Comments on: Sinclair Shutters Five News Markets: ‘We Just Turned Off The Lights For Many’ https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/ Broadcast Industry News - Television, Cable, On-demand Mon, 01 May 2023 22:33:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: tvn-member-1103977 https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/#comment-127154 Mon, 01 May 2023 22:33:38 +0000 https://tvnewscheck.com/?p=295470#comment-127154 The best known, most well respected Meteorologist in my DMA works for a Sinclair station. We have long bouts of tornadic-type severe weather that viewers depending on his local knowledge & expertise. They would be wise to reinstall their station radar they once had but discontinued.

I could be wrong, I hope I’m wrong; but Sinclair would be committing TV Station suicide if they dumped everyone @ that station & would immediately turn to a rival Gray Television TV station in the same DMA. It would be especially brutal as one of the Anchors is recover from Breast Cancer Surgery & Chemotherapy. I wouldn’t hesitate to trash the Sinclair station & would personally contact Sinclair to let them know & DARE them to do anything abt it to stop me.

I’ve seen a few TND on their livestream & immediately turned it off. Dog poo has more value than TND.

]]> By: Cosmo https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/#comment-127153 Mon, 01 May 2023 18:00:48 +0000 https://tvnewscheck.com/?p=295470#comment-127153 Canceling Nielsen is just killing the messenger….

]]> By: OldSchool https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/#comment-127151 Mon, 01 May 2023 15:56:52 +0000 https://tvnewscheck.com/?p=295470#comment-127151 If you are not number one or a strong number two in the small market news you are going to lose money. Maybe they should cancel Nielsen

]]> By: Cosmo https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/#comment-127150 Mon, 01 May 2023 15:14:58 +0000 https://tvnewscheck.com/?p=295470#comment-127150 Tough to serve the public interest if you’re losing money in those markets. TV stations are not not-for-profits charities and larger markets do not exist to subsidize smaller markets. My guess is these were all 3rd, 4th or worse place newses and it’s tough to make a profit with news in those size markets if you’re not #1 or #2.

]]> By: Drift https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/#comment-127149 Mon, 01 May 2023 14:45:49 +0000 https://tvnewscheck.com/?p=295470#comment-127149 Looking to save money? Cancel your Nielsen contract.

]]> By: R https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/#comment-127148 Mon, 01 May 2023 14:20:51 +0000 https://tvnewscheck.com/?p=295470#comment-127148 From a viewer standpoint – broadcast licenses are provided to serve the public interests. How does this serve the public interest? This is cost cutting at its worse.

If Sinclair is so hard up for cash, then they need to sell stations in larger markets they own or control. The financial impact from these closings are not immediate relief to their cash issues.

]]> By: Former Producer https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/#comment-127147 Mon, 01 May 2023 13:59:44 +0000 https://tvnewscheck.com/?p=295470#comment-127147 TV news is not a calling. It is a business. If you want a calling, join the priesthood.

]]> By: RustbeltAlumnus2 https://tvnewscheck.com/journalism/article/sinclair-shutters-five-news-markets-we-just-turned-off-the-lights-for-many/#comment-127146 Mon, 01 May 2023 13:26:40 +0000 https://tvnewscheck.com/?p=295470#comment-127146 I live in one of those five cities but I’m sure the remaining local news will fill the gap without affecting the community a bit. I wish the best for journalists who will have to find other employment. The job is a calling and not a top-ranked career according to careercast dot com.

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