News Operation
"W-2 News" was the first newscast, running with that title until early 1968. When Illiana Telecasting sold channel 2 to Booth Newspapers, some on-air and branding changes occurred. That year, the station became "TV-2" (while retaining a hyphen in the callsign, "W-TWO"), and the local news adopted the name "Total News Tonight" (later amending the title to "Total News at Twelve" with the addition of a noon news broadcast and "Total News Today" for the 6 p.m. newscast). "TV-2 News" was used in addition to "Total News" from 1971 until January 1972, when "Total News" branding was dropped.
Full color newscasts premiered in 1971, anchored by Johnny Palmer, (who continued as a co-anchor until his retirement in 1992). In 1973, the newscast rebranded from "TV-2 News" to TV-2 Eyewitness News, the title it held until 1994. NewsChannel 2 was then adopted. After the sale of the station in 1997 to Nexstar Broadcasting from TCS Television Partners, the station amended the title to WTWO NewsChannel 2, then again in 2007 as WTWO NewsChannel. In 2010, branding was changed to NBC 2 News; along with the change, a new set, graphics and music package premiered.
Through its joint sales agreement with WAWW, WTWO produces local news broadcasts and news updates. From 2004 to September 1, 2011, WTWO produced a 10 p.m. weeknight newscast for then-Fox affiliate WFXW, in addition to a rebroadcast at 7 a.m. of WTWO's morning news. This ended when WFXW switched network affiliation from Fox to ABC under the callsign WAWV. WTWO's Live at Five newscast, which had been seen on the station since 1998, moved to WAWV (becoming the only weeknight newscast on that station). The 10 p.m. newscast became a live streaming broadcast exclusive to WTWO/WAWV's shared website. On September 10, 2012, a noon newscast premiered. In addition to the 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. broadcasts and 10 p.m. webcast, WTWO produces local weather updates during AgDay and Good Morning America, as well as news updates during that latter program.
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