TexasTVNews 1,015 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 8 minutes ago, CircleSeven said: Two new greenlights today. The WARZ-CD transaction to Capitol Broadcasting. And the Weigel acquisition of KAZD, KYAZ, KMOH (& KEJR-LD) from HC2 Holdings. Welcome to the DFW and Houston market, Weigel Broadcasting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,305 Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 minute ago, TexasTVNews said: Welcome to the DFW and Houston market, Weigel Broadcasting. It has yet to be finalized. But it's pretty much a forgone conclusion...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,305 Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 On 12/11/2020 at 11:26 PM, CircleSeven said: The FCC greenlighted the WLII deal to Liberman on Thursday (12/10). This means that Univision acquisition by Searchlight Capital & ForgeLight Investors should be approved soon. And here's it is. The FCC just greenlighted the Univision transaction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Samantha 2,636 Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 On 12/21/2020 at 2:46 PM, TexasTVNews said: Welcome to the DFW and Houston market, Weigel Broadcasting. Took Weigel only about 40 years from their first attempt... (They competed for channel 45 for years before it was awarded to Pueblo, which started KXLN) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,305 Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 The closings are happening before we say goodbye to 2020....... The Univision, WLII & WARZ transactions have been finalized. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,305 Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 ....And along with WPIX (which we already mentioned), the Weigel acquisition was also finalized. No telling when they'll move the networks over to the new stations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
justin2kx 196 Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 On 12/23/2020 at 12:30 PM, CircleSeven said: And here's it is. The FCC just greenlighted the Univision transaction. Re: WLII... if you believe this, (only source so far reporting it by this note) TVBoricuaUSA is reporting a familiar branding may return to old ch. 11. https://www.tvboricuausa.com/2020/12/regresa-teleonce-puerto-rico-univision-2021.html Translated: Following the approval of the sale of Univision by the FCC , channel 11 and its repeater stations in Puerto Rico will have a new identity. TVboricuaUSA sources assured that the channel will stop being called Univision and will become known as TeleOnce. The announcement, to be made shortly by Liberman Media Group, would mark TeleOnce's return to channels WLII-TV (channel 11) and its repeater stations WSUR-TV (channel 9) and WOLE-TV (channel 12), which since 2002 they became part of Univision. It should be noted that WSTE-DT (channel 7) and the Univision Radio stations will continue to be in the hands of Univision. So 'Univision Puerto Rico' branding to WSTE, perhaps? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Samantha 2,636 Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 Another station wants to go U: KCTS Seattle, which wants to trade in channel 9 and move to channel 17. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Samantha 2,636 Posted January 12 Share Posted January 12 WWCP in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is being transferred closer into Sinclair's orbit. Peak Media is selling the station to Johnstown (WWCP-TV) Licensee, which will be a Cunningham subsidiary. Peak already had brokered the station's time to Cunningham. Cunningham will acquire WWCP-TV's antenna, its Fox affiliation agreement, and its 1996 Interim Operating Agreement to operate WATM-TV for $2.85 million. This marks the exit from television for Peak's owners, Elliot Evers, Gregory Widroe and Brian Pryor. Evers and Widroe hold minority stakes in five Chico market radio stations in the Deer Creek cluster, and Evers is trustee for three divestiture trusts of radio stations run by Cumulus and Cox. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,305 Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 (edited) Two Sinclair channel change PRMs have now advanced to NPRMs. KTUL from 10 to 14. KRCG from 12 to 29. Edited January 12 by CircleSeven Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CircleSeven 1,305 Posted Thursday at 09:11 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 09:11 PM And to no surprise..... Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel is now the acting Chairwomen of the agency. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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