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Three years after rebranding the channel previously generally known as WGN America to NewsNation, the Nexstar-owned channel will formally be a 24/7 cable information outlet.
NewsNation says that with the addition of NewsNation Now with Adrienne Bankert on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, the channel will formally be programming information 24 hours a day, seven days every week.
NewsNation had been programming reruns of the CBS sequence Blue Bloods through the 4-7 pm weekend hours. Bankert will now anchor the window.
“We’re immensely proud to announce that NewsNation is now a 24/7 cable information community,” mentioned Sean Compton, president of Nexstar’s networks division, in a press release. “This milestone marks the end result of our efforts to proceed increasing and rising the community since launching it in 2020. It reaffirms our dedication to delivering unbiased information protection, a mission that resonates deeply with our viewers, fostering their belief within the model, and strengthening their loyalty to NewsNation.”
Nexstar acquired WGN America when it purchased the previous Tribune stations in 2019. It initially launched NewsNation as a programming block in 2020, earlier than rebranding the channel solely in 2021. NewsNation at present has a primetime lineup of Chris Cuomo, Dan Abrams and Ashleigh Banfield, with broadcast and cable information veterans Elizabeth Vargas and Leland Vittert additionally anchor key hours.
Extra not too long ago it constructed out its weekend lineup in its transfer to turn into a 24/7 cable information channel, with the weekend editions of Morning in America with Hena Doba from 7 am to 10 am ET, NewsNation Reside from 10 am to 1 pm ET, NewsNation Now with Anna Kooiman from 1 pm to 4 pm ET, and The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt, which debuted earlier this yr.
Whereas NewsNation continues to be small in comparison with its cable information rivals, its scores are up greater than 200 % for the reason that 2021 rebrand.
NewsNation to Develop into 24 Hour Cable Information Channel June 1
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