Dish dispute with Media General looming.....has it been 3 years already?
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1, How is that a political agenda?
2, CBS tops broadcast with overall viewers and viewers aged 50+ with very few fractional shows.
3, On the flip side if you took away The Voice and SNF NBC would be 3rd possibly boarding on 4th in the network chain with quite a few fractional or near fractional shows.
Therefore with WNCN now CBS as opposed to NBC, more Dish viewers in the area will be making a fuss as opposed to when it was NBC especially with it being NFL offseason.
Your snide remark about 'old white people' has little to do with ratings and more to do with trolling.
I am sure they would understand if he'd said "old black people" or any other old people.
Old people watch CBS, it's mostly white people, thus old white people.
Not to mention it's the Raleigh/central NC market which means outside of the usual white dominated NC, you're in a highly industrialized/middle to high class/suburbs area of the state.
Doesn't matter in this PC day and age, anything you say will be turned around against you.
Not to mention if I said black they would be pissed that I didn't say African-American.
You are one SORRY, politically/socially screwed up human being! Mods, delete if need be. But it needs to be said if only for a moment!
Hope it is blocked Nexstar is getting WAY to big. There is a freaking crawl on KXAN Austin too. I hate it but may have to go to my 2nd market OTA for NBC affliate.
Somebody posted on KXANs FB page, and they responded yesterday that they are a small local and are only asking for a little more, and fans should support their local through the debate. They refused to acknowledge the Media General side of things...
The stations aren't worth a substantial increase every time this comes up for renewal.
Consider yourself lucky that Media General didn't buy those stations in 2013, because then you would have lost them for more than a month.
I chatted with Dish last night while asking for a free OTA USB (I already lost my ABC and now I expect to lose my CBS.) That didn't work (half off at least) but the rep said that they will not be losing the MG stations anytime soon.
Since we can get our CBS Media General station OTA, there will be no loss for us either way. As for others that this can affect, try writing to the FCC and your representatives and ask for an end to this stupidity. Better yet, contact the station's advertisers and ask why your local station should get money from both them and you, the viewer. This should not be the case with "free" OTA TV.
You lost your ABC to a dispute? Then call again for a different CSR getting an OTA Usb should be possible.
No update at dishpromise.com yet, other than Dish adding this line since the last time I checked:
"Media General is demanding that DISH pay 10% higher fees than our competitors."
So, I wouldn't be inclined to believe the rep that rdale chatted with.
How does Dish know what other providers are paying? I thought that stuff would be kept secret. Or does Dish willingly release what they pay?
