Gray Television is drastically cutting back news at NBC affiliate KCWY Casper, Wyo., blaming the Justice Department’s refusal to allow Gray to also own a CBS affiliate in the market for the move.
Currently, KCWY has 15 professionals producing 3.5 hours of news each weekday and one hour on Saturday and Sunday, according to a Gray statement released this afternoon.
By April 9, KCWY and Gray’s KGWN Cheyenne, Wyo., will merge news operations as Wyoming News Now.
They will simulcast news in the morning, at noon, in latenight and on weekends, but air separate market-focused newscasts in Casper at 5 p.m. and Cheyenne at 5:30 p.m.
Gray will keep four reporters in Casper.
KCWY will replace its 6 p.m. newscast with Jeopardy.
https://tvnewscheck.com/article/229026/gray-blames-feds-local-news-cuts-casper/
Will KGWN flip to NBC? What happens to CBS in Cheyenne?
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