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Lincoln Financial buying Jefferson-Pilot

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> According to the links, after the buyout is complete and the
> dust has settled, the 3 TV stations, 18 radio stations, and
> sports production division will be **retained**, strangely,
> instead of sold.

Remind me what markets J-P has television stations in? I forget.<P ID="signature">______________


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> > According to the links, after the buyout is complete and
> the
> > dust has settled, the 3 TV stations, 18 radio stations,
> and
> > sports production division will be **retained**,
> strangely,
> > instead of sold.
>
> Remind me what markets J-P has television stations in? I
> forget.
>
Charlotte-WBTV 3 (CBS), Charleston-WCSC 5 (CBS), and Richmond-WWBT 12 (NBC/WB)<P ID="signature">______________
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Hi everyone:

> http://www.lfgjpmerger.com/
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticke> r/article.asp?Symbol=US:LNC&Feed=AP&Date=20051010&ID=5177018
>
http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker> /article.asp?Symbol=US:LNC&Feed=OBR&Date=20051010&ID=5176915
>
>
> According to the links, after the buyout is complete and the
> dust has settled, the 3 TV stations, 18 radio stations, and
> sports production division will be **retained**, strangely,
> instead of sold.

With nearly 1/3 of those radio stations being here in Denver.

And considering that Infinity would love NOTHING MORE than to land at least one of the AM outlets (for a WINS-style all-news outlet to compliment KCNC 4 if nothing else), you can bet that if Lincoln Financial is given a lucrative offer (even if it's only for the one station), they'll sell that station.

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Hopefully, even after the merger is completed, the broadcastiong division will still go by the name of Jefferson-Pilot. It's a well-known "brand name", especially in Charlotte.

Ask people in Charlotte if they know what Jefferson-Pilot is, and most of them will answer "Sure! They own Channel 3 and WBT radio". Very few would say "Jefferson-Pilot sells insurance".
 
> Hopefully, even after the merger is completed, the
> broadcastiong division will still go by the name of
> Jefferson-Pilot. It's a well-known "brand name", especially
> in Charlotte.
>
> Ask people in Charlotte if they know what Jefferson-Pilot
> is, and most of them will answer "Sure! They own Channel 3
> and WBT radio". Very few would say "Jefferson-Pilot sells
> insurance".
>
On the Charlotte board I mentioned that CBS owned WBT until
the mid-1940s, when they sold it and WJSV (WTOP) Washington,
DC, in order to acquire KMOX St. Louis. I somehow think it
would be appropriate if, should Lincoln decide to sell its
broadcast properties, CBS bought WBTV. It would make an
outstanding addition to the Eye network's o&o lineup. Someone
eles on that board, however, mentioned that Viacom would want
a CBS-UPN duopoly, and no one else in Charlotte would be willing
to sell (WJZY/46, the UPN affiliate, is owned by Capital Broadcasting
in Raleigh, owners of another outstanding CBS affiliate, WRAL/5).

WBTV has had the same channel number, call letters, ownership,
and network affiliation longer than any other station south of
Washington, going back to 1949. I guess technically
this streak ends with JP being part of Lincoln; maybe not if the
JP name is kept for the broadcasting division.
 
> > > According to the links, after the buyout is complete and
>
> > the
> > > dust has settled, the 3 TV stations, 18 radio stations,
> > and
> > > sports production division will be **retained**,
> > strangely,
> > > instead of sold.
> >
> > Remind me what markets J-P has television stations in? I
> > forget.
> >
> Charlotte-WBTV 3 (CBS), Charleston-WCSC 5 (CBS), and
> Richmond-WWBT 12 (NBC/WB)
>

What percentage of WB programming airs on WWBT?

ixnay
 
> What percentage of WB programming airs on WWBT?

A very little bit on slow weekends (sportsless weekends...) and overnights at 3AM.

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