Sinclair (KABB Fox San Antonio) announces its buying WOAI and selling KMYS

[intx]

Thoughts on where they'd consolidate operations? There's not really any room to grow at the WOAI site, unless you went vertical, but it's in a good spot downtown. That'd be super expensive. The KABB spot would also need to be expanded if they consolidated there. 

[wild949austin]

By any chance, when Sinclair actually does buy WOAI, do you think they may switch to calling themselves NBC 4 or NBC San Antonio?
 I'm sure that's a possibility right?

Also, this may be a long shot but...

When KABB and WOAI are owned by Sinclair, does Sinclair have the power to move the Fox Affiliation to WOAI, since Fox is the stronger of the two networks? If they wanted to. basically an affiliation switch. Just curious.

[mmnassour]

If so, Sinclair would probably have to get NBC/Universal and Fox to each agree to the switch.  Oh, and WOAI would have to produce umpty-dozen hours of news/talk programming every day, as does KTBC in Austin, to take up all that extra time.

Not sure any of that's in the cards...especially that part about NBC/Universal agreeing.    

[Kent]

Well, if they waited for the network contracts to expire, they could potentially move them around.  However, there are some inherent risks in that, such as one of the networks could bolt if it didn't like the arrangement (though I'm not sure they'd have anywhere to go).  If NBC found somewhere else to go instead of KABB, Sinclair would be left scrambling to fill time on KABB.  Ask Nexstar how well that worked when Fox left them in a few markets! 

I wouldn't think a switch of WOAI-TV to Fox and KABB to NBC would be too likely, though I suppose you can't rule it out entirely either. 

[fredcantu]

It would be too disruptive without any real payoff.  Both stations are now UHF.  No real reason to switch affiliations.

[willdav713]

It would be too disruptive without any real payoff.  Both stations are now UHF.  No real reason to switch affiliations.

If WOAI-TV is covered in more areas, it would make sense.
If they did the same amount of news like Fox 7 Austin it would garner more ratings and do some damage to KENS, and KSAT.

There is a chance Telemundo could carry NBC on HD2, or Univision's HD-2.  Example Austin's KVUE 42.1, and 42.2 Telemundo NVUE-TV.
 
I am always having problems with KLRU and it's subchannels over here in the Arboretum area, but KTBC Fox comes in nicely.  My co-worker lives in Far West area and has reception problems with KTBC Fox 7 and not KLRU.  Since these are apartments an outdoor antenna is out of the question.  I could shimmy an antenna up in the crawlspace feeding in the closet via cutting the drywall in the ceiling, (Don't worry I clean up before moving out, patches, paint, and all) would that make a difference with reception?

[fredcantu]

If WOAI-TV is covered in more areas, it would make sense.

They now have essentially the same coverage.

If they did the same amount of news like Fox 7 Austin it would garner more ratings and do some damage to KENS, and KSAT.

On the surface, moving the news load from one station to another wouldn't change the "damage" to competing stations.

There is a chance Telemundo could carry NBC on HD2, or Univision's HD-2.  Example Austin's KVUE 42.1, and 42.2 Telemundo NVUE-TV.

Telemundo in San Antonio is a Telemundo-owned full power station.  They gain nothing being carried by the NBC affiliate and vice versa.  KVUE & KEYE each carry digital subchannels that otherwise would be unavailable in their market.

I am always having problems with KLRU and it's subchannels over here in the Arboretum area, but KTBC Fox comes in nicely.  My co-worker lives in Far West area and has reception problems with KTBC Fox 7 and not KLRU.  Since these are apartments an outdoor antenna is out of the question.  I could shimmy an antenna up in the crawlspace feeding in the closet via cutting the drywall in the ceiling, (Don't worry I clean up before moving out, patches, paint, and all) would that make a difference with reception?

IIRC-- KLRU is on the same tower with KVUE and KEYE.  I'm not sure why you would have problems with KLRU and not the others.  Does your antenna have an amplifier.  Maybe you're getting overload from the FMs in the West Lake Hills antenna farm.  I had to put an FM filter on my antenna for that reason.  A lot of people have problem with Fox 7 since it is a VHF in a world of UHF HDTVs and more importantly a world of UHF indoor antennas.  Perhaps your coworker has a UHF-only antenna and doesn't know it.

[willdav713]

I have problems with KEYE and KVUE as well.  Also KXAN.  Channel 54.1, and 7.1 come in good.  I have 2 antennas one with an amp, one without an amp. I live down a slope. and the parking lot is ground level while the apartment on the first floor is a little below ground level (takes climbing down a very short set of stairs)  Along with a mini forest in the backyard, bedroom is by the parking lot, living room where the other set is the wall facing the mini forest. Antenna is closest to the door facing the parking lot actually the wall.

I also have problems with Me-TV 12.2 in my parents house in San Antonio, we have an antenna (not amplified) hooked up to the HDTV DTV box and then it goes to the DVD Recorder via A/V cables along with a Direct TV box connected via Coax In, feed through the Coax Out to TV set.  So I will have to give than FM filter a try.  Funny thing is I tried hooking up that amplified Tuner which is TV UHF and VHF made for HD to my Pioneer receiver and KHFI was on almost all the channels including Bob-FM. When I unplugged it, it acted like a regular antenna.

[JHBrandt]

I live down a slope. and the parking lot is ground level while the apartment on the first floor is a little below ground level (takes climbing down a very short set of stairs)  Along with a mini forest in the backyard, bedroom is by the parking lot, living room where the other set is the wall facing the mini forest. Antenna is closest to the door facing the parking lot actually the wall.

Sounds like a nightmare for OTA reception. Any chance of mounting your antennas on the ceiling?

Seriously, you might get better reception if you can put an antenna out in the back yard - and the higher the better (as long as you aren't encroaching on another apartment!)

[willdav713]

I live down a slope. and the parking lot is ground level while the apartment on the first floor is a little below ground level (takes climbing down a very short set of stairs)  Along with a mini forest in the backyard, bedroom is by the parking lot, living room where the other set is the wall facing the mini forest. Antenna is closest to the door facing the parking lot actually the wall.

Sounds like a nightmare for OTA reception. Any chance of mounting your antennas on the ceiling?

Seriously, you might get better reception if you can put an antenna out in the back yard - and the higher the better (as long as you aren't encroaching on another apartment!)

If they won't let me install a outdoor satellite dish, I doubt they will let me do that with an outdoor antenna.  And there is two floors above me.