MARKETSHARE BY PAUL GREELEY
WMAR Baltimore Putting Focus on 6PM News
With many stations around the country moving the start time of their local newscasts to 4 p.m., WMAR, the Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Balitmore (DMA 26), made the bold and brave move in April of changing the format and focus of its 6 p.m. news, and signaled the change by renaming it In Focus.
DMA 42 (GRAND RAPIDS, MI)
WOOD, WWMT Launch 4:30 A.M. News
In Grand Rapids, Mich., early risers have more news options. LIN-owned NBC affiliate WOOD debuted its earler morning newscast today, while Freedom-owned CBS affil WWMT introduced its 4:30 a.m. broadcast a week earlier.
