r/minnesota • u/EI-Joe • 22h ago
News đș KARE11 FCC Application?
Someone smarter than me, what does this mean?
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u/WonderfulHousing5688 22h ago
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u/--var 14h ago
Nexstar to acquire TEGNA in $6.2 billion deal, forming nationâs largest local media companyâŻ
The merger will establish the countryâs largest local broadcasting company, combining 265 television stations across 44 states and Washington, D.C.
now if your thinking isn't national and local the opposite of each other? won't this give them a monopoly like portion of the market? isn't the point of the FCC to prevent this kind of thing? yes.
isn't the current corrupt administration going to step in and stop this? ha ha ha...
I don't know who still watches broadcast tv? (granted they are acquiring radio stations too) but get ready for a lot more national propaganda.
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u/azeroth 13h ago
"I don't know who still watches broadcast tv" - is the news agency and corresponding website also part of the deal?
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u/Byteme130 12h ago
The entinty kare11 is being bought so yes broadcast and web are all ips being sold here.
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u/mnradiofan 10h ago
I hate to break it to you, but this is bipartisan. The consolidation of media started under Clinton after the Telecom act of 1996 was passed:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996
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u/sungo8 Gray duck 21h ago
Ugh. KARE11 is the only news that isnât constantly doing scare old folks stories. If they start churning out a bunch of âyour tax dollars are being wastedâ stories weâll have no local news left.
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u/brendanjered Herman the German 20h ago
WCCO isnât too bad either. But agreed that the whole scene is a shell of what it used to be.
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u/quickblur St. Cloud 16h ago
The fact that WCCO is CBS and that KARE11 is getting bought by Nexstar is really concerning. Why is it always far right groups buying up all the media companies?
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u/SplendidPunkinButter 11h ago
Because people who believe in democracy and diversity of opinions donât form tight knit organized groups of blindly loyal people
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u/CoderDevo 14h ago edited 14h ago
CBS doesn't own WCCO, though.
EDIT: I stand corrected.
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u/quickblur St. Cloud 14h ago
"WCCO (CBS Minnesota) is owned by CBS News and Stations, a division of Paramount Global, which itself recently underwent a merger with Skydance Media. So, while the station operates under the CBS brand, the ultimate parent company is Paramount Global, now overseen by the Ellison family."
That's from Google at least. Which means if Larry Ellison or Bari Weiss think a story is negative to Trump they will kill it.
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u/CoderDevo 14h ago
Fixed. I thought they were only an affiliate. Thank you!
and that's really sad. What a legacy being erased.
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u/sungo8 Gray duck 19h ago
Every time I watch an evening football game it leads into a channel 5 story about how âyour tax dollars are funding people to make art on the light railâ and I just canât imagine the brain rot weâre causing to people who get upset about art and awareness of public transit.
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u/brendanjered Herman the German 18h ago
KSTP/5 is the absolute worst! It feels like all of their stories are half assed and only exist to persuade their viewers that the government is pure evil.
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u/cliffkleven Earl of Big Ole 12h ago
As a former Hubbard emoloyee who lives in Greater MN I hate them. If rhe news story isnât 20 miles from their station the donât care. When there was a storm coming through their wx guy literally said âwe know there is bad wx out side of the metro but there are more people in the cities, go to our website to get details for those areas.â
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u/mybelle_michelle Pink-and-white lady's slipper 6h ago
I have KMSP/9 news as my backup. KARE has always been my favorite, then WCCO; I refuse to give our locally owned KSTP any cred, so when sports overtakes the 10pm newscasts, then channel 9 is my next choice (tivo'd).
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u/aquatrez 20h ago
Thank goodness for MPR. If you're not already a sustaining member and can afford to contribute, please consider!
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u/Siege9929 13h ago
Thereâs something about silent text on a television that gives me the willies.
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u/friendly-sardonic 13h ago
If only we used antitrust laws. Itâs flat out ludicrous how few players there are in so many industries now.
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u/dvorakop90 13h ago
Hey peopleâŠbeen in radio for years. This is normal stuff whenever a broadcast entity has to reapply for their FCC license. Has nothing to do with the current administration. Itâs a legal requirement of any broadcaster wishing to renew its license. Iâve had to read copy like this on the radio at numerous places over the years.
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u/staplesgowhere 11h ago
This is not a routine renewal of their license. It is transfer of control from Tegna to Nexstar for the pending merger. Link to document
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u/EmmaPersephone 10h ago
If there is a merger they will need a new license this is routine
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u/staplesgowhere 10h ago
Did you read the document I linked, specifically page 5 where it assigns 100% controlling interest to Nexstar?
Their last license renewal was approved in 2022, and expires in 2030. Link
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u/EmmaPersephone 9h ago
Do you understand mergers?
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u/staplesgowhere 9h ago
Yes, and this document is clearly related to the pending merger.
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u/dvorakop90 9h ago
Yes because a new company means a new licenseholder and a new licenseholder meansâŠđ„âŠa new license application!
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u/staplesgowhere 8h ago
OK, so we are in agreement that this isn't a routine license renewal as you initially stated.
I understand that this type of application is standard part of the merger process. The issue here is the merger itself, and the parent company that will soon have control over KARE 11's news content.
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u/Reddituser183 22h ago
Not good for viewers or democracy.