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Article: Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Iowa, Television Stations to Start 9 p.m. Newscast.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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- July 31, 2000
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Jul. 28--A Des Moines television station is launching Central Iowa's first prime television newscast using the studio and staff of its Cedar Rapids sister station.
KDSM-TV in Des Moines, a Fox network affiliate, will launch a 35-minute prime-time local newscast from 9 to 9:35 p.m. beginning in December. KDSM has never had a newscast, and lacks full studio facilities.
General Manager Ted Stephens said a partial solution was found by producing the cast in conjunction with Cedar Rapids CBS affiliate KGAN-TV, which is also owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group of Baltimore. Stephens said the content produced in the Cedar ...