KNBC L.A. Expands Weekend Newscasts

NBC-owned KNBC Los Angeles (DMA 2) announced today that it will expand its weekend newscasts, beginning Feb. 9. The station will add a 30-minute 5 p.m. newscast to the Saturday and Sunday lineups, and increase the 11 p.m. newscast by 30 minutes on Sunday evenings, for a total increase of 1.5 hours of weekend news coverage.

Robert Kovacik and Kathy Vara, who currently co-anchor the station’s 6 and 11 p.m. weekend newscasts, will also co-anchor NBC4 News at 5PM on the weekends.

“The expansion of our newscasts give us a chance to tell more stories and cover events that happen on weekends,”  said Todd Mokhtari, KNBC’s VP of news.  “The added time slots give our viewers more options for getting breaking news, local information and weather all weekend long.”