The Death of Local News: Consolidation, Scripts, Last Newscasts

The high-demand story of station collapse: Last Week Tonight on the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the Sinclair dynasty that controls local TV for 40% of America, anchors forced to read the 'must-read' script, and the archive of final newscasts from KMEG Siouxland and KTUL Channel 8.

Playlist by @local_station_docs

10 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. Sinclair Broadcast Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) — LastWeekTonight
2. The FAMILY That Controls What 40% of America Watches on Local TV: The Sinclair Dynasty — Old Money Luxury
3. FCC Enables Faster Media Consolidation as Pro-Trump Sinclair Group Seizes Even More Local Stations — Democracy Now!
4. Inside Sinclair's Local News Propaganda Machine — The Young Turks
5. Sinclair requires anchors to read script bashing 'fake' news — CNN
6. KPTH-DT3 (KMEG) Siouxland News at 10:00 (Full), 5/12/2023 (Last Newscast) — Studio 31 Media Archive
7. KTUL News Channel 8 at 10:00 (Full), 5/8/2026 (Final Newscast from Lookout Mountain) — Studio 31 Media Archive
8. What The Proposed Sinclair Merger Could Mean For Local News | Think | NBC News — NBC News
9. What is Sinclair Broadcast Group? — Washington Post
10. Must-watch new documentary: #Kansas journalist Joan Meyer died ‘in support of a cause’ — Wichita Eagle