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LFG sold- truth or BS?
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Cumulus coming into Charlotte? That would be interesting. I wonder if that would alter The Link?
A real shame about WBTV/Raycom--and a real hit to Charlotte TV. But Raycom must have really wanted WBTV, since their buying WWBT in Richmond makes no sense at all. They say they will sell WTVR, which has a far superior signal to WWBT (and will continue to, after the digital conversion---WWBT will remain on a very impaired channel 12). Sorry to see SC so dominated by Raycom---WIS, WCSC, WJBF, WSAV, WBTV. A bad situation which the FCC should never allow....
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JOHNNY on the RADIO
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WBT-AM/FM, WLNK to Greater Media
I'm sure the radio staff is breathing a big sigh of relief about this news.
The news story at WBT.com says the radio and TV operations will continue to share the building at One Julian Price Place after the sale is complete.
http://www.wbt.com/news/details.cfm?article_id=34143
I'm sure the radio staff is breathing a big sigh of relief about this news.
The news story at WBT.com says the radio and TV operations will continue to share the building at One Julian Price Place after the sale is complete.
http://www.wbt.com/news/details.cfm?article_id=34143
fortmill said:
How so? Please explain. Also, I wouldn't say all of SC is dominated by Raycom, as the GSP market (market #35 & the largest in SC) doesn't have a Raycom presence.
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kentuckymedia
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This is the best possible thing to ever happen for Charlotte Radio. Greater Media is a strong company and is very well respected in the radio community.
Greater Media is a great company to work for and ranked one of the best in the country.
This is great for WBT-A/WBT-F/WLNK-F and Bob-Sheri, Matt-Ramona.
Greater Media is a great company to work for and ranked one of the best in the country.
This is great for WBT-A/WBT-F/WLNK-F and Bob-Sheri, Matt-Ramona.
welllll....so much for "the insiders" and "the little birds".......
Greater Media is a first class operation.........for WBT a/f and the "link"
would not surprise me if they figure out a way to expand somewhere down the line.....
clt is going up the market ladder as well........TIMING IS EVRYTHING......
congrats to the WBT/LINK staff......you just got great new owners......
Greater Media is a first class operation.........for WBT a/f and the "link"
would not surprise me if they figure out a way to expand somewhere down the line.....
clt is going up the market ladder as well........TIMING IS EVRYTHING......
congrats to the WBT/LINK staff......you just got great new owners......
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MrTVAMFM
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... I wouldn't say all of SC is dominated by Raycom, as the GSP market (market #35 & the largest in SC) doesn't have a Raycom presence.
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No, but it DOES have a Media General presence. Look at the prospective Charlotte television station owners: Cox, Belo, Raycom and Bahakel. Feel free to make your own jokes. Can't wait to blog in a minute.
Getting away from Jefferson, then Lincoln, can't help but be bad for WBTV. Look what happened to WBTV's former sister, WBTW in Florence/Myrtle Beach. It went from Jefferson to the stunningly bad Daily Telegraph Printing Company of Bluefield, W. Va. It was then sold to Spartan Radiocasting, which was great if for no other reason than to bring the station into the 20th century in 1984. (I grew up watching that station and believe me, it was THAT bad. In the late 1970s and probably into the 80s, the 11 p.m. news was recorded, which I found out when calling high school football scores in on Friday nights. If you didn't call in time, it was nooooo bingo.).
And then came Media General. Ouch.
If you work at WBTV, update your resumes. Fast, particularly if you are paid well or even marginally. You could soon be delivering pizzas. Raycom has essentially destroyed WIS. Raycom can now form a Carolinas network ... the South Carolina stations, WECT in Wilmington and the soon-to-come channel 32, WMBF Myrtle Beach/Florence (for what it's worth, the station will be located next to my old newspaper, The Sun News, on the U.S. 17 frontage road where SunCom used to take peoples' money).
I predict that WBTV's "Football Friday Night" becomes a 15-minute show next fall, which is good, particularly since the show has become unwatchable, like ESPN unwatchable. Too much yelling and screaming, particularly by the female anchor. It's like watching Mr. and Mrs. Chris Berman.
And you know how bad that can be.
I'm very happy for WBT-AM-FM/WLNK-FM. I was scared to death the combo would go to some of those hideous names I had seen bandied about. I was pulling for Capitol or Don Curtis to make the purchases. I still wish Curtis, who hails from Gaston County, would come back home and make some sense of the sad radio mess we have here. And it IS a mess. I'm not too keen on a three-or-four-station simulcast ... I much prefer local stations serving one city. I mean, about the only thing Gastonia and Lincolnton have in common are being located in North Carolina, U.S. 321 and Cook Out locations
... I wouldn't say all of SC is dominated by Raycom, as the GSP market (market #35 & the largest in SC) doesn't have a Raycom presence.
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No, but it DOES have a Media General presence. Look at the prospective Charlotte television station owners: Cox, Belo, Raycom and Bahakel. Feel free to make your own jokes. Can't wait to blog in a minute.
Getting away from Jefferson, then Lincoln, can't help but be bad for WBTV. Look what happened to WBTV's former sister, WBTW in Florence/Myrtle Beach. It went from Jefferson to the stunningly bad Daily Telegraph Printing Company of Bluefield, W. Va. It was then sold to Spartan Radiocasting, which was great if for no other reason than to bring the station into the 20th century in 1984. (I grew up watching that station and believe me, it was THAT bad. In the late 1970s and probably into the 80s, the 11 p.m. news was recorded, which I found out when calling high school football scores in on Friday nights. If you didn't call in time, it was nooooo bingo.).
And then came Media General. Ouch.
If you work at WBTV, update your resumes. Fast, particularly if you are paid well or even marginally. You could soon be delivering pizzas. Raycom has essentially destroyed WIS. Raycom can now form a Carolinas network ... the South Carolina stations, WECT in Wilmington and the soon-to-come channel 32, WMBF Myrtle Beach/Florence (for what it's worth, the station will be located next to my old newspaper, The Sun News, on the U.S. 17 frontage road where SunCom used to take peoples' money).
I predict that WBTV's "Football Friday Night" becomes a 15-minute show next fall, which is good, particularly since the show has become unwatchable, like ESPN unwatchable. Too much yelling and screaming, particularly by the female anchor. It's like watching Mr. and Mrs. Chris Berman.
And you know how bad that can be.
I'm very happy for WBT-AM-FM/WLNK-FM. I was scared to death the combo would go to some of those hideous names I had seen bandied about. I was pulling for Capitol or Don Curtis to make the purchases. I still wish Curtis, who hails from Gaston County, would come back home and make some sense of the sad radio mess we have here. And it IS a mess. I'm not too keen on a three-or-four-station simulcast ... I much prefer local stations serving one city. I mean, about the only thing Gastonia and Lincolnton have in common are being located in North Carolina, U.S. 321 and Cook Out locations
I should correct my last post---WJBF is NOT owned by Raycom---but I stand by my original conclusion. WIS and WCSC have long been dominant in their respective markets, and until recently WBTV has also been dominant. All three continue to have huge clout in news coverage, and large signal overlaps. Not too long ago, people between Columbia and Charlotte watched WBTV and WIS--between Columbia and Charleston, they watched WIS and WCSC. The ironic thing is, I can remember when the FCC forced Jeff Pilot to sell WBTW in Florence because of the tiny signal overlap between WBTV and WBTW! Of course, Raycom will also establish another SC TV station---WMBF-DT, in Myrtle Beach, even though WIS already claims that area and is on both cable and satelite in Florence/Myrtle Beach, not to mention they own WECT in Wilmington. True, Raycom does not have a station in GSP, by far the largest SC market, but watch out if WYFF ever goes up for sale.upstate29651 said:
I'm not surprised that WBTV in Charlotte, WWBT in Richmond, and WCSC in
Charleston were sold to Raycom Media, the $586 Million they paid must have
been worth it, even though WTVR in Richmond would have to be sold, it should
sell WWBT to another company to keep them.
As for the presence of Raycom in South Carolina, in August 2008, they will sign
on another television station in the Myrtle Beach/Florence Market to be affilated
with NBC, WMBF Channel 32, which will be digital.
Charleston were sold to Raycom Media, the $586 Million they paid must have
been worth it, even though WTVR in Richmond would have to be sold, it should
sell WWBT to another company to keep them.
As for the presence of Raycom in South Carolina, in August 2008, they will sign
on another television station in the Myrtle Beach/Florence Market to be affilated
with NBC, WMBF Channel 32, which will be digital.
Re: LFG sold- truth!
How bad can Raycom be? Lets look at how JP has been doing (this was even before LFG).
WBTV had a horrible website, it's better now but still not as good as WCNC or WSOC for information.
WBTV the station that put infomercials on daily at 9am and still has more than the other majors.
WBTV where employees get lured away by more money at WCCB!
WBTV the station who got beat out on local HD by WTVI and WSOC.
I have no ax to grind, I love WBTV and think the hard working people there deserve better. There was a time when The Jefferson-Pilot Stations were the leaders in Charlotte and the sudios/offices were said to be on Prosparity Hill.
How bad can Raycom be? Lets look at how JP has been doing (this was even before LFG).
WBTV had a horrible website, it's better now but still not as good as WCNC or WSOC for information.
WBTV the station that put infomercials on daily at 9am and still has more than the other majors.
WBTV where employees get lured away by more money at WCCB!
WBTV the station who got beat out on local HD by WTVI and WSOC.
I have no ax to grind, I love WBTV and think the hard working people there deserve better. There was a time when The Jefferson-Pilot Stations were the leaders in Charlotte and the sudios/offices were said to be on Prosparity Hill.
Hopefully, Greater Media (I used to work for one of the bigwigs in Boston) will do something w/106.5 - make it a true Active Rocker, which Charlotte desperately needs (as evidenced by previous posts) to compete w/93.3-The Planet/WTPT Greenville-Spartanburg, which is already making inroads on the ratings in Charlotte, as well as 107.9 - every time I listen to them, there's somebody laughing. Is it really that funny? Their ratings are a laugh. How about a Classic Rock/Talk format to compete w/99.7 - The Fox/WRFX - like when Howard was on 95.7 - a popular format that was flipped. Even 98.7/Simon - WSMW/Greensboro is getting ratings in Charlotte.
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JOHNNY on the RADIO
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amfmradio1 said:
Greater Media isn't buying 106.5 The End. That station is owned by Clear Channel.
Besides going by the 12+ numbers I'd say 106.5 The End saw a nice increase in the ratings. So did K-104.7 they are .5 above Lite 102.9 which seems to be trending downward for some reason...?
Re: LFG sold- truth!
Exactly what I have been saying for months, WBTV used to be the market leader in everything, but now has become a follower, and a distant follower at that. They have sloppy on air work cutting away from network programs to commercials, and then letting the whole stop set (do they call it that in TV?) play instead of going back to the network program as son as the mistake is noticed. This happens very frequently at all hours of the day. Thankfully i have another CBS Affiliate on my cable system that I can switch over to when it happens. I have seen that happen in the same program more than once in fact.
Perhaps the slide began when JP got ready for being sold. They may have stopped putting effort into the broadcast properties then, and I suspect that Lincoln put no effort into broadcast because they never intended to keep any of them. They just had to take the Broadcast arm of JP in order to get what they wanted, the insurance business.
What I wish could have happened would have been for the top people in the Broadcast arm of JP to have been able to form their own company and then buy all the Radio and TV from Lincoln. Maybe they all wanted out, or maybe they couldn't put a financing package together. I don't know any specifics, I just wish that could have happened.
Mike Sheridan said:
Exactly what I have been saying for months, WBTV used to be the market leader in everything, but now has become a follower, and a distant follower at that. They have sloppy on air work cutting away from network programs to commercials, and then letting the whole stop set (do they call it that in TV?) play instead of going back to the network program as son as the mistake is noticed. This happens very frequently at all hours of the day. Thankfully i have another CBS Affiliate on my cable system that I can switch over to when it happens. I have seen that happen in the same program more than once in fact.
Perhaps the slide began when JP got ready for being sold. They may have stopped putting effort into the broadcast properties then, and I suspect that Lincoln put no effort into broadcast because they never intended to keep any of them. They just had to take the Broadcast arm of JP in order to get what they wanted, the insurance business.
What I wish could have happened would have been for the top people in the Broadcast arm of JP to have been able to form their own company and then buy all the Radio and TV from Lincoln. Maybe they all wanted out, or maybe they couldn't put a financing package together. I don't know any specifics, I just wish that could have happened.
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