WADL to be sold to Nexstar (through Mission Broadcasting)

[mtburb]

An FCC filing just submitted today has confirmed that WADL is set to be sold to Mission Broadcasting, with Nexstar handling station operations.
https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/datae ... c&goBack=N
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-release ... 27840.html

If the deal goes through, this will be the seventh Nexstar-operated station in Michigan, joining WOOD, WXSP, and WOTV in Grand Rapids-Battle Creek-Kalamazoo, WLNS and WLAJ in Lansing, and WJMN in Marquette; and WADL would most likely also acquire the CW affiliation from outgoing WKBD, potentially bumping My Network TV to overnight timeslots.

[Editorcj]

Perhaps Kevin will buy some more cars for his collection with the money.

[Splouge]

I think we can expect the new "CW 38" to be a great improvement. The presentation will no longer be like that of a public access station. And I expect we'll be getting Rewind TV in our diginet lineup. Funny enough, we may even see Antenna TV return to 38.

MNT will probably be 38.1's secondary affiliation, and it will probably be carried from 2am-4am, that's when many other Nexstar stations with secondary (and, in the case of WPHL, even primary) MNT affiliations carry the programming service's lineup. (Although, in my opinion, MyNet is more of a programming disservice)

They may dump MNT altogether. Since September 2022, two major markets (Boston and Seattle) haven't had a MNT station. Detroit may be one of those markets too now. Boo hoo

[lush.rimbaugh]

I wonder if we'll see Nexstar pull a Fox/New World and switch as many O&O stations they can to The CW. It would be another major network realignment to rival what happened in 1994.

[edj]

I still remember when 38 was mostly infomercials and ancient movies with cut ins hosted by a woman from the Star Theatre in Madison Heights, later Southfield. Station has come a long way since then.

[SixPlusOne]

Courtesy: TVNewsCheck

Mission Broadcasting Buying WADL Detroit

https://tvnewscheck.com/business/articl ... l-detroit/

[Splouge]

Keep an eye on WPHL Philly, WTTA Tampa, and KRON San Francisco as well, these Nexstar-owned MNT affiliates are in markets where CBS will be dumping CW. Whatever those three stations do, 38 will probably follow suit.

[billmich88888]

Kevin Adell is a quality human being that will reap this massive windfall....
https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/wadl-fires ... day/41373/

[edj]

Adell was going to sell WADL in the spectrum auction but the bids were nowhere near what he had hoped.

$75 million for a station with low viewership both OTA and cable/satellite is a great deal for Adell.

[rugratsonline]

Keep an eye on WPHL Philly, WTTA Tampa, and KRON San Francisco as well, these Nexstar-owned MNT affiliates are in markets where CBS will be dumping CW. Whatever those three stations do, 38 will probably follow suit.

Any bets that WADL will become "The Great 38", like WTTA?

[HD74]

This may be totally cool.
Let us wait and see.
Good luck Perry!

[MasterB]

I know that DirecTV & Mission stations have been dark since late Oct of last year and DirecTV is suing Nexstar. Yeah, RewindTV on WADL subchannels Antenna TV I don't know got to wait until Scripps deal runs out whenever that is. CW38 in Detroit come fall of 2023. Antena TV has been on Fox17 since day 1 as that was a Tribune TV station until that was sold to Scripps in fall of 2019, I thought then that Antenna TV was going to move to WOOD TV or WOTV subchannel that hasn't happened.

Oddly Nexstar airs alot of Sinclair's diginets Comet which is WXSP .3 was on WWMT .3 before the move on Sep 1, 2021, Charged WOTV .3, Stadium WXSP .2 few months ago dropping COZI TV. The only one that Nexstar doesn't have is TBD which is on WWMT .3 was always surprised that Spectrum didn't ever added WWMT .3 when it was Comet Comcast did have WWMT .3 when Comet was launched.

[conelrad]

Metro Detroit media mogul sells WADL-TV as feds pursue him for unpaid estate, gift taxes

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/ ... 239987007/