Starting Monday, WANF-TV is going to air the most local news of any TV news operation in Atlanta.
On Saturday, WANF is relinquishing CBS programming it’s had for 31 years, ceding “60 Minutes,” “NCIS,” “The Price is Right,” “The Young and the Restless” and NFL games to CBS’s own WUPA-TV.
Instead, WANF is doubling down on local news , offering more than 91 hours a week. up from 66 now. Its weekday lineup will see an expansion of its lifestyle show “ATL Live” from 30 minutes to two hours, one hour at 10 a.m. and another at 1 p.m. The station is introducing a new weather-oriented show at 6:30 p.m. and a daily sports show at 11:35 p.m.
“People now go home and watch their shows when they want on whatever streamer to watch them,” said Erik Schrader, general manager for WANF. “We also know