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New rules seek to make DMA changes easier

Markxxx

Markxxx

From Broadcasting and Cable http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6447779.html

...For example, a DMA in one state could include a portion of another, which some in Congress have pointed out to the FCC, means that viewers could be getting out-of-state "local" news and information that doesn't necessarily apply to them... (see article for full details)

Just wondering have there been any cases of stations actually changing DMAs.

I know KNTV Channel 11 but I have read that KNTV was always in the San Francisco DMA but just served as the ABC affiliate for Salinas / Monterray. I don't know if it ever was actually part that market.
 
a DMA in one state could include a portion of another
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That pretty much describes us here in Albuquerque as we cover most of New Mexico as well as southwest Colorado and northeast Arizona. We operate KREZ in Durango Colorado and unless there is something going on I don't know about yet(I always find myself being the last one to know :p) don't look it to be rejoining the KREX group out of Grand Junction anytime soon.

Just wondering have there been any cases of stations actually changing DMAs.
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Yes, here in New Mexico there was KOBR which when it was KSWS was part of the Lubbock market. KREZ as I mentioned above was part of the Grand Junction market, both are now included in the ABQ market. There are also several instances where DMAs merge or new ones are created.
 
Garrett said:
Just curious, do you get KAMC, KLBK or any of our market on your cable system or over the air?
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I think a couple of the stateline towns such as Hobbs and Lovington carry the Lubbock channels on cable. There is a station in Hobbs, KUPT(formerly known as KHFT) channel 29 that rebroadcasts from KMYL in Lubbock. I also hear Hobbs cable carries the Odessa channels in addition to Lubbock AND Albuquerque. Although Clovis is considered part of the Amarillo market, they're probably close enough to get the Lubbock station over the air, although the cable system only carries the Amarillo and Albuquerque channels. Clovis also is home to KVIH, the sister station of KVII in Amarillo.

Admittedly we here in Albuquerque have tighten our grip on getting statewide coverage, and I believe the only place our big four not carried in the state these days is in the Las Cruces area, as they are already well-covered(and more connected to) by El Paso.
 
Mark said:
I know KNTV Channel 11 but I have read that KNTV was always in the San Francisco DMA but just served as the ABC affiliate for Salinas / Monterray. I don't know if it ever was actually part that market.
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It was. KNTV was a secondary ABC affiliate for most of its life, but ABC didn't want their "San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose" O&O KGO competing for ad dollars in the fast-growing silicon valley, so they pulled the secondary affiliation in 1999.

Honestly, I think this proposed rule would only affect a handful of stations in the mountain west and upper-midwest than anywhere else. For instance, the Denver DMA includes the Denver metro area, Colorado counties to the southwest (not served by Grand Junction) and also includes quite a number of counties in Wyoming and Nebraska that are as much as 350 miles away or more and would likely be much better served by stations in Casper, WY or Rapid City, SD.
 
about Denver, somewhat unrelated to this but their stations for awhile reached far more in terms of miles than just 350. For a while Denver TV was quite popular in West Virginia. Yes..West Virginia !! Having lived in both Colorado and West Virginia, I always thought it was amazing at how much "Denver" many people in West Virginia knows about. Such things as King Soopers ( a Denver supermarket chain ), Elitch Gardens & Lakeside ( Denver's 2 amusement parks ), and Cherry Creek Mall. Thanks to Denver TV being available there on satellite dish. KOA Radio of course the most powerful radio station in Denver reaching many states and Mexico and Canada too. But KOA doesnt reach the east coast even though Denver TV did. Since so many people have satellite dishes even back in the pre-Direct TV/Dish Network days, it wouldnt surprise me that in some areas Denver television had more viewers than local stations in West Virginia.

back to this subject.

For a brief time Hagerstown, Maryland broke away from the Washington DC market to be a market of their own. Hagerstown, MD had NBC ( WHAG ) and PBS, nearby Chambersburg, PA had WJAL ( WB ), Martinsburg, WV had WYVN ( FOX later independent) plus PBS and Winchester, VA had a tower beaming Woodstock, VA based WAZT into that market.

Within a few years however Hagerstown rejoined the Washington DC market.
 
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