(09-24-2025, 08:14 AM)andy06shake Wrote: That's tripe and nonsense, and you know it.
Sinclair and Nexstar don't control 300 million Americans eyeballs like some cartoon supervillain.
They're station owners, not mind-control satellites.
Most viewers in this day of age get news and entertainment from streaming, cable, satellite, podcasts, YouTube, and social media.
Saying Sinclair/Nexstar are "gatekeepers" for your whole country is like saying Walmart is the gatekeeper of food because they own lots of stores.
People have options Vermillion, like it or lump it.
And your silly claim only works if you squint hard and ignore how media consumption actually works in this day of age. 
I’ve posted the Sinclair and Nexstar numbers for you many times.
As an example, they control so many households that nobody could watch Kimmel’s show on TV in Tennessee last night.
It aired on exactly zero TV stations in the whole state.
That by itself is over 7,000,000.
Here’s some more bad news…
Places his show wasn’t aired…
Sinclair
Alabama — Bessemer (WDBB)
Alabama — Birmingham (WABM and ABC 33/40)
Alabama — Mobile (WEAR-TV)
Alabama — Tuscaloosa (WDBB)
Arkansas — Little Rock (KATV)
California — Arcata (KAEF-TV)
California — Chico (KRCR-TV)
California — Eureka (KAEF-TV)
California — Redding (KRCR-TV)
Florida — Pensacola (WEAR-TV)
Florida — Fort Walton Beach (WEAR-TV)
Georgia — Macon (WGXA)
Michigan — Cadillac (WGTU)
Michigan — Cheboygan (WTOM-TV)
Michigan — Sault Ste. Marie (WGTQ)
Michigan — Traverse City (WGTU)
Missouri — St. Louis (KDNL-TV)
Nebraska — Grand Island (NTV)
Nebraska — Hastings (NTV)
Nebraska — Hayes Center (NTV)
Nebraska — Kearney (NTV)
Nebraska — McCook (NTV)
Nebraska — North Platte (NTV, KHGI-CD)
New Mexico — Clovis (KVIH-TV)
New York — Rochester (WHAM-TV)
North Carolina — Asheville (WLOS)
North Carolina — Greensboro (WXLV-TV)
North Carolina — Greenville (WCTI-TV)
North Carolina — High Point (WXLV-TV)
North Carolina — Jacksonville (WCTI-TV)
North Carolina — Lumberton (WPDE-TV)
North Carolina — New Bern (WCTI-TV)
North Carolina — Washington (WCTI-TV)
North Carolina — Winston-Salem (WXLV-TV)
Ohio — Columbus (WSYX)
Ohio — Dayton (WKEF)
Oklahoma — Tulsa (KTUL)
Oregon — Portland (KATU)
Oregon — Salem (KATU)
Pennsylvania — Altoona (WATM-TV)
Pennsylvania — Johnstown (WATM-TV)
Pennsylvania — State College (WATM-TV)
South Carolina — Anderson (WLOS)
South Carolina — Charleston (WCIV)
South Carolina — Florence (WPDE-TV)
South Carolina — Greenville (WLOS)
South Carolina — Myrtle Beach (WPDE-TV)
South Carolina — Spartanburg (WLOS)
Tennessee — Chattanooga (WTVC)
Texas — Abilene (KTXS-TV)
Texas — Amarillo (KVII-TV)
Texas — San Angelo (KTXE-LD)
Texas — Sweetwater (KTXS-TV)
Virginia — Lynchburg (WSET-TV)
Virginia — Roanoke (WSET-TV)
Washington, D.C. — Washington, D.C. (WJLA-TV)
Washington — Seattle (KOMO-TV)
Washington — Tacoma (KOMO-TV)
Washington — Vancouver (KATU)
West Virginia — Charleston (WCHS-TV)
West Virginia — Huntington (WCHS-TV)
West Virginia — Parkersburg (WCHS-TV)
Nexstar
Alabama — Dothan (WDHN)
Connecticut — Hartford (WTNH)
Connecticut — New Haven (WTNH)
Florida — Panama City (WMBB)
Georgia — Augusta (WJBF)
Illinois — Rockford (WTVO)
Indiana — Evansville (WEHT)
Indiana — Terre Haute (WAWV-TV)
Iowa — Sioux City (KCAU-TV)
Kansas — Pittsburg (KODE-TV)
Kansas — Topeka (KTKA-TV)
Kentucky — Henderson (WEHT)
Kentucky — Owensboro (WEHT)
Louisiana — New Orleans (WGNO)
Michigan — Battle Creek (WOTV)
Michigan — Grand Rapids (WOTV)
Michigan — Jackson (WLAJ)
Michigan — Kalamazoo (WOTV)
Michigan — Lansing (WLAJ)
Missouri — Joplin (KODE-TV)
Montana — Billings (KSVI)
New York — Albany (WTEN)
New York — Binghamton (WIVT)
New York — Plattsburgh (WVNY)
New York — Rome (WUTR)
New York — Schenectady (WTEN)
New York — Syracuse (WSYR-TV)
New York — Troy (WTEN)
New York — Utica (WUTR)
New York — Watertown (WWTI)
Ohio — Youngstown (WYTV)
Pennsylvania — Erie (WJET-TV)
Pennsylvania — Harrisburg (WHTM-TV)
Pennsylvania — Lancaster (WHTM-TV)
Pennsylvania — Lebanon (WHTM-TV)
Pennsylvania — York (WHTM-TV)
Tennessee — Bristol (WJHL-TV)
Tennessee — Johnson City (WJHL-TV)
Tennessee — Kingsport (WJHL-TV)
Tennessee — Knoxville (WATE-TV)
Tennessee — Nashville (WKRN-TV)
Texas — Lubbock (KAMC)
Texas — Midland (KMID)
Texas — Odessa (KMID)
Utah — Salt Lake City (KTVX)
Vermont — Burlington (WVNY)
Virginia — Bristol (WJHL-TV)
Virginia — Petersburg (WRIC-TV)
Virginia — Richmond (WRIC-TV)
West Virginia — Clarksburg (WBOY-TV)
West Virginia — Fairmont (WBOY-TV)
West Virginia — Morgantown (WBOY-TV)