DMA 58 (ALBANY-SCHENECTADY-TROY, NY)
WXXA Eliminates 5 and 11 P.M. Newscasts
The Albany, N.Y. Fox affiliate says it wants to “focus resources and efforts toward Fox23 News at 10 p.m. and Fox23 News in the morning.”
As ratings slip below ABC rival GMA, Today staffers are bracing for possible cutbacks and layoffs, and wondering whether Matt Lauer will give up any of his $25 million annual salary to save jobs there, sources tell Page Six
DMA 122 (SANTA BARBARA-SANTA MARIA-SAN LUIS OBISPO. CA)
Cowles Moving Local News Outside Market
In a corporate move to reorganize its Central Coast television stations, Cowles California Media will move the anchor desk of local evening news at its two Santa Maria stations — CBS affiliate KCOY and KKFX-CA (Fox) — to the company’s KION headquarters in Salinas, Calif., effective Jan. 13. In addition, it has laid off approximately a dozen employees from KCOY and KKFX.
