KCET Offers Morning International Newscasts
KCET
OFFERS INTERNATIONAL NEWSCASTS EACH MORNING
BEGINNING
ON MONDAY, MARCH 7
Los Angeles - March
4, 2011 - KCET expands its international news offerings with the addition of a
daily one-hour block of morning newscasts beginning on Monday, March 7, with BBC World News, airing Monday through
Friday at 6:00 a.m., andAl Jazeera
English News
, airing daily at 6:30 a.m. Encore broadcasts of BBC Newsnight will air Saturday andSunday mornings at 6:00 a.m. The move continues KCET's commitment to providing
international news from some of the world's most respected newsgathering
organizations.
In response to
the uprisings in the Mideast, KCET began airing BBC World News (5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.)
and NHK Newsline (5:30 p.m.); Al Jazeera English News (4:00 p.m. and
6:30 p.m.) and Israeli Broadcast Authority's Al Jazeera English News live at 11:00 p.m.
"KCET is
offering international news three times a day in response to growing audience
demand," said Bret Marcus, KCET Senior Vice President and Chief Content
Officer. "With what's going on in the world right now, that diverse reporting -
from BBC, Al Jazeera Live, NHK and IBA-- is vitally important to our viewers. KCET
is pleased to bring our audience another access point with early-morning
broadcasts of BBC World News and Al Jazeera English News."
KCET is the
only major broadcaster in Southern California offering
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