KTXL Goes Local At 5 PM

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KTXL Sacramento debuts a 5 p.m. weekday newscast November 4, increasing
the "Fox40" early evening news block from 60 to 90 minutes.

Ed
Chapuis took over the VP/news director post in August. He called the
expansion "a natural extension" for the Tribune-owned station.

"Stefanie
Cruz and Eric Harryman are a great anchor team at 10 p.m., so it's
exciting to be able to have them now on the air at 5," said Chapuis.
"The added half hour gives viewers more in-depth, complete coverage of
the Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto area."

Family Guy and TMZ move up a half-hour to make room for the 5 p.m. news.

Jerry
Del Core, VP and general manager, says KTXL is adding resources and
expanding staffing to accommodate the additional coverage.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.