Sinclair-Owned Station WXLV-TV and High Point Announce Premiere of Local News in the Triad Market in Partnership with ABC News
January 14, 2021 at 08:07 pm
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Sinclair-owned station WXLV-TV and High Point announced that it will be premiering local newscasts in the Triad beginning on January 18, 2021. This programming will be produced in partnership with ABC News and will give local viewers a newscast that is educational and timely. The newscasts will air weekdays on WXLV, Channel 45, at 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. ABC 45 is partnering with its sister stations in the state to bring viewers in the Triad the top stories from across North Carolina. The local and regional reporters will utilize social and digital platforms to give North Carolina viewers constant up-to-date information. Accurate and up-to-date weather is another important aspect of local news and the station has engaged High Point-native and graduate of High Point Andrews High School and UNC Greensboro, Jonathan Weant, to head up the weather department. Weant has worked in multiple markets across the East Coast and is excited to be forecasting for the area he knows and loves.
Sinclair, Inc. is a diversified media company and a provider of local news and sports. The Company operates through two segments: Local Media, and Tennis. Its Local Media segment is comprised of its television stations. It produces more than 2,400 hours of news per week at 115 stations in 73 markets. Its Tennis segment primarily consists of Tennis Channel, a cable network which includes coverage of many of tennis' top tournaments and original professional sports and tennis lifestyle shows. Its content is delivered via multiple platforms, including over-the-air, multi-channel video program distributors, and the streaming aggregator of local news content, NewsON. The Company owns, operates and provides services to 185 television stations in 86 markets affiliated with all the various broadcast networks, and owns Tennis Channel and multicast networks Comet, CHARGE!, TBD., and The Nest. The Company also owns and provides services to 21 regional sports network brands.