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KRON for sale-Young hires advisers to help make a deal by first-quarter end
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azumanga said:
Good idea...though it seems like the other 3 stations have picked up more of KRON's people - Phil Matier to CBS5, for example, and most of the reporters to ABC7 and KTVU. I believe Tom Sinkovitz is the only KRON alum to move to KNTV.
azumanga said:
Okay, you got me - I was thinking of the news, but McConnell makes two to KNTV, because KNTV has picked up the Bay Area Backroads program. Apparently, the show was not owned by KRON.
Nevertheless, I have wondered why the KRON reporters (Laura Anthony, Vic Lee, Mark Tamayo, etc.) - ended up primarily at KGO-TV and KTVU.
KRON: What If?
I always thought that when KRON lost their NBC affiliation and went INDEPENDENT, that they should have tried a INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING like what KTVU-2 and KBHK-44 used to do back in the 70's and 80's if they would have done better ratings wise? Look at KOFY TV 20. When they lost their WB Affiliation (as KBWB), they fought fire with fire by dubbing their station YOUR TV 20 to get back at KRON from taking the MY NETWORK TV affiliation that TV 20 tried to get, but after a year, they changed their strategy to revive the old call letters of KOFY and change their approach to RETRO PROGRAMMING. Not only do they have RETRO NIGHT on SUNDAY NIGHTS, but they beefed up the vintage programming on weekdays like PERRY MASON, STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO and soon, BULLWINKLE and UNDERDOG and on SATURDAY NIGHTS a CREATURE FEATURES type of show called CREEPY KOFY MOVIETIME. I bet KOFY is doing better than KRON. I wonder what the state of KRON would be if they would have tried the RETRO PROGRAMMING back in 2002?
I always thought that when KRON lost their NBC affiliation and went INDEPENDENT, that they should have tried a INDEPENDENT PROGRAMMING like what KTVU-2 and KBHK-44 used to do back in the 70's and 80's if they would have done better ratings wise? Look at KOFY TV 20. When they lost their WB Affiliation (as KBWB), they fought fire with fire by dubbing their station YOUR TV 20 to get back at KRON from taking the MY NETWORK TV affiliation that TV 20 tried to get, but after a year, they changed their strategy to revive the old call letters of KOFY and change their approach to RETRO PROGRAMMING. Not only do they have RETRO NIGHT on SUNDAY NIGHTS, but they beefed up the vintage programming on weekdays like PERRY MASON, STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO and soon, BULLWINKLE and UNDERDOG and on SATURDAY NIGHTS a CREATURE FEATURES type of show called CREEPY KOFY MOVIETIME. I bet KOFY is doing better than KRON. I wonder what the state of KRON would be if they would have tried the RETRO PROGRAMMING back in 2002?
KRON's primary focus has been the Bay Area's News Station. They continuously brand themselves with this on almost every break morning, noon and night 24/7. I've also noticed that KRON is using more and more of the CNN newsfeed and having CNN be more of a part to their news stories. This may be the result of a new focus with emphasis on news as one of their goals in 2009.
I still think that Hearst would be a good fit for this station. Hearst owns channel 8 KSBW in Salinas/Monterey and also KCRA 3 in Sacramento with the MY Network TV affiliate KQCA Channel 58. KRON would be a great station for Hearst if Young decides at some point to sell it.
I still think that Hearst would be a good fit for this station. Hearst owns channel 8 KSBW in Salinas/Monterey and also KCRA 3 in Sacramento with the MY Network TV affiliate KQCA Channel 58. KRON would be a great station for Hearst if Young decides at some point to sell it.
Despite the fact that their Best News People are either Quitting or being Let Go.And isn't Young Broadcasting having money problems which is affecting the News Department? And isn't ABC, CBS and COX pending more on their News Departments than YOUNG? Doesn't KRON broadcast more Infomercials than News? And isn't the ratings on their News lower than let's say KPIX, KGO, KNTV and KTVU? And isn't cheaper to buy syndicated Classic TV Shows compared to spending on NEWS?Newschannel4SF said:
Newschannel4SF said:
I had to look at the date on your post to make sure it hadn't come back from over a year ago. It seems like all these KRON threads get circular and start over again...I remember that Hearst was discussed as a possible buyer on this board months ago.
Have you forgotten that Young put KRON on the market January 9, 2008 - a few days less than a year ago?
Unless I missed something, KRON is still up for sale...unless Young pulled it off the market because there were no takers.
Why would Hearst - or any other broadcast entity lacking suicidal impulses - want to buy KRON in this economy?
Lkeller said:
Perhaps Young could give Hearst the same deal Hearst gave the Fang family to take the Examiner off their hands in 2000. Young could sell KRON to Hearst for $100 and then provide Hearst $66,000,000 over three years to defray operating costs. LOL
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
Funny, Michael - I like it!
If you think about the irony of this comparison - The Chronicle newspaper (purchased from the Chronicle Corporation by Hearst) is now bleeding money and shrinking in size and content at a rapid rate - kind of like the printed version of KRON.
It's occurred to me that the old owners of the Chronicle Corporation - the heirs of the De Young family (no relation to Young Broadcasting) - made out like bandits by sellling of their assets at the beginning of the decade, and in pieces as they did.
This "sale" seems to be much worse than the Alltel-Verizon merger. There was speculation that the merger would never be consummated because of the economy but it was eventually consummated today. KRON had a year to be sold and it hasn't happened yet (especially with the worsening economy). Wonder if it will be sold because it seems Young has changed their mind?
We are hearing that Sinclair Broadcast Group may be a possible buyer of the Young Stations. This is only a rumor and nothing has been finalized.....
Newschannel4SF said:
Oh no! Sinclair? Remember how they gutted KOVR. Remember those commentaries that are forced on all Sinclair stations... "The Point" by Mark Hyman?
Hmmm....
Madmansam said:
Well, it's hard to fathom, bu I guess KRON could eliminate the entire news operation, and run even more hours of infomercials.
Lkeller said:
Sinclair did dump the news department at their ABC affiliate in St. Louis... KDNL.
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
You're right - that's hard to believe...a network affiliate in a major US city without a news operation. Simpsons reruns where the early news should be, and Deal or No Deal reruns instead of the late news. There may be some modern examples of this happening, but I don't know of any.
I remember that back in the 60s and 70s, the San Diego ABC affiliate (then XETV) had no news dept, but I always figured that was because they were licensed to Mexico and didn't have to comply with the FCC regulations of that era, which required some local news coverage. But even XETV has had a news operation now for a number of years - first as a Fox affiliate, and now CW.
http://www.abcstlouis.com/inside/contact.shtml
tripinva said:
I've been scratching my head over that one for a while. Isn't that a really depressed area (even when the country is in decent shape...not now of course).
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