On January 31, 2011, WGNO reformatted the 6:00 p.m. newscast as News with a Twist, a newsmagazine format that focuses on lighter stories and commentary and utilizes a mostly unscripted format. Dave Walker can be reached at dwalker@timespicayune.com or 504.826.3429. Sea Rescue Double Jeopardy New. On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications and AT&T U-verse channel 11. Erbach declined to comment on personnel moves, but WGNO's ratings in most key news time slots seem to justify some contraction. [11], On May 8, 2017, Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group announced that it would acquire Tribune Media for $3.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.7 billion in debt held by Tribune. 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At the start of April 2020, the News with a Twist format was entirely discontinued as the state became a major hotspot in the coronavirus pandemic and Nexstar felt a return to a traditional newscast format in evening hours was much more appropriate. [4][5] This effectively ended WGNO's 28-year run as an independent station upon The WB's launch on January 11, 1995. On August 14, 1995, ABC signed a 10-year affiliation agreement with Tribune Broadcasting for WGNO to become its New Orleans affiliate. [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] On August 9, 2018, Tribune announced it would terminate the Sinclair deal, and concurrently filed a breach of contract lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court, alleging that Sinclair engaged in protracted negotiations with the FCC and the DOJ over regulatory issues, refused to sell stations in markets where it already had properties, and proposed divestitures to parties with ties to Sinclair executive chair David D. Smith that were rejected or highly subject to rejection to maintain control over stations it was required to sell.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38].