Maybe. They could also base it at WJLA in DC.
I had to laugh when Trump said there aren't any Republicans in Baltimore. I guess he doesn't know that's where Sinclair is based.
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Maybe. They could also base it at WJLA in DC.
I had to laugh when Trump said there aren't any Republicans in Baltimore. I guess he doesn't know that's where Sinclair is based.
On S. Dish sometimes you can distant local channels. Yes Network,NESN,Sprectrum Sports LA are in Sprectrum KC's Lineup. Google Fiber/AT@T have the Regional Sports Networksnot just local one. TBS could show National Newscast. Orlando needs a National Channel.
Directv does not allow any duplicate local network channels, unless you are in a rural area. Perhaps that is what you talking about. The local sports nets are available, but at an increased cost.
As I understand it, satellite TV will not bring you outside network affiliates if you are already within the network affiliate territory. Hometown territory rules apply here.
Its called Disney.
Trump probably meant voters. There are even conservatives in San Francisco. Michael Savage is based here. But the Trump victory is entirely a suburban-rural thing. If you look at cities - practically ANY city - even in red states - Clinton won by a significant majority. Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Nashville, San Diego (used to be Republican) - all preferred Clinton. The largest Trump city I could find was Des Moines. Couldn't find the results for Phoenix - they might have gone Trump, too.
Trump has Suburban voters? I thought Clinton attracts suburban voters especially when you look at Orange County just outside of Los Angeles. Orange County was the home of Wally George 30 years ago. Wally George was the Donald Trump of Southern California and it was conservative until 2016.
But back to WGN America. Well Sinclair could lose their Fox affiliation soon because of the Fox/ion rumored deal. I seen articles noting that stations like WBFF and KTXL would lose their Fox affiliation due to the Sinclair/Tribune deal. Maybe KTXL could be the west coast Affiliate of this rumored Sinclair network along with KCPQ and WBFF with pro-Trump people like Mark Hyman having a primetime show that's been rumored for some time though plus WGN America.
Well KSPX has been rumored for this New fox station in the Sacramento area because its an Ion owned station if deal is true.
I've been getting mail from AARP for several years. I don't know where they got my nickname. I should be getting mail with the name on my credit cards, bank accounts and so on.
I want to add one to this list. Wachovia was one of the largest and most respected banks in North Carolina. The name refers to what immigrants from central Europe called it. First Union was second to NationsBank among banks headquartered in Charlotte. They were taking over one bank after another and growing faster than they should have. Wachovia was not growing a lot and was about to be taken over by someone. First Union won the battle and when they took over, they changed the name to Wachovia because First Union's reputation had problems and Wachovia still had a good name. Of course, they took most of the employees out of Winston-Salem, whose tallest building for many years had housed the headquarters.
Changing names didn't help and what was no Wachovia continued its reckless ways, which caught up with the bank early in the 2008 financial crisis. Charlotte is now not the headquarters but the largest employment center for Wells Fargo.
Disney just a Kids channel. I'm talking about Independent one that has local News on it or CFNEWS13 that will never happen. New York local Channels are ones that are on S. Sushi in other area's other then New York.
The days of using a local station as a national cable channel are long gone.
There's absolutely no reason to show a local Chicago newscast on a national channel.
I don't know why your comment made me recall this - but I remember visiting my former brother in law in the DC area before the 2008 financial crisis. He banked at Wachovia so we stopped there for him to get cash. Never having seen the name before, I pronounce it "Watch-ovia." My BIL looked quite offended, and corrected me, "It's "'Walk-ovia!"
True as of 2017 because the Newson app exist for people to get newscast from across the nation. Now back to Sinclair there's been a recent article saying that the owners of WGN has an ax to grind with Fox over contract deals and the persistent rumors of a new Sinclair network where WGN America, KCPQ Seattle, KTXL Sacramento have been specifically named if they lose their Fox affiliation and Fox really signs deal with Ion media. Well this drama gets crazier.
That observation is pretty much true. Urban America is 98% under the control of Democrats right now. Pittsburgh has not had a Republican Mayor since 1934. Clinton won within the City of Pittsburgh by a wide margin.
However, you get out into the suburbs, and Trump won by a very substantial amount. And at this point the suburbs have a combined population that is larger than the city. The simplest answer is that they moved to the suburbs because they did not like what was happening in the city, and hence they don't want those policies to follow them there.
The Electoral College was written into the Constitution because rural areas did not want to be politically dominated by the large cities.
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Not exactly true. It was more about big states vs. small states. Plus they didn't have much confidence in the electorate.
Nope - not true. Remember that the USA was almost entirely rural when the Constitution was written. New York was already the largest city, but in 1780 had an estimated population of 33,000. Number 2 Philadelphia was 28,500; Boston 18,300. By any measure, there were many more voters in rural areas, which consisted of probably 99.5% of the Colonies' land mass. The founding fathers - as great as they were in many respects - were wealthy men who did not really trust the unwashed masses. Ergo - the electoral college. Until the early 20th Century, US Senators were appointed by each state - generally by the Governor of the state. On the federal level, voters only directly elected their Congressmen. And of course, all voters were men until 1920.
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http://deadline.com/2017/08/critics...oliticize-local-news-raise-prices-1202143929/
Update the list on the Anti-Sinclair deal side has risen besides Fox, now Dish and T-mobile are included. Also oddly enough other conservative like Newsmax has been named to be on the Anti-Sinclair deal side.
Note how it affects WGN America is yet to be determined.
Update the list on the Anti-Sinclair deal side has risen besides Fox, now Dish and T-mobile are included. Also oddly enough other conservative like Newsmax has been named to be on the Anti-Sinclair deal side.
Note how it affects WGN America is yet to be determined.
if we are gonna keep adding sort of related links to it, why don't we just merge the WGN America thread and all other Sinclair-Tribute merger threads together in one megathread called the "Sinclair Broadcasting Group/Tribune Media merger megathread" so that way we can keep all together in one giant thread.
True lets do that
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...right-leaning-network-draws-conservative-foes
Here is an update on the Sinclair deal.
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