Plug may be pulled on WLOS Dec. 1
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
The deadline for Mediacom and Sinclair Broadcast Group to reach an agreement that will allow the cable provider to continue carrying Sinclair stations — including local ABC affiliate WLOS Channel 13 — is up Dec. 1, and it appears that there is no resolution in sight.
Local governments wade into Mediacom-Sinclair fray
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Several area governments are taking steps to keep constituents who subscribe to Mediacom cable service from losing the local ABC affiliate and with it their only source of local news.
Farewell to familiar faces? Broadcast dispute could leave thousands without local TV news coverage
By Sarah Kucharski • Staff Writer
Cable subscribers in Jackson and Macon counties are facing the possibility of losing local ABC affiliate WLOS Channel 13 unless cable provider Mediacom and Sinclair Broadcast Group can reach an equitable agreement before Dec. 1.
Media freedom could easily slip away
When Federal Communications Commission officials came to Asheville last week to discuss media ownership regulations, they got an earful from a crowd that was mostly against media consolidation of any kind. We hope FCC officials get this reaction everywhere they go, because the decisions they make in the next few years could have a profound and, perhaps, chilling effect on the media as we know it today.
Media consolidation just ain’t good
It happened months back, but the request was typical of what we hear everyday in this business: will you do a story about us?
That’s a request I like to get. We are, after all, in the business of telling stories, whether it’s about your government or your neighbor.