Note currently Tegna’s KXTV is the ABC affiliate in the Valley and Nexstar’s KTXL is the current Fox affiliate in the area. This is one of many places where Nexstar and Tegna will end up with a Duopoly if approved. However in Sacramento specifically if the Nexstar/Tegna deal is approved that would mean one of the stations either KXTV or KTXL will have to send ABC or Fox to Hearst owned KQCA. This is because Nexstar is the owner of the CW Network and they have the final say who gets to be the affiliate of this network. This is one of many places where affiliation changes could happen if approved. San Diego is the other one because Nexstar got KUSI-TV as part of the move to get the CW affiliation from KFMB-DT 8.2 to KUSI-TV.
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Nexstar Media’s KTXL proposed plans to get Tegna’s KXTV
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Note currently Tegna’s KXTV is the ABC affiliate in the Valley and Nexstar’s KTXL is the current Fox affiliate in the area. This is one of many places where Nexstar and Tegna will end up with a Duopoly if approved. However in Sacramento specifically if the Nexstar/Tegna deal is approved that would mean one of the stations either KXTV or KTXL will have to send ABC or Fox to Hearst owned KQCA. This is because Nexstar is the owner of the CW Network and they have the final say who gets to be the affiliate of this network. This is one of many places where affiliation changes could happen if approved. San Diego is the other one because Nexstar got KUSI-TV as part of the move to get the CW affiliation from KFMB-DT 8.2 to KUSI-TV.
Well. It could be a different situation entirely. Nexstar could keep both FOX and ABC, now that the rule about the owning more than 1 of the top 4 stations has been apparently thrown out. If they really want to keep the CW in house, they could simply put it on 10.2 or 40.2 (if they can manage to get agreements in place for carriage on the paid providers though negotiation or what I like to call "blackout blackmail" upon renewal). Then KCRA and KOVR can duke it out with their respective news heavy sister stations, KQCA and KMAX.
The unfortunate thing for the viewers from all of this would be a consolidation of KXTV and KTXL newscasts. Or they can do what is done in other Nexstar markets and share resources with separate news casts and IDs like in Fresno.
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The last time KXTV changed affiliation was in 1995 when they switched from CBS to ABC because it was part of Disney wanting a new slate of affiliates in some parts of the country as part of the Disney/ABC deal and it resulted in KOVR to switch from ABC to CBS in that transaction. However this proposed Tegna/Nexstar is different as mentioned here and it can go either way and it revolves around the CW Network going either way to KXTV or KTXL.
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Here are the Nexstar cuts so far Baton Rouge, Memphis, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles have declared layoffs at Nexstsr operations in those places. So far we have to wait for layoffs in Sacramento over the proposed Tegna/Nexstar merger. Also we have to wait for a location on where will the merged staff be when one of Tegna, or Nexstars Sacramento offices shut down because of the merger.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Yes on when, no on why.
Belo owned KXTV then and had been discussing switching it to ABC for three years previous. There is a quote from then-GM Jim Saunders in the part of this article that is free access at Newspapers.com:
Reset those VCRs—Channel 10, 13 switch networks
Clipping found in The Sacramento Bee published in Sacramento, California on 8/27/1994. Reset those VCRs—Channel 10, 13 switch networks
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Again, I have to quote my mantra: Research, research, research. In this era, what one thinks they remember is often at odds with what really happened.
True too when KXTV and KOVR changed affiliations in 1995 it happened to take place at the same time there were multiple affiliation changes around the country. Yes I mean the 1994-1996 wave of affiliation changes where the big one was when KNXV-TV Phoenix switched affiliations from Fox to ABC because New World Communications signed a deal with Fox to make KSAZ switch from CBS to Fox in that deal. In turn EW Scripps owner of WXYZ-TV and KNXV had signed an affiliation deal with ABC that included WMAR getting flipped to that network. Likewise St Louis had similar situation when KTVI flipped from ABC affiliate to Fox and KDNL flipped from Fox to that areas ABC affiliate. I just had no idea how to tie the affiliation switch of the 1990's situation in Sacramento specifically given that New World Communications had no role in the affiliation switches in the Sacramento TV market like they did in other parts of the country.Yes on when, no on why.
Belo owned KXTV then and had been discussing switching it to ABC for three years previous. There is a quote from then-GM Jim Saunders in the part of this article that is free access at Newspapers.com:
Reset those VCRs—Channel 10, 13 switch networks
Clipping found in The Sacramento Bee published in Sacramento, California on 8/27/1994. Reset those VCRs—Channel 10, 13 switch networks
Again, I have to quote my mantra: Research, research, research. In this era, what one thinks they remember is often at odds with what really happened.
1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment - Wikipedia
The ABC's of local news
Clipping found in Arizona Republic published in Phoenix, Arizona on 8/1/1994. The ABC's of local news
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Changing Channels; Get ready, get set, get confused, in TV's big switch in Baltimore
Clipping found in The Baltimore Sun published in Baltimore, Maryland on 1/1/1995. Changing Channels; Get ready, get set, get confused, in TV's big switch in Baltimore
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The big switch: For Channel 45 news team, it's showtime
Clipping found in News and Record published in Greensboro, North Carolina on 9/2/1995. The big switch: For Channel 45 news team, it's showtime
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Switching Channels: 2 Into 30 Will Go
Clipping found in St. Louis Post-Dispatch published in St. Louis, Missouri on 8/7/1995. Switching Channels: 2 Into 30 Will Go
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Anything is poNexstar cuts creative services jobs across station portfolio, centralizes production in hubs
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Here are the Nexstar cuts so far Baton Rouge, Memphis, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles have declared layoffs at Nexstsr operations in those places. So far we have to wait for layoffs in Sacramento over the proposed Tegna/Nexstar merger. Also we have to wait for a location on where will the merged staff be when one of Tegna, or Nexstars Sacramento offices shut down because of the merger.
Deal is closed. Just a hunch on my end, but I think operations will be consolidated at KTXL 40 on Fruitridge. KXTV 10 currently sits on a real attractive piece of property that spans a large city block on Broadway that's worth a good chunk of change. I could see some dense residential with ground floor restaurant/retail eventually going in there.
Seeing Nexstar's recent rocky relationship with ABC, I could see KQCA abc58 happening or possibly KCRA abc3.2 and a gutted CW10.
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Seeing Nexstar's recent rocky relationship with ABC, I could see KQCA abc58 happening or possibly KCRA abc3.2 and a gutted CW10.
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Deal is closed. Just a hunch on my end, but I think operations will be consolidated at KTXL 40 on Fruitridge. KXTV 10 currently sits on a real attractive piece of property that spans a large city block on Broadway that's worth a good chunk of change. I could see some dense residential with ground floor restaurant/retail eventually going in there.
Seeing Nexstar's recent rocky relationship with ABC, I could see KQCA abc58 happening or possibly KCRA abc3.2 and a gutted CW10.
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But the State of California AG has filed a lawsuit against Tegna and Nexstar. All the things we are thinking about may be delayed for some time such as moving staff to one of their offices and in Sacramento possibly change affiliations such as Nexstar obtaining CW affiliations since they own that network.
I don’t see Nexstar dropping ABC because of reach and revenue. It would only be KXTV or KTXL were one of the 6 stations they agreed to devest.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
The only reason I could think of was if they still were drinking sour grape juice after the Kimmel kerfuffle that they were a major player in. Still, absent a divestiture, wouldn't they still have to wait until their affiliate agreement is up for renewal?
That would be my thought. I’m curious on the length of that said affiliate agreement.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I believe a copy has to be kept in the station's Public File and the only redaction allowed is proprietary information (such as station revenue) so the end date of the current agreement for KXTV would have to show.
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Interesting but not shocking given that Nexstar is protecting NewsNation. Likewise its "Newsnation Sacramento", "NewsNation on Fox40" or "NewsNation on ABC10."
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Here we go a clash between Governor Newsom and Chairman Carr over the Nexstar Tegna merger. Yes not just because of media concentration but also the lawsuit is in Downtown Sacramento with 7 other states + Directv filing similar allegations of antitrust given that its one of the TV markets around the country affected by the deal.
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Interesting but the California AG is the one that filed the lawsuit here in Sacramento to get the courts to investigate the Nexstar/Tegna deal because the Sacramento TV market is one of many TV markets around the nation affected by this deal. Hollywood has nothing to do with this given that also the California AG has issued an investigation on the WB/Paramount deal being pushed by the Ellisons in a different investigation.
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Here is Perry Sook as he appears in a Sacramento Court to respond to the TRO and antitrust allegations filed by the California AG in a lawsuit.
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Here is more fallout from the Nexstar Lawsuit.
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Well here is more from Perry Sook as he gives interviews in the current state of the merger.
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