power signal that was WXVT is now under the calls WFXW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 330 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 As per RabbitEars. it appears that the "new" WXVT-LD will be serving as a repeater of WNBD as each station are apparently carrying CBS & NBC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1944 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 As per RabbitEars. it appears that the "new" WXVT-LD will be serving as a repeater of WNBD as each station is apparently carrying CBS & NBC. I was looking at the contours of both LPs. Both stations are on different towers. WNBD's contour is heavily directional serving Greenville & Greenwood proper, and portions to the southeast. While WXVT's signal is non-directional, and serves some of the northern sections that's not reached by WNBD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 330 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 They appear to be using the 2 LD's to serve the full market on the level WABG uses for ABC & FOX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWA_TV_guy 148 Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 Surprised there's no 9pm show on the Fox affiliate. There's a 9 p.m. newscast on the FOX affiliate. Also, here's the new look for The Delta News posted below. Their website (deltanews.tv) is finally up and running as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChesapeakeTV 310 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they went for a stock template... Momentum News, on the other hand, is a surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 There's a 9 p.m. newscast on the FOX affiliate. Also, here's the new look for The Delta News posted below. Their website (deltanews.tv) is finally up and running as well. Is it just me, or are they shooting stories on iPhones?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Is it just me, or are they shooting stories on iPhones?? It's you... Cuz it's market 193... There aint' no Apple store within 500 miles... So they are probably shooting on Wallmart pre-pay TracPhones. BTW When is your friend A.J. gonna get a job? I miss him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB4TV 330 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 It's you... Cuz it's market 193... There aint' no Apple store within 500 miles... So they are probably shooting on Wallmart pre-pay TracPhones. BTW When is your friend A.J. gonna get a job? I miss him. The closest Apple Store to Greenville, MS is located at Renaissance at Colony Park in Ridgeland, MS. Also, we have to remember that stations in the small rural DMAs are run in smaller budgets as their major source of revenue comes from crooked car dealers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABC 7 Denver 1552 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Not bad graphics for the market, although whoever chose Arial as the choice font should be slapped silly. Stock graphics from Envato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 So wait a minute, aren't there like anti-trust laws or FCC violations for running all four network stations in one market? I mean that screams monopoly and lack of choices for news. I don't care if its Market 193 and they barely scrape by for content, how is this allowed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 So wait a minute, aren't there like anti-trust laws or FCC violations for running all four network stations in one market? I mean that screams monopoly and lack of choices for news. I don't care if its Market 193 and they barely scrape by for content, how is this allowed? You should see Yuma,AZ. They also have a Cracker Barrel and Golden Corral... in case you get bored with TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrabbleship 427 Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 So wait a minute, aren't there like anti-trust laws or FCC violations for running all four network stations in one market? I mean that screams monopoly and lack of choices for news. I don't care if its Market 193 and they barely scrape by for content, how is this allowed? ABC/Fox are a full-power station, NBC and CBS are low-power stations. Granted CBS was once full-power and the red flags came up when saga sold the original WXVT to the children of the person who bought WABG when Bahakel cashed out, but it isn't all that different than any similar sized market where Gray has patched together a full power and a bunch of subchannels and low-power stations. In fact, if Brady ever ends up spinning off stations this cluster has Gray written all over it. Is it ethical? Debatable. But the loopholes especially in a market that small/sparse can easily be abused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColumbusNewsFan 217 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 You should see Yuma,AZ. They also have a Cracker Barrel and Golden Corral... in case you get bored with TV. Or Lima, OH.... Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susquvalleywgal 490 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Or Lima, OH.... Just saying. Or Zanesville, OH. Lol — Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effseesee 101 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 It's you... BTW When is your friend A.J. gonna get a job? I miss him. Scroll down. http://www.wrde.com/staff.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atlnews2 557 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Scroll down. http://www.wrde.com/staff.htm glad he found a job ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 glad he found a job ! Likewise - kind of hate how he was blackballed for a few years after his incident. People have kept their jobs over much worse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenShine9 1509 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 So wait a minute, aren't there like anti-trust laws or FCC violations for running all four network stations in one market? I mean that screams monopoly and lack of choices for news. I don't care if its Market 193 and they barely scrape by for content, how is this allowed? What is the alternative, piping in adjacent markets on cable? There is no market for any other companies to come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4738 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 glad he found a job ! Check this out...from his station bio... "His career started in North Dakota as a reporter and you may have recognized him from an appearance on "David Letterman", "NBC Today Show" and "Live with Kelly and Michael". Why was he on those TV shows????? Ell..Ohhh..Freakin..Ell ! Work it baby...Work it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrschimpf 2050 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 So wait a minute, aren't there like anti-trust laws or FCC violations for running all four network stations in one market? I mean that screams monopoly and lack of choices for news. Everything besides ABC and Fox is on two other low-power stations. There's no low-power limit on ownership. That's the major problem I have with these 'pop-up' affiliates in small markets; you know anyone would love to have the Jackson and/or Memphis stations with actual news departments and quality controls, but then you have these people come in, the networks give them an affiliate license even if their history is 'TBN translator and then a few years with Retro TV with nobody watching', and do it horribly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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