The hours of 6 to 10 pm on Sundays are prime time. During prime time, all of the network affiliated broadcast stations will air their regularly scheduled prime time program line-up. Breaking news may interrupt prime time programming. The broadcast network news from ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS are generally carried satellite-delayed, which is about 3 hours later than the west coast. Major breaking stories are usually picked up live by the local network affiliates.
Local newscasts happen in the early morning hours, early evening and late night.
These newscasts are satellite delayed unless a major breaking story occurs. Channel 2 has their own live, national news with local anchor Joe Moore. All 4 network affiliates carry their local news at this time, featuring their most top rated anchor persons. By far the longtime leader in this nightly sweepstakes has been Joe Moore's Channel 2 Evening News. All the newscasts last a half hour, with the first 10 minutes usually used for the breaking news of the day, the middle 10 for features and filler, and the last 5 to 8 minutes for sports and weather.