CHICAGO and IRVING, Tex. — Nexstar Media Group’s WGN America cable network today announced it will rebrand as NewsNation and expand its news programming to five hours on weeknights with the launch of two new 60-minute shows, beginning March 1.
NewsNation Early Edition with Nichole Berlie will premiere at 6 p.m. ET and The Donlon Report, anchored by Joe Donlon, will debut at 7 p.m. ET on March 1. The American superstation is carried by a variety of Canadian BDUs.
The new shows will join Banfield, hosted by award-winning veteran journalist Ashleigh Banfield, as part of the network’s new primetime lineup. Also launching March 1, the Banfield hour-long news and talk show was announced earlier this month and will air weeknights at 10 p.m. ET.
Following the network’s news expansion, the current NewsNation program will be renamed NewsNationPrime and will air from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET. The show will be anchored by veteran journalists Marni Hughes and Rob Nelson, who have been with the newscast since its launch last fall.
“Rebranding WGN America as NewsNation underscores the network’s clearly defined mission of delivering fact-based and unbiased news, while making it easier for viewers to find this new informative source for news,” said Sean Compton, Nexstar’s networks division president, in a press release. “At the same time, expanding our news programming to five hours Monday through Friday will extend the network’s reach and the depth of its news content across more weeknight time periods, delivering viewers more national news and regional stories from across the U.S., as well as coverage of the day’s most important issues.”
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