WTVM News Leader 9 to expand local news programming Starts September 5th

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.wtvm.com/2022/08/11/wtvm-news-leader-9-expand-local-news-programming/

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - Gray Television’s ABC affiliate WTVM News Leader 9 serving Columbus GA., is expanding its local newscasts starting September 5th. It will offer an additional two half-hours of local news in new time periods each weekday. These newscasts include WTVM News Leader 9 Midday (12:30 pm/11:30am central), WTVM News Leader 9 Evening (7:30pm/6:30central). With the addition of these newscasts, WTVM will offer more than 37 hours of original local newscasts weekly.

WTVM News Leader 9 is the area’s top-rated source for local news. In addition to the popular newscasts on WTVM in the morning, at noon and 5:00, 5:30 and 6:00pm, the station also produces unique, daily local newscasts for FOX 54 WXTX at 7:00pm and 10:00pm and NBC 38 WLTZ at 4:00pm.

 

[gregg75]

It's happening in Atlanta also as quite a few stations are expanding their afternoon news instead of syndicated programming.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

The moves by both WTVM-9 and other stations around the country to expand local news this year (2022) was made mostly to accommodate political advertisers in the run-up to the midterm elections, as candidates and outside groups love to buy spots on news programs.

And the 2024 Presidential campaign might well be underway before this year is over, or at the latest, in early 2023, so stations could start benefiting from 2024 political ad revenue well before 2024 arrives.