Speaking of markets that should be eliminated, I was thinking of Baltimore. It shouldn't be merged into D.C. Though it seems the defined Nielsen DMA is otherwise protecting a suffering market. Though the Census has done opposite, and other indicators - dying malls in the suburban Baltimore area (Owings Mills among others), and lack of good jobs seem to be showing Baltimore lacking an strong identity of its own. There is considerable overlap of signals in Baltimore, and the growth in the Baltimore market and everything good economically speaking is because of being nearby to D.C., Montgomery County, etc.
No doubt stations like WBAL 11 (NBC) and WJZ 13 (CBS) have a purpose. The VHF stations do serve an advertising and local news purpose for those working or living in Baltimore or Northern MD. But, some of the lesser watched Baltimore stations are newless identityless mid-market looking imitations of top market stations. Example being that Sinclair is there. Not only that, satellite customers are unable to receive the better D.C. PBS signals and network channels, to protect Baltimore.
A Howard County or Anne Arundel cable system will have D.C. channels lower than Baltimore on the dial. It was only recently that WBFF and WTTG swapped positions, making WBFF more noticeable. Over the air, D.C. stations penetrate north of Baltimore, and where they leave, WGAL and Philadelphia stations come in.
In the Washington D.C. immediate areas, no Baltimore stations have coverage.
TBN seems to be doing very well from its supporters, and with its evangelical Protestant shows, they have a strategy of getting nonbelievers into believing or atleast helping them grow. Some quickly famous TV telecasters include Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer.
When TBN bought WGTW 48, it's addition of Philadelphia puts itself at contrast, in an otherwise Democratic Mid Atlantic. But, it might be viewed that the MidAtlantic is an area for TBN to work on.
Might they see opportunity to purchase a Baltimore UHF station, and bring TBN into the Baltimore/Washington region?
Broader question - Might Baltimore's lesser watched Us eventually serve a broader area of D.C. and Baltimore either going Spanish or religious, whereby the D.C. WB, UPN and Fox are imported to fulfill the network presence on cable?
No doubt stations like WBAL 11 (NBC) and WJZ 13 (CBS) have a purpose. The VHF stations do serve an advertising and local news purpose for those working or living in Baltimore or Northern MD. But, some of the lesser watched Baltimore stations are newless identityless mid-market looking imitations of top market stations. Example being that Sinclair is there. Not only that, satellite customers are unable to receive the better D.C. PBS signals and network channels, to protect Baltimore.
A Howard County or Anne Arundel cable system will have D.C. channels lower than Baltimore on the dial. It was only recently that WBFF and WTTG swapped positions, making WBFF more noticeable. Over the air, D.C. stations penetrate north of Baltimore, and where they leave, WGAL and Philadelphia stations come in.
In the Washington D.C. immediate areas, no Baltimore stations have coverage.
TBN seems to be doing very well from its supporters, and with its evangelical Protestant shows, they have a strategy of getting nonbelievers into believing or atleast helping them grow. Some quickly famous TV telecasters include Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer.
When TBN bought WGTW 48, it's addition of Philadelphia puts itself at contrast, in an otherwise Democratic Mid Atlantic. But, it might be viewed that the MidAtlantic is an area for TBN to work on.
Might they see opportunity to purchase a Baltimore UHF station, and bring TBN into the Baltimore/Washington region?
Broader question - Might Baltimore's lesser watched Us eventually serve a broader area of D.C. and Baltimore either going Spanish or religious, whereby the D.C. WB, UPN and Fox are imported to fulfill the network presence on cable?