report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs

[Kevin Vahey]

NBC played hardball in San Francisco when they pulled NBC from KRON
and bought a station in San Jose.

Just wondering. Suppose NBC tried the same move here by buying say
WMUR. Since Manchester is considered part of the Boston DMA could or
would cable companies in Boston then pick it up like they did for
Channel 11 in San Jose?

Part of the reason NBC bought the San Jose station was they did not
want a repeat of the deal they gave WHDH. At first the San Jose
station said they would pay for the right to carry NBC than getting
paid and then they sold it.

Losing NBC just destroyed KRON and Young Broadcasting has not recovered from it.

On 3/20/08, Doug Drown <revdoug1@verizon.net> wrote:
> I personally wouldn't be at all surprised if NBC were to make a grab for
> WHDH.  If they want to focus on the top markets, it would be a good
> strategic move, I should think.  NBC wanted Channel 7 years ago.  Am I
> correct in thinking that it's the network's largest non-O&O market?
>
> -Doug
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@fybush.com>
> To: "Richard Chonak" <rac@gabrielmass.com>
> Cc: "(newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest"
> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:01 AM
> Subject: Re: report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs
>
>
> > Richard Chonak wrote:
> >> On 03/20/2008 07:45 AM, Kevin Vahey wrote:
> >>>
> >>> WMAQ had a spectacular on air meltdown a few nonths back during the 10
> >>> PM news causing them to go to MSNBC for the news.
> >>>
> >>
> >> That's not an ideal replacement for a straight newscast, as MSNBC's
> >> evening schedule consists of opinion, analysis, and debate shows.   At
> >> 10pm, they have Keith Olbermann's show.   But for an NBC affiliate, MSNBC
> >> seems to be the fallback option.
> >
> > It was slightly worse than that, even - this was 10 PM central, 11 PM
> > eastern, which meant they went to MSNBC in the midst of the "Doc Block" -
> > reruns of "To Catch a Predator" and "Lockup."
> >
> > But it's better than going to black, I guess.
> >
> > And in fairness, WHDH had a meltdown of its own not long ago that knocked
> > out a newscast. As complex as today's TV stations are, it can happen
> > whether MCR is local or a thousand miles away.
> >
> > s
>
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