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Why does WBZ Boston air CBS Saturday Morning on a TWO hour delay?


kdex86

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Isn't WBZ a CBS owned-and-operated station?  Why would they air Saturday morning editions of "CBS Mornings" at 9 AM Eastern, when its larger-market siblings in NYC and Philadelphia (WCBS and KYW) air the program at 7 AM?

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WBZ's Saturday morning newscast pre-dates its switch to CBS in January 1995. They have delayed every iteration of CBS' Saturday morning news program since it launched in 1997 (8:00 AM). I believe they actually truncated their morning newscast to accommodate. It was recently pushed back an additional hour (9:00 AM) when the FCC relaxed its E/I programming requirements.

 

In essence, as @Abraham J. Simpson stated, it works better for them.

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