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New Orleans CBS affiliate blasted for preempting PGA Championship with prison escape presser

WWL went away from the PGA Championship's final round for 30 minutes for a political press conference.

2024 ESPYS end abruptly for some viewers, presumably due to late start and local news commitments

This one might be Joe Biden's fault.

NBC Grand Rapids meteorologist explains Lions signal loss: ‘The timing on this issue literally could not have been worse’

"We are just as upset as you are for missing part of the game."

Viewers irate after temporary NBC outage affects Lions-Buccaneers game

During the Lions-Bucs NFC Divisional Round Game, NBC in western Michigan experienced a temporary outage that frustrated viewers.

Tegna local affiliates go dark on DirecTV, impacting around 5 million customers

The latest carriage dispute impacts dozens of Tegna stations across the U.S., including numerous CBS and NBC affiliates.

DirecTV chief content officer Rob Thun on The Marchand and Ourand Sports Media Podcast. (John Ourand on Twitter.)

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DirecTV’s Rob Thun says RSN carriage battles may recur with broadcast TV: ‘We’re going to see a replay of this’

ESPN eyes local rights as part of strategic partnerships

At a time when there are so many moving pieces in the world of sports streaming, ESPN is looking to expand its reach in the local sports market.

CBS viewers in NYC and DC angered by Donald Trump coverage break-in during Champions League play

The NYC and Washington D.C. affiliates switched away from Champions League coverage to discuss the verdict in the Donald Trump civil lawsuit case.

Eight CBS-owned CW affiliates, several others will not air LIV Golf

LIV Golf's media rights deal with The CW isn't off to the best start.

With Sinclair local affiliate dispute looming, Dish’s Charlie Ergen says “We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs”

"We don’t have any customers calling us on RSNs today. ...We’re not interested in taxing our customers when they don’t watch the channels."

A Savannah runner has been banned from further races after smacking a local reporter’s butt

Alex Borzarjian was covering the annual Savannah Bridge Run for Savannah NBC affiliate WSAV Saturday when Tommy Callaway ran by and smacked her on the butt. That's now led to Callaway being banned from further races.

Meteorologist once fired for breaking into sports programming defends breaking into sports programming for tornado warning

"This weekend, per our severe weather policy, we broke into programming with the tornado warning and allowed you to continue watching Game 7 on a split screen. But apparently, that upset some of you."

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