WGRZ-TV (Channel 2) soon will be carrying two new newscasts on its streaming channel WGRZ+ as part of an initiative on all stations owned by Tegna.

The initiative arrives as Tegna awaits FCC approval of Nexstar Media Group's $6.2 billion acquisition of the media company.

In an email to the staff , recently named Channel 2 News Director Judy Moore said that, effective Nov. 3, WGRZ+ will have newscasts at noon and 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The broadcast station Channel 2 does not air a noon newscast. Instead, it carries a newscast at 11 a.m., leaving WIVB-TV (Channel 4) and WKBW-TV (Channel 7) to battle it out for noon viewers.

The new 6:30 p.m. newscast on WGRZ+ will air at the same time Channel 2 airs "The NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas."

WIVB-TV (Channel 4), which is owned b

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