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Cox Media Group's plans include selling WJAC-TV in Johnstown and WTOV-TV in Steubenville. Anyone care to venture thoughts on how those stations are disposed? And/or how it might affect WPXI-TV and PCNC (neither of which are on the block)?
 
I'm not replying to myself, but rather relaying a response picked up in another social medium ...


consider that WJAC and WTOV are small market stations. There wasn't much synergy - no regional programming as AFAIK no centralized master control. Pixie and Picnic are thriving. I'm responding here because I'm not a Radio-Info subscriber
 
Wow...WTOV has a much-larger-market look. They've worked very hard to establish a soul-crushing ratings dominance over the former 800 lb. gorilla in the room, namely WTRF in Wheeling. Once Channel 9 surpassed them, they NEVER looked back. Hopefully WTOV gets picked up by progressive ownership, so the viewers win. BTW, Channel 9 had renewed their contract with DISH Network, so they've never been temporarily blocked from the lineup, unlike their competition, Channel 7 (CBS), which also has FOX and ABC, and which all were temporarily blocked (during one of the state's most-devastating weather disasters in recent memory).
 
Boy, it is amazing how much terrestrial aerial-to-aerial broadcasters must depend on other technology to get their message across to viewers. (I also note the recent pact that put the Viacom cable channels back on one of the satellite providers.) Having said that, my outside contact came back with a brief summary of what is going (I have read the full news release which is on the Cox Media Group webside) and I hope this also proves helpful to this discussion.

Cox Media Group (CMG) is realigning its broadcast portfolio to focus on larger markets. As part of its strategy and after careful consideration, CMG will be selling its radio locations in Birmingham, Ala.; Greenville, S.C.; Hawaii; Louisville, Ky.; Richmond, Va.; and Southern Connecticut, as well as television stations in four markets El Paso, Texas; Johnstown, Pa.; Reno, Nev.; and Steubenville, Ohio.

Still, I continue to wonder if this doesn't also affect, in some way, the Cox Pittsburgh operations.
 
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