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August 30, 2023 – NEWARK, NJ – NJ PBS, New Jersey’s public television network, announced a new time slot for the first airing of its flagship newscast. Beginning Monday, September 4th, NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi will air weeknights at 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on NJ PBS (check local listings). It previously debuted each evening at 6 p.m., encoring at 7:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on NJ PBS.
“Over the years, we have heard that our local viewers wanted the NJ Spotlight News broadcast program to kick off a bit later in the evening and we are happy to accommodate,” said Sr. Managing Editor Jamie Kraft. “This new time slot, with BBC News America as a lead-in, will give viewers a truly global and local perspective on the day’s issues in one powerhouse block.”
NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi will also stream on the NJ Spotlight News YouTube channel at 6:30 p.m. each broadcast day.
NJ Spotlight News is an award-winning multiplatform news organization that provides reporting from across all 21 counties in New Jersey and beyond through its NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi newscast on NJ PBS, a robust website, social media platforms, daily newsletters and community engagement events. Learn more at NJSpotlightNews.org.
Major funding for NJ Spotlight News and the NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi newscast is provided by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the William Penn Foundation, PSEG Foundation, the Fund for New Jersey, The Peter and Carmen Lucia Buck Foundation, RWJBarnabas Health, NJM Insurance Group, New Jersey Education Association, Orsted, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of NJ, New Jersey Realtors and Wyncote Foundation.
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ABOUT NJ PBS
NJ PBS, New Jersey’s public television network, brings quality arts, education, and public affairs programming to all 21 counties in the state. Headquartered at the Agnes Varis NJ PBS Studio in Newark, the network offers diverse local programs including American Songbook at NJPAC, Chat Box with David Cruz, NJ Business Beat, Here’s the Story, Drive By History, One-on-One with Steve Adubato, State of the Arts, Table for All with Buki Elegbede and Treasures of New Jersey and PBS favorites such as Nature, NOVA, Amanpour and Company and Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood. Its award-winning newsroom, NJ Spotlight News, provides multiplatform reporting from across the Garden State on its weeknight newscast, NJ Spotlight News with Briana Vannozzi, and digitally via NJSpotlightNews.org, plus live news specials, community engagement events and daily newsletters. Its latest podcast, Hazard NJ, investigates the effect of climate change on NJ Superfund sites. The MyNJPBS.org network website offers streaming programs and free digital resources for educators via PBS LearningMedia New Jersey. NJ PBS is operated under an agreement with the state of New Jersey by Public Media NJ, Inc. (PMNJ), a non-profit affiliate of The WNET Group, the parent company of award-winning New York public television stations THIRTEEN and WLIW21. |
