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I thought I was a fan of local news.
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In light of the DOJ involvment into the WTVJ-WPLG merger I thought this was interesting.
Sinclair Broadcasting made a move to buy WTVR, the CBS affiliate in Richmond, VA, from Raycom Communications while still owning WRLH, the FOX affiliate in the same market.
All was said and done until the DOJ rejected the deal last month. Sinclair says they were going to sell WRLH to Carma Broadcasting LLC to avoid owning two stations in the same market but DOJ still rejected them. I’m guessing here that WRLH and WTVR are in the top 4?
DOJ didn’t specify why they rejected the acquisition leaving Sinclair to guess that it might have something to do with their duopoly. Apparently DOJ can nix any deal without giving a reason.
found via Save WTVJ blog
This article appeared on FTVLive today. It is true according to people involved and NBC executives have confirmed it.
NBC 6 Sale hits a snag:
“It appears that the WTVJ (NBC O&O Miami) sale maybe in trouble.Insiders tell FTVLive that the Department of Justice has been in Miami and looked at the client lists for the two stations and there’s concern that Post Newsweek may have too much of the market and the deal could be in trouble.If so, this is a big issue for the NBC-Local Media Group. They needed the money from the WTVJ sale to cover budget misses. If the sale doesn’t go through, you could be looking at some more very deep cuts at the O&O’s”
The one bad side of it is that Dave Boyland told several people that the sale will still go through. It just may be delayed until February.
Brian Andrews’ news in English is growing. As you may know, the RCN webcast from Colombia is a pre-recorded show posted on the RCN website. In a few months, I’m hearing they’ll be adding an additional webcast, and a 30 minute newscast on RCN’s new 24-hour international channel.
Keep up-to-date on all of this at Brian’s blog, facebook, or website. Good luck with the expansion!
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