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mwooldri

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4. The national ownership limit isn't the only problem.

Reply to tenorly (Original post)

Mon May 8, 2017, 06:43 PM

May 2017

In my home market (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point) we have two Sinclair stations (ABC and My Network TV affiliates) and one Tribune (Fox affiliate). Due to channels 36 and above being reallocated for cellphones, some stations opted to go dark in the reverse auction. We lose 2 this way (CW affiliate, TBN affiliate). Sinclair will own three of the six remaining full power commercial licenses in our market.

Also Sinclair has had a horrid time with local news. They've outsourced their newscasts in our area to what was Time Warner Cable News.

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Right-wing competition for Fox News? Sinclair Broadcasting announces purchase of 42 TV stations [View all] tenorly May 2017 OP

Oh fabulous. ANOTHER one. calimary May 2017 #1

Fascist regimes don't prefer outright censorship anymore (blowback). They go for media consolidation tenorly May 2017 #2

My guess is they hire Ailes ebbie15644 May 2017 #3

The national ownership limit isn't the only problem. mwooldri May 2017 #4

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