# US News Channels

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**Category:** Subscription, Streaming and International News\
**Created:** [May 18, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/us-news-channels/2994 "2017-05-18T00:02:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![WestKnight](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/westknight/32/321147_2.png) [@WestKnight](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/WestKnight)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/us-news-channels/2994/132 "2025-02-12T06:49:16Z")

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> [@WestKnight](#):
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> WBBH/WZVN (NBC/ABC), Waterman Broadcasting’s Fort Myers station, were sold to Hearst Television.

Nearly 2 years after the acquisition, Hearst debuted a common ‘Gulf Coast’ brand for both WBBH and WZVN (of which they provide LMA to).

> **[Introducing Gulf Coast NBC and Gulf Coast ABC](https://www.gulfcoastnewsnow.com/article/gulf-coast-news-nbc2-abc7-fort-myers/63677491)**
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> WBBH-TV, a Hearst Television station, and WZVN-TV, owned by Montclair Communications, have re-branded as Gulf Coast NBC and Gulf Coast ABC. The creation of Gulf Coast NBC and Gulf Coast ABC builds upon a legacy of WBBH-WZVN partnership dating back to...

While both channels use the station group’s ‘Diagrid’ graphics package (which has been used by WBBH since last year), the bulletins are still presented separately.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jHDCEXUfrHo/maxresdefault.jpg "WBBH Gulf Coast News at 11am & 3pm Opens - 2/5/2025 [New Brand]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHDCEXUfrHo)

https://www.youtube.com/embed/E5-Eiju5Yu4?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uKERhuhW8AI/maxresdefault.jpg "WZVN Gulf Coast News at 7pm Open - 2/11/2025 [New Graphics/Music/Brand]") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKERhuhW8AI)

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Also introducing a common brand is Nexstar’s St. Louis stations, as KPLR’s newscasts are now Fox 2 News (previously STL 11 News at 4/7pm). The 11am bulletin, billed as “Power of Two” with both names present, is also following suit on the schedules.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iU5oxKp1VXg/maxresdefault.jpg "KPLR FOX 2 News at 7:00 Open, 2/13/2025 (New Brand)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU5oxKp1VXg)

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