WMAQ to launch ‘Barely Today’
Cory Bergman December 27th, 2006
The mornings are growth dayparts, and stations like WMAQ are debuting new newscasts for early risers. The Chicago NBC station has launched “Barely Today” at 4:30 a.m., and it will be simulcast on the radio. And Northwest Cable News here in Seattle has been running a live 4 a.m. newscast for the last year or two with surprising success. (Full disclosure: I work for KING and NWCN.)
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1. Don | December 27th, 2006 at 12:18 pm
Man, these newscasts are getting so early that eventually WMAQ will launch “Yesterday Today.”
I produced that NWCN 4am newscast for one day… it was more like staying up realllly late than working overnight…
2. Dan | December 27th, 2006 at 6:29 pm
I love the name
3. Hussman | December 28th, 2006 at 6:38 am
Best Newscast Title Evah!
4. El Dangeroso | December 28th, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Also, this show will rock.
Love,
The producer thereof
5. Ratboy | January 19th, 2008 at 5:27 am
Wow, thanks for the excellent information!
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