Is Sinclair Buying Denver Station (Patreon)

Is this a scoop or a mistake? 

KDVR (Denver) News Director Brian Gregory sent out a memo to the staff at the Tribune station about vacation time for 2019. 

In the memo, Gregory writes, “we don’t know Sinclair’s vacation policy yet…”

Did he mean to say Nexstar or Sinclair?

Sinclair was buying the station along with other Tribune properties, but the FCC killed that deal. So, Nexstar is now the buyer. 

But in the memo, Gregory says “Sinclair”. Does he know something we don’t? Or is he just having trouble like the rest of us as to who is buying his station? 

Here’s the internal memo, obtained by FTVLive: 

After February 8th, approval will be on a first-come, first-served basis, based on the minimum number of people we need on staff each day.

I know we don’t know Sinclair’s vacation policy yet, and I’m hopeful we will have a good idea by March.

It’s my plan to have schedules for the remainder of the year (including all holidays) posted by March 8th.

We are in sweeps 48 weeks a year, and we will effort to keep key personnel in position in February, May, and November.  However, I work hard to approve as many requests as possible.  Again – the earlier you get the request in -- the better.  

Don’t save up all your vacation and forget to take it until December.  As we did last year, this December we’ll only permit one full week of vacation, especially around the holidays, with a few exceptions.  If you are taking a life-list trek to New Zealand – come talk to me.  Need a week, and an extra day or two (Christmas falls on Wednesday) – let’s discuss.  Forgot to take 12 days – and need to burn them – nope!  Bottom line – don’t forget you have vacation.  It’s important to take a break throughout the year too!