WBRE to Produce WOLF’s News
Nexstar station grabs news duties
By Michael Malone -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/10/2009 2:06:46 PM
Nexstar’s WBRE Scranton-Wilkes Barre has signed a multi-year deal to produce the news for WOLF starting January 1. WBRE is an NBC affiliate and WOLF, owned by CP Media, is a Fox. WBRE will produce the 10 p.m. news for WOLF, and will expand it to an hour.
“All of us here at Eyewitness News are proud to begin the New Year with a new newscast with our friends at FOX 56,” said WBRE on its Website.
The development fits Nexstar’s strategy of “virtual duopolies,” where a Nexstar-owned station either produces news or handles management duties for another station in the market.
WBRE used to produce the news for Mission-owned WYOU, until that station scrapped its news department altogether in April.
Local TV’s WNEP is the big market leader in DMA #54.
WBRE continues to provide management services to WYOU.
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Vice president general manager Lou Abitabilo is holding tough and telling viewers who email him that he is staying with the current on air talent. If he does this his new fox 10 news cast will fail,and he will be annouceing that that news failed like his Wyou news failed. He just doesn't get what the viewers want, they loved the on air talented Lyndall Stout who he will not bring back.
Joe Vasquez - 11/17/2009 8:14:25 PM EST -
wbre better hire back the on air talent they laid off from its WYOU station. The current on air talent they have on at night stink and the viewers left in droffs when they laid off Lyndall Stout a very popular anchor.
Carol Berman - 11/13/2009 7:59:50 PM EST
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