Scripps lands McGraw-Hill stations

[Markxxx]

Don't forget also that Albritton got a deal to insure it got ABC in all markets after it agreed to switch 33/40 in Birmingham to ABC after Fox bought WBRC and flipped it from ABC.

You're right of course, but like everything else involving money, that can change in a minute

 

[sdwulfdawg]

This deal is a real blow to KUSI (McKinnon Broadcasting). They have been trying very hard to become a locally-owned broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. I guess plans are still in the works for KUSI to become a regional "superstation" with translator stations in the Inland Empire (Riverside, Palm Springs) and their acquisition of a translator station that would bring KUSI to Santa Barbara.

As I recall, McKinnon's formerly owned stations in Beaumont, TX (outside of Houston) which they recently sold (KBMT) and their other sold station in Corpus Christie (KIII) were both ABC affiliates.

 

[only1moore]

Personally, if Hearst, Scripps, and Albritton ever merge their operations they'll have no time at all as to who they want to keep in their TV roster.

 

[JeeperOne]

This deal is a real blow to KUSI (McKinnon Broadcasting). They have been trying very hard to become a locally-owned broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. I guess plans are still in the works for KUSI to become a regional "superstation" with translator stations in the Inland Empire (Riverside, Palm Springs) and their acquisition of a translator station that would bring KUSI to Santa Barbara.

As I recall, McKinnon's formerly owned stations in Beaumont, TX (outside of Houston) which they recently sold (KBMT) and their other sold station in Corpus Christie (KIII) were both ABC affiliates.

And just how does this make the McGraw Hill/Scipps-Howard deal a blow to McKinnon?

By your own admission above, they no longer own ABC affiliates

Cheers & 73 ;D

 

[sdwulfdawg]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

 

[JeeperOne]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

They still can if they can buy KNSD from NBC & Media General (??). But in order to land a latin station (And do so legally under such this arrangement), they'd have to locate the TXer somewhere in Mexico like CW affiliate XETV 6 is

Cheers & 73 ;D

 

[sdwulfdawg]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

They still can if they can buy KNSD from NBC & Media General (??). But in order to land a latin station (And do so legally under such this arrangement), they'd have to locate the TXer somewhere in Mexico like CW affiliate XETV 6 is

Cheers & 73 ;D

NBC San Diego is owned by NBC/Comcast.

 

[OhioMediaWatch]

That KSHB Scripps graphic package has been on WEWS here (Cleveland) for at least a year. I suspect it's spread more since then around the chain. IIRC, they are doing networked graphics out of Florida these days.

But I don't think the "Action News" name is really a Scripps thing. They do it in KC, they do it in Florida, but here, it's "NewsChannel 5" and will probably always be that. Besides, "Action News" is taken by the scrappy CBS/MyNet competitor (Ages ago, it was on NBC then-O&O WKYC/3 as "Action 3 News"!)

WEWS is a solid second in the market, and pretty much always has been. They got a shot in the arm, and WKYC got an even larger injection, in the big 1990s affiliation swaps.

But WJW "Fox 8 News" found its way back, and it's a very competitive market now...even "19 Action News" claims one first place finish at 11 (on and off) - the audience literally handed to them by the popular CBS prime-time lineup.

 

[FightingIrish]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

They still can if they can buy KNSD from NBC & Media General (??). But in order to land a latin station (And do so legally under such this arrangement), they'd have to locate the TXer somewhere in Mexico like CW affiliate XETV 6 is

Cheers & 73 ;D

NBC San Diego is owned by NBC/Comcast.

NBCU owns 76% of the station, LIN-TV the rest.

And following the discussion above, was McKinnon trying to buy KGTV and KZSD?

 

[sdwulfdawg]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

They still can if they can buy KNSD from NBC & Media General (??). But in order to land a latin station (And do so legally under such this arrangement), they'd have to locate the TXer somewhere in Mexico like CW affiliate XETV 6 is

Cheers & 73 ;D

Yes.
NBC San Diego is owned by NBC/Comcast.

NBCU owns 76% of the station, LIN-TV the rest.

And following the discussion above, was McKinnon trying to buy KGTV and KZSD?

 

[Radio3787]

KUSI probably submitted an insultingly low-ball offer to KGTV and McGraw Hill. McKinnon is known for being very cheap. They start their morning show crew at $10/hour. I've worked mornings before and let me tell you... to wake up at 3:00 in the morning to go to work... requires a LOT more than that.

I'm sure McGraw Hill looked at their offer for 2 seconds before tossing it in the trash.

 

[hintomedia]

But I don't think the "Action News" name is really a Scripps thing. They do it in KC, they do it in Florida, but here, it's "NewsChannel 5" and will probably always be that. Besides, "Action News" is taken by the scrappy CBS/MyNet competitor (Ages ago, it was on NBC then-O&O WKYC/3 as "Action 3 News"!)

And of course, WXYZ's had "Action News" for ages, going back to their time as an ABC O&O, so Scripps had nothing to do with it.

As for WFTS and KSHB... It seems to be some kind of aversion to UHF channel numbers by the Scripps higher-ups. WFTS went by "28 Tampa Bay News" for several years after becoming an ABC affil, then rebranded to "28 News" in 2002. Apparently someone at Scripps wasn't happy about it (I can see them yelling at WFTS's creative services "Why would you emphasize the UHF number of all things?"), so that name was dropped in favour of "ABC Action News" within the same year, and KSHB followed soon after.

KNXV managed to keep "15" in its name though... maybe low-UHF is more palatable to Scripps than 28 or 41?

 

[PTBoardOp94]

KUSI probably submitted an insultingly low-ball offer to KGTV and McGraw Hill. McKinnon is known for being very cheap. They start their morning show crew at $10/hour. I've worked mornings before and let me tell you... to wake up at 3:00 in the morning to go to work... requires a LOT more than that.

I'm sure McGraw Hill looked at their offer for 2 seconds before tossing it in the trash.

Even if the McKinnon offer was competitive, it was only for two of their stations. It was easier for MG-H to accept a single offer for the lot than to split them up piecemeal.

 

[JeeperOne]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

They still can if they can buy KNSD from NBC & Media General (??). But in order to land a latin station (And do so legally under such this arrangement), they'd have to locate the TXer somewhere in Mexico like CW affiliate XETV 6 is

Cheers & 73 ;D

NBC San Diego is owned by NBC/Comcast.

But it's no secret they've been trying to get rid of it though

Cheers & 73 ;D

 

[azumanga]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

But in order to land a latin station (And do so legally under such this arrangement), they'd have to locate the TXer somewhere in Mexico like CW affiliate XETV 6 is

And following the discussion above, was McKinnon trying to buy KGTV and KZSD?

I think the "TV Azteca" in question is Azteca America, which KZSD is affiliated with.

 

[sdwulfdawg]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

But in order to land a latin station (And do so legally under such this arrangement), they'd have to locate the TXer somewhere in Mexico like CW affiliate XETV 6 is

And following the discussion above, was McKinnon trying to buy KGTV and KZSD?

I wasn't aware they changed their name...

McKinnon was trying to buy KGTV, KZSD, and KERO in Bakersfield.

I think the "TV Azteca" in question is Azteca America, which KZSD is affiliated with.

 

[JeeperOne]

Where's the Telemundo affiliate in SD ?? Do they even have one ?? If so, maybe they can buy it instead

Cheers & 73 ;D

 

[azumanga]

Where's the Telemundo affiliate in SD ?? Do they even have one ?? If so, maybe they can buy it instead

XHAS-TV channel 33 in Tijuana, which is owned by a Mexican company and programmed by Entravision, which owns the Univision and Telefutura outlets in San Diego.

 

[EricStein]

KNXV managed to keep "15" in its name though... maybe low-UHF is more palatable to Scripps than 28 or 41?

KNXV is placed on channel 15 on many cable systems in the Phoenix market (including the largest of them all, Cox). They didn't really need to re-brand. I'm sure WFTS and KSHB have lower channel positions than their over the air number on their respective cable systems.

 

[kilamanjero]

McKinnon wanted to be a real broadcasting powerhouse here in San Diego. As a part of the deal they would have gotten an anglo station, a Latino station (TV Azteca) out of the box rather than having to develop something from zero, as they wanted to get into Latino broadcasting.

They still can if they can buy KNSD from NBC & Media General (??). But in order to land a latin station (And do so legally under such this arrangement), they'd have to locate the TXer somewhere in Mexico like CW affiliate XETV 6 is

Cheers & 73 ;D

NBC San Diego is owned by NBC/Comcast.

But it's no secret they've been trying to get rid of it though

Cheers & 73 ;D

If they truly wanted to get rid of it then it would have been sold along with WVTM, WNCN, WJAR, and WCMH to Media General back in 2006. Hell, WNCN is now in a higher ranked market than KNSD and WVIT, so NBC/Comcast seems to have a fondness of their California NBC O&O stations like they do with the ones surrounding the New York DMA.