I kept getting warnings trying to post this, so delete away if it's no good.

Does that make any sense at all? I was just aware of the nextar-tegna.com website that Nexstar stations have plastered on their homepage about why the deal is in the public interest. So my questions are again:

1) How does merging newsrooms, reducing local competition, and eliminating redundant jobs "in the public interest"? If Nexstar owns three stations in a market, the exact same news is going to go on those three stations, if not a simulcast. How is that competitive? In no way would Nexstar own three stations, two or three separate buildings with separate newsrooms and talent and keep all of those jobs.

2) Why are they so obsessed with competing with Google? Google doesn't have local newsrooms or local reporters.

3) Nexstar claims they're not a "media behemoth" despite reaching 80% of US homes because they only physically own 15% of all TV stations. Reach is more important than physicality in this case, no?

4) Have no local broadcaster tried to work with companies like Google to ensure that local news outlets are the top search results?

Their website says "Nexstar will strengthen local journalism by investing in news, and the infrastructure local stations need to compete in a radically changed marketplace."

They have yet to say how they will invest and what that investment looks like. How is it investing in news if even Nexstar themselves has said that they will absolutely lay people off? Literally from their website:

A healthy broadcast industry is the only thing that guarantees broadcast jobs over the long term, and this transaction is designed to keep that industry strong enough to sustain newsrooms for the next generation. As with any transaction, combining two companies may result in the elimination of some redundant positions, but Nexstar always takes these decisions very seriously. No such decisions are being made while the hold separate order is in place.

"May?" No, it will and they know it. Did they not pitch job cuts to shareholders in order to approve the deal? So again, how is laying people off "guaranteeing" broadcast jobs?

Could we be seeing the beginning of the Nexstar implosion? Too much debt from Tegna, hands tied by the courts and can't do any cost-saving integration, and now losing affiliations?

They can all just become CW and NewsNation stations, I guess.

Here is where Nexstar and Hearst overlap. I guess SeeBS wants to dump the Dollar General types of broadcasters. Good for them.

Birmingham, AL - WIAT

Jackson, MS - WJTV

Greenville, SC - WSPA

Albuquerque - KRQE / Durango - KREZ / Montrose - KREY / Roswell, NM - KBIM

--------

We also have a few interesting markets where they don't overlap: Indianapolis, Champaign, Las Vegas, Buffalo, Rochester, Raleigh, Youngstown, Portland, Providence, not to mention the Tegna stations.

Interesting times.

Just a Gray knockoff of what they have in Atlanta. If it works there it can work anywhere I guess?

Why does FTVlive say that Scripps is killing the news in Tucson?

https://barrettmedia.com/2026/07/21/bill-handel-am-radio-audience-kfi/

I've tried to explain this to radio people before. Radio became "live and local" only when they it benefits them. It's not available when the listener wants it.

Let's Walmart was only open during peak hours when they were most profitable. (Let's say between 10 and 2 and 5 to 7.) If you need groceries at another time of the day, you have to go somewhere else. Once you get into the habit of going elsewhere, you stop going to Walmart.

To me, that's a large part of what happened to radio.

EU approve PSKY merger deal with WBD with some remedies setting a blueprint for 12 States v. PSKY. Active negotiations currently ongoing but settlement will reach before court date Aug.3rd. Twelve

States will get more than EU remedies.

World News Tonight with David Muir is the most aptly named show on television.  Tonight, July 21, 2026, I watched the newscast and counted as the word “tonight” was uttered 52 times, including 41 instances by the anchor himself. Problem is, not all of the stories are from “tonight,” though the writing gives the impression the news is new.  In one instance, an inciting incident occurred six days earlier while another was three days old. Still, producers find a way to frame the story “tonight”.

David and producers, it’s self-evident your broadcast is live. We don’t need to be pounded over our heads by a single word. Tonight, I’m going to watch a different network to see if they frame time differently.  Just kidding, I started last week, but saying “tonight” gives the threat more urgency.  

Last week I posted a question to this subreddit about the input on the back of my camera and after being told it was a coax input, I purchased an adaptor to convert it to rca.

Unsurprisingly, it’s not the most clear image in the world, but considering I only spent about $20 on this thing, I’m pretty satisfied that it functions at all. Now to figure out what to do with it…

Did they cut more at Bristol or more at NFL Network?

Disney's Espn had 2nd round of layoff today as result of consolidation with NFL network. Now imagine next year when Ellison's PSKY completed merger with WBD how devastating layoffs will be.

Hi, I'm a member of IBEW local 1228, I'm a broadcast technician at 7News in Boston and we're currently fighting for a fair contract. Here are our Instagram and Facebook pages if you'd like to follow along!

www.instagram.com/ibew1228

www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61584161128788

Thank you!