Their own map is inaccurate. They show one station in Wisconsin (in Milwaukee), but I know for a fact that they own WLUK in Green Bay (scroll down to the bottom of the station’s homepage, and you’ll see “(c) 2018 Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Inc.”) I don’t know how many other stations they own that aren’t shown on their own map.
Edit: it looks like Sinclair bought WLUK several years ago, so it’s not a case of “map hasn’t been updated with recent acquisition.” They also own WMSN in Madison, which is also not on their map.
I now see that. I also see that, if you zoom in tightly enough on the map, the Green Bay and Madison stations suddenly appear. If I wished to be charitable, I’d just say that it’s an incompetently-designed map (as you zoom in and out, and scroll around, stations appear and disappear). If I wished to be uncharitable, I’d suggest that perhaps they don’t care to make it easy for people to see how many stations they own.
I just sent an email to my local Sinclair station and asked them which other local stations are reporting “fake news” and what that “fake news” might be.
Short version: FCC regulations state that no one company can own broadcast TV stations which have a combined reach of more than 39% of US households. Sinclair is currently attempting to buy Tribune Media; were the purchase to go through, their reach would be 72%. However, an old FCC rule “discounts” UHF stations (i.e., channels 14-83) in that calculation, since, in the analog TV days, UHF signals were poorer than VHF (channels 2-13) signals, and didn’t have as strong a reach.
The regulation was briefly repealed in 2016, under the reasoning that, with the conversion to digital TV, there’s no longer a difference in quality between VHF and UHF signals. However, the current FCC administration, under Trump appointee Ajit Pai, reinstated the discount regulation last year. With that regulation back in place, the purchase of Tribune would only put Sinclair at a “reach” of 45.5% (since they own, or would own, many “discounted” UHF stations), and they wouldn’t need to divest many stations to get down to the regulatory limit (while still actually having a reach of far more than 39%).
I like how the Sinclair group stuff is whats causing people to freak out but Disney doing the exact same thing with media consolidation was welcomed with happy applause.
What a great idea-Let’s talk about everything at the same time!
edited to add: Are you claiming that it’s the same group of people that are unhappy about the former and unhappy about the latter?
That’s just offensive. What the hell is wrong with you?
Also the progoms, as they are generally defined, were in Russia decades before the Nazis. And they certainly didn’t start small. Stick to what you know.
Holy crap why are you offended that I put down Nazis? They are equally reviled by everybody. I know pogroms were in Russia during WW1. I was talking about Hitler and his pogroms that he started were small up to the Crystal Night. I know more than you think. So quit putting me down as dumb. You don’t know me.
It’s offensive that you compared the Holocaust to a group of conservative tv stations. You post a lot of ignorant stuff and I point it out when I see it. I am not going to stop.
Like this: the Russian pogroms were mostly in the 19th century and very early 20th century well prior to WWI.
I never said Holocaust. Never. Ever.
I was talking about the evil that Hitler rained down and how innocuous it seemed at first.
That. Is. All.
If you bring up other stuff that is on you.
If you have extra time to follow me around the board, go for it, Dude.
That is an absurd mischaracterization and even more not getting history correct too. You aren’t even comprehending what I am trying to say. As if I am following you around. Good god.
Anyway, to bring this back on topic. We have our first producer of a Sinclair station resigning in protest.