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Raycom Promotes WVUE GM to Group VP, Names Replacement

By Kevin Eck on Jan. 5, 2015 - 11:53 AM

Sandy Breland has been named Group Vice President for Raycom Media. Breland was named successor to current Group VP Leon Long, who retires at the end of January. Breland will be replaced by KFVS-WQWQ GM Tim Ingram as GM of Raycom& ...

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Raycom and DirecTV Say What They Really Think After Retrans Agreement

By Kevin Eck on Sep. 10, 2014 - 2:03 PM

After the retrans dispute between DirecTV and Raycom was settled Sunday, you’d think each company would forgive and forget, after all they’ll have to negotiate all over again one day. Instead, each company took a parti ...

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After Losing Belo to Gannett, Sinclair Reportedly Eyeing Gray, LIN and Raycom

By Merrill Knox on Oct. 10, 2013 - 10:42 AM

Bloomberg News reports Sinclair Broadcast Group is weighing more acquisitions after attempting to “steal Belo Corp. from the clutches of Gannett Co.” Gray Television, LIN Media and Raycom Media are seen as potential ac ...

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Raycom Rumored to Be Expanding with Purchase of New Orleans Station

By Kevin Eck on Oct. 7, 2013 - 5:56 PM

The Retirement Systems of Alabama, a group that lists Raycom Media as one of its biggest investments, told members in its latest newsletter the station group is ready to close on the purchase of New Orleans FOX affiliate WVUE for ...

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Raycom Stations Go Dark on Dish Network

By Merrill Knox on Aug. 1, 2013 - 10:02 AM

Raycom Media stations in 36 markets have gone dark on Dish Network after the two companies failed to reach an new carriage agreement by midnight Wednesday. “We are ready to listen to a fair proposal from Raycom to bring this ...

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FCC Approves Sale of WUPW, Layoffs Likely to Follow

By Andrew Gauthier on Mar. 27, 2012 - 6:16 PM

The FCC has approved the sale of WUPW, bringing the Toledo Fox-affiliate one step closer to an expected round of layoffs. The Toledo Blade reports that the $22 million deal for WUPW between LIN Media, the station’s current o ...

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Toledo’s WUPW to Lay Off 63 Employees

By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 29, 2012 - 3:47 PM

Toledo Fox-affiliate WUPW will reportedly lay off 63 employees when the station changes ownership this spring. The Toledo Blade reports that Ohio state officials have been informed of planned layoffs at WUPW when a deal for the st ...

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Raycom Taps WMC News Director Tracey Rogers as KAIT General Manager

By Andrew Gauthier on Dec. 13, 2011 - 10:16 AM

Raycom Media has tapped Tracey Rogers as vice president and general manager of KAIT in Jonesboro, AR. Rogers is currently the news director at WMC, Raycom’s Memphis station. Rogers, who has been WMC’s ND since 2007, ...

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Jobs Open at KOLD for Out-of-Work KMSB Staffers

By Andrew Gauthier on Dec. 2, 2011 - 11:44 AM

When Belo announced last month that it had struck a shared services agreement with Raycom Media in which the company’s Tucson Fox-affiliate KMSB would hand over its news operations to Raycom’s KOLD, a large-scale round ...

FCC Defends Controversial Honolulu Triopoly but Says It’s ‘Clearly at Odds’ with Rules

By Andrew Gauthier on Nov. 28, 2011 - 1:17 PM

The FCC’s Media Bureau defended the legality of a controversial shared services agreement involving three stations in Honolulu when it rejected a complaint last week from a local media watchdog group. Media Council Hawaii fi ...

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