Being cheap at Christmas

[Dudley]

25 has always been a starter market. Tell me who will make it better, some loudmouth employee. Enjoy your 3 balony lunch!

[sinklair]

Flint hasn’t been a starter market… up until recently when GMs and News Directors found they could save a few pennies by not paying as well.

People like Jim Kiertzner, Jay Brandow, Randy Conat, and Brian Wood are all great examples of respected, experienced journalists who made noteworthy careers here in mid-Michigan home

[Soundchaser]

Flint hasn’t been a starter market… up until recently when GMs and News Directors found they could save a few pennies by not paying as well.

People like Jim Kiertzner, Jay Brandow, Randy Conat, and Brian Wood are all great examples of respected, experienced journalists who made noteworthy careers here in mid-Michigan home

This has pretty much been a start up market since Disney sold 12 to SJL. SJL again milked it for all it was worth and then for a very large profit sold it to Gray. Gray bought 12 at a very inflated price. Much more than it was worth. 12 was downsized 3 times since the original SJL purchase. Freeing up hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit. No one on the workers level profited from that even though much of the profit was made by eliminating jobs. The business model is to squeeze every drop of blood out of these places for the owners and that's it. Gray, Allen, all of them are in it for profit. Not jounalism. It is sad, but that's the way it is. I'm not trying to justify this. Just pointing out that once again you are beating a dead horse.
I think it was you Stink, that posted earlier that Gray employees received a 3% bonus. I'd be intersed to know if that was up and above the normal bonus/raise they receive annually. I doubt it. But, Christmas miracles can happen.

[Dudley]

That last post tells me that Sinclare has his head up his ASS cause 25 has been a starter station for over30+ years! I was there where were you still hanging on a tit?

[TheWayItIs]

That last post tells me that Sinclare has his head up his ASS cause 25 has been a starter station for over30+ years! I was there where were you still hanging on a tit?

There’s a difference between being a starter market and hiring sub-par talent.

[Soundchaser]

That last post tells me that Sinclare has his head up his ASS cause 25 has been a starter station for over30+ years! I was there where were you still hanging on a tit?

There’s a difference between being a starter market and hiring sub-par talent.

Everybody's got to start somewhere, might as well be Flint.

[Dudley]

There is a difference between a starter MARKET and a starter STATION! 25 had been sitting on the Saginaw and Genesee county line for years. Just moved in with 66 7 years ago. Can't believe how foggy everyones mind is. it has been more of a Saginaw market since its city of licence is Saginaw!

[rugratsonline]

There is a difference between a starter MARKET and a starter STATION!

Then again, there's also its sister, WNWO Toledo, which can be described as a "non-starter" station -- for the last few years, its news was produced out of WSBT in South Bend. They were off Buckeye Cablesystem for several months in 2013-2014 due to a cable dispute; the system actually promoted CBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia, as well as Stanley Cup, during the time WNWO was blacked out.