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KFMB stationa up for sale?,

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Citing "sources," KUSI news reported late last week that KFMB-AM-FM-TV are all up for sale. SDRadio.org has link to KUSI report.

Combo is owned by Midwest Television. Any ideas on who might buy it? IHeart and CBS/Entercom are maxed out on San Diego FM's.
 
Ha Ha that's funny. Maybe Elisabeth should have checked out what TENGA did with Dorthy Bullits family owned KING 5 in Seattle after they bought it. KING is a shell of what is used to be, new studios too small, news cast looks like a two year old in master control is running it. Wont take long for TENGA to kill that KFMB Culture.
 
xmtrland said:
Ha Ha that's funny. Maybe Elisabeth should have checked out what TENGA did with Dorthy Bullits family owned KING 5 in Seattle after they bought it. KING is a shell of what is used to be, new studios too small, news cast looks like a two year old in master control is running it. Wont take long for TENGA to kill that KFMB Culture.
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1. TEGNA
2. TEGNA didn't get ahold of KING til 2013; Bullitt's daughters sold their mom's empire in 92. Passed through two owners in between.
 
MarkW said:
Tegna and its predecessor, Gannett, have destroyed KHOU in Houston as well.
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Can't speak for Seattle, but a friend used to work for the predecessor company of TEGNA/Gannett, and he blamed Belo for all of the cuts at his station. I don't know what TEGNA's like these days, but, in my radio days, a friend interned at a Gannett TV property and said it was run a lot better than the property where he eventually got hired out of college (which, I'm thinking, was owned by Nexstar). Belo had KING 5 for about 20 years and had plenty of time to put its stamp on the station, whatever that may have been.
 
local scoop

Kent said:
Can't speak for Seattle, but a friend used to work for the predecessor company of TEGNA/Gannett, and he blamed Belo for all of the cuts at his station. I don't know what TEGNA's like these days, but, in my radio days, a friend interned at a Gannett TV property and said it was run a lot better than the property where he eventually got hired out of college (which, I'm thinking, was owned by Nexstar). Belo had KING 5 for about 20 years and had plenty of time to put its stamp on the station, whatever that may have been.
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Here is an article on the whole thing

https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/dec/21/ticker-will-tegna-drain-kfmb-talent-pool/
 
Wonder if Tegna will reinstate that shelved minor-mod calling for a drop in KFM-BAM night power from 50kw to 10kw? Could save a few bucks on 'lectricity.
 
DrAkbar said:
Wonder if Tegna will reinstate that shelved minor-mod calling for a drop in KFM-BAM night power from 50kw to 10kw? Could save a few bucks on 'lectricity.
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They might swap the AM out even for a used Gremlin. If there's fuzzy dice hanging from the rear-view, they might even throw in the guard dog at the transmitter shack. Give it a shot!
 
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