Houston Station in Retrans Pissing Match with Dish

KPRC is this/close to falling off Dish Network over a new retransmission agreement between the two.

“We’ve been working very hard to negotiate a fair deal for everybody.” Said KPRC Vice President and General Manager, Jerry Martin. “We’ve negotiated dozens, if not hundreds, of similar deals over the years with other providers and have never been taken off the air, so that should tell you something about where the issue lies.”

The station says that Dish charges its subscribers a monthly fee to get these programs, so essentially their estimated 247,000 Houston area customers will not be getting what they pay for. That includes important local news and weather information in emergency situations from the Channel 2 News team.

We'll just bite our tongue on that last line. 

H/T Mike McGuff