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Sinclair makes nationwide layoffs

I worry these layoffs at "soon-to-be-former" Tribune stations will get political.

I won't say much about this, because, mixing politics with radio/TV talk is a gray area, because politics is not allowed, but at the same time, it's on-topic.
 
Rollo-Smokes said:
WJLA-TV is NOT Sinclair's flagship station. WBFF in Baltimore is.
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Well I thought flagship station is usually based on the largest DMA's on the coast usually and yes corporate offices of a company is at play here.

I use the O&O example like ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox call Los Angeles and New York stations as flagship station mainly because that's where the largest DMA's are located.

WJLA is so far Sinclairs largest station but its corporate office is in the Baltimore area and WBFF is the flagship station near the corporate office.

But the largest stations for Sinclair will change though once KTLA and WPIX are included.
 
RadioPatrol said:
Well I thought flagship station is usually based on the largest DMA's on the coast usually and yes corporate offices of a company is at play here.

I use the O&O example like ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox call Los Angeles and New York stations as flagship station mainly because that's where the largest DMA's are located.

WJLA is so far Sinclairs largest station but its corporate office is in the Baltimore area and WBFF is the flagship station near the corporate office.

But the largest stations for Sinclair will change though once KTLA and WPIX are included.
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Most station groups consider flagship stations that are co-located with the headquarters and I believe Sinclair is the same way. Tribune's flagship is WGN, WPIX and KTLA are in New York and LA. COX's flagship is WSB, WFXT is the bigger market station. The same when Cox owned KTVU.
 
I always considered WJLA to be Sinclair's "adopted" flagship" judging by the amount of news product that my local Sinclair-owned and operated stations put out by them. In all the years that Sinclair has run our four local stations, I've seen just one news piece I could attribute to WBFF, but there's usually two or three pieces a day from WJLA.

Also, I didn't know the political angle to this subject was verboten here. It's kind of hard to really discuss the nuts and bolts of Sinclair's operations without at least acknowledging the, ahem, elephant in the room.
 
bobjim45 said:
Most station groups consider flagship stations that are co-located with the headquarters and I believe Sinclair is the same way. Tribune's flagship is WGN, WPIX and KTLA are in New York and LA. COX's flagship is WSB, WFXT is the bigger market station. The same when Cox owned KTVU.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexstar_Media_Group

WYOU-TV would be Nexstar's flagship station even though Nexstar is really based in Irving,TX and Nexstar's largest TV Station for now is KRON in San Francisco. but back to thread expect more announced removals of Tribune and Bonten media staff once the deal closes with Sinclair.
 
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RadioPatrol said:
but back to thread expect more announced removals of Tribune and Bonten media staff once the deal closes with Sinclair.
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Its very unlikely you will see a mass change of air talent in the near term. Where changes will be more likely is in management, ownership likes to hire there own people after buying stations.
 
RadioPatrol said:
Well I thought flagship station is usually based on the largest DMA's on the coast usually and yes corporate offices of a company is at play here.

I use the O&O example like ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox call Los Angeles and New York stations as flagship station mainly because that's where the largest DMA's are located.

WJLA is so far Sinclairs largest station but its corporate office is in the Baltimore area and WBFF is the flagship station near the corporate office.

But the largest stations for Sinclair will change though once KTLA and WPIX are included.
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WBFF is the home office, the cornerstone that Sinclair built its house around. So is WPNT (originally WPTT) in Pittsburgh and WTTE in Columbus, for that matter. Together, they are Sinclair's three original stations.

Technically WBFF's status won't change if Sinclair closes on Tribune...unless Sinclair moves its corporate HQ to New York, Chicago, L.A., Philadelphia, Dallas or D.C.
 
bobjim45 said:
Its very unlikely you will see a mass change of air talent in the near term. Where changes will be more likely is in management, ownership likes to hire there own people after buying stations.
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I agree, but this will largely be due to contracts being in place. I look for more centralized production as those contracts come up. While not a good thing for those that will be let go, the improved economics does allow television coverage of local news to endure.
 
umfan said:
I agree, but this will largely be due to contracts being in place. I look for more centralized production as those contracts come up. While not a good thing for those that will be let go, the improved economics does allow television coverage of local news to endure.
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Eventually Sinclair will probably be doing away with contracts. The future employees I can see being hired the same way one gets a job at McDonalds. It is already happening in radio for quite some tme. Even though I worked in that biz for almost 20 years I never did signed a contract much less non-compete clauses and being a part of the union and today I am sure it's the same.
 
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