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July 11th, 2008
WHO-TV AND KDSM-TV TO PRODUCE A SHARED 9PM NEWSCAST IN DES MOINES, IOWA
MEDIA RELEASE
For Immediate Release
July 9, 2008
WHO-TV AND KDSM-TV TO PRODUCE A SHARED 9PM NEWSCAST IN DES MOINES, IOWA
DES MOINES, IA - WHO-TV (NBC 13) and KDSM-TV (FOX 17) have announced a news agreement in which WHO-TV will produce a newscast on KDSM, beginning this fall. The newscast is titled “Channel 13 News at 9 on FOX 17” and will air 9:00 PM to 10:00 PM Monday through Friday and from 9:00 PM to 9:30 PM Saturday and Sunday.
“We’re excited about expanding the “Channel 13 News” brand and taking this product to the next level,” says Regional Vice President and General Manager of WHO-TV, Dale R. Woods. “This is a tremendous opportunity to service central Iowa viewers in this relatively new time period.”
“KDSM FOX 17 is excited to extend the current half hour of local news coverage for our viewers to an hour-long newscast on weeknights,” said Mike Wilson, General Manager for KDSM. “With the Channel 13 news team and resources we will be able to bring Central Iowa great coverage and more in-depth stories of local community news, sports and weather.”
For more information contact:
Dale R. Woods
WHO-TV Regional Vice President & General Manager
515-242-3500
Mike Wilson
KDSM-TV General Manager
515-287-1717
About WHO-TV Channel 13
WHO-TV Channel 13, owned by Local TV LLC, is celebrating 54 years of broadcast service to central Iowa. Channel 13 News prides itself on bringing viewers rich, local content that other stations won’t commit to. From exclusive investigations to ground-breaking, creative coverage of the big daily story, Channel 13 News lives up to its word of “See the Difference.”
Local TV LLC is a broadcast holding company created in 2007 to acquire nine heritage television stations in eight midsized markets. Local TV is owned by Oak Hill Capital Partners, management and a consortium of bankers and high yield lenders who drank the Kool-Aid and are as enthusiastic about our future as we are. Stay tuned.
About KDSM
KDSM-TV is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), one of the largest and most diversified television broadcasting companies, which owns and operates, programs or provides sales services to 58 television stations in 35 markets. Sinclair’s television group is affiliated with all major networks and reaches approximately 22% of all U.S. television households. For more information, please visit Sinclair’s website at www.sbgi.net <http://www.sbgi.net/> .
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