WPIX Throws Hat Into the Ring With 5 p.m. News
Using their new and improved late-afternoon lineup lead-in as its impetus, WPIX is taking a crack at a 5 p.m. newscast. PIX News at Ten anchor Jodi Applegate, once again, helms the one-hour broadcast on her own. Irv “Mr. G” Gikofsky handles the weather.
Beginning this week, immediately preceding the 5 p.m. news, Anderson Cooper debuted his new daytime show on WPIX.
Starting next week, Dr. Drew’s (Pinsky) Lifechangers takes hold of the 3 p.m. slot with a pair of episodes.
“[That] made it an …opportunity to reenter the afternoon news,” WPIX news director Bill Carey tells FishbowlNY.
But, WPIX, which started the 5 p.m.
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