Fw: report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs

[Maureen Carney]

Forwarding because I forgot to put the group on my last reply!

As for "Chronicle" perhaps H-A doesn't think they have sufficient staff and/or viewership in Maine. The WMUR version is completely different from the Boston original.


----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Doug Drown <revdoug1@verizon.net>
To: Maureen Carney <m_carney@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:22:32 PM
Subject: Re: report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs


You've brought up a good point.  And it brings to mind a question (Anybody out there work for WCVB?) --- Why don't the other Hearst-Argyle New England stations carry "Chronicle"?  I've missed the show ever since I moved to Maine, and now that H-A owns WMTW, I can't for the life of me fathom why they don't broadcast it.  Good Lord, it's won Peabodys and Emmys.  You'd think H-A would want to promote its own work . . . especially since they own stations that cover almost the whole region. 
 
-Doug
 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Maureen Carney 
To: Doug Drown 
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs


Especially every 4 years! H-A would want to keep WCVB/WMUR/WMTW because in addition to being ABC affiliates they mostly carry the same syndicated programming as well. It's easier and cheaper to do business that way.


----- Original Message ----
From: Doug Drown <revdoug1@verizon.net>
To: Maureen Carney <m_carney@yahoo.com>; Kevin Vahey <kvahey@comcast.net>; Boston Radio Group <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:45:27 PM
Subject: Re: report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs

I also doubt Hearst-Argyle would sell WMUR; the company has intentionally 
built something of a regional "network" (I use that term loosely) with WCVB 
as the hub of the wheel, so to speak, and WMUR, WMTW, and WNNE/WPTZ as the 
spokes.

While I don't know the numbers, I would also bed WMUR is highly lucrative 
for the company.  -Doug








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maureen Carney" <m_carney@yahoo.com>
To: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@comcast.net>; "Boston Radio Group" 
<boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs


>I highly doubt Hearst-Argyle would sell WMUR right now. BTW WMUR-DT is on 
>several Comcast systems in the Boston area (I have it in Framingham.) 
>Sunbeam bought WLVI in large part to prevent a repeat of San Jose from 
>happening here. With WFXT and WSBK being owned by Fox and CBS respectively, 
>that takes out the Boston full-power UHF stations out of the mix should NBC 
>want to go that route. I would highly doubt they would want to be on WZMY 
>or WMFP - not readily recongnizable stations even though they're both 
>carried on Boston cable systems. Re-educating the public to where you are 
>is no fun, and perception based on dial position (even in these digital 
>times) is everything. Check out Detroit and the move of CBS from channel 2 
>to channel 62.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Kevin Vahey <kvahey@comcast.net>
> To: Doug Drown <revdoug1@verizon.net>
> Cc: (newsgroup) Boston-Radio-Interest 
> <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:08:15 PM
> Subject: Re: report: NBC to sell Hartford, Miami TVs
>
> 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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