.....and if you live in a state that allows legal marijuana expect to hear a lot of pro-marijuana ads. Here in Denver some stations like FLO 107.1 that is pretty much all you hear. Many people in Colorado really believe that legal pot is better for kids than Coke & Pepsi is but not Red Bull but that is another thing.
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2017 Media Predictions
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Don't forget Meredith Media they have TV stations around the country too. The problem here is that in Cities like San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia all of our stations are managed and owned directly by the networks. Were the ones not aware that alleged media bias can happen on Local TV too. It's just here in San Francisco when we say media bias we go after cable News/talk networks like MSNBC, CNN and Fox News Channel over what their talk show hosts ranted about that day. We had no clue about who Sinclair is and their alleged bias due to documentaries they air during this time of year and exclusive interviews. Although Sinclair used to have KOVR Sacramento prior to 2005. In 2005 CBS took over KOVR 13 and converted it to an O&O. In the case of Sinclair selling KOVR at the time this was really about CBS going around the Oakland Raiders Blackout policy at the time.
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Nexstar & Media General merger closes in Jan Wheeler final deal,
Tennis Channel rebrands ASN American Sports Network that Sinclair owns and is mainly on CW & MYnet,
Sinclair buys The Weather Channel as rumors are that they want to buy it.
Not surprise that Sears & K-Mart are going out of business K-Mart went out of business years ago closest K-Mart is about half hour where I live.
Tennis Channel rebrands ASN American Sports Network that Sinclair owns and is mainly on CW & MYnet,
Sinclair buys The Weather Channel as rumors are that they want to buy it.
Not surprise that Sears & K-Mart are going out of business K-Mart went out of business years ago closest K-Mart is about half hour where I live.
I still got a K-Mart here in my area.
And Megatron, who said the chain is out of business, has one half an hour away. So they are not "out of business" unless you redefine the phrase to mean its opposite.
- Sinclair will purchase one of the last independent television distributors/syndicators and use that to push its programming initiatives to stations beyond their own.
About a year ago, I was in what I suspect is the only K-Mart in the SF Bay Area. It was a dump - it looked like somebody had taken the most dirty and pitiful Wal-Mart store, dumped about half of the products sold, then had vandals come through to mess it up.
It may happen in 2017, or 2018, but I think that A&E's "Live PD" could go from a weekly series into a full blown channel devoted to police work. Imagine not just going live to various body cams across the country, but also going to live feeds from local stations (ala CNN) of any active shooter situations, long car chases, riot/protest control and any other major police activity. Of course Live PD would be like the network's "SportsCenter", with live action and highlights every hour during peak dayparts.
I liked the Live PD concept when I first saw it and thought, what if they could do this 24/7?
I liked the Live PD concept when I first saw it and thought, what if they could do this 24/7?
It looks like one of my predictions just came true...
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-univision-televisa-fcc-waiver-20170104-story.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-univision-televisa-fcc-waiver-20170104-story.html
And it's not just Sears/Kmart that could be lucky if they make it through 2017--Macy's might not be around much longer in its present form (68 store closings announced today including two within an hour or so from me in Springfield, IL: Bloomington and Alton). Plus one of their flagship stores in Minneapolis is on the chopping block.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2017/01/04/macys-identifies-68-stores-close/96169742/
It's a problem for all of retail. Speaking for myself, I did all my Christmas shopping online.
And as I said earlier in this thread, retail used to advertise a lot on the radio. Now, other than home improvement or drug stores, there's not much retail advertising on the radio anymore. Sears used to buy tons of radio spots. Not this year. So all of this is bad news for ad-supported media.
And as I said earlier in this thread, retail used to advertise a lot on the radio. Now, other than home improvement or drug stores, there's not much retail advertising on the radio anymore. Sears used to buy tons of radio spots. Not this year. So all of this is bad news for ad-supported media.
What hurt Macy's was when the company changed the name of so many of their stores across the country 15-20 years ago to Macy's since so many people had emotional ties to the old. For example before Macy's in Pittsburgh there was Kaufmans's. A very popular chain however once Kaufman's became Macy's it just wasn't the same. It was the same in St. Louis where Macy's took over the local Famous Barr chain too. Macy's should had done what Kroger did as in keep the names of their stores local. Here in Denver we have King Soopers which is owned by Kroger and even though Kroger bought that chain back in the 70s there are still so many out here who really believe that King Soopers is locally owned and that they just have "permission" to sell Kroger products.
Sears/Kmart...yeah I don't see them being around for very much longer. My hometown lost Kmart some years back despite being a popular store YET in a nearby town Kmart still exist even though that is not a busy store. Its almost like they really do want to go out of business.
The Craftsman tool brand has now been divested by Sears, with Stanley Black and Decker the buyers:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sears-divestiture-stanley-black-idUSKBN14P1FI
Good point--and especially in Chicago with Macy's taking over Marshall Field's. Many in the Midwest viewed this as heresy.
Plus some parts of the country, including one store (and plans for another) here in Springfield, have "Ruler Foods"--which is basically Kroger's version of the Aldi discount grocer (including quarter cart deposit), and primarily Kroger store brand items (few or no name brands) sold.
Kroger had left Springfield, IL around the same time they left the St. Louis area (ca. 1986), with their stores converted to Shop n' Save (a SuperValu brand). But they're still very prominent in other parts of central Illinois (including Lincoln, Taylorville, Decatur and Peoria).
What would happen to the parade? Surely the flagship is successful.
Where I live we had a chain called Thalhimer's that brings back memories. My mother would shop there all the time. The headquarters was in Richmond, VA but we had lots of stores in NC.
The nearest town to where I live had a KMart which moved and then closed a few years ago. Sears moved into part of the space with an appliance store but that's now empty. We still have KMart in the two nearest towns and Sears in one of them. I can't tell that any of the stores are having problems but it sure is hard to find a cashier at Sears.
108 Kmarts and 42 Sears are on the chopping block, including the Sears in Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids (which opened in 1968 with the mall) and ten more Kmarts in Michigan, following the seven Kmarts that closed in December.
i have heard of Ruler foods.
About King Soopers about 7 or 8 years ago Walmart had planned on opening up shop in a somewhat depressed area of Denver. The locals protested that and Walmart gave up. Next was Target. People protested that one too and they too would later pass on the project. Then came King Soopers. Not only did nobody protested but many folks it was like "..Finally !! A local chain with local employees severing local customers.". Later The Denver Post said at the time they thought that was weird since King Soopers IS Kroger and they are based in CINCINNATI not Denver !! Not many people bought that. Guess that is what makes Kroger successful. Go into a King Soopers and one would feel Denver. Go into a Fry's in Phoenix which is also owned by Kroger one would feel Arizona. Ralph's in Los Angeles one would feel Southern California even though that chain is Kroger too. In other words one would think that those chains are locally owned but they really aren't. Of course there are Kroger stores called just that..Kroger. My hometown had one for about 5 years until it was replaced by Food Lion who has since became Shop n' Save. I do have to give Kroger credit though..they kill rumors !!. Kroger has been known by buying airtime on radio & TV stations in markets they have no desire to enter just to say that Kroger is not coming or if one of their stores was in trouble Kroger would go on the air to say just that warning customers that the store may close without more customer support. This happened in my hometown many years ago. I can't think of anyone else who would so such a thing.
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