Once again the two corporations are battling for Gulf Breeze and Santa Rosa dollars. And Mediacom is threatening to drop WEAR from its line-up unless Sinclair forks over some money. This happened…
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News coverage of budget workshop weak
Escambia County Commission held its first budget workshop yesterday. WEAR TV focused on the cuts on funds given to non-profits like the Florida Wildlife Sanctuary, St. Michael Cemetery, Clean & Green, 4th…
Alabama Schools Get Hard On Soft Drinks
This is a news headline on the WEAR TV 3 web site. I think Jay Leno will have fun with this one.
Selective coverage of Operation Brownsville?
Are we only getting the good news on Operation Brownsville? The daily newspaper gives a lot of coverage to a brothel raid on Shoemaker St. where the owner got $5-$10 in cash…
WEAR blows off House Dist. 3 election
No updates given on the air. House District 3 results didn’t even lead off 10 pm newscast. ….sad, very sad
WEAR, we hardly knew you
WEAR TV 3 went off Gulf Breeze TV sets this weekend and residents still survived. Few really missed the info-mericals that ran most of Saturday and Sunday. The hottest emails were telling…
WEAR TV and the Long Goodbye
Today’s the day. Sinclair Broadcasting will no longer allow Mediacom cable system to broadcast its Pensacola station (WEAR TV) and its FWB station (whatever it is) as of midnight. Mediacom serves Gulf…
What if WEAR TV3 went away and nobody noticed
Sinclair/WEAR TV 3 has more to lose than Mediacom in this battle. Advertisers are already asking for rate cuts if the TV station isn’t broadcast in Santa Rosa County and on Pensacola…
Murzin tries to save Desperate Housewives for GB
Representative Murzin seeks FCC intervention in cable dispute For Immediate Release Contact: Tiffany Rousseau November 27, 2006 Pensacola- Representative Dave Murzin has contacted the FCC seeking intervention in the Mediacom and Sinclair…
Life without ABC
If ABC was dropped by Mediacom today, I wouldn’t get to watch ABC’s Wife Swap and the finale of The Bachelor: Rome. Darn it.
Mediacom-WEAR showdown on Friday
Will Mediacom pay WEAR $6/yr for every subscriber in Santa Rosa County and on Pensacola Beach? If Mediacom drops the ABC affiliate will WEAR drop its ad rates since it will lose…
Sinclair takes shot at Mediacom
Sinclair and DIRECTV to Offer Rebates for Mediacom Cable Customers Who Switch to DIRECTV Mobile/Pensacola (November 7, 2006) – Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI) is reminding Mediacom (Nasdaq: MCCC) cable customers…