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Are their any independent local stations anymore?

Mr Tony said:
no need to as the translators in the area carry BOTH Reno & Salt Lake City stations. They already carry KRXI
(not the first time you went through this whole "maybe Sinclair needs to do this" and back then I posted the same thing of the translators in the area)
Full list of areas of stations there

Channel List – Elko Television District

www.elko.tv www.elko.tv
The direct list for Elko (yes it says Lamoille Summit but its aimed at Elko...a rabbitears signal search matches the RF stations)
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I am aware of that, I am just thinking of a full-power station not being put to its highest and best use. That said, though, that is a very thinly-populated area, and the translators can probably target population centers (such as they are) better than a full-power station sending its signal out over vast stretches of desert. As it stands right now, KENV only runs 1500 watts anyway, though they have a CP (expires in August) to boost that to 75 kW. Maybe they have plans.
 
IM42A said:
I am aware of that, I am just thinking of a full-power station not being put to its highest and best use. That said, though, that is a very thinly-populated area, and the translators can probably target population centers (such as they are) better than a full-power station sending its signal out over vast stretches of desert. As it stands right now, KENV only runs 1500 watts anyway, though they have a CP (expires in August) to boost that to 75 kW. Maybe they have plans.
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There is zero chance local tv news would work out there anymore. Thats why the lady who used to anchor it is doing news for the dominant local cluster there.....elko broadcasting while also doing local news for the NPR station there with local cut ins.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
There is zero chance local tv news would work out there anymore. Thats why the lady who used to anchor it is doing news for the dominant local cluster there.....elko broadcasting while also doing local news for the NPR station there with local cut ins.
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When they were NBC and had local news, they ran it out of the college there, not sure how much was done by students, and how much was done by professional news people. Nobody in Reno or SLC is going to cover Elko stories, as I said, it's a news desert. I'm glad the former anchor is still doing news in some capacity. Anything's better than nothing. Elko's not the only city in the US with such a situation.
 
IM42A said:
When they were NBC and had local news, they ran it out of the college there, not sure how much was done by students, and how much was done by professional news people. Nobody in Reno or SLC is going to cover Elko stories, as I said, it's a news desert. I'm glad the former anchor is still doing news in some capacity. Anything's better than nothing. Elko's not the only city in the US with such a situation.
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The news anchor and weather anchors were pros
www.kunr.org

Lori Gilbert

Lori Gilbert is the <i>Morning Edition</i> host for KNCC 91.5 in Elko. She served as a board member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting beginning in 2008 and finished her tenure as chair of the CPB Board in 2018.
www.kunr.org www.kunr.org
shes the lady i referred to in my last post whos on KNCC 91.5 AND the Elko Broadcasting stations that used to do news for KENV
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
The news anchor and weather anchors were pros
www.kunr.org

Lori Gilbert

Lori Gilbert is the <i>Morning Edition</i> host for KNCC 91.5 in Elko. She served as a board member of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting beginning in 2008 and finished her tenure as chair of the CPB Board in 2018.
www.kunr.org www.kunr.org
shes the lady i referred to in my last post whos on KNCC 91.5 AND the Elko Broadcasting stations that used to do news for KENV
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heres some clips of lori.

and this one from 16 years ago
turns out i know this guy. he was our city administrator in alaska for about 9 months
 
NBC affiliate KNAZ in Flagstaff did a good job of covering Northern Arizona news before Gannett shut down its news operation. Several Phoenix stations now maintain Northern Arizona bureaus, but of course, that's not nearly the same as having a dedicated local station. As this 1999 clip indicates, KNAZ, despite its limited resources, covered stories relevant to Flagstaff and other Northern Arizona towns quite effectively:


When it was still known as KOAI, the station even produced a Navajo-language newscast:

 
TVWorldwide said:
NBC affiliate KNAZ in Flagstaff did a good job of covering Northern Arizona news before Gannett shut down its news operation.
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I've been to Flagstaff several times. KOAI/KNAZ did indeed do a good job. The last time I was there, though, circa 2003, it was simply a rebroadcast of KPNX. Flagstaff cable did still carry KTLA in addition to major Phoenix stations.
 
vchimpanzee said:
WCCB Charlotte is locally owned and by itself in the market. The CW dropped the station. It was Fox for years but Fox moved to the UPN/CW station and WCCB got The CW, until a station co-owned with the Fox station got The CW.

Lots of sports. I wish they still had as many movies as they once did.
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Bahakel is still a corporation that owns multiple TV stations across the country.
 
Jman8606 said:
Bahakel is still a corporation that owns multiple TV stations across the country
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Actually, their TV holdings are concentrated in Charlotte (WCCB), Myrtle Beach (WFXB), and Columbia (WOLO), as well as a duopoly in the Montgomery AL market (WAKA/WBMM) and a shared services agreement with another Montgomery station (WNCF). They also have radio stations in Chattanooga and, curiously, a couple in Colorado. Their TV and radio holdings used to be more spread out than they are now.
 
IM42A said:
I've been to Flagstaff several times. KOAI/KNAZ did indeed do a good job. The last time I was there, though, circa 2003, it was simply a rebroadcast of KPNX. Flagstaff cable did still carry KTLA in addition to major Phoenix stations.
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The "original" KOAI/KNAZ studio, was a big house in a residential neighborhood West of downtown Flagstaff. The lone "news van" was parked in front - the only indication, along with a few extra antennas, was the one and only "KNAZ news van" was parked in the driveway of the house. They moved to a bigger building in an industrial park in the middle of town around 1990.
 
Y2kTheNewOldies said:
Here is a segment on the time WGN had superstition status to where it is today.
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1. Did WGN have any policies against walking underneath ladders in the studios when (for example) bulbs needed to be replaced in the lighting array?
2. Were black cats banned from the studios on Bradley Place?
3. Was Stevie Wonder ever approached to sing a custom jingle for channel 9?

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Here is a segment on the time WGN was a super station. Yes it’s auto correct that created a joke on the Sooks role in ending WGN America as rebuilding it as News Nation.
 


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