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WCVB to stay with ABC thru 2009

> WCVB's parent Hearst-Argyle has signed a new affiliation
> agreement with ABC
> which keeps Channel 5 as a local Alphabet affiliate thru
> 2009.
>
http://www.mediaw> eek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001804661

Not that they really could choose otherwise; NBC is happy with 7 and the rest are O&Os.
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> Not that they really could choose otherwise; NBC is happy
> with 7 and the rest are O&Os.
>

I still remember the TV Guide ads in 1995, back when channels 4 and 7 swapped
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> I still remember the TV Guide ads in 1995, back when
> channels 4 and 7 swapped
> networks with each other. Channel 5 sure trumped themselves
> up in those ads, proudly proclaiming they were staying with
> ABC.

Didn't WCVB run some on-air spots with major ABC personalities all saying "I'm (name), and I'm not going anywhere"??
 
Although the WCVB affiliation with ABC has been extended through 2009, it would not surprise me if Disney/ABC makes an attempt to purchase the station prior to that, given that Boston is the largest market where ABC does not own it's local affiliate.

Likewise, Boston is the largest market where NBC does not own it's local affiliate, so again, I would not be surprised if NBC makes an attempt to purchase WHDH-7 sometime in the next few years.

But were ABC and NBC to buy WCVB and WHDH respectively, it would cost them a "pretty penny": I would think WHDH would go for $850-$900 million, and WCVB would go for $900 million-$1 billion. Whichever station is sold first (if either station is sold) could command a record sale price for a single television station.
 
I don't think NBC would buy Channel 7 at least not yet. I think they're waiting to see if they're gonna get control over the PAX/i stations. NBC might end up owning 68, 58, and 21. Right now NBC owns Channel 60 in Merrimack, which is the Telemundo station. Do they LMA Channel 46?
 
> I don't think NBC would buy Channel 7 at least not yet. I
> think they're waiting to see if they're gonna get control
> over the PAX/i stations.

You obviously walked right in the middle of the movie...

When NBC first invested into Pax six years ago, they gambled thinking that
FCC would loosen the regulations and NBC could eventually take control of
those stations and entire Pax network. They miscalculated big. FCC never tweaked
TV ownership regs which have remained unchanged to this day.

So, GE opted to go in the different direction. NBC instead acquired cable networks and a studio in the Universal deal as well as Telemundo.

NBC wanted Pax to buy back its original investment. Pax, of course,
ran out of money and there was no way they could do s deal to give
money back to NBC.

They finally agreed last November to find a buyer for Pax in the next
18 months.

NBC might end up owning 68, 58, and
> 21. Right now NBC owns Channel 60 in Merrimack, which is the
> Telemundo station. Do they LMA Channel 46?
>

By law, they can't. With Telemundo and their o&'o's they'd be way over the
national station ownership limits. It can't happen.

With the 18-month option signed in November, NBC has to find a third
party to buy and run Pax.
 
> WCVB's parent Hearst-Argyle has signed a new affiliation
> agreement with ABC
> which keeps Channel 5 as a local Alphabet affiliate thru
> 2009.
>
http://www.mediaw> eek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001804661
>

And the beat goes on...
 
Really? Do they own WFAA in Dallas?

Also, I am suprised it is only a 3 year deal. That's the fine print imho, or is 3 years usually the norm?

But I agree with you Joseph, I bet the mouse buys them.

> Although the WCVB affiliation with ABC has been extended
> through 2009, it would not surprise me if Disney/ABC makes
> an attempt to purchase the station prior to that, given that
> Boston is the largest market where ABC does not own it's
> local affiliate.
>
> Likewise, Boston is the largest market where NBC does not
> own it's local affiliate, so again, I would not be surprised
> if NBC makes an attempt to purchase WHDH-7 sometime in the
> next few years.
>
> But were ABC and NBC to buy WCVB and WHDH respectively, it
> would cost them a "pretty penny": I would think WHDH would
> go for $850-$900 million, and WCVB would go for $900
> million-$1 billion. Whichever station is sold first (if
> either station is sold) could command a record sale price
> for a single television station.
>
 
> I don't think NBC would buy Channel 7 at least not yet. I
> think they're waiting to see if they're gonna get control
> over the PAX/i stations. NBC might end up owning 68, 58, and
> 21. Right now NBC owns Channel 60 in Merrimack, which is the
> Telemundo station. Do they LMA Channel 46?
>
And... WJAR in Providence/New Bedford, thus creating market overlap ('cause you can get 10 and 12, in points south of the Pru)!
 
> By law, they can't. With Telemundo and their o&'o's they'd
> be way over the
> national station ownership limits. It can't happen.
>
> With the 18-month option signed in November, NBC has to find
> a third
> party to buy and run Pax.
>
Also NBC has never been all that agressive about buying stations. Disney has been downright lethargic. Fox and CBS had the most to lose and quickly got as many O&O as possible.

By 2009, analog should (but probably won't) be gone. So the UHF/VHF thing will be eliminated.

Also after the transition to digital the four major networks CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX will no longer receive the UHF discount. I am guessing a grandfather clause of sorts will allow CBS and FOX to keep their stations which will go WAY over the limit w/o the current UHF discount.

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> And... WJAR in Providence/New Bedford, thus creating market
> overlap ('cause you can get 10 and 12, in points south of
> the Pru)!

I doubt NBC Uni cares much about overlap as they have that all the way up the I-95 corridor from Philly (WCAU) to New York (WNBC) to Hartford/New Haven (WVIT) to Providence (WJAR) with areas of overlap the whole way through.
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> Really? Do they own WFAA in Dallas?
>
> Also, I am suprised it is only a 3 year deal. That's the
> fine print imho, or is 3 years usually the norm?
>

It's a 4 year deal. It includes '09. There's no industry norm.
Deals vary from one station group owner to another.

H-A has owned WCVB for over 20 years. They're in the business of owning profitable stations, not selling them. Same deal with WHDH, as long as it makes
lots money(and it does), it will stay in the Ansin family and won't go anywhere. So, any talk about networks coming in and buying WCVB and WHDH is useless speculation.
 
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