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What We Know - Incentive Auction Results

With the quiet period for broadcasters lifted, we now know more about what some stations did in the auction. Below, I will attempt to track their public statements. I intend to update this post on a rolling basis with newest information at the top.

WHTV Lansing, MI - Going off the air:
http://my18.tv/

WOTH-CD Cincinnati, OH - Sold; WOUB to 32, WOUC to 6:
https://www.facebook.com/tony.suare...

WNVC/WNVT Northern Virginia - Sold:
http://ideastations.org/spectrumauc...

WEIU Charleston, IL - Will be repacked:
http://jg-tc.com/news/local/weiu-no...

Hundreds of stations - NAB Clearinghouse:
http://www.nab.org/repacking/cleari...

Lots of channels in Ohio/Michigan/Indiana:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/wtf...

WEWS Cleveland, OH - Stating on channel 15:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-lo...

WKYC Cleveland, OH - Moving to channel 19; WVIZ Cleveland, OH - Moving to channel 35:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-lo...

WMFD Mansfield, OH - Staying on channel 12:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-lo...

WTVS Detroit, MI - Repacked to channel 20:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-lo...

WTVP Peoria, IL - Repacked to channel 35:
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20170303...

WPBO Portsmouth, OH - Sold for $8.8 million:
http://wosu.org/the-ohio-state-univ...

Raycom - 22 stations repacked, including at least one station moving from channel 12 to 8:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...

Entravision - Made $264 million:
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

WLJC Beattyville, KY - Remaining on channel 7:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/r...

WQLN Erie, OH - Repacked to channel 27:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-lo...

Media-General - Made $479 million; Nexstar - Sold no stations; 90 stations repacked across both groups of stations:
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

KVCR San Bernardino, CA - Made $157 million; moving to low-VHF:
http://kvcr.org/pressrelease
http://kvcr.org/faq

WGTE Toledo, OH - Not repacked:
http://thecourier.com/local-news/20...

WDWO-CD Detroit, MI - Probably not sold; why would someone spend $2 million on a license that's going off the air in a few months?
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

WTLW Lima, OH - Made $7.7 million; Moving to channel 2:
http://limaohio.com/news/231520/lim...
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/25-hd...

Sinclair - 93 of 173 stations repacked; 3 of 173 sold:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/edite...

WEAO Akron, OH - Repacked to channel 24; WNEO Alliance, OH - Repacked to channel 29:
https://www.facebook.com/WesternRes...

WUPV Richmond, VA - Moving to VHF:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/ne...

WHUT Washington, DC - Not being sold:
http://current.org/2017/02/howard-u...

WVTA Windsor, VT - Made $56 million:
http://current.org/2017/02/vermont-...

WBIN Derry, NH - Made $68.1 million:
http://www.nh1.com/news/wbin-tv-sol...

WUAB Cleveland, OH - Will channel share on sister WOIO's signal:
https://www.cleveland.com/tv-blog/i...

Univision - Made $376 million:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...

CBS - Didn't sell any "full power" stations:
www.tvnewscheck.com/article/101574/...

WLVI Cambridge, MA - Will channel share on WHDH:
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business...

Various PBS stations noted in a spreadsheet: (Linked on Current.org)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...

KKPM-CD Chico, CA - Staying on 28; KRDT-CD Redding, CA - Staying on 23:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-lo...

Kentucky Educational Television - Did not participate in the auction:
https://twitter.com/LexTVandRadio/s...

WRNN Kingston, NY - Made $212 million:
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

WIPB Muncie, IN - Repacked to channel 19:
http://indianapublicradio.org/news/...

KRCB Cotati, CA - Made $72 million:
http://www.sonomawest.com/sonoma_we...

KOVR Sacramento, CA - Staying on 25; KMAX Sacramento, CA - Repacked to channel 24:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-lo...

WBGU Bowling Green, OH - Repacked to channel 22:
http://www.sent-trib.com/news/wbgu-...

WVIA Scranton, PA - Channel sharing on WNEP's signal:
http://www.wvia.org/about/president...

Scripps - Made no money:
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

WITF Harrisburg, PA - Channel sharing host:
http://www.witf.org/about/pressroom...
http://www.witf.org/about/pressroom...

WQED Pittsburgh, PA - Moving to low-VHF:
http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-r...

Sinclair - Made $313 million:
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

WUSF Tampa, FL - Going off the air:
http://www.tampabay.com/news/busine...

WCMZ Flint, MI - Going off the air: (There are a several mistakes in this article.)
http://www.cm-life.com/article/2017...

Fox - Made $350 million:
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

Tribune - Made $190 million:
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

Gray - Made $90.8 million:
http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/...

Comments

1. On Friday, February 10 2017, 06:34 by Bigpine 320

While not directly related to station auction. Some stations are making changes in programing and networks. For instance:

In San Diego Market. XETV's American operations are winding down. The CW Network along with Telemundo are moving over the US based stations. To be broadcast on KFMB and KNSD.

Some station groups are adding more programing. Or simply moving there current diginets to another station in the market.

2. On Monday, February 13 2017, 17:20 by James C. Woods

The post about KOVR/KMAX is here:
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/45-lo...

3. On Saturday, February 25 2017, 14:38 by Bleen Gloob

It looks like there will be a big problem with OTA transmission caused by the repack. Below is a link discussing some of this.

http://www.tvtechnology.com/resourc...

4. On Monday, February 27 2017, 14:30 by Bleen Gloob

It also looks like the impact on reception could be horrific. Tucson has many repeater stations because of the mountains and this could be impacted if the repeaters go away. Phoenix has outlying repeater stations which affect a lot of the state. those could go away. This would FORCE people to use cable if they want TV. Read further on the link.
I am using an DB8e Antenna and Channelmaster rotator. I live on the west side of the Tucson Mountains. I am unable to get Channel 9 KGUN or it's repeater. 9 elected to remain on VHF digital. The signal is too weak to make it over the mountains and the repeater has too short of an antenna. I fear I will lose more stations. If I try to boost the signal, I lose stations so I have all but ABC and its 2 digital subchannels. The mountain in front of me blocking the signal is 4200 feet and I sit at 2,850 feet. The mountain is one third mile from my house. The UHF penetration is good since all the stations have some good ERP, but KGUN is only 36.5 KW.

http://www.tvtechnology.com/resourc...