Sinclair buys Fisher Broadcasting - Adds 20 stations to their lineup

[Voyager6]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...887798-a2bb-11e2-bd52-614156372695_story.html

Fisher owns 20 television stations in eight markets reaching 4 percent of U.S. households with TVs. They include KOMO in Seattle, KIMA and KEPR in Yakima and the Tri-Cities, KATU in Portland, KVAL in Eugene, KBOI in Boise. The sale also covers four Fisher radio stations in Seattle, including KOMO.

 

[NGeorge]

Just wonderful... not only will they screw up some of the best heritage stations in their new markets, but we'll now get regular blackouts at LIL renewal times--IIRC Sinclair is one of the worst at fighting with the satellite companies (especially Dish).

 

[Mr Tony]

interesting

 

[mike123abc]

More stations to fight in a carriage dispute...

 

[CK SatGuy]

Agreed. Sinclair is already the biggest station owner and with all of that retransmission money they keep getting, they will just keep getting bigger and bigger.

 

[Mr Tony]

More stations to fight in a carriage dispute...

yup exactly

 

[Stargazer]

And the government approved this? This will keep happening and we will keep paying more and more for our locals since they own more of the stations in more markets.

 

[Nebugeater]

Sinclair buys six more stations. Two in the Omaha Ne market I am in, Two in Souix City Ia, and Two in Fresno CA.

http://www.kptm.com/story/22495454/...s-agreement-to-purchase-certain-ttbg-stations