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They're going to need lots of body bags for this one.Who gets it first?Anchors or management?
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jjkktj
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> They're going to need lots of body bags for this one.Who
> gets it first?Anchors or management?
>
The more interesting question to me is who will buy this station.
> gets it first?Anchors or management?
>
The more interesting question to me is who will buy this station.
> > They're going to need lots of body bags for this one.Who
> > gets it first?Anchors or management?
> >
>
> The more interesting question to me is who will buy this
> station.
>
Maybe Granite will pull another move with Malara Broadcasting.<P ID="signature">______________
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> > gets it first?Anchors or management?
> >
>
> The more interesting question to me is who will buy this
> station.
>
Maybe Granite will pull another move with Malara Broadcasting.<P ID="signature">______________
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jjkktj
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> > > They're going to need lots of body bags for this one.Who
>
> > > gets it first?Anchors or management?
> > >
> >
> > The more interesting question to me is who will buy this
> > station.
> >
>
> Maybe Granite will pull another move with Malara
> Broadcasting.
>
Malara buy the station(s) from Raycom and then Granite operate them under an LMA?
>
> > > gets it first?Anchors or management?
> > >
> >
> > The more interesting question to me is who will buy this
> > station.
> >
>
> Maybe Granite will pull another move with Malara
> Broadcasting.
>
Malara buy the station(s) from Raycom and then Granite operate them under an LMA?
> > Maybe Granite will pull another move with Malara
> > Broadcasting.
> >
> Malara buy the station(s) from Raycom and then Granite
> operate them under an LMA?
If past practice is any indication, Granite would actually sell WTVH to Malara, then buy WSTM from Raycom and operate WTVH under an LMA.
And if past practice were any indication, WSTM would probably have its 11 PM news reduced to a 5-minute blip, as well as having its early-evening shows shuffled.
But past practice in this case is two markets that are MUCH smaller - Fort Wayne and Duluth. Dunno if that's a fair indication of what could happen in market seventy-whatever...<P ID="signature">______________
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> > Broadcasting.
> >
> Malara buy the station(s) from Raycom and then Granite
> operate them under an LMA?
If past practice is any indication, Granite would actually sell WTVH to Malara, then buy WSTM from Raycom and operate WTVH under an LMA.
And if past practice were any indication, WSTM would probably have its 11 PM news reduced to a 5-minute blip, as well as having its early-evening shows shuffled.
But past practice in this case is two markets that are MUCH smaller - Fort Wayne and Duluth. Dunno if that's a fair indication of what could happen in market seventy-whatever...<P ID="signature">______________
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effseesee
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> > > Maybe Granite will pull another move with Malara
> > > Broadcasting.
> > >
> > Malara buy the station(s) from Raycom and then Granite
> > operate them under an LMA?
>
> If past practice is any indication, Granite would actually
> sell WTVH to Malara, then buy WSTM from Raycom and operate
> WTVH under an LMA.
>
> And if past practice were any indication, WSTM would
> probably have its 11 PM news reduced to a 5-minute blip, as
> well as having its early-evening shows shuffled.
>
> But past practice in this case is two markets that are MUCH
> smaller - Fort Wayne and Duluth. Dunno if that's a fair
> indication of what could happen in market
> seventy-whatever...
Don't know if Granite will be able to do anything now that one of its major investors is forcing its own people onto the board of directors. They are more likely to bail out than add on.
Nexstar is probably out of the running too. Their leaverage precludes them from going on another buying spree.
Best candidates: Lin, Hearst or Barrington.
> > > Broadcasting.
> > >
> > Malara buy the station(s) from Raycom and then Granite
> > operate them under an LMA?
>
> If past practice is any indication, Granite would actually
> sell WTVH to Malara, then buy WSTM from Raycom and operate
> WTVH under an LMA.
>
> And if past practice were any indication, WSTM would
> probably have its 11 PM news reduced to a 5-minute blip, as
> well as having its early-evening shows shuffled.
>
> But past practice in this case is two markets that are MUCH
> smaller - Fort Wayne and Duluth. Dunno if that's a fair
> indication of what could happen in market
> seventy-whatever...
Don't know if Granite will be able to do anything now that one of its major investors is forcing its own people onto the board of directors. They are more likely to bail out than add on.
Nexstar is probably out of the running too. Their leaverage precludes them from going on another buying spree.
Best candidates: Lin, Hearst or Barrington.
> The more interesting question to me is who will buy this
> station.
Looking at how some owners are into "clusterizing" stations within a given geographic region... how about owners who are already present in Rochester, or even Buffalo or Albany? Any chance they might pick up STM/STQ and then try to "regionalize" certain things like master control, HR or programming?
> station.
Looking at how some owners are into "clusterizing" stations within a given geographic region... how about owners who are already present in Rochester, or even Buffalo or Albany? Any chance they might pick up STM/STQ and then try to "regionalize" certain things like master control, HR or programming?
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Joseph_Gallant
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Re: Bye Bye WSTM, Raycom Selling
Does anyone know how WSTM-3's newscasts are doing in the market (first, second, or third)??
Unless WSTM is a deep, deep third in the local news ratings, I don't think there would be too many changes.
Does anyone know how WSTM-3's newscasts are doing in the market (first, second, or third)??
Unless WSTM is a deep, deep third in the local news ratings, I don't think there would be too many changes.
Re: Bye Bye WSTM, Raycom Selling
> Does anyone know how WSTM-3's newscasts are doing in the
> market (first, second, or third)??
>
> Unless WSTM is a deep, deep third in the local news ratings,
> I don't think there would be too many changes.
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If I remember correctly, WTVH is in third (making WSTM first or second), but don't quote me. I've heard of it being called the WROC of Syracuse.<P ID="signature">______________
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> Does anyone know how WSTM-3's newscasts are doing in the
> market (first, second, or third)??
>
> Unless WSTM is a deep, deep third in the local news ratings,
> I don't think there would be too many changes.
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If I remember correctly, WTVH is in third (making WSTM first or second), but don't quote me. I've heard of it being called the WROC of Syracuse.<P ID="signature">______________
From WNBC-TV New York this is Liiiiive at Fiiiiive!</P>
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Media_Man
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Re: Bye Bye WSTM, Raycom Selling
and WROC & WTVH are both cbs affiliates in their respective markets hmm.............
and WROC & WTVH are both cbs affiliates in their respective markets hmm.............
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Bob1370
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> > The more interesting question to me is who will buy this
> > station.
>
> Looking at how some owners are into "clusterizing" stations
> within a given geographic region... how about owners who are
> already present in Rochester, or even Buffalo or Albany?
> Any chance they might pick up STM/STQ and then try to
> "regionalize" certain things like master control, HR or
> programming?
Best and most financially flush candidate for that might be Hubbard Broadcasting, which owns WHEC in Rochester and WNYT in Albany (both NBC affiliates like WSTM). Don't know if they're in the market to bridge the gap between Rochester and Albany by coming to Syracuse, but it might be a workable deal. The Rochester plant is AFAIK the newest and therefore most likely to serve as a master control point, but they'd want to maintain totally separate sales, administrative, programming and news staffs for each of the three markets.
The other possibility, of course, is the long-rumored interest by Gannett (owner of WGRZ/NBC 2 in Buffalo) in coming back to Rochester and reacquiring WHEC, a station it originally put on the air in 1953...wouldn't be too much of a stretch to spread further east to Syracuse and grab WSTM as well.
> > station.
>
> Looking at how some owners are into "clusterizing" stations
> within a given geographic region... how about owners who are
> already present in Rochester, or even Buffalo or Albany?
> Any chance they might pick up STM/STQ and then try to
> "regionalize" certain things like master control, HR or
> programming?
Best and most financially flush candidate for that might be Hubbard Broadcasting, which owns WHEC in Rochester and WNYT in Albany (both NBC affiliates like WSTM). Don't know if they're in the market to bridge the gap between Rochester and Albany by coming to Syracuse, but it might be a workable deal. The Rochester plant is AFAIK the newest and therefore most likely to serve as a master control point, but they'd want to maintain totally separate sales, administrative, programming and news staffs for each of the three markets.
The other possibility, of course, is the long-rumored interest by Gannett (owner of WGRZ/NBC 2 in Buffalo) in coming back to Rochester and reacquiring WHEC, a station it originally put on the air in 1953...wouldn't be too much of a stretch to spread further east to Syracuse and grab WSTM as well.
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