ABC News’ Adrienne Bankert Joins Nexstar’s NewsNation With Eye on Morning Show

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ABC News alumnus Adrienne Bankert has joined Nexstar Media Group’s NewsNation cable channel as an anchor and correspondent

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Bankert is expected to be part of the anchor team for a national morning news program that NewsNation is set to launch later this year. To start, she will cover national affairs and produce special reports for the Chicago-based news operation that launched last September on the cable channel previously known as WGN America. NewsNation has a solid linear distribution base of 75 million households in the U.S.

Bankert’s hire is a sign that Nexstar for now is committed to the plan to transform WGN America into a news channel. The rebrand of WGN America’s primetime lineup as “NewsNation” newscasts bowed Sept. 1; the channel formally changed its name to NewsNation on March 1. But viewership of the channel has plummeted after the shift from licensed entertainment programs to live news in primetime. Nexstar chief Perry Sook has told investors the company has the incentive to tough it out while the strategy shift takes root. Bankert’s hire is a signal that Nexstar is moving ahead with plans to build out other news dayparts like the lucrative early morning news race.

Bankert has spent the past six years working as a correspondent for ABC News, starting at KABC-TV Los Angeles. From 2017 to 2019 she was part of the weekend anchor team for “Good Morning America.” Before

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