NBC Affil WHDH Refuses to Run Leno at 10

WHDH, Sunbeam Television’s NBC affiliate in Boston, won’t air Jay Leno’s show when it moves to 10 p.m. this fall.

Instead, according to several reports, the station will air an hour-long local newscast to go head to head with WFXT, Fox Television’s owned-and-operated station, followed by WHDH’s current half-hour local newscast at 11:00 p.m.

Since NBC decided to move Leno to prime time, affiliates have expressed concern that NBC might be throwing in the towel on prime time at the expense of a strong lead-in for their affiliates’ local news.

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