Hi, my name is Chris Griffin. Here's a Quick News Update.

On January 14, 2021, Scripps announced that it would discontinue Ion Plus, Qubo and Ion Shop effective February 28, 2021. The spectrum allocated to the networks on the former Ion Media stations will be repurposed to carry the Katz-owned networks starting March 1, with the initial slate of Ion Television O&Os adding those networks following the expiration of Scripps/Katz's existing contracts with other broadcasting companies the day prior, and other stations following suit as contracts with existing affiliates expire throughout 2021 and 2022; in markets where major network affiliates operated by Scripps already carry a Katz-owned network, some will be offloaded to the Ion stations to free up limited spectrum capacity during the ATSC 3.0transition. Several of the Ion Plus full-power stations paired with Ion Television stations were also concurrently sold off to Inyo Broadcast Holdings in order to alleviate local ownership conflicts and national cap issues related to Scripps' purchase of Ion Media under the FCC's regulatory station ownership limits.

I’ve started a Change.org petition about Scripps and ION bringing back Qubo, ION Plus, and Shop ION. The petition currently has over 10 signatures.

You can access the petition, live signature count and signer comments here: www.change.org/p/bring-back-qubo-and-ion-plus-f58d152e-113d-4534-80c4-5ac91aa1bced/

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