Nightly Business Report Opens Houston Bureau
NBR Worldwide LLC, owner of PBS’ Nightly Business Report (NBR), today announced an agreement with HoustonPBS and KUHF Houston Public Radio to open a new Houston bureau.
The partnership marks Nightly Business Report’s first bureau in Texas and allows the program to provide its viewers with firsthand coverage of the major business stories in Houston, the state of Texas, and beyond.
“We are excited to expand into Texas and provide our viewers with up close reports on the most important business news stories of the day in Houston, one of the country’s most important economic and social centers,” said Mykalai Kontilai, Chairman and Chief Executive of NBR Worldwide. “The opening of the Houston bureau is the latest step in Nightly Business Report’s ongoing effort to improve the viewer experience.”
The Houston bureau will cover both breaking news and feature stories. The bureau will present viewers with stories on the major fields in the region, including oil, energy, and healthcare, and take a look at their local, national, and global impact. HoustonPBS currently has over 2.2 million viewers a week and airs over 24,000 hours of programming a year. KUHF Houston Public Radio is Houston’s trusted source for independent, thoughtful and in-depth news.
“Nightly Business Report leads our evening programming during the week,” said Patricia Torres-Burd, Executive Director of Content at HoustonPBS. “It provides an important service to our viewers and we are very excited about this strategic partnership between KUHF Radio, HoustonPBS and the excellent team of professionals of NBR. Houston is a city that leads in business and economic news on a local, national and international level and we are thrilled that NBR has decided to create a bureau with our organizations.”
HoustonPBS currently airs Nightly Business Report at 5:30 p.m. CST on weeknights. The station also produces original local content, including Houston 8, Red, White & Blue, InnerViews and Living Smart as well as national productions for PBS such as The Wall – A World Divided and After the Wall – A World United.
Nightly Business Report is the nation’s most-watched daily business news program. Broadcasting for more than 33 years, the program covers every major business and economic story affecting the country. The new partnership with the Houston bureau is part of an effort to ensure that wherever major news is happening, NBR is there. NBR previously announced new bureaus in Phoenix, Denver, and the Silicon Valley.
“KUHF News is pleased to be a part of this important collaboration with Nightly Business Report between both public radio and public television in Houston,” said Debra Fraser, Station Manager and Chief Operating Officer of Houston Public Radio. “As other media outlets narrow their scope and reduce local coverage, the KUHF news team is highly committed to expanding the breadth of local coverage with 24-hour news in Houston and this new partnership ties in line with that commitment.”
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Julie Coan
Director of Communications
713.743.8460
jcoan@houstonpbs.org
