WABI-TV5 starts 12noon newscast.

[Matt Higgs]

I thought I'd post this while I had it in mind. WAGM-TV in Presque
Isle, ME has expanded their weekend news to a Sunday show at 6 pm,
starting last week. They've had a 5 minute noon show for a little over
a year now, but since their dumping "I love lucy" which only runs 25
minutes, I'm guessing "NewsSource 8 at Noon" will be scrapped.

Matt Higgs
New Brunswick

On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 13:04:35 -0400, Rod O'Connor <rjoc@webtv.net> wrote:
> 
> Local Bangor CBS Afiliate WABI TV Channel 5 (Maine's first TVstation)
> has announced they will start a live half-hour local 12-noon newscast
> tomorrow (Monday, Sept. 13)
> 
> They have a paid ad in this week's BangorDaily News TVWatch magazine
> detailing the move. They emphasize it is Central and Eastern Maine's
> ONLY local newscast at 12Noon coming LIVE from their Bangor studios.
> Perhaps an indirect hint that WLBZ Channel 2 noon news is not broadcast
> live from Bangor, but relayed from WCSH Portland.
> 
> This marks the second time this year that WABI TV has expended their
> newscast. Earlier this year they added an extra half-hour of local news
> from 5-5:30PM weekdays.
> 
> Rod O'Connor
> Southwest Harbor, Maine
> 
>