KLFY 10 Lafayette to go to sell July 14th?

[RFLA]

KLFY-TV is owned by Young Broadcasting and is curious of who would pick up the station.

Info and quotes courtesy of Taylor on Radio-Info July 1,2009

Young Broadcasting’s ten TV stations go up for auction July 14.

It was one of the first TV operators to seek the comfort of Chapter 11, back in February, and now its secured lenders are pushing for a sale of the assets by auction. Talk about being upside down – on its bankruptcy filing, Young Broadcasting lists total assets of about $575 million and total liabilities of about $980 million.

 

[C Murder]

KLFY-TV is owned by Young Broadcasting and is curious of who would pick up the station.

One familiar regional operator has been in town kicking the tires lately—at least three times in the last month. I wouldn't be surprised to see it pair up with a couple of other Louisiana CBS stations (and an NBC that's already kind of in the market.) Hint, hint.

 

[RFLA]

Thanks for the hint, and yeah they've been on a buying spree and have some of the best stations in strength in West Louisiana, just wondering if a regional group was going to try for it.. Most don't have the money, but your hint one I beleive can swing it for the right price.

 

[tenyearveteran]

If Raycom does pick up KLFY, I hope that it devotes some attention to the news department. It's been painful to see how the quality of reporting and presentation at Channel 10 has declined over the past ten years.

 

[C Murder]

If Raycom does pick up KLFY, I hope that it devotes some attention to the news department. It's been painful to see how the quality of reporting and presentation at Channel 10 has declined over the past ten years.

If Raycom ends up with KLFY, I think that would be the best scenario for the market. Raycom will devote the necessary resources to its newscast because Raycom wins news wars. I guarantee that within a year of Raycom buying it, KLFY will have a refreshed HD newscast, which in turn will force KATC to step up to compete.

 

[lafayetteindependentradio]

If Raycom does pick up KLFY, I hope that it devotes some attention to the news department. It's been painful to see how the quality of reporting and presentation at Channel 10 has declined over the past ten years.

Watching Lafayette LA TV news is painful, regardless of which station. KLFY can be especially selective on what they cover for advertiser or political reasons, but I still believe they are stronger in the details.

In the same breath, a news operation can't "big time" it in Laffy. The last one that tried was KATC when they were owned by Abellor(also WWL-TV's owner at the time) in the early 80's.

I would be real surprised if Raycom changed a thing as far as personnel is concerned(even though Cynthia Arceneaux is now alone in the anchor chair at nearby KPLC). KLFY, to their credit and dismay simultaneously, can and do sell anything they can well. I'm waiting for the day when their lavalier mics will be sponsored by somebody. I do keep my fingers crossed that they bankroll some technical changes.

KATC, on the street, is nowhere in their league in how to sell. That despite grabbing former KLFY on-air talent.

 

[tenyearveteran]

I would be real surprised if Raycom changed a thing as far as personnel is concerned(even though Cynthia Arceneaux is now alone in the anchor chair at nearby KPLC). KLFY, to their credit and dismay simultaneously, can and do sell anything they can well. I'm waiting for the day when their lavalier mics will be sponsored by somebody. I do keep my fingers crossed that they bankroll some technical changes.

I doubt Raycom would pull someone out of the anchor chair. but I wouldn't be disappointed to see Darla Montgomery anchor the 6:00 and 10:00 newscasts solo and Chuck Huebner co-anchor the 5:00 newscast while still turning out one feature report per day.

I'm also hoping that Raycom (or whoever winds up with KLFY) helps fund technical changes, particularly a new graphics package to replace the current motif, which looks like it is run through Microsoft PowerPoint.

 

[scribble23]

OMG! Where do I begin with TV-10? They pay rookie reporters $8 an hour. Their overpaidforthismarket anchors stumble over copy like they just ripped and read it. The lighting is the worst I've seen in ANY market. The technical mistakes, once a bane on weekends where newbies learned, are now commonplace during the week. They don't report any hard news that might anger any current or potential advertisers. Weather is a crutch to fill time, as well as "The Crime Beat" where they report whatever local Law Enforcement Agency has faxed to them that day. The list goes on...

 

[Rex Tremendae]

Re: KLFY 10 Lafayette needs new ownership

This is one of the rare times I agree with most of the comments posted. A friend from Lafayette forwarded last nights KLFY evening news with weather guy David Paul ranting over and over, " don't trust what the politicans tell you!!!" and Chuck Huebner (sp?) nodding in agreement while Darla Montgomery stared on.
He presented some sort of ultra right wing denial of global warming and climate change. IOW: It was an anti science, right wing, pro oil and gas company piece on denying the role carbon dioxide plays in climate change which was followed by the raging weatherman blaming elected officials, accusing them of lying to the American people.

Weathermen have been fired for less and what aired on KLFY last night was a disgrace to journalism and to broadcasting.

Raycom would be an improvement over the current ownership.
The Lafayette stations have declined in quality as has radio the last few years. Comcorp owns KADN, WVLA, WGMB and others is kind of like the Clear Channel of TV. Their stations are like broken automation machines.

In Alexandria, you have KALB that has a news guy that looks like the model for the Piggly Wiggly sign, Al Quarterpounder I think his name is. He editorializes the local news endorsing and applauding all Republican conservatives and talks about his personal beliefs during the news like he's pretending to be Hannity.

 

[Fieldtech1]

Most meteorlogist, including some left wing ones have come out and said that global warming is blown out of proportion. I watched his report and he did what he aimed todo, and that is show what most meteorologist think. I my self have a vested intrest in the global warming fears as i sell, install, and maintain PV solar systems as part of my job.

 

[RFLA]

Following this topic, I decided to watch my self BOTH articles that are listed on KLFY. It does seem to be a Op-ed piece on his part that didn't flush out the whole story but just his personal side, but what he is saying is true in that many scientists including Dr. William Gray of Colorado State University (who for years forecasted the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic) are taking more of a wait and see approach than pushing the Global warming theory (especially since we were warned about Global cooling in 1975).

Many of the small town stations I find do op-ed pieces if they are in line wit the core values of most of the watchers in the area. Technically most reporters have a bias, but I find don't do their real job of reporting unbiased at times

 

[tenyearveteran]

I saw David Paul's piece when it first aired, and the first thing that came to mind was that it seemed like an overdubbed video news release. I couldn't confirm whether or not it was one, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. That said, if the report was his own work, he did a better job than most of the KLFY reporters have done in the past couple years. I just wish David would have used a thesaurus to find alternate words for "politician."

Only one day until the sale. I wonder who will be the owner of Channel 10 come tomorrow night.

 

[tenyearveteran]

So much for for new ownership (for now). Young Broadcasting called off the auction.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/315182-Young_Broadcasting_Calls_Off_Auction.php

 

[scribble23]

Just the laziest bunch of reporters and anchors around. KATC and even the Daily Advertiser had the story about the 256th deploying to Iraq YESTERDAY. KLFY just got around to it today at 5. Why, why, why do they (management) continue to allow such mediocracy?

 

[Olfart]

Mediocracy is the new mediocrity . . . or maybe a new form of government?