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Apollo, Standard General make $8 billion bid for Tegna

JeeperOne said:
1). About Graham & KPRC 2 - WTF are you talking about??

2). As for WTVJ 6 & WVIT 30 - Comcast/NBC OWNS them (It's been this way since 1995). And WHEN gave they EVER tried to get rid of WRC 4?? (Moreover - WHY ON EARTH would they want to do THAT?? :eek: )

Somehow I don't think you know WTF you're talking about
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Not to mention NBC ** BUILT ** WRC-TV from the ground up back in the old RCA days (Hence the call WRC)
 
JeeperOne said:
Under NO scenario do I see WFAA 8 becoming an ABC O&O in Nexstar's backyard

I say Nexstar because Nexstar would snap it up before Disney/ABC would if Apollo Standard had to spin it off. Plus, it was EVEN HINTED Nexstar WOULD do so if Apollo Standard had to spin it off
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Keep in mind that if the Standard General acquisition of Tegna goes through, that WFAA (and co-owned KMPX) will then be spun off to Cox Media Group along with KHOU/KTBU and KVUE.

Also still in the works is for the license/transmitter of WFAA RF8 to be sold to Estrella Media to become the “new” KMPX, while the current license/transmitter for KMPX RF30 becomes the “new” WFAA. This would complete a license swap process put in motion a couple of years ago.
 
Exactly. WFAA, KVUE, and KHOU are already headed for Cox if this deal comes off. The other fact is that, although ABC does not have an o&o in Dallas, it doesn't want any more stations; it is committed to streaming. And I think that's true of CBS and NBC as well, so KHOU will not become a CBS o&o. For my money, if I were CBS and wanted to buy a Tegna station, I'd go with WUSA. But don't count on it. CBS still has an o&o in the DC/Baltimore area.
 
JeeperOne said:
Not to mention NBC ** BUILT ** WRC-TV from the ground up back in the old RCA days (Hence the call WRC)
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They actually tried very hard to sell it in 1960, in a swap that would have given WNAC in Boston to NBC in exchange for WRC going to RKO.
 
Speaking of Tegna/Sandard General/Apollo, I know KENS Tv San Antonio isn’t part of the swap to Cox. Is it because of COX radio in San Antonio that will have a conflict if COX owns KENS?
 
e-dawg said:
Speaking of Tegna/Sandard General/Apollo, I know KENS TV San Antonio isn’t part of the swap to Cox. Is it because of COX radio in San Antonio that will have a conflict if COX owns KENS?
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No. Cox has the full compliment of radio and TV stations in other markets. I was surprised KENS wasn’t included in the deal as well.
 
Does CBS pick up WXIA in Atlanta for a duopoly with WUPA/CW69? They would have to offer Gray TV a truckload of cash to switch the CBSaffiliation of WANF/46. Or does NBC pick up WXIA? Or ABC? One of them will want an O&O in market #7. FOX is already there.
 
Kent said:
No. Cox has the full compliment of radio and TV stations in other markets. I was surprised KENS wasn’t included in the deal as well.
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I meant to say if COX gets KENS TV San Antonio, will they be over the limit for San Antonio Market for combination of TV and Radio?
 
e-dawg said:
I meant to say if COX gets KENS TV San Antonio, will they be over the limit for San Antonio Market for combination of TV and Radio?
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The answer is the same. Cox would not have to divest anything if it were to acquire KENS. It, however, is not acquiring it, at least not in the current deal.
 
Firebird61 said:
Does CBS pick up WXIA in Atlanta for a duopoly with WUPA/CW69? They would have to offer Gray TV a truckload of cash to switch the CBSaffiliation of WANF/46. Or does NBC pick up WXIA? Or ABC? One of them will want an O&O in market #7. FOX is already there.
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Nothing will happen. WXIA and WATL retain the Tegna brand under the subsidiary of SG tag just like WSB has retained the Cox brand being an Apollo subsidiary.
 
Firebird61 said:
Does CBS pick up WXIA in Atlanta for a duopoly with WUPA/CW69? They would have to offer Gray TV a truckload of cash to switch the CBSaffiliation of WANF/46. Or does NBC pick up WXIA? Or ABC? One of them will want an O&O in market #7. FOX is already there.
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Comcast/NBC can\t even buy THE L;OT the WXIA/WATL studios sit on (Why would they need to anyway??)

IF they have to be sold, WXIA/WATL will either go to Scripps, Nexstar or Sinclair. Simple
 
I would not want 11 Alive with Sinclair. Scripps would be my first choice (same with WCNC if it has to be sold). But no way either WXIA or WCNC will become an NBC o&o, as NBC, like ABC, is focusing on streaming. I have mentioned it before, but if 11 Alive were to become an o&o, I'd like to see NBC swap WTVJ for it. Problem is that NBC intends to have o&os in New York and Miami if nowhere else. Also, I've heard that Cox and Tegna will operate under separate divisions: Cox with Apollo, Tegna with Standard General, so it may not become necessary to sell Tegna's Atlanta duopoly.
 
bpatrick said:
I would not want 11 Alive with Sinclair. Scripps would be my first choice (same with WCNC if it has to be sold). But no way either WXIA or WCNC will become an NBC o&o, as NBC, like ABC, is focusing on streaming. I have mentioned it before, but if 11 Alive were to become an o&o, I'd like to see NBC swap WTVJ for it. Problem is that NBC intends to have o&os in New York and Miami if nowhere else. Also, I've heard that Cox and Tegna will operate under separate divisions: Cox with Apollo, Tegna with Standard General, so it may not become necessary to sell Tegna's Atlanta duopoly.
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HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT ??

Comcasr/NBC can't buy THE LOT of ANY station that wasn't already under it's belt prior to the merger (And swapping for a station would take A LOT to get past the regulators too)

As for Sinclair buying WSB, WXIA/WATL or WCNC, why wouldn't you want Sinclair as the owner? Because of their previous ties to the Trump Family? Puhleaze. I think January 6th forced Sinclair to rethink its priorities :rolleyes:
 
JeeperOne said:
As for Sinclair buying WSB, WXIA/WATL or WCNC, why wouldn't you want Sinclair as the owner? Because of their previous ties to the Trump Family? Puhleaze. I think January 6th forced Sinclair to rethink its priorities :rolleyes:
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Sinclair hasn't changed much, if at all, in the last two years.

I do, however, agree with you that Sinclair gets a bit of a bum rap due to its politics. My area has a Sinclair owned CBS affiliate, and its local news content, at least in the evening and at night, isn't any more biased than either of the other two newsrooms in my market. It does carry the one minute commentary from Sharyl Atkisson, which I wish I would get rid of, a time or two week, but it otherwise covers roughly the same stories in a very similar manner to everybody else. It also carries Sharyl Atkisson's "Full Measure" after the late news on Sundays, which is partisan right wing commentary, but I can't imagine too many people stay up or set their recording equipment to catch it.

News either happens or it doesn't. Unless it's a legislative accomplishment or a political protest, there really isn't a Democratic or Republican way of looking it. The local Sinclair station doesn't generally cover the legislature or political protests from a partisan point of view. It just presents information.
 
Note that I said that NBC isn't interested in buying new stations; the idea of swapping WXIA and WTVJ is strictly hypothetical. I have no reason to believe that either WXIA or WCNC will become an o&o. And perhaps I am biased against Sinclair because of its past support of Trump, but Scripps has practically no presence in the Southeast. It has stations in Virginia (WTKR and WTVR) and Florida (WFTS), but none in the Carolinas and Georgia, and Atlanta and Charlotte are two markets I'd want to get into. (Yes, I know they are in Nashville but I consider that to be South Central and not Southeast.)
 
WPXA in Atlanta (Rome COL) is owned by Scripps through its Ion Media subsidiary.
 

Woah this is something to think about for the Tegna deal.

The head of the National Federation of Filipino-American Associations (NaFFAA) has written the FCC to say it should approve the merger of Standard General with Tegna's broadcast group.


Tegna, which owns 64 TV stations in 51 U.S. markets, agreed to be acquired by Standard General in February for $8.6 billion including debt.

NaFFAA Executive Director Kelly Coldiron called Standard General founder Soo Kim a respected business leader in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community who has built a career investing in jobs and has demonstrated a passion for broadcast journalism by tourning struggling stations around by boosting local news.
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