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Negotiations between Time Warner Cable and Hearst Television Broke Down
- Thread starter robmadden1
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Interestingly, those viewers who get WXII on satellite
or rabbit ears are still watching; WXII's morning newscast
gets about 6000 more viewers than WFMY's "Good Morning
Show" among that audience.
However, cable viewers tune out en masse when they realize
that the newscast on Ch. 12 mentions counties that are nowhere
near North Carolina, or when they hear the announcer say, "Covering
northeastern Pennsylvania, central Pennsylvania, or wherever you are,
this is Eyewitness News."
A problem that's in WFMY's ballpark is that "Wheel
Of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" air from 7 to 8 on both WFMY and WBRE.
FMY's GM Larry Audas hasn't said how he's going to handle that situation.
And yes, even if the dispute isn't resolved, the Triad will see the Olympics
(on WBRE unless Nexstar wins its argument that its signal was stolen). The
big question for WXII is how much they can charge for advertising, particularly
on the local news, if the audience continues to go away rather than watch a
Pennsylvania station.
or rabbit ears are still watching; WXII's morning newscast
gets about 6000 more viewers than WFMY's "Good Morning
Show" among that audience.
However, cable viewers tune out en masse when they realize
that the newscast on Ch. 12 mentions counties that are nowhere
near North Carolina, or when they hear the announcer say, "Covering
northeastern Pennsylvania, central Pennsylvania, or wherever you are,
this is Eyewitness News."
A problem that's in WFMY's ballpark is that "Wheel
Of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" air from 7 to 8 on both WFMY and WBRE.
FMY's GM Larry Audas hasn't said how he's going to handle that situation.
And yes, even if the dispute isn't resolved, the Triad will see the Olympics
(on WBRE unless Nexstar wins its argument that its signal was stolen). The
big question for WXII is how much they can charge for advertising, particularly
on the local news, if the audience continues to go away rather than watch a
Pennsylvania station.
Time-Warner has their own fiber network, interconnected with the AT&T fiber network. They also have several dedicated transponders on domestic satellites. In other words, they can take a TV signal from anywhere in one of their systems' coverage areas, and transport it to any other coverage area, with about 15 minutes notice.
Later . . . .
Later . . . .
Well, It looks like Oceanic Time Warner has decided to put the Hallmark Movie Channel in place of KITV and MeTV on Friday (July 13th, 2012). Talk about bad luck. Already this move has prompted KITV to ask its rivals KHON and KGMB/KFVE/KHNL to air the Honolulu Mayoral and Congressional debates via simulcast. This election race out here in Hawaii is getting hot and controversial (Honolulu's planned light rail being at stake in the Mayor's race for one) and the last thing KITV needs from Oceanic is seeing their channel being replaced with a channel that airs "Perry Mason" reruns.
I was watching "The Firm" on NBC Saturday night. I was seeing a lot of lightning but my NBC affiliate probably wouldn't have weather bulletins for the area where the lightning was. So I turned on WGHP, which I get with the converter box rather than Time-Warner, during commercial breaks. Yes, there was a flash flood warning for the Lexington area. And a potent-looking thunderstorm over that area. You wouldn't get all this from WBRE.
Things like that may prove to be a huge boon to WFMY and
WGHP. If cable viewers--and some with antennas--can't get
Channel 12, the Triad's NBC station has a real problem; I would
think Lexington would be one place for which 12 would put up
advisories (they once pre-empted the Kentucky Derby to cover
a tornado in Asheboro).
What I can't understand is why a Pennsylvania station is taking
12's place, when there are NBC affiliates much closer to home, to wit:
Raycom owns WECT Wilmington, WIS Columbia, SC, WMBF Myrtle Beach,
and WWBT Richmond; Media General has WNCN Raleigh, WSLS Roanoke,
WCBD Charleston, SC, and WSAV Savannah; Belo has WCNC Charlotte;
LIN has WAVY Norfolk; Gray Communications has WITN Greenville/New Bern/
Washington, NC. Why couldn't any of those be substituted for WXII until this
issue gets resolved? At least with WECT, WITN, WNCN, and WCNC there would
be coverage of North Carolina news.
Question to Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville: is WBRE also taking WYFF's place?
WGHP. If cable viewers--and some with antennas--can't get
Channel 12, the Triad's NBC station has a real problem; I would
think Lexington would be one place for which 12 would put up
advisories (they once pre-empted the Kentucky Derby to cover
a tornado in Asheboro).
What I can't understand is why a Pennsylvania station is taking
12's place, when there are NBC affiliates much closer to home, to wit:
Raycom owns WECT Wilmington, WIS Columbia, SC, WMBF Myrtle Beach,
and WWBT Richmond; Media General has WNCN Raleigh, WSLS Roanoke,
WCBD Charleston, SC, and WSAV Savannah; Belo has WCNC Charlotte;
LIN has WAVY Norfolk; Gray Communications has WITN Greenville/New Bern/
Washington, NC. Why couldn't any of those be substituted for WXII until this
issue gets resolved? At least with WECT, WITN, WNCN, and WCNC there would
be coverage of North Carolina news.
Question to Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville: is WBRE also taking WYFF's place?
bpatrick said:
This is not the first time TWC has turned to Nexstar stations to fill the gap during a dispute like this. Nexstar says TWC's not authorized to do that...but somehow it keeps happening, which suggests (at least from where I sit) that there must be some loophole in the TWC/Nexstar contract that wasn't closed.
TWC has an extensive nationwide fiber and satellite network, so it's not like it costs them much of anything to distribute WBRE or WROC at a distance.
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