SR Blogs: 9 Weeks Of KAYU-DirecTV

Dan Webster of the SR’s Dually Noted blog prefers backyard BBQ to expensive steakhouses because the food is cheaper & prepared exactly the way he likes. But when he does eat at a steakhouse, it prefers Churchill’s. See link in “other SR.com blogs” below.

At the SR’s Office Hours blog, Tom Sowa explains why KAYU-DirecTV battle took so long to resolve: So what really kept the Spokane Fox Affiliate off DirecTV for about nine weeks? One story running today in the SR said it came down to a contractual dispute over money. Jon Rand, an executive with Northwest Broadcasting, parent firm of KAYU-Fox 28, said that the real reason wasn’t the payment plan  — AKA the carriage fee, which is paid to the station based on some specific amount per subscriber in the market. The real issue was the aggressive effort, he said, by DirecTV to establish a “most favored nation” clause in their contract. More here.

Other SR.com blogs:

• K9 flushes out deputy /Nina Culver, Spokane Valley
• End Notes: Grieving on General Hospital /Rebecca Nappi
• A Grip on Sports: Catching up w/former Zags /Vince Grippi
• Sirens & Gavels: Burglar targets bereaved /Chelsea Bannach
• Dually Noted: Churchill’s serves decent steak dinner /Dan Webster
• Outdoors: Keeping track of your deer tag from field to freezer /Rich Landers
• Did Shea break pledge to Republicans? /Jonathan Brunt, Spin Control
• Hoffman compares feds to abusive husband /Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise
• Dually Noted: El Que sits behind the elk … nudge-nudge, wink-wink /Dan Webster