Inside Edition, Rachel Ray, Entertainment Tonight Sister Circle and Daily Blast Live are the notable syndicated programs produced by the channel. The notable on-air staff of the channel includes Pete Delkus, Alex Rozier and Dale Hansen. WFAA presently broadcasts 36 hours of locally produced news-bulletins with six hours on weekdays and 3.5 hours on Sat and Sun.

Gannet announced to separate its print and broadcasting operations on and following the deal WFAA came under the Tegna Inc. 1:05pm Wednesday: An outflow boundary has moved thru almost all of North Texas and will give most areas a cooler afternoon Storms are moving into the Arklatex area, so the Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Fannin and Lamar counties has been cancelled. The ownership of the WFAA had been changed for the first time in 63 years with the consummation of the deal. Following the Belo merger and under the umbrella of Gannet it became company’s largest asset by market size. Federal Communications Commission granted the approval to the deal on and it concluded three days later on Dec 23, 2013. Gannet on Jannounced to buy out Belo for USD 1.5 billion on June 3, 2013. Subsequently WFAA was retained under Belo Corporation as the split completed on Feb 8, 2008. It is also the largest affiliate of any of the 'big three' networks (ABC, NBC, CBS) not owned by that respective network. The operations of the channel were relocated to WFAA Communications Center Studios on April 2, 1961.īelo announced the separation of its broadcasting and publishing business and split the company into to arms. WFAA, channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station serving the DallasFort Worth Metroplex, one of the top ten media markets in North America. On Mthe calls were changed to WFAA to align the identity with WFAA 570 AM which later became KLIF.

Our channel features the latest breaking news. It was the first television to be owned by Dallas-based company under Belo until its merger with Gannet Company in 2013. Stay up-to-date with the latest news and weather in the Dallas, TX, area on the all-new WFAA+ app from WFAA. Belo Corporation acquired the channel in Jan 1950 the deal concluded on Mawith the new owner taking control of the operations on March 17, 1950. After 9 years at WFAA, meteorologist Colleen Coyle says ‘see you later’ After nearly a decade at Channel 8, Coyle said it has been hard for her to accept the reality that she is. The original studios of KBTV were located at Harry Hine Boulevard and Wolf Street, north of downtown Dallas.Ī.H. The new WFAA+ app offers WFAA content 24/7, both live and on demand. The third television service in Texas after that WBAP (later KXAS) and KLEE (later KPRC), it was the second channel in Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and the maiden with having a Dallas license. Dallass Leading Local News: Weather, Traffic, Sports and more Dallas, Texas. The television signed on air on as KBTV and premiered with one hour of evening programs the rest was filled with Dallas in Wonderland, its first locally produced variety series.

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