05-11-2023, 09:40 PM
(05-11-2023, 01:03 PM)excel99 Wrote: ABC and NBC have added permanent lunchtime national news in recent years. ABC as a spin off from Good Morning America, NBC via a simulcast of NBC News Now. I think for at least one network - maybe both - they are used as a cheaper replacement for daytime soaps?And the bigger local stations are now placing local news at mid-morning (10 am?) and mid-afternoon (2 pm?) using the same anchors, which further shows news is cheaper than soaps and other programming. It's also why in the US they have local news at 4 am and 4 pm in some places even small cities. Some of these stations now have at least 9 hours of local news every weekday.
Could the BBC One bulletin presenters do a 30 minute opt-out for the BBC News channel before their BBC One bulletins e.g. 11 am and 3 pm?