Nexstar Broadcasting to Launch Live Local Weekday Morning News Programming on Portland Television Station, KRCW-TV
“KOIN News AM Extra” To Air Monday Through Friday 7 AM to 9 AM on Portland’s CW
PORTLAND, OR and IRVING, TX — Nexstar Media Group (Nasdaq: NXST) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., will launch a live two-hour local morning news show on KRCW-TV, “Portland’s CW,” the Company’s recently acquired television station in Portland, OR (DMA #22). Debuting February 3, “KOIN News AM Extra” will air weekdays from 7 AM to 9 AM, and offer a mix of local news, weather, sports and traffic, as well as a variety of lifestyle features focused on living in the greater Portland area. The broadcast will add ten hours per week of local news content to KRCW-TV’s programming schedule, nearly doubling the total number of news hours delivered by the station each week to communities across Oregon and southwest Washington.
“Nexstar’s television stations are deeply committed to serving their local communities with informative, engaging, and exclusive local content,” said Tim Busch, President of Nexstar Broadcasting. “Following our acquisition of KRCW-TV, Nexstar’s goal was to provide more local programming to the viewers of the greater Portland area and southwest Washington. Now, with the success of KRCW-TV’s most recently added primetime news, we are extremely proud to be delivering even more high-quality news programming from KOIN-TV, with the launch of KOIN News AM Extra. This new local programming will strengthen KRCW-TV’s connection to the area’s viewers and advertisers, and enable KRCW-TV to broaden its digital offerings to its consumers.”
Independently produced by KOIN-TV (CBS), Nexstar’s sister station in Portland, KOIN News AM Extra will feature 20 minutes of commercial-free local news, weather and traffic coverage at the beginning of every show. The new broadcast will offer in-depth interviews with local decision-makers and community leaders from around the region and unique weekly segments such as Move it Monday, Tech Tuesday, Wallet Wednesday, Thirsty Thursday, and Foodie Friday.
KOIN News AM Extra will be anchored by the trusted KOIN-TV news anchor team of Ken Boddie, Jenny Hansson and Emily Burris, with weather and traffic updates from KOIN-TV morning meteorologist Kelley Bayern and KOIN traffic reporter Carly Kennelly. Already well-known to local TV news viewers, Mr. Boddie, Ms. Hansson, and Ms. Bayern, are experienced journalists, currently anchoring KOIN-TV’s 4:30 AM, 5 AM, 6 AM and 12 PM newscasts. Ms. Burris most recently anchored weekend newscasts at 5 PM, 6 PM, 10 PM, and 11 PM.
“On the heels of launching an exclusive full hour prime-time local newscast last fall on KRCW-TV, we are thrilled to further expand our local news programming with ten additional weekly hours of morning news and lifestyle programming for our viewers,” said Patrick Nevin, Vice President and General Manager of KOIN-TV and KRCW-TV. “Offering a local news alternative to viewers in the morning, at a time period predominately filled with network news, enables KRCW-TV to connect with local viewers in a new and unique way and deepens our engagement with the local community and our marketing and advertising partners. We’re all very excited to launch KOIN News AM-Extra next week.”
About Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
Nexstar Media Group is a leading diversified media company that leverages localism to bring new services and value to consumers and advertisers through its traditional media, digital and mobile media platforms. Nexstar owns, operates, programs or provides sales and other services to 197 television stations and related digital multicast signals reaching 115 markets or approximately 39% of all U.S. television households (reflecting the FCC’s UHF discount). Nexstar’s portfolio includes primary affiliates of NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MyNetworkTV and The CW. Nexstar’s community portal websites offer additional hyper-local content and verticals for consumers and advertisers, allowing audiences to choose where, when and how they access content while creating new revenue opportunities. Nexstar also owns WGN America, a growing national general entertainment cable network and a 31.3% ownership stake in TV Food Network, a top tier cable asset. For more information please visit www.nexstar.tv.
KRCW-TV Contact:
Melinda Carlson-Smith
Creative Services Director, KOIN-TV, KRCW-TV
503-462-0822
Nexstar Media Contact:
Gary Weitman
EVP & Chief Communication Officer
312/222-3394 (office)
Investor Contact:
Joe Jaffoni or Jennifer Neuman
JCIR
212/835-8500