TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- WTTA-TV (MY TV 38) and WFLA-TV
(NBC 8) have announced a news agreement in which WFLA-TV will produce a
10:00pm to 10:35pm newscast Monday through Friday on WTTA, beginning
October 8, 2007. The newscast is titled News Channel 8 at 10 and will air
on MY TV TAMPA BAY.
"We are very excited to announce this partnership between News Channel
8 and MY TV TAMPA BAY," said Julie Nelson, General Manager for WTTA. "It
will provide the best choice for live, breaking news at 10 o'clock, which
viewers have requested. We're proud to be working with the market's news
leader, News Channel 8, to help meet the community's needs and bring more
local news coverage to Tampa Bay."
Michael J. Pumo, President and General Manager for WFLA-TV commented,
"This partnership is an exciting opportunity for WFLA-TV and WTTA-TV to
provide the best possible news coverage in the area for viewers at 10pm. As
the leader in the marketplace, News Channel 8 is committed to producing a
newscast that is contemporary as well as the primary source for breaking
news and weather in that time period."
About WTTA
WTTA-TV is owned by Bay Television and is operated by Sinclair
Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBGI), one of the largest and most
diversified television broadcasting companies, which owns and operates,
programs or provides sales services to 58 television stations in 36
markets. Sinclair's television group is affiliated with all major networks
and reaches approximately 22% of all U.S. television households. For more
information, please visit Sinclair's website at http://www.sbgi.net.
About Media General
WFLA-TV is owned my Media General. Media General is a multimedia
company operating leading newspapers, television stations and online
enterprises primarily in the Southeastern United States. The company's
publishing assets include three metropolitan newspapers, The Tampa Tribune,
Richmond Times- Dispatch, and Winston-Salem Journal; 22 daily community
newspapers in Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and South
Carolina; and more than 150 weekly newspapers and other publications. The
company's broadcasting assets include 23 network-affiliated television
stations that reach more than 32 percent of the television households in
the Southeast and nearly 9.5 percent of those in the United States. The
company's interactive media assets include more than 75 online enterprises
that are associated with its newspapers and television stations. Media
General also owns a 33 percent interest in SP Newsprint Company, a
manufacturer of recycled newsprint.
SOURCE WTTA-TV
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Related links:
http://www.sbgi.net
http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/110203.html/
CONTACT:
Julie Nelson of WTTA-TV, +1-813-886-9882
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