TORONTO – CTV is shoring up its local news coverage, announcing Wednesday that CTV News broadcasts at 5 p.m. will be available weekdays on all local CTV stations across Canada, beginning this fall.
Creating an additional 35 hours of original local production each week, the added news programming on weeknights ensures viewers can find CTV News at 5 p.m. as well as 6 p.m. in their local market, the broadcaster continued. Previously, only CTV Vancouver, CTV Calgary, CTV Red Deer, CTV Edmonton, CTV Lethbridge, and CTV Atlantic offered 5 p.m. newscasts.
Beginning this summer in Toronto, both CTV Toronto and CP24 will air CP24 Live @ 5 and CP24 Live @ 5:30, while continuing to cross-simulcast CTV News At Six.
"A staple in CTV's local lineups for generations, CTV News broadcasts are fundamental to our local market strategy of delivering local news that matters to our viewers, while providing a strong lead-in to our winning primetime slate," said Nikki Moffatt, Bell Media’s president of local radio and TV and SVP finance, in the news release. "Adding locally produced, early evening weeknight newscasts in all key markets benefits our industry and partners, while strengthening the communities we are proudly committed to serve."
