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Granite Broadcasting to Launch OTA Broadcast Service for Tablets

By Kevin Eck on Apr. 8, 2014 - 4:36 PM

Granite Broadcasting and Motive Television have teamed up to bring over the air TV to tablets. The new venture, called Tablet Television, will launch as a beta test at Granite’s San Francisco Bay Area station KOFY this summe ...

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Scripps Talking to Granite About Buying Two Stations

By Kevin Eck on Feb. 7, 2014 - 5:05 PM

The E.W. Scripps Company has announced it’s in talks with Granite Broadcasting about the possibility buying two Granite stations. A Scripps press release said, “No deal has been made with Granite, but Scripps will foll ...

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WKBW Won’t Comment on Rumor of Possible Sale

By Kevin Eck on Dec. 10, 2013 - 11:31 AM

Michael Nurse, WKBW station manager, told TVSpy his company had no comment at this this time over rumors the station is up for sale. Buffalo Business First reported the whispering over the sale of the Granite owned Buffalo ABC sta ...

FOX Affiliates | ShopTalk | Sports

Indiana Fox-Affiliate Gives Up on Winless Colts, Decides Not to Broadcast Game

By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 29, 2011 - 2:55 PM

As the Indianapolis Colts’ nightmare season wears on, one Indiana station recently decided that it had seen enough. WISE, the Fox-affiliate in Fort Wayne, chose not to air the Colts’ game this past Sunday, opting to br ...

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WEEK Staffers Wear All-Black On-Air, Protesting Dismissal of Longtime Anchor

By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 4, 2011 - 3:53 PM

Following the abrupt dismissal of longtime anchor Mike Dimmick, staffers at WEEK–including on-air talent–dressed in black on Friday as a show of solidarity. “It is a sad day when a 29-year employee and broadcast ...

Nexstar Files Antitrust Suit Against Granite

By Merrill Knox on Jul. 25, 2011 - 6:09 PM

Nexstar Broadcasting filed an antitrust lawsuit today against Granite Broadcasting, claiming the company is monopolizing local television sales in Fort Wayne, IN. According to Nexstar, Granite will control the local advertising sa ...

ShopTalk | TV Biz

Labor Dispute Escalates at Peoria’s WEEK-WHOI

By Andrew Gauthier on May. 18, 2011 - 11:59 AM

Staff at Peoria’s WEEK-WHOI have been working without a formal labor deal since February and, after rejecting Granite Broadcasting’s “final offer” in April, they are now enlisting the support of the local c ...

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WEEK-WHOI Staffers Reject ‘Final’ Labor Offer

By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 26, 2011 - 12:31 PM

AFTRA’s local Peoria chapter has resoundingly rejected Granite Broadcasting‘s “last, best, and final” labor offer to employees of WEEK-WHOI. Since February, staffers at the Central Illinois NBC-ABC-CW outpo ...

ShopTalk | TV Biz

In Peoria, WEEK-WHOI Considers Granite’s ‘Final’ Labor Offer

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 24, 2011 - 6:29 PM

Union officials representing employees of WEEK-WHOI in central Illinois returned to the bargaining table this week and are now reviewing a new proposal from Granite Broadcasting that the stations’ parent company says is its R ...

ShopTalk | TV Biz

AFTRA Authorizes WEEK-WHOI Staffers to Strike as Station Considers Outside News Production

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 2, 2011 - 11:49 AM

Anchors, reporters, photojournalists, and producers at WEEK-WHOI in central Illinois have been working for the past two weeks without a formal labor contract and now members of the stations’ news team are going on record abo ...

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