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WPIX is Gone

Mets play Saturday and Sunday on WPIX. Wonder what they're going to do.

reply to Jmartz
Cablevision is pathetic and disgusting here.
That site uses "hedge funds" the way Fox News uses "liberals", as a derogatory term. :/

And it's idiotic that there's a transmission dispute about OTA channels.

Man this industry so needs a la carte model!
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reply to Jmartz
Surprised nothing was written about beforehand. Normally you hear about these disputes well before the deadline.

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reply to Jmartz
yep its a dispute.. they are running a crawl on ch 11 now about it

reply to Jmartz
Antenna TV is also gone since that was broadcast under 11.4.

reply to MxxCon
Judge confirms Tribune Co. plan to emerge from bankruptcy

»investing.businessweek.com/resea···cker=JPM

"Most important, it will allow the Federal Communications Commission to move forward on the company's application to transfer its TV and radio broadcast licenses to the new owners -- the last big hurdle in a case that has dragged on for 3 ½ years.

Tribune Co. will also be able to accelerate work on a litany of other administrative and financial matters that need to be completed before it can emerge from bankruptcy. Those include reshaping its corporate structure and nailing down $1.1 billion in new debt financing and a $300 million line of credit.

Sources say the members of new ownership group -- which include Oaktree, fellow distressed debt investor Angelo, Gordon & Co. and lender JPMorgan Chase -- are still mulling candidates for board seats and the CEO slot and have yet to set a clear game plan for what to do with their new investment."

It would seem that if this is entirely on Tribune's new investors as Cablevision is claiming they've decided atleast a part of that game plan. I agree with you as well Mxxcon that OTA channels shouldn't ever be disputed and should be kept seperate from channel bundling contracts.

reply to Jmartz
The link goes to a list that claims that the WPIX shows are also available from other channels/sources. My question is if the WPIX feeds are the same episodes as on the other sources or just the same series. IOW: If show1 is listed as also on sourcex will tuning into sourcex show me the same episode as WPIX just aired or some other episode? I know that if sourcex is HULU then aside from the HULU delay embargo (you have to wait x days to see a first run episode) the answer is yes. My question is about the other sources as well as if WPIX runs ANYTHING first run (aside of course NEWS and Sports) or only reruns of prior aired series.

reply to Jmartz
Well, this is kind of sucky. I really like Antenna TV. I'm sure they will work out an agreement soon. Unfortunately I can't get either channel with my OTA antenna like I can with Fox and ABC.

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reply to Jmartz
WPIX is and WEMP (FM News 101.9) was openly friendly to broadcasting uncomfortable truthts about legislators, law enforcement and the financial industry. i.e. the kind of stuff you don't hear on any other broadcast stations. It's comes as no shock to me that JP Morgan Chase has silenced WEMP (switched to Alternative Rock) and has pulled WPIX from DirecTV and Cablevision. Thankfully I still have my rabbit ears so channel 11 comes in just fine. Who knows if the WPIX can stay afloat without Cable and Satellite revenue though.

If you've ever heard Lionel's segments on either station, you'll know that JP Morgan Chase has a dark agenda here. Lionel covered things like The Hypermilitarization of the Police, Globalism: The Metastatic Financial Cancer, Thought Police And Kids and much more. It wasn't just Lionel though. WPIX had several investigative reporters that were a constant thorn in the side of many government and private agencies here in New York.

Before it goes down, take a look at Lionel's blog @ »www.wpix.com/news/blogs/lionel/

reply to mbernste
I receive antenna tv ota no problem. you might not have a big enough antenna and if you do you may need to add an amp and make sure all the equipment is rated 5mhz to 1ghz. I have 3 sets with ota and comes in on all tv's. and 1 run is 200' away

reply to Jmartz
Cablevision's website indicates "The outrageous demands of Tribune and the Wall Street hedge funds and banks that now own it have blacked out WPIX Channel 11 and other stations Tribune owns on Cablevision."

Other than WPIX and AntennaTV, have any other stations been blacked out?

Right. Tribune is not a big player in cable networks (like CBS or NBC is). WGN America is the only major cable network that comes to mind where Tribune is the big stakeholder.

reply to Jmartz
OMG! No Yule Log this Christmas.

reply to Jmartz
I like supernatural and my wife likes the secret circle.
Other than those things I dont watch much on that channel.

reply to Jmartz
And of course, if you go the the AntennaTV website, they blame Cablevision.

»www.keepantennatv.com/keepantennatv/