News Operation
For most of the last thirty years, WLBT has been the dominant news station in Jackson according to Nielsen ratings. WAPT currently broadcasts 26 hours of local newscasts per week with four hours of news aired on weekdays and three hours seen on weekends. As of October 2010, WLBT broadcasts its local newscasts in high definition as the second television station in the area (after WDBD) to perform the change. On April 30, 2011, WAPT debuted weekend morning newscasts to bookend the weekend editions of Good Morning America.
Unlike most ABC affiliates, WAPT does not currently carry a midday news show during the week. In 2008, however, WAPT announced its intention to begin a noon newscast offering a third option in the time slot. It has since dropped the program from the schedule most likely due to inconsistent viewership and tough competition from WLBT and WJTV. The station operates a Baron Services VHD 250 Doppler weather radar next to its studios that is known on-air as "Storm Shield 16". There is a live video feed of this radar available on WAPT's website. In addition, all newscasts are streamed online at this outlet's web address.
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