There is very little money left in traditional broadcast media, but if they can be locally funded and locally produced, A for effort, I guess.
Kevin M. (RPCV) On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Our long nati--onal nightmare is partly over, as West Coast Jimmy is back > on Sinclair's ABC stations as of tonight's rerun---however, Nexstar is > hanging in there, as they want the FCC to approve that merger with Tegna > and get the waiver that would have them owning stations in approximately > twice as many cities as anybody else: > > > https://www.thewrap.com/sinclair-jimmy-kimmel-abc-affiliate-stations-restored/ > > Which leads me to something I'd been meaning to post but haven't gotten > around to--in the last six weeks two long-standing network > affiliates--Warren Buffet's WPLG in Miami (67 years with ABC) and Gray's > WANF in Atlanta (30 years with CBS)--dropped their network affiliations for > status as indies with a schedule predominately of local news (WANF's calls > stand for "Atlanta News First"). WPLG came out and said that they made the > move because they did not like having to share ABC shows with streaming > (yet their biggest syndicated shows, "Live!," "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of > Fortune," are all streaming same-day or next-day) and they are promoting > the world newscast they are running in the time slot where David Muir used > to be "news from people you know without New York bias." ABC and CBS found > replacements in these cities, but I'm wondering if there is going to be > other network affiliates who think they might be able to make more money > and not compete with streaming with mostly local news. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/05143c62-40c6-40b9-93b1-1e7d80465ddbn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/05143c62-40c6-40b9-93b1-1e7d80465ddbn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C%3D9dwg3XHDKBpfyPrLkkJvqnAvbM2koeJiL%3DrpNToUeQ%40mail.gmail.com.
