Oregon Media Insiders

Northwest News Channel 8 annnounced today that starting in September, solid date yet to be determined, they will be launching a 7pm, 30min regular newscast.
Despite recent announcements to not replace staff; management plans on hiring one additional reporter, producer and part time editor.
From what I hear at the moment the format is going to take a political slant. No pun intended.
Which begs the question, what happens after Novemeber?

Comments?

It was just found out this afternoon that Hillary Clinton will be conducting a Town Hall meeting broadcast live on KGW this coming Friday, May 16th, at 7pm. This will be in their studio A and a 5 camera shoot. Additional bleachers are being added (rented) for this event. Hillary's people were buzzing around today and the secret service start buzzing around tomorrow.

Details will be reveled when they become available.

I moved to the Pacific Northwest from the Midwest several months ago. It's always been a hobby of mine to compare local news broadcasts.
Usually I can tell within a week of watching why a particular station is number one. Maybe the readers can shed some light and explain to me why this market is so weird and why KGW-TV is number one?