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Morning News at 4:30 a.m.?

bpatrick said:
On the other end of the day, I'm beginning to notice some early local newscasts
at 7:30 PM; WAVE Louisville and WJHL Johnson City, TN are doing news from 7-8,
and WSPA Spartanburg, SC has something called "Scene On 7" at 7:30.

I wonder when more stations in the Central and Mountain time zones will realize
the inconvenience a 5-6:30 local/network block causes commuters and expand their local
news to run until 7 (I've only seen this in Nashville (two stations), Houston, Minneapolis-
St. Paul, and Denver). Also, why the lack of 7 PM local newscasts on the West Coast?
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WPMI-TV in Mobile, Alabama had a plan to produce a local news program at 6:30 p.m. (Central time) on a regular basis for their local companion WJTC-TV to broadcast.

I used the word "companion" because both stations are owned by the same company, the Sinclair Broadcast Group, even though their broadcast licenses are owned by Deerfield Media Incorporated.
 
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bpatrick said:
On the other end of the day, I'm beginning to notice some early local newscasts
at 7:30 PM; WAVE Louisville and WJHL Johnson City, TN are doing news from 7-8,
and WSPA Spartanburg, SC has something called "Scene On 7" at 7:30.

I wonder when more stations in the Central and Mountain time zones will realize
the inconvenience a 5-6:30 local/network block causes commuters and expand their local
news to run until 7 (I've only seen this in Nashville (two stations), Houston, Minneapolis-
St. Paul, and Denver). Also, why the lack of 7 PM local newscasts on the West Coast?
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So far, the only early-evening news in DFW past 6:30p is KDFW/4's Saturday evening newscast, it runs 6pm to 7pm.

As for the topic, none of the DFW locals have chosen to try news before 4:30am, except for unusual weather situations.
 
7PM local newscasts on the West Coast? Beginning tomorrow, KING 5 begins just that in Seattle. Evening Magazine gets pushed back to 7:30, and Inside Edition (which aired at 7:30) goes to KONG 16.

-crainbebo
 
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