WILX Dropping 2 Newscasts

[gotigers]

Looks like after adding several newscasts over the couple years, WILX is scaling back. They're eliminating their 11AM newscast and their "First at 4" PM newscast.

Info: https://www.wilx.com/2024/11/08/importa ... 0-viewers/

Anchor Taylor Gattoni posted this update on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/5tSymQmtbN7mXseG/

[MWmetalhead]

That is some low rent programming they are adding in the 11a and 4p timeslots.

A test pattern would probably earn similar ratings.

[GrahamWellington]

Additionally, weekend morning newscasts are now recorded a day or two ahead of time. Nothing but fluff pieces recycled from previous newscasts along with weather forecasts recorded the night before.

[MasterB]

Gray is making cuts and also a lot of layoffs I was surprised it happened before the election. I'm surprised that they had a 4PM newscast as nothing happens in Lansing at that time.

[SBaxley]

is that new Movie/Entertainment studio Gray is building in Atlanta really THAT over budget ??

[fairbankshockeypuck]

fyi...Gray eliminated the news/sports/weather casts from NBC and CBS stations in Fairbanks, Alaska. KFXF and KXDF channels 11/13. They will take a feed from KTUU in Anchorage some 300 plus miles away making it a state wide cast like ABC does from Anchorage for Fairbanks. Fairbanks NBC ran morning updates, 6p and 11pm casts plus a 6pm Saturday broadcast. CBS Fairbanks went 5 and 11pm Monday through Friday.

[SBaxley]

by the way , to clarify, "YOUR ALASKA LINK NEWS" [as the newscasts on ABC & FOX ALASKA are called ],are hubbed out of Costal Television Group owned , Little Rock,ARK Based NEWSHUB [ the former Independent News Network ]