Gannett Buys Another

[alex984]

I havent seen it mentioned here yet, so I thought I would. Ganett Broadcasting announced this week that it had bought Denver's KTVD, UPN 20. This means that they will now have a douopoly in Denver, with the long time number one rated KUSA-9news.

 

[RockManAC]

> I havent seen it mentioned here yet, so I thought I would.
> Ganett Broadcasting announced this week that it had bought
> Denver's KTVD, UPN 20. This means that they will now have a
> douopoly in Denver, with the long time number one rated
> KUSA-9news.
>

Newsweb finally sold?

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[bpatrick]

> > I havent seen it mentioned here yet, so I thought I would.
>
> > Ganett Broadcasting announced this week that it had bought
>
> > Denver's KTVD, UPN 20. This means that they will now have
> a
> > douopoly in Denver, with the long time number one rated
> > KUSA-9news.
> >
>
> Newsweb finally sold?
>
> -A
>
I don't know about Newsweb, but I believe this will be the
first Gannett station not affiliated with ABC, CBS, or NBC.

 

[JeeperOne]

Say HELLO To 9NEWS @ 9:00 pm (WAS: Re: Gannett Buys Another)

Hi everyone:

> I havent seen it mentioned here yet, so I thought I would.
> Ganett Broadcasting announced this week that it had bought
> Denver's KTVD, UPN 20. This means that they will now have a
> douopoly in Denver, with the long time number one rated
> KUSA-9news.

There's KUSA's 9:00 PM news prescence. You KNOW they're gonna take after KWGN 2 (WB) and KDVR 31 (FOX O&O) with a 9:00 PM newscast of their own.

In addition, they could also produce a local "Today" style morning show at 7:00 AM to compete against the offerings by 2 & 31 as well.

That said though, I can't see them carrying the Rockies OTA rights once the current agreement expires. I see those going to either KWHD 53 or KPXC 59 (the former now being the best bet at this point, though of course the latter is still plausible).

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[rugrats1]

Re: Say HELLO To 9NEWS @ 9:00 pm (WAS: Re: Gannett Buys Another)

> In addition, [KUSA] could also produce a local "Today" style
> morning show at 7:00 AM to compete against the offerings by
> 2 & 31 as well.

...as well as "Today" itself on KUSA.
>
> That said though, I can't see them carrying the Rockies OTA
> rights once the current agreement expires. I see those
> going to either KWHD 53 or KPXC 59 (the former now being the
> best bet at this point, though of course the latter is still
> plausible).

Personally, the latter's a better choice, since anyone can (supposedly) buy time on a Pax/i station. KWHD is a religious station (especially one that's part of the "World Harvest" family), and I shudder to think of them being a flagship of any pro team.

 

[bpatrick]

Re: Say HELLO To 9NEWS @ 9:00 pm (WAS: Re: Gannett Buys Another)

> > In addition, [KUSA] could also produce a local "Today"
> style
> > morning show at 7:00 AM to compete against the offerings
> by
> > 2 & 31 as well.
>
> ...as well as "Today" itself on KUSA.
> >
> >
> I hope KUSA has better luck producing a
9:00 newscast than sister station WXIA/11
Alive did producing a 10:00 newscast for
UPN affiliate WUPA/69 (not owned by Gannett)
in Atlanta. That newscast bit the dust in
a matter of months; no competition for
WAGA/FOX5.
>

 

[JeeperOne]

Re: Say HELLO To 9NEWS @ 9:00 pm (WAS: Re: Gannett Buys Another)

Hi everyone:

> > That said though, I can't see them carrying the Rockies
> OTA
> > rights once the current agreement expires. I see those
> > going to either KWHD 53 or KPXC 59 (the former now being
> the
> > best bet at this point, though of course the latter is
> still
> > plausible).
>
> Personally, the latter's a better choice, since anyone can
> (supposedly) buy time on a Pax/i station. KWHD is a
> religious station (especially one that's part of the "World
> Harvest" family), and I shudder to think of them being a
> flagship of any pro team.

THAT said though, KWHD does have two things going for it that KPXC doesn't.

1). It's a well-established full-service Indy (Albeit religiously based).
2). They are known for picking up syndie fare from ESPN.

KPXC, OTOH, is pretty much a one third-religious, one-third entertainment and one-third network affiliated station (That network of course being i/PAX).

Either way, it'll be interesting to see what Gannett does with KTVD.

Cheers for now & Happy Holidays
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