Independent News Network

Last updated
News Hub
Formerly
Independent News Network
Division
IndustryMedia
Founded1999
Headquarters
Little Rock, AR
,
US
Key people
  • Elden A. Hale Jr.
  • (corporate director of news)
  • Anne Imanuel (anchor)
BrandsHispanic News Network
INN News
Servicesnewscasts
Owner Waypoint Media
Website www.mediagateway.us

News HUB (formerly known as Independent News Network) is a production company based in Little Rock, Arkansas, which syndicates "localized" news programs for broadcast television stations in the United States, that have budgets limiting their ability to produce their own local newscasts.

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In addition to producing local newscasts, INN also produces a Spanish language Hispanic News Network, or HNN, and INN News for national syndication. [1]

History

Regional News Network

The Regional News Network started in 1999 the Independent News Network and operated under that name. The company's first client was Davenport Fox affiliate KLJB (channel 18). INN produced a half-hour primetime newscast for that station, titled the Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News, which started on December 31, 1999 [2] until the station entered into a news share agreement with crosstown ABC affiliate WQAD-TV in September 2010. [3]

Fox Broadcasting Company American television network

The Fox Broadcasting Company is an American free-to-air television network that is a flagship property of the Fox Corporation. The network is headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in New York City, with additional offices at the Fox Broadcasting Center and at the Fox Television Center in Los Angeles.

KLJB Fox affiliate in Davenport, Iowa

KLJB, virtual channel 18, is a Fox-affiliated television station licensed to Davenport, Iowa, United States, serving the Quad Cities area of southeastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois. Owned by Marshall Broadcasting Group, the station is operated under a shared services agreement (SSA) by Nexstar Media Group, making it sister to Nexstar's duopoly of Rock Island, Illinois-licensed CBS affiliate WHBF-TV and Burlington, Iowa-licensed CW affiliate KGCW. The three stations share studios in the Telco Building on 18th Street in downtown Rock Island; KLJB's transmitter is located in Orion, Illinois. On cable, KLJB is available on Mediacom channel 7 in standard definition and digital channel 707 in high definition.

American Broadcasting Company American broadcast television network

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Walt Disney Television, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered in Burbank, California on Riverside Drive, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Roy E. Disney Animation Building, But the network's second corporate headquarters and News headquarters remains in New York City, New York at their broadcast center on 77 West 66th Street in Lincoln Square in Upper West Side Manhattan.

The company started two syndicated general national news products in June 2002. "The American Times" and "INN News" were for stations and cable channels who did not want a customized news product. In October, a Montana regional newscast, Big Sky News, with some localization for five stations began. [4]

INN began expanding into Spanish language newscast with Univision affiliates. The Salt Lake City affiliate became INN's first Spanish client in February 2003. INN started Noticas Arkansas, a regional and local Spanish newscast, in June 2004 for affiliates in Little Rock and North West Arkansas. [4]

Univision US-based Spanish-language TV channel

Univision is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network that is owned by Univision Communications. It is the country's largest provider of Spanish-language content, followed by American competitor Telemundo. The network's programming is aimed at Hispanic Americans and includes telenovelas and other drama series, sports, sitcoms, reality and variety series, news programming, and imported Spanish-language feature films. Univision is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and has its major studios, production facilities, and business operations based in Doral, Florida.

In August 2008, INN launched Hispanic News Network (HNN) in 20 markets. At that time INN employed six on-air personnel with expectation of hiring 6 more by early 2009. [5] A new studio was constructed for HNN and the Detroit MyNetwork TV affiliate. [6]

Latin Media Group

Regional News Network filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on December 31, 2008. [2] [7] INN was taken over in early January 2009 by LMG, Inc., part of Fusion Communications, also of Davenport, Iowa. In the transfer, INN laid off 12 of its staff of 40, [2] and kept its client stations except for WPGA-TV in Macon, Georgia. [8]

By November 2009, Independent News Network signed on WeatherNation for five of INN's Spanish language client stations. [9] INN agreed by October 2011 to support Soul of the South Network's planned five hours of news per day. [10] INN's staff was further cut to 14 in June 2013 as more client stations left the service. [1]

Media Gateway division

By June 2015, SSN Media Gateway, LLC had acquired Independent News Network. At that time INN had hired Anne Imanuel, the wife of Mike Preston, the new director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, as an anchor. The Commission had a past due loan from the Soul of the South company group thus causing a perception of a conflict of interest. [11] With financial difficulties, SSN Funding partners' ownership interest in Gateway Media Technologies was purchased by Matthew Davidge, owner of client station WRDE, as of February 6, 2016. [12]

News Hub

Waypoint Media purchased Independent News Network from Media Gateway in early June 2019 and renamed News Hub. As corporate director of news, Elden A. Hale Jr. was then appointed to head the division. [13]

Hispanic News Network

Hispanic News Network (HNN) was launched by INN in 20 markets in August 2008. Alan Rivera was promoted to executive producer for HNN and newscaster after already working at INN for 4 years. At launch, HNN produced three newscasts a day. At that time INN employed six on-air personnel with expectation of hiring 6 more by early 2009. [5]

Stations with INN newscasts

English

City of license Station Affiliation Newscasts producedStartEnd
Nationwide Youtoo America Youtoo America INN News (7:00 p.m. ET)Unknownpresent
Davenport, IA KLJB Fox Fox 18 Nine O'Clock News [3] [14] December 31, 1999September 6, 2010
Montanafive stationsN/ABig Sky News [4] October 2002ca. 2004
Gainesville, FL
GTN News / [15]
CBS4 News		 WGFL (channel 28) CBS weekdays 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m.October 27, 2010April 2016
WNBW-DT (channel 9) NBC 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
WMYG-LP (channel 11) MNTV 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Alexandria, Louisiana KLAX-TV (channel 31) ABC two [6] February 2007December 2018
Columbus, Georgia WLTZ NBC three [6] [16] December 2007July 2014
Louisville, Kentucky WWWJ-CD TBN one [6] UnknownUnknown
Montgomery, Alabama WNCF ABCAugust 2005February 1, 2013
Fort Collins, Colorado KGWN-TV .2 CBSca. 2006December 19, 2013
Roanoke, Va. WZBJ MyNetworkTV condensed weather report [6] UnknownUnknown
Salem, Oregon KWVT-LD 4:30 p.m. weekdays [17] April 6, 20062009
Macon, Georgia WPGA-TV Independent7:00 p.m. weeknights [18] July 2007January 4, 2009
Detroit WMYD MyNetworkTV10:00 p.m. weeknights [6] 2008September 2009
Omaha KPTM Fox9 p.m. weeknights [16] September 6, 20102013 [1]
Salisbury, Maryland WRDE-LP NBC [11] 2014May 31, 2019
Reno, Nevada KRXI-TV Fox11:00 pm weeknights20112013 [1]
Boston WBIN-TV Independent10L00 p.m weeknightsSeptember 2011April 26, 2013 [19]

Spanish

City of license Station Affiliation
Atlanta, Georgia WUVM-LP [6] (channel 4) Azteca América
Las Vegas KMCC [6] (channel 34) VasalloVision
Las Vegas, Nevada KHDF-CD (channel 19)Azteca América
Austin, Texas KADF-LP (channel 20)Azteca América
Dallas, Texas KAZD (channel 55)Azteca América
Houston, Texas KYAZ (channel 51)Azteca América
San Antonio, Texas KVDF-CD (channel 31)Azteca América

INN produces several Spanish language newscasts (primarily for Azteca América owned-and-operated stations run by Una Vez Más Holdings, LLC), and provides content for HNN (Hispanic News Network).[ citation needed ] INN also produces a daily national program for the HITN network.

INN also previously produced a newscast for affiliates of LAT TV, a Houston, Texas-based Spanish language television network; LAT TV folded in May 2008. [20] The company also produced newscasts for seven Univision-affiliated stations owned by the Equity Broadcasting Corporation: KUTH in Salt Lake City, KLRA-LP (now KKYK-CD) in Little Rock, KEYU in Amarillo, WUDT-CA in Detroit, WUMN-CA in Minneapolis, KUOK in Woodward (as well as its repeaters, KCHM-LP in Oklahoma City and KUTU-LP in Tulsa) and WUVF-CA in Naples. Equity discontinued these newscasts on June 6, 2008. [21]

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WMYD MyNetworkTV affiliate in Detroit

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WHBF-TV CBS affiliate in Rock Island, Illinois

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WQAD-TV ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate in Moline, Illinois

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KWQC-TV NBC affiliate in Davenport, Iowa

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KLAX-TV ABC affiliate in Alexandria, Louisiana

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KGCW CW affiliate in Burlington, Iowa

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