View Post TV Biz Knoxville Independent Station Names GM By Kevin Eck on Feb. 2, 2016 - 4:12 PM He's been the general sales manager for Lockwood Broadcast Group stations WKNX and WBXX.
View Post CW Affiliates | Mornings | ShopTalk Knoxville’s WBXX to Launch Morning News By Kevin Eck on Nov. 18, 2014 - 11:35 AM WBXX, the CW affiliate for Knoxville, Tenn, is launching CW 20’s Good Day Tennessee January 12, 2015. Knoxville ABC affiliate WATE will provide the content for the local morning show that will run from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. week ...
View Post ShopTalk | TVBiz Lockwood Broadcast Group Announces Plans for Knoxville Duopoly By Merrill Knox on Nov. 13, 2012 - 5:02 PM Lockwood Broadcast Group announced Tuesday that it will acquire WMAK in Knoxville from Daystar Television. When the deal closes, the station will form a duopoly with WBXX, Lockwood’s CW affiliate in Eastern Tennessee. Lockwo ...
ShopTalk WATE and WBXX Team Up For New 10 p.m. Newscast in Knoxville By Merrill Knox on Jul. 14, 2011 - 11:51 AM ABC affiliate WATE and CW affiliate WBXX announced a new partnership to produce a 10 p.m. nightly newscast in Knoxville market. The new show will be 35 minutes long and will begin in early August. This is not WATE’s first ti ...
TV Biz Acme Reports Slight Increase in Station Revenue By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 20, 2011 - 10:13 AM Acme Communications, which currently owns and operates three stations in addition to producing the syndicated morning show “The Daily Buzz,” announced that it saw a 2% increase in station revenue in the first quarter, ...
TV Biz Shedding Stations, Acme Reports Transitional 2010 By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 20, 2011 - 3:01 PM Acme Communications, whose roster of stations is dwindling, announced financial results this week for the fourth quarter as well as the full year of 2010, emphasizing that management is in the process of essentially righting the s ...
CW Affiliates | ShopTalk ACME Sells Knoxville’s WBXX to Lockwood Broadcast By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 2, 2011 - 9:43 AM ACME Communications announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to sell WBXX to the Lockwood Broadcast Group for $5.6 million. Lockwood’s all-cash purchase of the Knoxville CW-affiliate is now subject to approval b ...