Newcastle NBN bulletins savaged as WIN takes control
By Staff Writers in Media News on Thursday, 04th June 2026 at 7:59am
WIN Corporation will implement deep cuts to NBN News local broadcasts after taking over the station from Nine, with Newcastle-produced bulletins cut from an hour to 30 minutes and weekend bulletins axed entirely.
From Saturday, 27th June local editions of NBN News will be replaced by New News at 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday nights. On weekdays, local bulletins will move to an earlier timeslot of 5:30pm and run for half-an-hour before Nine News follows at 6pm.
WIN promoted the changes as delivering viewers “an extended 90 minutes of local, national and international news coverage each weeknight”.
TV Blackbox confirmed with WIN that studio production would remain at NBN’s existing Newcastle studios, but there are fears that the changes will result in significant job cuts. WI...
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