KCBY

News operation

In spring 2012, the news departments at KCBY and KPIC were merged into KVAL's news department. Previously, the semi-satellites' newsrooms were controlled by their own news directors who each supervised two to three reporters. Today, the KVAL news director oversees content at all three stations. During the third block during the 5 and 6 p.m. news and second block during the 11 p.m. news, KCBY and KPIC air pre-recorded four-minute local inserts that include a local weather forecast. In the mornings, KPIC and KCBY have five minutes of local news at 6:55 a.m., and produce their own local cut-ins during CBS Mornings. Roseburg and Coos Bay content is also interwoven into KVAL and KLSR's news. If there is a major breaking news or severe weather event in Roseburg or Coos Bay, Eugene viewers will see the KPIC or KCBY on-air staff, respectively. On a normal day, they do not because the signals are not switched for viewers in Eugene, or on the Eugene DirecTV and Dish Network feeds. Usually while the semi-satellites are running the local segments, a long block of weather is aired in Eugene and on satellite.