Something to watch out for...

[Kevin Vahey]

NBC owns WNEU Channel 60 which is Telemundo.

On 11/16/08, Dan.Strassberg <dan.strassberg@att.net> wrote:
> What station does NBC own here? Not 7, not 56. What? A Providence
> station?
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Garrett Wollman" <wollman@bimajority.org>
> To: "Larry Weil" <kc1ih@mac.com>
> Cc: "Boston-Radio-Interest" <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 2:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Something to watch out for...
>
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>> <<On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:52:16 -0500, Larry Weil <kc1ih@mac.com>
>> said:
>>
>>> Of course, there would be the additional complication that Sunbeam
>>> also owns and operates, from the same facilities, WLVI.  I doubt
>>> NBC
>>> would want WLVI, so it would need to be sold off separately, if
>>> anyone even wants them at this point.
>>
>> At the moment, it appears that there are a lot more properties on
>> the
>> market than there are buyers.  Actually, scratch that.  It appears
>> that there are a lot of broadcast properties on the market and no
>> buyers at all.
>>
>> I'm told that Salem is particularly hard-up for cash and looking to
>> sell off whatever they can to keep the larger-market stations
>> running
>> until the economy picks up.
>>
>> I wouldn't be surprised to see a number of broadcast groups in
>> Chapter
>> 11 by the middle of next year if the financing crunch continues.
>>
>> I suppose that if Fox ends up buying WSVN, they could fairly easily
>> take WLVI off Ansin's hands at the same time.  That would presumably
>> mean the end of news on 56.  NBC couldn't take it (they already own
>> in
>> this market).  There's nobody else in the business with access to
>> capital on reasonable terms right now.
>>
>> -GAWollman
>>
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