ðə stˈeɪʃən bɪɡˈæn ˈɛɹɪŋ lˈoʊkəl nˈuːzkæst wˈʌns ɐɡˈɛn ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti nˈaɪn, wˌɛn ɪɾ ɪstˈæblɪʃt ɐn ɪnhˈaʊs nˈuːz dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənt ænd bɪɡˈæn pɹədˈuːsɪŋ ɐ pɹˈaɪm tˈaɪm nˈuːzkæst æt nˈaɪn pˈiː.ˈɛm. wɪðˌɪn ɐ jˈɪɹ ʌvðə nˈuːz dᵻpˈɑːɹtmənts lˈɑːntʃ, ðə stˈeɪʃən ɛkspˈændᵻd ɪts nˈuːz pɹˈoʊɡɹæmɪŋ ænd bɪɡˈæn pɹədˈuːsɪŋ ɐ tˈuːˈaʊɚ mˈɔːɹnɪŋ ʃˈoʊ ænd ɐn ˈaʊɚlˈɔŋ fˈaɪv pˈiː.ˈɛm. nˈuːzkæst.
The station began airing local newscast once again in 1999, when it established an in-house news department and began producing a prime time newscast at 9 p.m. Within a year of the news department's launch, the station expanded its news programming and began producing a two-hour morning show and an hour-long 5 p.m. newscast.