Diamond Sports Group LLC is an American media and entertainment company. The company operates FanDuel Sports Network , a group of regional sports channels that was formerly known as the Fox Sports Networks and Bally Sports . The company also has a stake in YES Network .
125-424: Sinclair Broadcast Group formed the company with Byron Allen 's Allen Media Group to acquire 22 regional Fox Sports Networks affiliates and Fox College Sports from The Walt Disney Company , which was required to divest of these networks to secure government antitrust approval. The transaction, initially valued at $ 10.6 billion, is managed through a joint venture called Diamond Holdings Group, and formally closed
250-422: A $ 140M interest payment. Diamond’s first-lien lenders will not be affected as part of the restructuring support agreement, but other creditors will convert their debt into equity. Diamond also separated from its parent Sinclair and became an entirely new entity. Diamond Sports Group successfully emerged from bankruptcy on November 14, 2024. During its bankruptcy, Diamond has ended its broadcasting agreements or lost
375-493: A 15% share of the company, and reaching an agreement with the Sinclair Broadcast Group for a $ 495 million cash payment to settle an earlier lawsuit. On January 26, 2024, committee of unsecured creditors objected to the restructuring agreement, arguing that financing in the restructuring agreement did not have the committee's best interests in mind. The restructuring agreement supersedes the prior agreements with
500-610: A Canadian charity which builds schools in Africa. On October 17, 2021, Sinclair was struck by a ransomware attack affecting the internal servers and workstations of its television stations, after the alleged hackers breached the stations' internal broadcasting systems via an Active Directory domain that interconnected the company's corporate and local IT networks. The incident had disrupted some of its office and operational networks (including internal servers, email servers, corporate phone lines, and workstations and news graphics systems at
625-598: A board of five directors, made up of Bob Whitsitt, Sinclair CEO Chris Ripley, Randy Freer , a former Fox Sports / Hulu executive, Mary Ann Turcke , a former COO of the NFL , and David Preschlack (previously President of the NBC Sports Regional Networks ); Preschlack would be elected CEO of Diamond on December 5. On June 23, 2022, Bally Sports soft-launched a direct-to-consumer service known as Bally Sports Plus (or Bally Sports+) in selected markets. It
750-801: A buyer, Sinclair proposed in May 2014, to return to the FCC the licenses for WCFT-TV in Tuscaloosa, Alabama , WJSU-TV in Anniston, Alabama , and WCIV in Charleston, South Carolina , transferring the intellectual properties of those three stations to existing Sinclair-owned stations. One other Allbritton station, WHTM-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , was sold to Media General for $ 83.4 million (equivalent to $ 107 million in 2023). After nearly
875-836: A deal with Paramount and its UPN network, bringing five affiliates WPTT-TV in Pittsburgh, WNUV-TV in Baltimore, WCGV-TV in Milwaukee, WSTR-TV in Cincinnati and KSMO-TV in Kansas City to the network. In 1996, Sinclair bought out Superior Communications for $ 63 million. In 1997, Sinclair reached a deal with The WB to convert many of the UPN affiliates to The WB. Following the disputes, in August 1998, Sinclair and UPN signed
1000-416: A display at Petco Park's entrance at Home Plate Plaza. Fans are allowed to pose for pictures next to the aluminum numbers, which are 3 feet 11 inches (1.19 m) high, 5 + 1 ⁄ 3 feet (1.6 m) wide, and 1 foot (0.30 m) deep. Originally, the numbers were atop the batter's eye in center field, until they were relocated in 2016. The numbers were not ready for display in time for
1125-530: A downturn in the business. On November 18, 2020, Sinclair announced that it had entered into an agreement with casino operator Bally's Corporation to acquire the naming rights under a 10-year deal. On January 27, 2021, Sinclair announced that the networks would be rebranded as Bally Sports on March 31. In December 2021, the company reached an extension agreement with the National Hockey League. On May 2, 2022, Diamond Sports Group assembled
1250-461: A feed of its syndicated newscast The National Desk ). Ransomware experts later indicated that the attack was likely linked to Evil Corp., a Russia-based cybergang that was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department in 2019 and had been accused prior to the attack of attempting to rebrand itself to evade the sanctions; the hackers are believed to have disseminated the Macaw ransomware strain (which
1375-510: A few days afterward. Many scheduled NFL game telecasts on the 17th were disrupted on its NBC, CBS and Fox affiliates (replaced by a different game feed or by alternative programming). Sinclair also supplied alternative programming feeds to fill airtime on some of the affected stations due to varying difficulties in transmitting and receiving certain syndicated program feeds or to occupy timeslots normally filled by newscasts (mainly from company-owned multicast networks like Stadium and TBD , or via
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#17327915159741500-428: A hearing before an administrative law judge . On August 9, 2018, Tribune Media announced that it had terminated the sale agreement with Sinclair, and that it had filed a $ 1 billion lawsuit against the company for breach of contract. Tribune Media CEO Peter Kern stated that the sale "cannot be completed in an acceptable timeframe, if ever"; the suit cited Sinclair's "belligerent and unnecessarily protracted negations" with
1625-454: A high-ranking executive at Sinclair, also created "The Point", a series of conservative editorial segments that were broadcast on stations operated by the group that maintain news departments. In October 2015, Sinclair premiered Full Measure , a syndicated public affairs program hosted by Sharyl Attkisson . On July 1, 2017, Sinclair launched a new daily morning kids' TV block called KidsClick , partnering with This TV . The block
1750-714: A larger dispersal of Newport's 22-station portfolio. That same day, Sinclair purchased Tampa station WTTA for $ 40 million, equivalent to $ 53.1 million in 2023. Two of Sinclair's existing stations in markets affected by the Newport deal, WSTR-TV and KMYS , were sold to Deerfield Media. Deerfield also acquired KBTV-TV , Beaumont, Texas 's Fox affiliate, from Nexstar, with Sinclair assuming operations and merging it into CBS affiliate KFDM . The non-license assets of ABC affiliate WHAM-TV in Rochester, New York , were sold by Newport to Sinclair, with Deerfield purchasing
1875-451: A major string of acquisitions involving television stations and other properties two years later. The beginning of the 2010s saw Sinclair's acquisition strategy intensify. In May 2011, Ring of Honor (ROH), a professional wrestling promotion , was purchased for an undisclosed amount. ROH's flagship program Ring of Honor Wrestling was added onto the schedules of many Sinclair-operated stations. In September 2011, Four Points Media Group
2000-607: A minority stake in YES Network . While Sinclair did not bid on the Cox stations, on April 26, 2019, it was reported that Sinclair was the successful bidder for Fox Sports Networks at $ 10 billion. On August 22, 2019, Sinclair completed the acquisition of FSN and thus FSN is now a wholly owned subsidiary and becoming sisters to Marquee. On January 27, 2020, Sinclair announced that it would sell WDKY-TV in Lexington, Kentucky , and
2125-492: A network that will feature reruns of home improvement, true crime, reality and celebrity-driven shows. In May 2024, Sinclair was reportedly considering selling more than 30% of its 185 broadcasting stations. Sinclair had experimented with using a centralized news organization called News Central that provided prepackaged news segments for distribution to several of the group's stations. These segments were integrated into programming during local news broadcasts. Mark Hyman ,
2250-711: A new UHF television station in Baltimore, expected to be operating by September 1968 on channel 45, no call sign yet assigned. Channel 45, with the call sign WBFF , joined on April 11, 1971. By that time, Chesapeake Engineering Placement Service had changed its name to Chesapeake Television Corporation . The Commercial Radio Institute, by then a division of Chesapeake Television Corporation, founded WPTT (now WPNT ) in Pittsburgh , in 1978, and WTTE in Columbus, Ohio , in 1984. All three stations originally were independents . In 1986, WBFF and WTTE became charter affiliates of
2375-461: A new agreement. In February 1998, Sinclair bought out Sullivan Broadcasting for $ 1 billion. In 1998, Sinclair bought out Max Media Properties, for $ 252 million. In November 2004, Sinclair sold off KSMO-TV in Kansas City to Meredith Corporation for $ 26.8 million. In December 2004, Sinclair divested KOVR-TV in Sacramento to Viacom , now Paramount Global , for $ 285 million. In 2004, as
2500-604: A no-hitter into the ninth inning , which was previously the closest that the team had come to achieving this feat. In 2024 , first year Padre Dylan Cease threw a no-hitter against the Washington Nationals on July 25th. On November 14, 2023, Peter Seidler , who owned the Padres since 2012, died at the age of 63. The Padres are one of two teams in the National League West that have never won
2625-596: A one-year agreement that will result in the contracts for NBA teams airing on Diamond expiring after the 2023–24 NBA season but will result in the Orlando Magic being paid. Across the board, all NBA teams airing on Diamond Sports will receive a 16% reduction in the money they receive from Diamond Sports but will be able to sell 10 games exclusively to local over-the-air networks . The sold games will continue to be produced by Bally Sports. On October 4, 2023, Diamond announced that it intended to reject its contract with
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#17327915159742750-542: A package of Atlantic Coast Conference games , freeing Raycom to sell the package to other networks. A month later, Raycom announced that The CW had bought the rights. On June 22, 2023, Diamond announced its intention to reject its contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 30, 2023. Diamond and the Arizona Diamondbacks later released a joint statement pushing back the hearing and agreeing to continue Diamond's broadcast of Diamondbacks' games. The contract
2875-776: A refocus on the Politico website and newspaper, Allbritton Communications sold their seven station portfolio—including Washington, D.C. 's WJLA-TV —to Sinclair, for $ 985 million, equivalent to $ 1.29 billion in 2023. This deal was complicated by multiple regulatory hurdles and a proposed barring of future joint sales agreements (JSA) by the FCC. Originally planning to divest four Sinclair-owned stations in three markets with Allbritton stations to Deerfield and Armstrong Williams -controlled Howard Stirk Holdings, and continuing to operate them under JSAs, In March 2014, Sinclair announced intentions to divest three stations and one existing LMA to independent third parties. Unable to find
3000-617: A response when LIN Media signed ABC affiliates WDTN and WAND to NBC, Sinclair Broadcast Group converted two of its NBC affiliates WICS / WICD and WKEF to ABC . In July 2009, in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission , Sinclair stated that if the company could not refinance its $ 1.33 billion debt, or if Cunningham Broadcasting became insolvent due to nonpayment on a loan worth $ 33.5 million, Sinclair may be forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy . The company seemingly recovered its financial fortunes enough, and began
3125-475: A second TV network, Charge! , a new digital subchannel network focusing on action-adventure based programming. It begin broadcasting on February 28, 2017. Sinclair had two rounds of executive promotions announced in November 2016 and effective January 1, 2017, with chair and CEO David D. Smith moving up to executive chairman while CFO Christopher Ripley becoming president and CEO. In the second round, David Amy
3250-690: A seven-day administrative stay to the UHF discount rulemaking, in order to allow review of an emergency stay motion filed by The Institute for Public Representation (a coalition of public interest groups comprising Free Press , the United Church of Christ , Media Mobilizing Project, the Prometheus Radio Project , the National Hispanic Media Coalition and Common Cause ) on May 15. The coalition argued that
3375-625: A two-hour evening newscast, airing 10 pm to midnight Eastern Time. Defunct San Diego Padres The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego . The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division . The team plays its home games at Petco Park in downtown San Diego . Founded in 1969 as an expansion franchise ,
3500-841: A year of delays, the deal was approved by the FCC in July 2014, and completed on August 1. WCIV, WCFT-TV and WJSU-TV were ultimately sold to Howard Stirk Holdings. In September 2013, Sinclair purchased eight stations owned or operated by New Age Media. As part of the deal, three stations— WSWB in Scranton / Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania , WTLH in Tallahassee, Florida , and WNBW-DT in Gainesville, Florida —would be sold by owner MPS Media to Cunningham, with Deerfield purchasing WTLF in Tallahassee. New Age Media and MPS Media terminated
3625-586: Is a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate that is controlled by the descendants of company founder Julian Sinclair Smith . Headquartered in the Baltimore suburb of Cockeysville, Maryland , the company is the second-largest television station operator in the United States by number of stations, after Nexstar Media Group , owning or operating 193 stations across the country in over 100 markets, covering 40% of American households. It
3750-507: Is due on September 30. On September 28, 2023, the New York Post and Next TV reported that Diamond Sports had reached one-year carriage agreements with DirecTV and Comcast prior to their restructuring deadline. On September 29, Diamond Sports requested a 60-day extension to file their reorganization plan. On October 11, 2023, Major League Baseball filed a notice opposing Diamond Sports' request for an extension. The MLB also asked
3875-465: Is expected to enter into LMA's to operate WPIX and WGN-TV, while selling off KSWB outright. Overlapping stations in Seattle , St. Louis , Salt Lake City , Oklahoma City , Grand Rapids, Michigan , Norfolk, Virginia , and Des Moines, Iowa will be sold off to unaffiliated third parties. On July 16, 2018, FCC chairman Ajit Pai was reported to have "serious concerns" about the transaction and proposed
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4000-447: Is expected to launch nationally in the remainder of the networks' footprint on September 26. On December 4, 2022, Diamond Sports Group's board had voted to block the Sinclair Broadcast Group from operating Diamond and its regional sports networks. An email from Diamond CEO David Preschlack announced on March 20, 2023 that Steve Rosenberg would no longer be the president of Diamond Sports Group; Rosenberg's last day as president of Diamond
4125-479: Is primarily carried on Sinclair stations. ASN was created as part of the company's foray into original, non-news content creation beyond Ring of Honor Wrestling and school sports. Subsequently, on August 21, 2014, the company announced the formation of Sinclair Original Programming, a new division concentrating on entertainment and commercial content. The company also announced plans for a future cable news network. The Original Programming division chief operating officer
4250-486: Is the largest owner of stations affiliated with Fox , NBC , CBS , ABC , MyNetworkTV , and The CW . Sinclair owns four digital multicast networks, Comet , Charge! , The Nest , and TBD , and sports-oriented cable networks, Stadium , Tennis Channel , and Bally Sports Regional Networks . In June 2021, Sinclair became a Fortune 500 company, having reached 2020 annual revenues of US$ 5.9 billion, equivalent to $ 6.8 billion in 2023. A 2019 study in
4375-459: Is totally inaccurate. We are moving forward with this deal and could not be more excited about what it means for our fans and our future." On May 10, 2023, the bankruptcy judge voided the Suns contract with Gray, ruling that the Suns violated Bally Sports Arizona 's contractual right of first refusal. He ordered the parties into arbitration. The Phoenix Mercury's deal was not affected. On July 14, 2023,
4500-766: The American Political Science Review found that "stations bought by Sinclair reduce coverage of local politics, increase national coverage and move the ideological tone of coverage in a conservative direction relative to other stations operating in the same market". The company has been criticized by journalists and media analysts for requiring its stations to broadcast packaged video segments and its news anchors to read prepared scripts that contain pro-Trump editorial content, including warnings about purported " fake news " in mainstream media, while Trump has tweeted support for watching Sinclair over CNN and NBC. The company's roots date back to
4625-887: The ACC on Regional Sports Networks package from Raycom Sports , the Orange Bowl Classic men's college basketball tournament from the Orange Bowl and the MVC Network from the Missouri Valley Conference . Diamond has also missed payments to the Texas Rangers , Cleveland Guardians , Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins of MLB and the Orlando Magic of the NBA. On April 28, 2023,
4750-647: The Chicago Cubs in Game 4 of the 1984 National League Championship Series (NLCS), tying the series before the Padres won the next day. He was named the NLCS Most Valuable Player , and San Diego advanced to their first World Series . In 2016, The San Diego Union-Tribune ranked Garvey's Game 4 homer as the No. 1 moment in San Diego sports history. However, he played 14 of his 19 seasons with
4875-546: The Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans . Three days later, it was reported that Amazon had withdrawn its plans to invest in the restructured company due to structural changes and a focus on its own national sports portfolio , but that Diamond still had enough investors to submit a "viable" restructuring plan. While the Anaheim Ducks were initially announced by Bally as having renewed its rights under
5000-723: The FanDuel Sports Network app . On November 8, the Reds and Diamond announced a settlement which will officially end their contract. On November 8, 2024, Major League Baseball and the Atlanta Braves officially objected to Diamond Sports' reorganization plan, saying they had "grave concerns" about the companies' future viability. However, on November 13, 2024, Major League Baseball and the Braves dropped their objection, after Diamond Sports reached amended agreements with
5125-480: The Fox Broadcasting Company at its launch. The Fox affiliation in Pittsburgh went to higher-rated WPGH-TV , which was purchased by Sinclair in 1990. Chesapeake's first foray into local news came in the early 1980s when it launched a newscast on WPTT, a rarity at this time for stations not affiliated with the then-major networks ( ABC , CBS and NBC ). This newscast was called WPTT News . In
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5250-692: The Phoenix Suns of the NBA and Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) announced they had signed a five-year agreement with Gray Television to replace Bally Sports Arizona as its local television partners. After the announcement, Diamond Sports Group accused the team of breaching its contract and bankruptcy law, stating that the team was making an "improper effort" to "change their broadcasting partner without permitting Diamond to exercise our contractual rights." In response, Suns CEO Josh Bartlestein stated that "Diamond's position
5375-819: The San Diego Hall of Champions , which is open to athletes native to the San Diego area (such as Nettles) as well as to those who played for San Diego teams (such as Gwynn). Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Manager Coaches Restricted list 33 active, 0 inactive, 0 non-roster invitees [REDACTED] 7-, 10-, or 15-day injured list * Not on active roster Suspended list Roster , coaches , and NRIs updated November 22, 2024 Transactions • Depth chart → All MLB rosters The San Diego Padres farm system consists of seven minor league affiliates. Throughout
5500-470: The construction permit – for the estimated US$ 25,964 (equivalent to $ 271,400 in 2023) construction project – . Sinclair's first station, WFMM-FM (now WPOC ), signed on the air in February 1960. In 1967, Smith, as Chesapeake Engineering Placement Service, partly owned by the name-shortened Commercial Radio Inc., applied for and was granted, a construction permit for
5625-521: The Arizona Coyotes. The next day, Scripps Sports announced it had acquired the rights and that games would air on KASW . As a result, with no remaining professional sports rights, Bally Sports Arizona was shut down on October 21, 2023. On October 10, 2023, Diamond announced that it intended to reject its contract with the Orange Bowl for its Orange Bowl Classic men's college basketball tournament. On December 20, 2023, Diamond Sports and
5750-471: The Braves, Los Angeles Angels, Tampa Bay Rays, and Detroit Tigers. Diamond Sports will acquire local direct-to-consumer streaming rights for all the teams it renegotiated with. Only the Kansas City Royals have not officially had their contract rejected or renegotiated by Diamond Sports Group. Sinclair Broadcast Group Sinclair, Inc. , doing business as Sinclair Broadcast Group ,
5875-459: The Department of Justice and FCC over regulatory negotiations in order to maintain control of stations that it was advised to divest, as well as violations of the sale agreement requiring divestitures of stations to not result in any threats of regulatory scrutiny. Following the failed acquisition of Tribune Media, Sinclair has mentioned publicly about buying Fox Sports Networks , as well as
6000-497: The El Paso market while KFOX ranked sixth, making it permissible under FCC duopoly regulations. Dielectric Communications, a key supplier of television broadcasting antennas, was purchased from SPX on June 18, 2013. SPX had intended to close down all of Dielectric's operations by the end of July, in turn threatening a FCC-proposed incentive auction and subsequent repacking of television broadcast spectrum . In July 2013, as part of
6125-416: The FCC for WBMA-LD satellite stations WCFT-TV on September 24 and WJSU-TV on September 28. Sinclair continued its push into original programming. Since May 2015, three deals were made to expand American Sports Network beyond college sports. In June, subsidiary Sinclair TV Group, Inc. formed Tornante-Sinclair LLC, a TV production company, with Michael Eisner's Tornante Co. With MGM on October 31, 2015, Comet
6250-572: The FCC. In August 2020, Sinclair reached a $ 25 million settlement agreement for its shareholders related to three lawsuits. Of the $ 25 million, $ 20.5 million will be paid into a settlement fund. In November 2020, Sinclair announced that they would sell KBSI in Cape Girardeau, Missouri , and WDKA in Paducah, Kentucky , to Standard Media for $ 28 million, in a transaction that closed in 2021. In 2021, Sinclair began moving
6375-560: The NHL and NBA, so rights for the NBA and NHL will no longer expire following the 2023–24 season. On February 2, 2024, Diamond Sports announced agreements with the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball that will result in a decreased rights fee and will end their contracts with Diamond after the 2024 season. Diamond Sports Group officially filed its reorganization plan on March 1, 2024. As part of
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#17327915159746500-405: The National Hockey League reached a similar agreement to the NBA's November 6 deal that will also result in the contracts for all NHL teams airing on Diamond expiring after the 2023–24 NHL season , pending approval by the bankruptcy court. On January 17, 2024, Diamond Sports announced a restructuring agreement after tentatively securing a $ 115 million investment from Amazon , which would result in
6625-576: The Padres adopted their name from the Pacific Coast League (PCL) team that arrived in San Diego in 1936. The team's name, Spanish for "fathers", refers to the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded Mission San Diego in 1769. In 1976, Randy Jones achieved the first Cy Young Award for the Padres. In the 1980s, Tony Gwynn became a major star, winning eight National League batting titles . Under manager Dick Williams ,
6750-492: The Padres became the first team in MLB history to hit a grand slam in four consecutive games earning the nickname, "Slam Diego Padres". Until 2021 , the Padres were the last team in MLB that had yet to throw a no-hitter. The record was broken on April 9, 2021, as Joe Musgrove accomplished the feat against the Texas Rangers , finally ending the longest no-hit drought by a team in MLB history. On September 5, 1997, Andy Ashby took
6875-651: The Padres clinched their first NL pennant , losing to the Detroit Tigers in the 1984 World Series . In 1995, Kevin Towers became general manager; under his lead, Ken Caminiti became the first Padres player to win the MVP Award . The Padres achieved their second NL pennant alongside Trevor Hoffman , eventually being swept by the New York Yankees in the 1998 World Series . The Padres are owned by
7000-791: The Padres joined the ranks of Major League Baseball as one of four new expansion teams, along with the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals ), the Kansas City Royals , and the Seattle Pilots (now the Milwaukee Brewers ). One of its earliest owners was C. Arnholt Smith , a prominent San Diego businessman and former owner of the PCL Padres whose interests included banking, tuna fishing, hotels, real estate and an airline. Despite initial excitement,
7125-459: The UHF discount was no longer logical from a technical standpoint (as stations that transmit on the UHF band have typically maintained better digital signal quality than those transmitting on VHF, a reversal of the technical issues with both bands during the analog era) and would trigger a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the broadcast television industry that would further reduce diversity in station ownership. The D.C. Court of Appeals denied
7250-794: The World Series, though they have made and lost both appearances as the National League Pennant winner in 1984 and 1998 . The following elected members of the Baseball Hall of Fame played or managed for the Padres. Roberto Alomar Rollie Fingers Goose Gossage Tony Gwynn * Rickey Henderson Trevor Hoffman * Greg Maddux Willie McCovey Fred McGriff Gaylord Perry Mike Piazza Ozzie Smith Dick Williams Dave Winfield Jerry Coleman + Dick Enberg The Padres have retired six numbers. The numbers are commemorated in
7375-540: The announcement, a lawsuit was filed by a Fisher shareholder. The suit was settled in July 2013 and the merger approved shortly thereafter. On June 3, 2013, Titan TV Broadcast Group sold four stations, along with operating agreements for two stations, to Sinclair. Prior to the deal, a seventh station, KDBC-TV in El Paso, Texas , to Cunningham, fueling speculation KDBC-TV would be consolidated with Sinclair-owned KFOX-TV . Sinclair exercised its option to purchase KDBC-TV outright citing KDBC-TV's fourth-place ranking in
7500-409: The bankruptcy court to force Diamond to decide on whether the company would air games from the Atlanta Braves , Cleveland Guardians , Detroit Tigers , Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers in 2024 . On October 1, 2023, Diamond Sports missed a payment to the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association. But, on November 6, 2023, Diamond Sports and the National Basketball Association reached
7625-487: The basic service. On October 18, 2024, Diamond announced a new naming agreement with FanDuel , which will saw Bally Sports rebranded as the FanDuel Sports Network on October 21. The naming rights will be paid for via an annual rights fee, and advertising commitments. FanDuel will also have the option to acquire a 5% equity stake in Diamond once it exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On March 14, 2023, Diamond Sports filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy , 30 days after they failed to make
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#17327915159747750-658: The broadcasting assets of Schurz Communications (owner of WSBT), was necessary as Gray already owns WNDU-TV in South Bend. The sale was completed on February 16, 2016. On January 27, 2016, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it would acquire Tennis Channel for $ 350 million. The channel's corporation comes with $ 200 million in net operating losses that SBGI can use to offset future income thus reducing taxes. Sinclair's news operations had launched six drone teams in September 2016. Initial stations getting drone teams were in Washington, Baltimore, Green Bay, Wisconsin, Columbus, Ohio; Tulsa, Oklahoma and Little Rock, Arkansas. In
7875-427: The closing of its reorganization as a holding company. In May 2023, Sinclair sold its controlling interest in Stadium to Silver Chalice, Sinclair stating that the network did not have enough viewership for Sinclair to continue funding it; Sinclair will continue to supply some programming. On October 10, 2023, Sinclair announced that on October 30, 2023, it will convert Stadium's over-the-air service into The Nest ,
8000-435: The company's only foray into local news for years, a genre it became much more involved in from the mid-1990s on. Smith's son David D. Smith began taking a more active role in the company in the 1980s. In 1985, the Chesapeake Television Corporation changed its name to Sinclair Broadcast Group . In 1990, David and his three brothers bought their parents' remaining stock and went on a buying spree that eventually made it one of
8125-410: The company's stations), and resulted in data being taken from its server network. Many of Sinclair's stations saw varying disruptions to programming in the days following the attack; many of its stations were able to produce their newscasts using limited internal resources (while generally being unable to display lower-third and/or full-screen graphics), while a few were forced to preempt them outright for
8250-445: The company's stock, was technically a Sinclair arm that planned to use the LMA with KOKH to gain control of the station and create an illegal duopoly with KOCB . In 2001, the FCC levied a $ 40,000 fine against Sinclair for illegally controlling Glencairn. Sinclair became a publicly listed company in 1995, raising $ 105 million in a June sale of 5 million shares. The Smith family retained a controlling interest. In 1994, Sinclair signed
8375-453: The court to terminate its contract with the Dallas Stars . The Stars did not object to the request, and announced an agreement to launch a new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) platform known as Victory+ to carry its games. On August 23, 2024, Diamond Sports announced long-term agreements with nine of its NHL teams and thirteen of its NBA teams, committing to carry at least the teams' 2024–25 seasons, and further seasons pending
8500-450: The deal also includes up to $ 6 million in earnout if certain targets are reached. Sinclair intends to integrate the properties with Tennis Channel. On April 21, 2017, following the reinstatement of the "UHF discount" (a policy that counts television stations broadcasting on UHF channels by 50% of their total audience towards the FCC's 39% market cap), Sinclair announced its intent to purchase Bonten Media Group for $ 240 million. The sale
8625-421: The deal became official when Diamond declined to match Gray's contract offer. On May 31, 2023, Diamond officially missed a second payment to the Padres, and the Padres' television rights were returned to Major League Baseball. Because Bally Sports San Diego , which aired Padres games, is a joint venture between the Padres and Diamond it is technically not in bankruptcy. Therefore this missed payment did not have
8750-528: The deal on October 31, 2014. Sinclair purchased the non-license assets for all eight stations and began operating them through master service agreements the next day. Sinclair signed an agreement in June 2014 to carry the classic film subchannel network GetTV in 33 markets by the end of September. In July of that year, Sinclair announced the launch of the American Sports Network (ASN) service, operating within its Sinclair Networks company. This service, which produces and distributes college sports broadcasts,
8875-424: The deal) was challenged by the Rainbow/PUSH coalition (headed by Jesse Jackson ) to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1998, citing concerns over a single company controlling two broadcast licenses in the same market in violation of FCC rules. The coalition argued that Glencairn passed itself off as a minority-owned company (Edwards is African American ) which, since the Smith family controlled most of
9000-475: The divestment of their radio portfolio between 1999 and 2000. The deal was initially met with financial scrutiny. The law firm Levi & Korsinsky notified Fisher shareholders with accusations that Fisher's board of directors were breaching fiduciary duties by "failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into the transaction", and Sinclair was underpaying for Fisher's stock. Shortly after
9125-666: The emergency stay motion on June 15, 2017, though it is still subject to a pending court proceeding to appeal the UHF discount implementation. On February 21, 2018, Sinclair informed the FCC that it planned to sell off Tribune stations in New York City , Chicago , and San Diego , while seeking waivers to purchase the Tribune stations in Indianapolis , South Central Pennsylvania , and the Piedmont Triad . Sinclair
9250-478: The estate of Peter Seidler , who owned the team from 2012 until his death in 2023. The team has won two NL pennants, in 1984 and 1998 , losing in the World Series both years; they are the oldest team that has never won the World Series, along with the Milwaukee Brewers . As of 2024 , the Padres have had 18 winning seasons in franchise history . Despite reaching the postseason five times from 2005 to 2024,
9375-492: The first member of the Hall of Fame to have his plaque depicting him wearing a Padres cap. Winfield played for six teams in his 22-year career, spending his first eight seasons in San Diego. In 2004, the Padres retired No. 19 in honor of Gwynn, who is widely considered the greatest Padres player ever. He played his entire 20-year career with San Diego and won an NL-record eight batting titles . The most recent number to be retired
9500-622: The front. City Mayor Todd Gloria also announced that the City of San Diego will be renaming a street near Petco Park "Peter Seidler Street" in his honor, joining Baseball Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn and Trevor Hoffman who have streets near the ballpark named after them. The following 16 people have been inducted into the San Diego Padres Hall of Fame since it was founded in 1999. Gwynn, Winfield, Fingers, Gossage, Randy Jones, and Graig Nettles (3B, 1984–1987) are members of
9625-528: The guidance of longtime baseball executives, Eddie Leishman and Buzzie Bavasi , as well as a new stadium , the team struggled; the Padres finished in last place in each of its first six seasons in the NL West , losing 100 games or more four times. One of the few bright spots on the team during the early years was first baseman and slugger Nate Colbert , an expansion draftee from the Houston Astros and
9750-627: The largest station owners in the country, through the purchases of stations and of companies that owned groups of stations. Sinclair pioneered the concept of the local marketing agreement (LMA) in American television in 1991, when it sold WPTT to its general manager Eddie Edwards (founder of Glencairn, Ltd., the Sinclair-affiliated licensee that would eventually become Cunningham Broadcasting ) in order to purchase fellow Pittsburgh station WPGH-TV to comply with FCC ownership rules of
9875-588: The late 1950s, when electrical engineer Julian Sinclair Smith and his wife Carolyn B. Smith, owning 34.5% of the shares, along with a group of shareholders, formed the Commercial Radio Institute , a broadcasting trade school in Baltimore , Maryland. In March 1958, Commercial Radio Institute applied to build an FM radio station in Baltimore. In April 1959, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted
10000-593: The lease for a third, were initially set to be transferred to Cunningham Broadcasting, but were ultimately sold to an affiliate of Northwest Broadcasting owner Brian Brady. Prevailing in a bidding war with LIN Media, Sinclair purchased Fisher Communications in April 2013, for $ 373.3 million, equivalent to $ 488 million in 2023, including 20 television stations in the western United States, operational control of one station, and three radio stations in Seattle . This deal returned Sinclair to radio ownership, since
10125-479: The mid-2010s, Sinclair launched Refined , an online local lifestyle web magazine run in conjunction with local Sinclair stations. The third was announced for DC under WJLA-TV . In December 2016, SBG announced TBD , a new digital subchannel network aimed towards millennials , with a focus on digital content. It began broadcasting on February 13, 2017. At the NATPE conference on January 17, 2017, SBG and MGM announced
10250-542: The new agreements, on August 27 the team instead announced that it would carry its games on KCOP-TV and Victory+ under a two-year deal. On October 2, 2024, Diamond stated that it plans to renegotiate its contracts with the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Miami Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, and Tampa Bay Rays. If the teams are unable to agree to a new contract with Diamond, their contract will be rejected. The Atlanta Braves are
10375-1152: The ninth-largest broadcast group in the United States. At the same time, Sinclair purchased WWHO , a CW affiliate in the Columbus, Ohio , market, from LIN TV . Owing to Sinclair's existing Columbus duopoly of WSYX and WTTE , WWHO was resold to Manhan Media, who entered into a shared services agreement with Sinclair. In May 2012, a groupwide affiliation renewal with Fox reached, included an option for Sinclair to purchase WUTB , Baltimore's MyNetworkTV station, from Fox Television Stations before March 31, 2013. Sinclair purchased WUTB and resold it to Deerfield Media —controlled by Manhan Media owner Stephen P. Mumblow—on November 26, 2012, pairing with WBFF and WNUV. Concurrently, Fox had an option to purchase up to any combination of six different MyNetworkTV and CW stations in four different markets from Sinclair, which it declined. On July 19, 2012, Sinclair acquired six stations from Newport Television , along with existing operational agreements for two other stations, for $ 412.5 million, equivalent to $ 547 million in 2023, as part of
10500-778: The non-broadcast operations would be placed under Sinclair Ventures. Then, the two companies would be placed under a new holding company, "Sinclair, Inc.". In late April 2023, Sinclair announced that starting May 15, it would end all local news broadcasts on stations in five markets: WGFL in Gainesville, Florida ; KPTH in Sioux City, Iowa ; KPTM in Omaha, Nebraska ; WNWO-TV in Toledo, Ohio ; and KTVL in Medford, Oregon . These low-rated newscasts were to be replaced by airings of The National Desk . On June 1, 2023, Sinclair announced
10625-484: The non-license assets of KGBT-TV in Harlingen, Texas , to Nexstar Media Group for $ 60 million, as part of a settlement between the two companies over Sinclair's failed acquisition of Tribune Media , which was ultimately acquired by Nexstar. The transaction was completed on September 17, 2020. On May 7, 2020, the company was fined $ 48 million to settle investigations related to reports and statements made to
10750-702: The number of newscasts in four markets: KAEF-TV in Eureka, California ; WGXA in Macon, Georgia ; WEYI-TV / WSMH in Saginaw / Flint, Michigan ; and WACH in Columbia, South Carolina . The discontinued newscasts were replaced by airings of The National Desk . On April 3, 2023, Sinclair announced that it would be re-organizing its operations, with the TV broadcasting properties remaining under Sinclair Broadcast Group, while
10875-536: The only team not affected by the announcement. On October 8, 2024, after their contracts expired with Diamond, MLB Local Media acquired the rights to the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Guardians, and Minnesota Twins. Diamond Sports announced new agreements with Marlins, on October 18, and the Cardinals, on November 7. For the first time, the Cardinals will be available direct-to-consumer locally through
11000-498: The opening segment, the letters "news" were formed from a compass indicating the four cardinal directions . This opening segment, featuring then-anchorman Kevin Evans, appeared briefly, and was audible, in the movie Flashdance during a scene where Jennifer Beals ' character returns home and turns on the television. The presentation was relatively low-budget, with the anchor simply reading copy, with no field video shots other than
11125-518: The owner of WLUK and WCWF and operator of WTGS at that time, as both Media General and LIN owned stations in the three markets, requiring both companies to sell off stations in conflicting markets due to the FCC's recent decision to scrutinize sharing agreements between stations owned by different licensees. The swap was approved by the FCC alongside the Media General-LIN merger on December 12, 2014. On September 3, 2014, Sinclair announced
11250-471: The park's opening in 2004, but they were unveiled midseason. Also beginning in 2016, the numbers are displayed in the Ring of Honor on the upper deck façade above the press box behind home plate . In 1988 Steve Garvey was the first player to have his number retired by the Padres. He played only five seasons with San Diego, but hit the game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning against
11375-538: The plan, Diamond will end its naming rights deal with Bally's Corporation and rebrand its networks by the end of the 2024 MLB season . On July 2, 2024, Bally Sports Florida and the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League mutually agreed to terminate their broadcasting contract early. That same day, the Panthers announced a new agreement with Scripps Sports . The next day on July 3, Diamond asked
11500-422: The primary logo, it remains as the mascot of the team and is now used as an alternate logo and on the uniform sleeve. Brown and gold were the Padres' original colors. The team's first uniforms featured a cream base for the home uniforms and a tan base for the road uniforms. Brown letters with gold trim adorned the uniforms, which featured the team name in front of both designs. A second tan uniform, this time with
11625-647: The primary programming from so-called "sidecar" stations with which Sinclair has an LMA, to subchannels of stations Sinclair owns outright, replacing the sidecar stations' programming with subchannel network (also known as diginet ) affiliations on their main signals. On January 1, Fox moved from KFXA in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to KGAN , where its "Fox 28" branding was retained. With a transitional simulcast period from January 1 to February 4, Fox moved from WRGT-TV in Dayton, Ohio to WKEF , where its "Fox 45" branding
11750-587: The purchase of Las Vegas NBC affiliate KSNV-DT from Intermountain West Communications Company for $ 120 million. As Sinclair already owns a duopoly in Las Vegas ( KVMY and KVCW ), the company will sell the license assets (though not the programming) of one of the three stations to comply with FCC ownership restrictions, with the divested station's programming being relocated to the other stations. The purchase of KSNV's non-license assets
11875-408: The resolution of its bankruptcy; if Diamond Sports is unable to get a bankruptcy plan approved by the court, the NBA and NHL agreements will expire following the end of each league's 2024–25 season. The agreement will result in NHL teams having a 20 percent reduction in their rights fees and NBA teams having a 30 to 40 present reduction in their rights fees. In addition, Bally rejected its contracts with
12000-659: The rights to the Arizona Diamondbacks , Cincinnati Reds , Cleveland Guardians , Milwaukee Brewers , Minnesota Twins , San Diego Padres , and Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB), the Anaheim Ducks , Arizona Coyotes , Dallas Stars and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL), the Dallas Mavericks , Phoenix Suns and New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA),
12125-469: The rival Los Angeles Dodgers , where he was also more productive, and the retirement of his number by San Diego has been heavily debated. On April 15, 1997, exactly 50 years after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line , the No. 42 he wore with the Brooklyn Dodgers was retired throughout major league baseball. Later that year, Randy Jones 's No. 35 was retired by the Padres. He
12250-404: The same bankruptcy protections that Diamond's other missed payments had. Padres games will be available blackout free on MLB.tv , as well as through channels on select cable providers, including YurView California , in the San Diego area. MLB Network will produce the games with the Padres' regular commentators. On June 14, 2023, Diamond rejected its contract with Raycom Sports to distribute
12375-637: The station's license. In February 2013, Cox Media Group sold five television stations, their smallest by media market rankings, to Sinclair, with Deerfield Media assuming ownership of Cox-operated KAME-TV in Reno. Sinclair purchased Schaumburg, Illinois –based Barrington Broadcasting on February 28, 2013, including six other stations operated by Barrington. The former Cox and Barrington stations are operated through subsidiary Chesapeake Television, focusing on smaller markets and with management separate from Sinclair proper. Two Barrington stations, along with
12500-444: The stations owned by Cox Media Group . In January 2019, Sinclair launched an OTT multi-channel streaming service Stirr providing free streaming access to local Sinclair station content as well as on-demand shows and films. On February 13, 2019, Sinclair and the Chicago Cubs announced a new regional sports network, Marquee Sports Network , to start in 2020 with exclusive rights to Cubs' games. On March 9, 2019, Sinclair purchased
12625-449: The team has yet to return to the World Series. From 1969 through 2024, the Padres have an overall record of 4,127–4,717–2 (.467). The Padres adopted their name from the Pacific Coast League team that arrived in San Diego in 1936. This minor league franchise won the PCL title in 1937, led by 18-year-old Ted Williams , the future Hall of Famer who was a native of San Diego. In 1969 ,
12750-406: The team held a public memorial and celebration of life for team owner Peter Seidler , who died in November 2023. Team CEO Erik Greupner announced that the club would honor his memory with his initials of "PS" inside a gold heart next to Coleman's memorial on the front of the pressbox down the right-field line. Throughout the 2024 season, players would wear jerseys with the same heart-shaped patch on
12875-476: The team's history, the San Diego Padres have used multiple logos, uniforms, and different color combinations. Their first logo in 1969 depicted a friar swinging a bat with Padres written at the top while standing in a sun-like figure with San Diego Padres on the exterior of it. The "Swinging Friar" has popped up on the uniform on and off ever since. Although the "Swinging Friar" is no longer used as
13000-516: The time that prohibited duopolies , while agreeing to allow Sinclair to retain operational responsibilities for the station. However, while LMAs would become an integral part of the company's business model in subsequent years, Sinclair's plans to acquire KOKH-TV in Oklahoma City through Glencairn, which would subsequently attempt to sell five of its 11 existing LMA-operated stations to Sinclair outright in turn (with Sinclair stock included in
13125-464: The transfer in August 2019 for $ 9.6 billion. The company's regional sports networks have exclusive broadcasting rights to 42 professional teams (including 16 National Basketball Association teams, 14 Major League Baseball teams, and 12 National Hockey League teams), and the channels collectively generated $ 3.8 billion in 2018, across nearly 75 million subscribers. Sinclair took a $ 4.23 billion write-down of its regional sports assets in 2020 after
13250-399: The wall behind the spot in right-center field where his winning home run in the 1984 NLCS cleared the fence, but the number disappeared when the stadium was expanded in 1997 and the location was masked by an overhang. It reappeared in 2002 when all the retired numbers were moved and inscribed on the outfield fence. † Number retired by Major League Baseball The Padres also have a "star on
13375-421: The wall" in honor of broadcaster Jerry Coleman , in reference to his trademark phrase "Oh Doctor! You can hang a star on that baby!" Nearby the initials of the late owner Ray Kroc are also displayed. Both the star and the initials are painted in gold on the front of the pressbox down the right-field line accompanied by the name of the person in white. Kroc was honored in 1984, Coleman in 2001. On March 23, 2024,
13500-420: The weather read over a stock video shot denoting the conditions outside. It was not a factor in taking ratings away from then-market laggard WIIC-TV, now WPXI , much less solid runner-up WTAE-TV and then-locally owned Group W powerhouse KDKA-TV . As WBFF did not air newscasts until 1991 and WTTE would not air any newscasts from its 1984 sign-on until Sinclair purchased ABC affiliate WSYX in 1996, this marked
13625-420: Was Trevor Hoffman 's No. 51 in 2011. He had retired from playing after 2010, when he left the game as MLB's career leader in saves with 601, including 552 with the Padres. Prior to moving to Petco, the team played at Qualcomm Stadium , where the retired numbers were originally displayed on banners hanging from the light towers above the left field stands. However, Garvey's number was commemorated instead on
13750-541: Was March 19. With his departure, Diamond's chief financial officer David DeVoe will take on the role of COO. On May 1, 2024, cable companies Xfinity and Midco dropped the Bally Sports networks as part of a carriage dispute . Optimum did the same on July 1, 2024. On July 29, 2024, Comcast reached a new carriage agreement with Xfinity. The agreement moved Bally Sports to the Xfinity "Ultimate TV" tier instead of
13875-555: Was a two-time All-Star (1975, 1976) and the club's first Cy Young Award winner in 1976. On the day his number was retired, the Union-Tribune wrote that Jones was "the most popular athlete in the history of this city" during the mid-1970s. Dave Winfield was next to have his number, 31, retired in 2001, when he was also inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His retirement ceremony also celebrated his decision to be
14000-510: Was also linked to a similar cyberattack that hit Olympus Corporation 's corporate server network on October 10) within Sinclair's servers. On March 3, 2022, Sinclair announced that they would sell the Ring of Honor wrestling promotion to Tony Khan , who is the principal owner of rival All Elite Wrestling . In March 2023, it was reported that Sinclair had laid off news employees and reduced
14125-711: Was announced as Arthur Hasson, general manager of Sinclair stations in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . On August 20, 2014, Sinclair announced that it would swap WTTA in Tampa and KXRM-TV and KXTU-LD in Colorado Springs to Media General in exchange for WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island , WLUK-TV and WCWF in Green Bay and WTGS in Savannah, Georgia . The deal was part of Media General's merger with LIN Media,
14250-634: Was announced that Sinclair is a Fortune 500 company, with annual revenues of $ 5.9 billion in 2020, placing it at 465 on the annual listing of the largest U.S. companies. The company has 10,000 employees as of 2021, and acquired an additional 46,000-square-foot (4,300 m ) office building near its main Hunt Valley headquarters to accommodate an additional 260 employees. On April 1, 2021, Sinclair anchorman Reed Cowan said that if WE Charity did not pay him $ 20 million, he would use Sinclair Broadcast Group's television platforms to disparage
14375-595: Was approved on June 30, and the sale was completed September 1. On May 8, 2017, Sinclair announced its intent to acquire the Chicago-based Tribune Media for $ 3.9 billion. The sale would have given Sinclair ownership of additional stations within the top-10 markets, along with ownership of a stake in Food Network , WGN America , and other additional assets, To comply with Department of Justice antitrust and FCC ownership regulations, it
14500-449: Was completed on November 1, 2014. On September 11, 2014, the license assets of WCIV were sold to Howard Stirk Holdings (pending FCC approval) and aside from sharing studio space with WMMP (which will retain the ABC affiliation and current programming of WCIV), will have no operational control from Sinclair, saving the station from being forfeited back to the FCC. Similar sales were filed with
14625-488: Was launched as a sci-fi broadcast subchannel network. On October 12, Sinclair Original Programming and the programming department was merged into Sinclair Programming and moved into Sinclair Television Group. On October 1, 2015, Gray Television announced that it would acquire WLUC-TV from Sinclair; in return, Sinclair would receive WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana , from Gray. The swap, part of Gray's acquisition of
14750-680: Was moved to TBD in 2018, and was eventually discontinued 8 months later. In June 2020, Sinclair announced it would launch "a headline news service" that would air weekday mornings (6:00 AM – 9:00 AM local time) and rely on news-gathering services of Sinclair's stations as well as original content, similar in format to NewsNation produced by Nexstar Media Group for WGN America . The show, titled The National Desk , launched on January 18, 2021, and airs on Sinclair's CW and MyNetworkTV -affiliated stations along with its Fox -affiliated stations that do not have their own local morning news shows. On September 27, 2021, The National Desk expanded to
14875-489: Was officially rejected on July 18. As for the Padres, Major League Baseball took over production. On July 21, 2023, Diamond sued the Sinclair Broadcast Group, their parent, over transactions made when Sinclair had control over the company. Diamond alleged that Sinclair made transactions that were designed to benefit itself while hurting its subsidiary. On August 11, 2023, the bankruptcy judged granted an 80 day extension to Diamond Sports to file their reorganization plan. The plan
15000-461: Was promoted from chief operating officer to vice chairman with responsibility for corporate marketing, human resources and the networks group, while Steven Pruett move from co-COO of Sinclair Television Group to executive vice president and chief TV development officer. On March 1, 2017, Sinclair bought Tennis Media Company for $ 8 million, which includes the Tennis.com website and Tennis magazine;
15125-466: Was purchased for $ 200 million, equivalent to $ 271 million in 2023. Sinclair assumed managerial control of the stations from Nexstar Broadcasting Group . Four Points owner Cerberus Capital Management paid Nexstar cash compensation for the prematurely terminated time brokerage agreements. In November 2011, Sinclair purchased Freedom Communications ' television stations for $ 385 million, equivalent to $ 521 million in 2023, making Sinclair
15250-492: Was retained. On February 1, Fox moved from WVAH-TV in Charleston, West Virginia to WCHS-TV , where its "Fox 11" branding was retained. While in at least one case (Columbus) the move was done due to the transition to ATSC 3.0 , there are no explanations for the other stations. In March 2021 Sinclair laid off 550 employees, which represented about 5% of its workforce, citing the COVID-19 pandemic . On June 2, 2021, it
15375-596: Was retained; although beginning on February 4, WRGT-TV maintained a primary affiliation with non-diginet MyNetworkTV, on April 19, that affiliation also moved to WKEF. With a transitional simulcast period from January 1 to February 1, Fox moved from KBTV-TV in Port Arthur, Texas to KFDM in nearby Beaumont, Texas , where its "Fox 4" branding was retained. With a transitional simulcast period from January 7 to February 3, Fox moved from original Sinclair signee WTTE in Columbus, Ohio to WSYX , where its "Fox 28" branding
15500-498: Was suggested that Sinclair would have to divest stations in multiple markets. The concerns about Sinclair potentially creating an oligarchy in the broadcast television industry – alongside Nexstar Media Group, which has a station portfolio of similar size – led public interest groups to attempt to block the purchase by preventing the UHF discount from being reinstated. On June 1, 2017, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals issued
15625-456: Was the long-time home run leader until 2024, when Manny Machado overtook him. The team's fortunes gradually improved as they won five National League West titles and reached the World Series twice, in 1984 and in 1998 , but lost both times. The Padres' main draw during the 1980s and 1990s was Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn , who won eight league batting titles. They moved into their current stadium, Petco Park , in 2004 . On August 20, 2020,
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