Meredith-owned Fox affiliate KPTV Portland, Ore. (DMA 22), is launching a new newscast next week.
The 4 O’clock News debuts Monday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. The hour-long broadcast features anchors, Wayne Garcia and Nora Hart, and weather from Chief Meteorologist, Mark Nelsen.
The news expansion will bring the total number of locally produced news hours to 14 every weekday across KPTV and its sister station, KPDX (Fox 12 Plus). Including local news on the weekends, the stations combined will broadcast 84.5 hours of local news each week.
The news expansion means a time-period change for fans of Judge Judy. A full-hour of the syndicated favorite will move up one hour to 3 p.m. on KPTV. There will be another full-hour of Judge Judy at 4 p.m. on KPDX for viewers who enjoy watching the show in its long-standing time period.
