Nexstar owned WDTN is going to tack on some more news to its lineup.

The station announced that it is expanding its weekday local programming with the launch of 2 NEWS First at 4.

This will be the market's only 4PM newscast.

Let's go to the soundbites:

“WDTN-TV has a strong history of responding to the needs of our viewers and the launch of 2 NEWS First at 4 is the latest example of how we are living up to our promise of bringing local communities across the Miami Valley more local news stories than any other station in the region,” added Loni Blandford WDTN-TV News Director.

“For Nexstar and WDTN-TV, it’s all about localism. Our viewers have requested more local news content from the 2 NEWS team and expansion of our early evening local news programming, combined with the 24/7 support of our digital content delivery through WDTN.com and our mobile apps, gives our audiences more opportunities to access the local content they want and the information they need at a time that is convenient for their busy schedules.”

Really? Did viewers really call up the station and ask them to expand their newscasts.

I highly doubt that. 

Anyway, the new viewer requested newscast goes on the air Sept. 11th.