Michigan Radio & TV Buzzboard

Yes, I believe a Trump led FCC can only improve the regulatory conditions that currently limit local TV stations.

25/66: barely a news operation these days. (No union)
12: Parent company wants to lay off all meteorologists. (No union)

Yes, I believe unions can only help improve these two stations. It’s obvious that Sinclair and Allen Media aren’t serious about growing these two stations.

Organman:

If he can’t get an audience to pay to hear his far right Fix news wannabe, I doubt raising prices will help the cause.

Oh Matt. I’m still very much around. So sorry to disappoint you…

The cuts at ABC 12 won’t be done. They reversed the decision on cutting Mets. Good for JR, Kevin and company. However, the financial situation has not changed for Byron Allen. So more staff cuts will come to WJRT and other Allen stations. So overpaid JR keeps his job… and how many reporters, pr ...

HD: wrong again. But thanks for playing!

The fact is there are many people who believe what we are saying.

If I need to explain it to you, you might be working too hard to justify why the skit might tarnish NewsNation’s “sterling” image

5000 would be a great start. In Jackson, they brought 40

Jayne spends more time out of the office Han actually supervising her team. After returning from the Master’s and posting photos of her and her husband day drinking while using her media credentials… her next big to do was spend time at the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, inducting Carolyn Cli ...

You know it’s bad when Saturday Night Live equates your national “news” network with a Beavis and Butthead skit… https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/4/14/news-nation-get-the-snl-treatment Nexstar is throwing a lot of money and has very little to show for it. They are making their local stations sp ...

Do ornery WOOD and Fox 17 Assistant News Director Andy Gillfillan wrote a LinkedIn post about the challenges he’s faced getting back into the industry after caring for his mom. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/4/14/burning-the-tegna-scripps-bridge Andy takes a shot at Tegna and Scripps r ...

More Nexstar stations are unionizing as a way to fight back against Uncle Perry and his penchant for running stations on the cheap. https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/4/15/another-nexstar-station-votes-to-unionize WLNS has long resisted any unionization effort, but there are many people who are ...

I thought only Sinclair hired the worst people… now I see Chris Hansen on News Nation.

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2024/ ... ews-nation

Whoever is running this trainwreck of a “news” operation is in a race toward irrelevancy.

Blind squirrels can find nuts. Doesn’t make them a real news organization, Steve. Fox 47 has always been dead last in the market, they remain in dead last place today, they will stay in dead last place in the future — as long as Scripps and its horrible Scrippscast remains in place. Gary, Matt, Ne ...