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Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

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RockManAC

Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

From this morning's Chicago Sun-Times:

Tracking: No sale

*Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of WCIU-Channel 26 and WWME-Channel 23, is suing the owner of a Milwaukee area television station over a deal that went south.

<a target="_blank" href=http://www.suntimes.com/output/feder/cst-fin-feder171.html>Full blurb here</a> (It's about 1/2 way down the page)

-A<P ID="signature">______________

</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by RockManAC on 02/17/06 04:12 PM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> From this morning's Chicago Sun-Times:
>
> Tracking: No sale
>
> *Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of
> WCIU-Channel 26 and WWME-Channel 23, is suing the owner of a
> Milwaukee area television station over a deal that went
> south.
>
> Full blurb here (It's about 1/2 way down the page)
>
> -A
>
I'm sorry to see that deal fell through. WJJA is just miserable under Kinlow's operation.<P ID="signature">______________

</P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> From this morning's Chicago Sun-Times:
>
> Tracking: No sale
>
> *Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of
> WCIU-Channel 26 and WWME-Channel 23, is suing the owner of a
> Milwaukee area television station over a deal that went
> south.
>
> Full blurb here (It's about 1/2 way down the page)
>
> -A

Adam,

Wow! Thanks for posting that news. I had no idea about that. So anyone care to speculate what they'd want WJJA for? Maybe to bring a WMME style station here? I agree with the rest of you that WJJA as it exists today is nothing short of a complete waste of space. The only reason I watch it is they sometimes run old public domain TV shows (but not as often as I'd like).
<P ID="signature">______________
-Paul</P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> Wow! Thanks for posting that news. I had no idea about that.
> So anyone care to speculate what they'd want WJJA for? Maybe
> to bring a WMME style station here? I agree with the rest of
> you that WJJA as it exists today is nothing short of a
> complete waste of space. The only reason I watch it is they
> sometimes run old public domain TV shows (but not as often
> as I'd like).
>

I would assume that it would be to move WMLW or WYTU over to that signal.

-A<P ID="signature">______________

</P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> > Wow! Thanks for posting that news. I had no idea about
> that.
> > So anyone care to speculate what they'd want WJJA for?
> Maybe
> > to bring a WMME style station here? I agree with the rest
> of
> > you that WJJA as it exists today is nothing short of a
> > complete waste of space. The only reason I watch it is
> they
> > sometimes run old public domain TV shows (but not as often
>
> > as I'd like).
> >
>
> I would assume that it would be to move WMLW or WYTU over to
> that signal.
>
> -A

Oh.. I hadn't thought of that. Why would they want to do that? I'm not doubting you- I really would be interested in knowing.
<P ID="signature">______________
-Paul</P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> Oh.. I hadn't thought of that. Why would they want to do
> that? I'm not doubting you- I really would be interested in
> knowing.

Well.. I'm not sure about WMLW, since their class A signal is pretty good over Milwaukee, but I could see them moving WYTU for a couple of reasons... #1 being that it's out of "core" after digital transition, plus, even on the Racine signal, it'd be Milwaukee's only full-power Spanish outlet and therefore give them a better reach into the Hispanic community. As for what they'd do with the left-over LPTV... Anyone's guess.

(Hey Weigel... If you donated it to MUTV, you could get a nice tax write-off!)

-A<P ID="signature">______________

</P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> Well.. I'm not sure about WMLW, since their class A signal
> is pretty good over Milwaukee, but I could see them moving
> WYTU for a couple of reasons... #1 being that it's out of
> "core" after digital transition, plus, even on the Racine
> signal, it'd be Milwaukee's only full-power Spanish outlet
> and therefore give them a better reach into the Hispanic
> community. As for what they'd do with the left-over LPTV...
> Anyone's guess.
>
> (Hey Weigel... If you donated it to MUTV, you could get a
> nice tax write-off!)
>
> -A

Interesting. I don't watch Telemundo since I don't speak Spanish; so I keep forgeting about WYTU!

So; I guess if the deal is dead, everything is staying where it is and WJJA will continue to be mostly Shop@Home, Shepherd's Chapel and infomercials? sigh... I'd almost be happier if the station just shut down entierly at this point.
<P ID="signature">______________
-Paul</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by PaulS on 02/17/06 07:41 PM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> > Oh.. I hadn't thought of that. Why would they want to do
> > that? I'm not doubting you- I really would be interested
> in
> > knowing.
>
> Well.. I'm not sure about WMLW, since their class A signal
> is pretty good over Milwaukee, but I could see them moving
> WYTU for a couple of reasons... #1 being that it's out of
> "core" after digital transition, plus, even on the Racine
> signal, it'd be Milwaukee's only full-power Spanish outlet
> and therefore give them a better reach into the Hispanic
> community. As for what they'd do with the left-over LPTV...
> Anyone's guess.
>
> (Hey Weigel... If you donated it to MUTV, you could get a
> nice tax write-off!)
>
> -A
>
It would definately be in good company since WDDW shares a tower with WJJA.<P ID="signature">______________

</P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> > From this morning's Chicago Sun-Times:
> >
> > Tracking: No sale
> >
> > *Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of
> > WCIU-Channel 26 and WWME-Channel 23, is suing the owner of
> a
> > Milwaukee area television station over a deal that went
> > south.
> >
> > Full blurb here (It's about 1/2 way down the page)
> >
> > -A
> >
> I'm sorry to see that deal fell through. WJJA is just
> miserable under Kinlow's operation.
>
I think that it(Ch.49)should be shut down competely too.It could save Kinlow lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

In my most humble opinion, Kinlow doesn't seem to know much about running a TV station - not a competitive one, at least. Like Paul, I enjoy the occasional, and often hard to find, public domain show ("Ozzie and Harriet," namely), but WJJA is a sad excuse for a TV station. I'm reminded of that incident that occured last summer where it was off the air for something like two weeks because of that equipment malfunction. Has anyone noticed the audio problems lately, too? When I flipped by it a few days ago, the audio was quiet and there was a buzz in the background. Should Weigel get their hands on it, anything would be an improvement!
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> Well.. I'm not sure about WMLW, since their class A signal
> is pretty good over Milwaukee, but I could see them moving
> WYTU for a couple of reasons... #1 being that it's out of
> "core" after digital transition, plus, even on the Racine
> signal, it'd be Milwaukee's only full-power Spanish outlet
> and therefore give them a better reach into the Hispanic
> community. As for what they'd do with the left-over LPTV...
> Anyone's guess.

WJJA does have a permit to move to a tower in Milwaukee - the same tower that houses WJZI 93.3. (did there used to be a TV station on this tower? Wouldn't think they'd have built it strong enough to hold a 5000kw UHF TV if it was only going to have one FM station on it... but I can't find any FCC record of any other FM or TV station at those coordinates... Maybe they intended to build a new tower at the same site?)

Their original DTV permit also called for that tower but it's since been amended for low power at their existing Oak Creek site. The "city-grade" requirements for DTV are pretty generous, they wouldn't have any trouble making DTV city-grade across Racine from any of the Shorewood towers. (heck, they could probably make DTV city-grade across Racine from a tower in Sheboygan!)

It *is* interesting that WYTU hasn't yet filed for displacement to a channel below 52. I wonder if they plan to simply surrender the license after transition? Digital LPTVs can multicast just like full-power stations, maybe their plan is to use the WMLW-LD transmitter to carry both WMLW and WYTU? (yes, I'm aware WMLW is already on WDJT-DT)

On a VERY vaguely related note, did anyone else notice where Wisconsin Public TV has applied to convert all their translators to digital? (becoming the first public TV network to do so)
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> From this morning's Chicago Sun-Times:
>
> Tracking: No sale
>
> *Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of
> WCIU-Channel 26 and WWME-Channel 23, is suing the owner of a
> Milwaukee area television station over a deal that went
> south.
>
> Full blurb here (It's about 1/2 way down the page)
>
> -A
>

I wonder if Tim Cuprisin still lurks out here. Maybe he can mention this and maybe comment on it in a article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

-John L.
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> > From this morning's Chicago Sun-Times:
> >
> > Tracking: No sale
> >
> > *Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of
> > WCIU-Channel 26 and WWME-Channel 23, is suing the owner of
> a
> > Milwaukee area television station over a deal that went
> > south.
> >
> > Full blurb here (It's about 1/2 way down the page)
> >
> > -A
> >
>
> I wonder if Tim Cuprisin still lurks out here. Maybe he can
> mention this and maybe comment on it in a article in the
> Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
>
> -John L.

Well, I e-mailed him and showed him the article and he said he didn't know about it and doesn't have any comments.
<P ID="signature">______________
-Paul</P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> I think that it(Ch.49)should be shut down competely too.It
> could save Kinlow lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$

Hmm... I have $20... Think he'll sell it to me?

You know.. I'm even willing to pay $50 for both the TV and the AM.

-A<P ID="signature">______________

</P><P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by RockManAC on 02/18/06 08:09 PM.</FONT></P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> From this morning's Chicago Sun-Times:
>
> Tracking: No sale
>
> *Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of
> WCIU-Channel 26 and WWME-Channel 23, is suing the owner of a
> Milwaukee area television station over a deal that went
> south.

...having worked for a Kinlow station, it doesn't surprise me in the least...<P ID="signature">______________
King Daevid MacKenzie
WLSU Wisconsin Public Radio, La Crosse
heard weekly on http://www.radio4all.net/
"Kill Ugly Radio." FRANK ZAPPA</P>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

WJZI is now on the American tower, the bug Thre prong candelabra. They WERE on CH 24s tower. 49 waqs trying to get a tower in the antenna farm area a number of years ago, but was turned down by the city.


>
> WJJA does have a permit to move to a tower in Milwaukee -
> the same tower that houses WJZI 93.3. (did there used to be
> a TV station on this tower? Wouldn't think they'd have
> built it strong enough to hold a 5000kw UHF TV if it was
> only going to have one FM station on it... but I can't find
> any FCC record of any other FM or TV station at those
> coordinates... Maybe they intended to build a new tower at
> the same site?)
>
> Their original DTV permit also called for that tower but
> it's since been amended for low power at their existing Oak
> Creek site. The "city-grade" requirements for DTV are
> pretty generous, they wouldn't have any trouble making DTV
> city-grade across Racine from any of the Shorewood towers.
> (heck, they could probably make DTV city-grade across Racine
> from a tower in Sheboygan!)
>
> It *is* interesting that WYTU hasn't yet filed for
> displacement to a channel below 52. I wonder if they plan
> to simply surrender the license after transition? Digital
> LPTVs can multicast just like full-power stations, maybe
> their plan is to use the WMLW-LD transmitter to carry both
> WMLW and WYTU? (yes, I'm aware WMLW is already on WDJT-DT)
>
>
> On a VERY vaguely related note, did anyone else notice where
> Wisconsin Public TV has applied to convert all their
> translators to digital? (becoming the first public TV
> network to do so)
>
 
Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> WJZI is now on the American tower, the bug Thre prong
> candelabra. They WERE on CH 24s tower. 49 waqs trying to
> get a tower in the antenna farm area a number of years ago,
> but was turned down by the city.
>
>
Didn't Kinlow try to sue the city for "racism" when that happened?<P ID="signature">______________

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Re: Weigel Broadcasting (WDJT/WMLW/WYTU) is suing Joel Kinlow (WJJA/WGLB-A) over botched sale....

> > WJZI is now on the American tower, the bug Thre prong
> > candelabra. They WERE on CH 24s tower. 49 waqs trying to
>
> > get a tower in the antenna farm area a number of years
> ago,
> > but was turned down by the city.
> >
> >
> Didn't Kinlow try to sue the city for "racism" when that
> happened?
>


I **heard** something to that effect.
 
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