CBS O&O

[e-dawg]

Since CBS O&O recently purchase WLNY-DT 55 for New York City market and making a duopoly for WCBS-DT. Will CBS in Chicago (WBBM-DT) looking for other stations to be duopoly? Look likes CBS O&O has a duopoly in the 10 market except for Chicago and Atlanta, (Minus Houston or Washington).

 

[ding12]

While Chicago being #3 is desirable, I don't think there is a suitable station.

CBS probably won't buy out Tribune's WGN or Weigel, so it leaves not many options, unless there is a station I don't know about.

 

[DTV-Chief]

While Chicago being #3 is desirable, I don't think there is a suitable station.

CBS probably won't buy out Tribune's WGN or Weigel, so it leaves not many options, unless there is a station I don't know about.

Fox has WFLD & WPWR, and NBC has WMAQ & Telemundo, but is the old ION channel 38 a viable candidate?? Or how about the rimshot WJYS??

 

[w9wi]

I don't see Ion being interested in selling, but I might suspect WJYS would be in play.

 

[dave73]

I don't see Ion being interested in selling, but I might suspect WJYS would be in play.

If that happened, I wonder if CBS would move the network programming to that channel, & make the VHF channel alternate programming. They've been trying to get a translator to reach those in the city who can't get them on the VHF, & could eliminate the need for the translator, if WJYS were for sale. I don't know how well WJYS's signal reaches the market. I do know they'd have reduced coverage in Wisconsin, because WJYS only goes as far north as Kenosha, & if MPTV put their translator on the air, there could be interference between WMVS-LD & WJYS in Racine County. That's because both stations are licensed to broadcast on RF 36 (36 being the former home of WMVT, sister station to WMVS, who is currently the only full power VHF in Milwaukee on RF 8 ). Now if Weigel could afford another station, I wouldn't mind seeing Weigel buy WJYS (if they were for sale), & move some of the SD networks to that station (including MeTV, MeToo, & Bounce).

 

[ding12]

Then maybe WJYS.

Fortunately for WLNY is it had some programming.

Since WBBM has the rights for some syndicated programming (Dr. Phil and Judge Judy), it could timeshift both shows on a duopoly station, and that could fill 2 primetime hours. Then they'd have to find more programming, and maybe that would just be Frasier, Law & Order:CI or something.

To fill in even more programming for the station and WLNY, maybe they could timeshift CBS content such as The Price is Right, and Let's Make a Deal.

They'd really need more content though besides making the station a DVR version without most of the CBS content, but having duopoly stations in many markets can streamline the process for finding programming.

 

[Markxxx]

WJYS seems to be happy as it is. It has a niche market, it took over the infomercial / home shopping from WEHS, Channel 60, (Now TeleFutura) and it was a shopping channel before. Then it took over the niche of WCFC Channel 38, (Now Pax), and it's even picked up some leftover ethnic shows from WCIU's subchannel.

It's owned by Oxford Media Group
but I can't tell exactly from the website what they are about, except for marketing. Which may be it.

WJYS seems to be doing OK picking up everyone else's leftovers. Add to the fact that WJYS is no longer a rimshot as it is off the Willis (Sears) Tower now.

When WEHS (Channel 60) went for sale, that was the last time anyone in Chicago tried for a duopoly seriously. Tribune and Disney seriously looked at it, but the USA Broadcasting, which owned it cut a nationwide group deal with Univision, and that left Disney out.

I remember when FOX bought WPWR for 450 million that was a record, at the time, for a UHF station. (Back in the analog days)

The Chicago market is saturated, the most likely sale of a TV station will come if Tribune can't come out of its bankruptcy intact and has to sell off its TV stations one by one.

 

[recto101]

You have to look at Los Angeles where CBS had a duopoly since 2002 this is where they get KCAL9 from Young Broadcasting. The ratings showed that CBS in LA is ranked 2nd place in the LA Market.
Or look back at KPIX in 1999 when CBS merged with Viacom and they got KBHK/KBCW44 and see how well they did there.

 

[ding12]

Depending on if WJYS is willing to sell, CBS could make the buy worth it and make WJYS a profitable addition, with WBBM news, Dr. Phil and Judge Judy, and then programming around that.

Dr. Phil in primetime/evening or double run is working on a few stations like WLNY, KCAL, WFMZ (not CBS owned), etc., and CBS may intend to keep that rather than the access leaving syndication for the floundering OWN network.

Also, if CBS parts from its venture in the The CW network, it has leverage to start their own secondary network on their own stations (like Fox and MyNetwork) in the 3 largest markets. CBS seems intent on keeping The CW station in Atlanta, maybe just as a fallback that if they'd ensure clearance in that market if they ever ditched CW for an equivalent to MyNetwork.

 

[Drucifer]

Since CBS O&O recently purchase WLNY-DT 55 for New York City market and making a duopoly for WCBS-DT. Will CBS in Chicago (WBBM-DT) looking for other stations to be duopoly? Look likes CBS O&O has a duopoly in the 10 market except for Chicago and Atlanta, (Minus Houston or Washington).

CBS does not have an O/O in Houston. KHOU (CBS) is owned by Belo.

 

[avtosalon]

WJYS seems to be doing OK picking up everyone else's leftovers. Add to the fact that WJYS is no longer a rimshot as it is off the Willis (Sears) Tower now.

When WJYS first started transmitting it's digital signal from the Sears Tower, reception was non-existant in Chicago's north suburbs because the signal was entirely directional to the south. Reason is that one of Milwaukee's two full-power PBS affilitates was transmitting it's analog signal on Channel 36 at the time.

But even after Channel 36 was vacated in Milwaukee, WJYS continued to send it's signal only to the south from Sears Tower. About two years ago, WJYS changed it's pattern so the signal was equal in all directions from the transmitter.

 

[dave73]

WJYS seems to be doing OK picking up everyone else's leftovers. Add to the fact that WJYS is no longer a rimshot as it is off the Willis (Sears) Tower now.

When WJYS first started transmitting it's digital signal from the Sears Tower, reception was non-existant in Chicago's north suburbs because the signal was entirely directional to the south. Reason is that one of Milwaukee's two full-power PBS affilitates was transmitting it's analog signal on Channel 36 at the time.

But even after Channel 36 was vacated in Milwaukee, WJYS continued to send it's signal only to the south from Sears Tower. About two years ago, WJYS changed it's pattern so the signal was equal in all directions from the transmitter.

I remember that all too well. Living on the Indiana side, they couldn't even cover their COL properly with that weak signal. Until they more than doubled their power & removed most of the nulls, they were the weakest full power station.

I don't know how far north their goes now, but I last remembered that it was supposed to only go as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. If WMVS ever signed on with their translator on RF 36, those around Racine & possibly Kenosha could see interference with WMVS-LD (translator) & WJYS.