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Uncertainty on WBBM-TV CBS2's launch of CBSN Chicago and Nexstar's News Nation

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https://www.robertfeder.com/2020/03/24/chicago-tv-news-startups-still-air/#more-24882


The coronavirus pandemic threatens to delay the launch of two ambitious new Chicago-based television news operations in the coming months.

CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 had announced plans to roll out CBSN Local, a 24/7 streaming news service, by the end of March. But in light of everything else going on, CBS 2 officials said Monday they don’t know when the service will start up.

Featuring locally anchored programming, live breaking news coverage and archived, on-demand local news content, similar ventures already are operating out of CBS stations in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, San Francisco, Minneapolis and Philadelphia.
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WBBM was in the process of launching CBSN Chicago but was delayed due to the fallout of COVID-19.
 
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