In addition to the new Sioux Falls newscast mentioned here last week, TV stations in Cedar Rapids and Duluth have also recently launched additional newscasts.
In Cedar Rapids, Gray TV’s KCRG-TV/9 has added an hour of news at 4 p.m. It’s the only newscast at that time in the market.
“KCRG-TV9 First News at 4” launched April 6, bringing the ABC affiliate up to six hours of local news each weekday. Former morning anchor Nicole Agee is co-anchoring the new hour with evening anchors Beth Malicki and Chris Earl.
Jay Greene has replaced Agee on the morning newscast.
Elsewhere, as first reported here in January, Quincy Media’s “CBS3 Duluth” (KBJR-DT2/6.2 Superior) added a 5 p.m. newscast on March 23, competing against two existing local newscasts in that timeslot. The newscast is anchored by the station’s evening anchor team of Kristen Vake, Anthony Matt, and meteorologist Dave Anderson.
The addition brings “CBS3” up to 3.5 hours per day of local newscasts. It is operated alongside NBC affiliate KBJR/6, which has competing newscasts in the same timeslots as “CBS3.”