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WCAU 7PM newscast axed?


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Checking from 1/2 on, the schedule is all networked - no local programming opts and the 7pm hour is the LX.TV Talk Stoop and 1st Look stuff - which is looking increasingly out of place on this schedule. Prime time lineups are "block parties".

 

If the 7pm is indeed gone, let's be honest - it's not a bad thing. The 7pm was never promoted, probably barely watched, and recycled content from the earlier newscasts. However, you still needed a full crew in, so you're essentially wasting resources. It was a neat idea, yes, but at the end of the day you get back the resources you were spending on this and you can put it into other areas of the newscast. (Maybe instead of having 5 or 6 live reports, maybe 7 or 8!) I'm sure the same reasoning is why 10 ultimately didn't renew its contract with 17. And it's a decision that's worked out for both stations - 10 was able to put that into reporting, 17 got a newscast that is from all accounts incredibly competitive with 29.

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