CW affiliates in Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Omaha are due to begin carrying a late-evening national news block this fall.
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced Tuesday that it’s expanding “The National Desk” to an evening broadcast starting Sept. 28. A news release says it will air from 9 to 11 p.m. Central time on all Sinclair-owned CW stations, which include WUCW/23 (Minneapolis), WVTV/18 (Milwaukee), WCWF/14 (Suring-Green Bay), and KXVO/15 (Omaha).
“The National Desk” launched as a morning program in January on Sinclair FOX, CW, and My Network TV stations across the country. Currently, it airs from 5 to 8 a.m. in Milwaukee (CW), Green Bay (CW), Sioux City (FOX), and Lincoln-Kearney (FOX), and from 6 to 8 a.m. in Minneapolis (CW) and Omaha (FOX).
The program serves as a national platform for content generated by Sinclair’s local TV newsrooms, including those in Green Bay, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Omaha, and Kearney. Its stations in Minneapolis and Milwaukee don’t have local news.
“The National Desk” is also available on Sinclair’s STIRR over-the-top app and will launch its own standalone website and app later this summer.