The Statesboro Herald Report will debut Tuesday, Oct. 2 on Northland Cable Channel 2, bringing Bulloch County a 10-minute news show that will air four days a week on cable and 24/7 on demand at statesboroherald.com.
“We have made a strong effort in the past six years to increase the availability of our content across print and digital platforms,” said Jim Healy, operations manager for the Statesboro Herald. “We believe creating a local news show that will be shown on local cable along with our website is the next step.”
The Statesboro Herald Report will include news reports, feature video segments, sports and a weather forecast from Jeff Kirk, chief meteorologist for WJCL-TV in Savannah. The Herald’s Josh Aubrey and Reagan Daly will be co-anchors for the program.
Aubrey was an original member of Northland Cable’s news show in the 1990s and he continued on the air with his Headline News Show until joining the Herald in February to produce all the sports video shows on statesboroherald.com. Also, he has been a sports anchor at various times for all four Savannah television stations.
Daly has been the anchor for the Boro Live News Update since it premiered on statesboroherald.com in 2009. The program airs Monday through Friday and she also serves as a regular fill-in host on Studio Statesboro.
“We have the best news gathering organization in Statesboro and I’m really excited to present the news in a format that will make it available to an even larger audience,” Daly said.
The Statesboro Herald Report will be shown on Northland Cable Channel 2 Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m., 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. New shows will premiere on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. The first show will debut on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 12:30 p.m.
The Report will be available 24/7 on statesboroherald.com.
“We made a strong commitment six years ago at the Herald to become a true multimedia company,” Healy said. “We started with Prep Sports Blitz in 2007, added Studio Statesboro in 2008, Boro Live News Update in 2009 and a whole lot of other sports video shows along the way — all easily watchable anytime you want on statesboroherald.com. Now, we’re producing programming for cable with the Report and the rebroadcast of our Friday Night Live high school football games on Northland Cable Channel 99 on Monday and Tuesday nights at 8 p.m. As I said, it’s the next step in our multimedia efforts.”