Starting Monday, April 4, 2022, Graham Media Group stations KPRC-TV (Houston) and WDIV-TV (Detroit) will launch an additional hour of their morning local newscast streaming, exclusively on digital platforms and OTT apps.
KPRC-TV’s morning newscast will stream from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on KPRC2+, and will feature the morning news team of Owen Conflenti, Lisa Hernandez, meteorologist Anthony Yanez and Anavid Reyes following rush hour traffic. Amy Davis and Anavid Reyes will expand their consumer and transit stories to include angles not covered on broadcast, and the hour will feature live guests to give depth and perspective on the big stories of the day.
WDIV-TV’s morning newscast will stream from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Local4+, and will feature the morning news team of Rhonda Walker, Evrod Cassimy, meteorologist Brandon Roux, traffic reporter Kim DeGiulio and reporter Nick Monacelli, and will feature live guests, the day’s top stories, weather and traffic reports from across Metro Detroit. WDIV added a 10 p.m. weeknight newscast streaming exclusively on Local4+ earlier this year.
“We’ve reimagined our streaming news products to meet the needs of our viewers. They’ve clearly told us they want more local news from the brands they trust most, and we’re providing that with our original news programs on Local4+,” said Bob Ellis, WDIV Vice President and General Manger. “Unlocking the combined power of our local television news, our market-leading news website, and our trusted anchors and reporters means more quality content more often. The streaming numbers on our app continue to grow rapidly, and we’re committed to serving these new audiences now and in the weeks and months ahead, with much more quality content coming."
KPRC2+ and Local4+ television apps are available for free download in the Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Google TV app stores. The livestreams also can be viewed on the stations’ mobile apps and online at Click2Houston.com and ClickOnDetroit.com, respectively.
Additionally, Graham Media Group stations continue to innovate in streaming local news beyond broadcast. Earlier this year, KSAT-TV (San Antonio) launched a daily 11 a.m. digital stream exclusive newscast, “KSAT News Now”, and “KSAT Explains”, a weekly deep-dive news feature program available on KSAT Plus; and WSLS-TV (Roanoke) launched “The Sprint”, a daily digital-only news brief.
WKMG-TV (Orlando) has pioneered a “Choose Your View” director’s chair digital stream for coverage of space launches from Kennedy Space Center and with 25 live cameras covering the Orlando Fourth of July Fireworks in 2021. WJXT-TV (Jacksonville) debuted the “Choose Your View” stream in covering the implosion of a downtown skyscraper in March.
Other Graham Media Group digital-first productions currently streaming on each stations’ OTT apps include “Solutionaries," a monthly solutions journalism-focused program highlighting local people working to find solutions to challenging issues from affordable housing and inflation, to climate concerns and police reform; and “Something Good," an ongoing series of positive news and the good works of people living in the community.