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On 1/28/2024 at 2:51 PM, mrschimpf said:

And now it's been confirmed; ten games this season among WDJT, WMLW, and Telemundo Wisconsin in Milwaukee, with outer markets still TBA;
 

 

The Bucks have confirmed that the Weigel-sublicensed game package will be regionally simulcast on the following stations:

* WISC (CBS) and WISC-DT3 (MyNetworkTV)/Madison (Morgan Murphy Media)

* WBAY (ABC) and WBAY-DT3 (The365/MyNetworkTV)/Green Bay (Gray Television)

* WEAU (NBC) and WECX (CW)/Eau Claire–La Crosse (Gray Television)

* WSAW (CBS) and WYOW (CW)/Wausau (Gray Television)

* WQAD-DT3 (MyNetworkTV)/Davenport, Iowa (Tegna)

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9 hours ago, tyrannical bastard said:

Dammit.  The Bally Sports dumpster fire gets a new source of kindling....

 

https://awfulannouncing.com/sinclair/against-all-odds-diamond-sports-group-looks-set-to-rise-from-the-ashes.html

As much as I (and, I presume, most of us) like to hate on Sinclair, the RSN business, and the decreasing accessibility of professional sports, this is probably the best case scenario for the teams. A lot of these teams rely on RSNs for revenue, and the total loss of Bally Sports would have crippled those teams.

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New deal. Cavs will air some of their games over the air. 

 

Five Cavaliers games will air on Gray-owned stations Cleveland's WUAB 43 & Cincinnati's WXIX 19

 

Gray has also struck a deal with Tegna, Nexstar & Cox Media Group to air some or all five games in nearby markets.

  • In Columbus, Tegna's WBNS will air two games (4/6 & 4/7) on the main signal 10.1, while a third game (3/20) will air on MeTV subchannel 10.2. Nexstar's WCMH will air two games (3/8 & 3/29).
  • In Dayton, Nexstar's WBDT will air three games (3/8, 3/20 & 3/29). CMG's WHIO will air two games (4/6 & 4/7). 
  • Nexstar's WTRF Wheeling and WYTV Youngstown will air all five games on their respective MyNet .2 subchannels.  
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3 hours ago, mrschimpf said:

It won't be "Bally Sports" after the baseball season ends.

 

I know wouldn't happen, but it would be hilarious if it became ESPN Bet Sports 😉 (I'm sure Barstool or Pointsbet is the next one to chase for naming rights, honestly).

It'll probably have something tying it Amazon. Prime Sports? Amazon Sports? etc. They're not investing all that money to be a silent investor.

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4 hours ago, A3N said:

It'll probably have something tying it Amazon. Prime Sports? Amazon Sports? etc. They're not investing all that money to be a silent investor.

Prime Sports would be a nice throwback to the old PrimeTicket networks.

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A little late on learning this, but Gray struck a deal to air the WFAA Mavericks package in two of its Texas markets (one of which technically is a border market with Oklahoma):

* In Lubbock, KLCW and KMYL will split the games evenly between them (3/1, 3/13, 3/29, 4/5 and 4/10 on KLCW, and 3/11, 3/21, 4/4, 4/9 and 4/12 on KMYL).

* In the Sherman-Ada market, KXII will air most of the games on its MyNetworkTV subchannel 12.2, while the remaining two games (3/29 & 4/12) will air on its Fox sub on 12.3. 

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On 3/2/2024 at 1:18 AM, CircleSeven said:

New deal. Cavs will air some of their games over the air. 

 

Five Cavaliers games will air on Gray-owned stations Cleveland's WUAB 43 & Cincinnati's WXIX 19

 

Gray has also struck a deal with Tegna, Nexstar & Cox Media Group to air some or all five games in nearby markets.

  • In Columbus, Tegna's WBNS will air two games (4/6 & 4/7) on the main signal 10.1, while a third game (3/20) will air on MeTV subchannel 10.2. Nexstar's WCMH will air two games (3/8 & 3/29).
  • In Dayton, Nexstar's WBDT will air three games (3/8, 3/20 & 3/29). CMG's WHIO will air two games (4/6 & 4/7). 
  • Nexstar's WTRF Wheeling and WYTV Youngstown will air all five games on their respective MyNet .2 subchannels.  

And per TVPassport, it looks like at least tonight's Cavs game will also air in Pittsburgh on WPKD channel 19 (aka KDKA+).

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