Category: Utica TV

UTICA -- The corporate battle that resulted in NBC affiliate WKTV's removal from certain Time Warner Cable lineups -- including systems serving Utica and its immediate suburbs -- has ended.  As of Saturday night, the two sides say they've reached a new agreement which should have WKTV back on the lineups by Sunday morning.

SYRACUSE -- The Syracuse Press Club is now accepting entries for its annual awards competition.  There are several different categories within TV, radio, various forms of print media, and online.  There are also some categories just for college students.  You don't have to be an SPC member to submit entries, and the competition is open […]

CENTRAL NEW YORK -- When you think of all the station sales and format flips we recapped right here exactly one year ago, we wondered how 2010 would compare with 2009.    After all, 2009 was a pretty busy year.  But, as we once again review all that happened over the past twelve months... 2010 did […]

UTICA -- Time Warner Cable has responded to a letter from four Utica-area lawmakers to the FCC, urging the Commission to push Time Warner Cable into an agreement that would bring Utica NBC affiliate WKTV back to local cable lineups.  Meantime, WKTV has its own response -- including support from Nexstar Broadcasting in the form of a […]

CENTRAL NEW YORK -- There's still no end in sight to two separate disputes involving Time Warner Cable and the owners of different local television stations.  In Syracuse, Sinclair-owned stations Fox 68 (WSYT) and My43 (WNYS) are set to disappear from Time Warner lineups at 11:59pm on Friday night.  In Utica, Smith Media's NBC affiliate […]

Saturday Update: Nexstar CEO Asks Utica Mayor to Revoke TW Franchise Rights Updated 12/18 - UTICA -- A national TV trade website says Nexstar Broadcasting has issued a cease-and-desist letter to Time Warner Cable, regarding the cable company's decision to replace WKTV with WBRE, the Nexstar-owned NBC affiliate from Scranton, Pennsylvania.  TWC made the switch […]

Thursday Update: Time Warner Piping in WBRE from Scranton Updated 12/16 at 5:00pm - With no agreement over retransmission fees by 11:59pm Wednesday, NBC affiliate WKTV has been removed from certain Time Warner Cable lineups, including the system covering Utica and its immediate suburbs.   WKTV hopes viewers will pressure the cable company into buckling.  But Time […]

UTICA-ROME -- We already told you about the battle Time Warner is facing with Sinclair-owned Syracuse TV stations WSYT and WNYS.  Now, the cable giant is reportedly in a dispute that could potentially result in Utica NBC affiliate WKTV being taken off the lineup.

UTICA-ROME -- Two of the three men who fell from a Smith Hill broadcast tower on Monday have been released from the hospital... and one of the workers has already returned to climb the tower again.

WASHINGTON -- The FCC's Media Bureau announced a temporary freeze on applications for new digital low-power television (LPTV) stations and TV translators "in so-called 'rural areas,'" effective immediately. The agency says holding those apps will allow staffers to focus on efforts to make more room for mobile broadband.