In Duluth, KQDS Enters 6pm News Battle

By Andrew Gauthier 

Duluth News Tribune


Fox 21 News
will be going head-to-head for the first time with the region’s longer-running stations KBJR-TV and WDIO-TV by starting a 6 p.m. news broadcast today.

The 3-year-old station has had just a 9 p.m. broadcast that doesn’t butt up against either stations newscasts.

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“I think the market is ready for something new,” said Jason Vincent, Fox 21 news director. “The timing felt right to get into the market when there is this energy for a new newscast. We’re just finding that we have so much news that we want to tell our viewers, we just don’t have enough time to do it.” More…

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