The Last Live Newscast?

Sources tell FTVLive that Scripps Sinclair’s KGAN (Cedar Rapids) has aired its last live newscast at the end of last week.

“Newscasts will now consist of only prerecorded packages at SOTVOs.  The only live part will be weather,” said a station insider to FTVLive.

Word is that the rundown will get locked at least 30 minutes before air.   

The source says that nearly the entire production department has been laid off, and about half of the talent is leaving.  Producers, however, will keep their jobs.

“It's an end to decades of history at KGAN, one of the oldest stations west of the Mississippi River,” said our insider.