Fresno’s KGPE Moves ‘CBS Evening News’ Out of Typical Slot

By Andrew Gauthier 

The Fresno Bee

“The CBS Evening News” with Katie Couric” moves to 6:30 p.m. weekdays starting Monday on KGPE (Channel 47). “Extra” moves into the 5:30 p.m. time slot where the national news program has been airing.

The move means instead of going head-to-head with the NBC and ABC evening national news, the CBS news program will air against the local news on KSEE (Channel 24.1) and KFSN (Channel 30.1).

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“Our hope is that there will be a lot of people who don’t get home until after 6 [p.m.] and they will want to see our national news program,” says KGPE general manager Linda Danna. More…

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