News HUB (formerly known as Independent News Network) is a

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based in

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, which syndicates "localized"

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programs for

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s in the

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, that have budgets limiting their ability to produce their own local newscasts. In addition to producing local newscasts, INN also produced a Spanish language Hispanic News Network, or HNN and (prior to September 2019) ''INN News'' for national syndication.

History

Regional News Network

The Regional News Network started in 1999 and branded itself as Independent News Network. The company's first client was Davenport

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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 until the station entered into a news share agreement with crosstown ABC affiliate WQAD-TV in September 2010. 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

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regional newscast, Big Sky News, with some localization for five stations began. INN began expanding into Spanish language newscast with

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affiliates, particularly those owned by Equity Media Holdings. The Salt Lake City affiliate, KUTH, became INN's first Spanish client in February 2003. INN started Noticias Arkansas, a regional and local Spanish newscast, in June 2004 for affiliates in Little Rock and North West Arkansas. In August 2008, INN launched Hispanic News Network (HNN) in 20 markets. At that time INN employed six on-air personnel, with the expectation of hiring 6 more by early 2009. A new studio was constructed for HNN and

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, the Detroit MyNetwork TV affiliate.

Latin Media Group

Regional News Network filed for

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on December 31, 2008. 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, and kept its client stations except for WPGA-TV in

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

Media Gateway division

By June 2015, SSN Media Gateway, LLC had acquired Independent News Network. At that time Media Gateway hired Anne Imanuel who remains one of the company’s primary anchors. Sarah Blakely was hired by May 2017 as anchor for the Lafayette, Indiana ''Star City News''.

News Hub

Waypoint Media purchased Independent News Network from Media Gateway in early June 2019 and renamed it to News Hub. As corporate director of news, Elden A. Hale Jr. was then appointed to head the division. The national version of the newscast was dropped at the same time. After a planned sale to Standard Media Group collapsed, Waypoint announced the sale of the hub to Coastal Television Broadcast Group in July 2021. Waypoint's WHPM-LD in

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retained its affiliation with News Hub after the hub's sale to Coastal. Coastal's

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and

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(including KVRR's

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, KBRR, KJRR and KNRR) do not utilize News Hub, instead broadcasting their own locally-produced newscasts. Coastal's

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, serving Columbus,

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and Starkville, operated by

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, also does not utilize News Hub, instead airing newscasts produced by Morris Multimedia's Columbus-licensed WCBI-TV. Coastal's WJKP-LD in

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does not carry any newscasts.

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.

Stations with News Hub/INN newscasts

English

Current

Former

Spanish

INN produces several

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newscasts (primarily for Azteca América

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s run by Una Vez Más Holdings, LLC), and provides content for HNN (Hispanic News Network). INN also produces a daily national program for the HITN network. INN also previously produced a newscast for affiliates of LAT TV, a

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-based

television network; LAT TV folded in May 2008. The company also produced newscasts for seven

-affiliated stations owned by the Equity Broadcasting Corporation: KUTH in

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, KLRA-LP (now KKYK-CD) in

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, KEYU in Amarillo, WUDT-CA in

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, WUMN-CA in

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, KUOK in Woodward (as well as its repeaters, KCHM-LP in

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and KUTU-LP in

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) and WUVF-CA in

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. Equity discontinued these newscasts on June 6, 2008.

References

External links

Archived link to Waypoint Media's News Hub page
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