Programming History
Throughout the early 1960s into the late 1980s, WREC/WREG claimed to possess the largest motion picture library of any TV station in the United States, which was evidenced in its daily (late afternoons and late nights) and weekend programming lineup at the time. The station used some of those features for theme weeks (e.g., "Godzilla Week", "John Wayne Week"), which proved to be very popular with viewers. However, like most major network affiliates in the early 1980s, WREG-TV began cutting back on the heavy amount of movie airings that occupied much of its off-network schedule, a move prompted by the presence of cable, VCRs, and the emergence of then-independent competitors WPTY-TV in 1978 and WMKW (now WLMT) in 1983.
Over the years, WREG has produced many local programs and series, such as News Channel Three's Knowledge Bowl and Mid-South Outdoors (later known as News Channel 3 Outdoors). Additional news programs are Live at 9, which has a talk show format and Informed Sources, which airs weekly on Sundays to talk about current local issues.
WREG is one of the few CBS stations that pre-empts the Saturday CBS This Morning in favor of a Saturday morning newscast. Syndicated programs on WREG 3.1 include Inside Edition, Jeopardy!, Entertainment Tonight.
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