Maria Stephanos and Ed Harding to co-anchor an hour-long, live newscast on WCVB's MeTV subchannel.
DMA 8: BOSTON
WCVB Slots 10 P.M. News On Subchannel
Beginning Feb. 29, Hearst-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8), will launch a live hour of news at 10 p.m. every day entitled The 10 O’Clock News on MeTV Boston. WCVB airs MeTV on ch. 5.2.
Anchors Maria Stephanos and Ed Harding will co-anchor the weeknight newscasts with chief meteorologist Harvey Leonard and sports anchor Mike Lynch. The 10 O’Clock News on MeTV Boston weekend team will be announced shortly.
“Launching The 10 O’Clock News on MeTV Boston will bolster MeTV Boston’s presence in the market while giving WCVB the opportunity to compete in this time period which is clearly relevant and important to viewers,” said Bill Fine, WCVB president-GM.
Comments (2)
Jeff Douglass says:
February 22, 2016 at 5:31 pm
They should run old newscasts from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s to keep with the program flow.
Keith ONeal says:
February 22, 2016 at 11:13 pm
Yeah, and how many people really watch diginets in the first place?