[thegeek]

Creating an entire extra news programme on a peripheral station was never likely to sort that problem but the logistics of working opt outs into the main news programme are horrendous.

STV used to share live hits between the various sub-regional versions of Scotland Today - one studio (usually Glasgow) would take the lead and the other regions would ask the same pre-prepared questions to the same reporter at the same time. There used to be a good behind-the-scenes video showing how it was done.

It's not horrendous - just requires a bit of creative thinking and collaboration.