WTVA sold to Gray Media…

[Maroon Eagle]

As has been mentioned here before, Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has been cutting costs substantially especially regarding meteorology on this here message board:

Byron Allen Sells 10 Local TV Stations to Gray Media in $171 Million Deal

The mogul put his stations on the market back in June.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[L4Dawg]

Hopefully it will improve the station. It needs it.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Sounds like Byron Allen doesn't know how to run TV stations

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

Gray is pretty good

 

[patdog]

Sounds like Byron Allen doesn't know how to run TV stations

I’d never heard of him but looks like he made his money as a comedian. Why would he think he would know how to run a tv station? Stick to what you know.

 

[Villagedawg]

I guess he was back where he started out. On channel 9.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

As has been mentioned here before, Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has been cutting costs substantially especially regarding meteorology on this here message board:

Byron Allen Sells 10 Local TV Stations to Gray Media in $171 Million Deal

The mogul put his stations on the market back in June.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

Hopefully this means we can now get the Braves games on Gray and Saints preseason games in the NE Miss region

 

[msudawg12]

You guys will be just like us in Meridian.... We now have 15 minutes of Jackson's news and then 15 of ours....

 

[WrapItDog]

You guys will be just like us in Meridian.... We now have 15 minutes of Jackson's news and then 15 of ours....

That would be quite the change. WTVA has had 0 minutes of Jackson news over the last 50 years. I would have no idea what goes on in Jackson if not for Sixpack.

Jackson is some mythical place somewhere along the Natchez Trace going south**

 

[greenbean.sixpack]

Does this mean the whining about the weatherman can stop?

Hopefully they will bring back Buddy and Kay.

 

[L4Dawg]

That would be quite the change. WTVA has had 0 minutes of Jackson news over the last 50 years. I would have no idea what goes on in Jackson if not for Sixpack.

Jackson is some mythical place somewhere along the Natchez Trace going south**

As it should be. State government is literally the only connection this area has with Jackson.

 

[L4Dawg]

Does this mean the whining about the weatherman can stop?

Hopefully they will bring back Buddy and Kay.

The weatherman left. He started up his own weather streaming service Based in Tupelo. It’s gonna be a bit hard to bring back Buddy,

 

[Fritz!]

You guys will be just like us in Meridian.... We now have 15 minutes of Jackson's news and then 15 of ours....

We have a mix of WLOX, WDAM and facebook in Jackson on WLBT, with a smattering of local potholes and apartment residents without water lately. (Without questions about why the owners haven’t paid the bill)

 

[onewoof]

Gray is pretty good

You'll see a raise in monthly rates you didn't ask for or want soon on your local channels on your TV bill. These companies are worse than record labels. And that's a very low bar. The lowest.

 

[Trojanbulldog19]

You'll see a raise in monthly rates you didn't ask for or want soon on your local channels on your TV bill. These companies are worse than record labels. And that's a very low bar. The lowest.

Gray owns the local fox where I live. I have Hulu live right now. All of them go up. No matter where you live. I just prefer the way my fox local is compared to others owned by others. Seems a lot more professional broadcast and media

 

[onewoof]

Gray owns the local fox where I live. I have Hulu live right now. All of them go up. No matter where you live. I just prefer the way my fox local is compared to others owned by others. Seems a lot more professional broadcast and media

Reminder that local channels cost $0.00 with an antenna. More people need to do that until they stop raising rates.

 

[She Mate Me]

I’d never heard of him but looks like he made his money as a comedian. Why would he think he would know how to run a tv station? Stick to what you know.

I think he's always had his hand in a lot of stuff. Pretty sure whatever his net worth is, it's mostly because of various content he's created and business ventures, not comedy. His group owns the Weather Channel and made a bid to acquire BET a while back.

 

[Hugh's Burner Phone]

No love for Gray or Allen.

 

[dog99walker]

Jackson news?? F-that!! Who needs to hear about third world problems. In North East MS, the water works and the roads are paved.

 

[El Perro Grande]

The weatherman left. He started up his own weather streaming service Based in Tupelo. It’s gonna be a bit hard to bring back Buddy,

We could have a seance.

 

[The Peeper]

You'll see a raise in monthly rates you didn't ask for or want soon on your local channels on your TV bill

I'm in their viewing area, no raised rates for me. I recently put an antenna up in the metropolis of Starkville and get 14 local network channels (including all the Tupelo ones) that I actually kept and deleted another 6 or 8 that I didn't want to watch. 1 time fees of $80 for antenna, $20 conduit for a mast to mount it on and hooked it up to my old satellite wiring. Now, I find I don't even watch the major 4 networks, just the subchannels occasionally. I got the antenna mainly for football season because there's nothing on those networks till football season starts.