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WGN America to rebrand as NewsNation

The report doesn't seem to say anything about the dayside programming. Surely a network known as "NewsNation" isn't going to feature sitcom marathons to lead into the newscasts?
 
It might make sense to have a different name during the non-news times, and do it something like Nick/Nick at Nite or Cartoon Network/Adult Swim.
 
tvnewscheck.com

WGN America Names Mike Viqueira Washington Bureau Chief

WGN America, Nexstar Media Group’s wholly- owned cable network currently reaching 75 million U.S. television households, today announced that Mike Viqueira has joined the network as Washington bureau chief, overseeing the content provided for NewsNation, its live national newscast airing in...
tvnewscheck.com tvnewscheck.com

Mike Viqueira is moving from CBS Evening News to Nexstar according to this release.
 
I think that they shouldn't rebrand WGN America to News Nation until they got rid of all the off-net shows contracts are up and are a news channel 24/7 just my opinion. Which is going to be a 24-hour cable news channel.
 
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