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KTKA-TV latest to drop local news; lower comp from ABC cited among the reasons
KTKA-TV Topeka, Kan., last week became the latest casualty of the economic downturn and changes in the affiliate relationship that have knocked several news departments off the air.
The DMA No. 138 station, owned by Brechner Management, scheduled its final newscast for last Friday and will fill its three vacant time slots with a combination of syndication and alternative forms of local programming.
The station did its best to spin the story positively. On its Web-site statement, under the headline "49 Reinvents Local Television," it said it was replacing traditional newscasts "with a daily...