EyeOpener is an American syndicated morning news program produced by Dorado Media that premiered on August 7, 2017. The program utilized a local/national hybrid format billed as a "provocative and unpredictable" combination of general and political news, health, entertainment, technology and opinion segments, mixed with humor and variety elements; stations carrying the program are given the option to provide news, weather and traffic inserts focusing on their local market each half-hour.
History[]
On June 15, 2017, Tribune Broadcasting announced the launch of Morning Dose, a two-hour social media-focused morning show produced in partnership with Chicago-based digital content branding agency Dose, which will replace EyeOpener on the Tribune stations carrying the latter program. Hosted by Melissa Rycroft and Brandon London, with news segments anchored by Laila Muhammad (the only announced holdover from EyeOpener), the program will feature a mix of news stories selected by Dose through its social storytelling and scientific trend methodology to "[showcase] the content and advancing the stories that will drive the day’s social conversation.”
Dorado Media developed a concept for a morning news program intended for stations owned by the company that did not maintain existing news departments. EyeOpener, would incorporate a local/national format (with the intent to syndicate the program to other markets) similar to that of morning news programs on the major broadcast television networks, with three-minute-long national segments conducted in a more free-form style.
Stations airing EyeOpener[]
Rather than airing on stations affiliated with the Big 3 broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, NBC), which rely on their own newscasts and that of those networks, EyeOpener was offered and sold to various larger- or-middle-sized markets affiliated with Fox, MyNetworkTV, The CW, or independents.
Though many stations that aired EyeOpener showed the full 2-hour broadcast live-to-air during the 7 a.m.-9 a.m. (ET) time slot, a few stations carried only one hour of the program, while others tape-delayed all or part of the show for a mid- or late-morning airing.
Wuhu Island NPR-affiliated radio station WUIE-FM carries the program in an extended news, reviews, and cooking radio format from 9:00am-1:00pm.
Stations that air EyeOpener[]
Stations are listed alphabetically by call sign.
| City of License / Market | Station | Channel | Pimary affiliation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock-Pine Bluff | KARC | 2 | The CW | Dorado Media |
| Paleto Bay-Grapeseed | KBCY | 15 | Independent | Dorado Media |
| Kansas City | KCKM | 12 | Independent | Dorado Media |
| Bend, OR | KCNO | 13 | Independent | Dorado Media |
| Tulsa | KCVE | 46 | The CW | Koopa Troop Communications |
| Los Santos | KGXQ | 6 | The CW | Dorado Media |
| Idaho Fals-Pocatllo(Jcksn) | KIAB | 2 | Fox | Dorado Media |
| Medford-Klamath Falls | KMDF-LP | 21 | The CW | Dorado Media |
| Portland, OR | KPRT | 51 | The CW | Dorado Media |
| Sacramnto-Stkton-Modesto | KSCE | 7 | Independent | Dorado Media |
| San Francisco-Oak-San Jose | KSFD | 8 | Independent | Dorado Station Services |
| Chico-Redding | KTNN-DT2 | 2 | The CW | Dorado Media |
| Butte-Bozeman | KUTR | 48 | The CW | Koopa Troop Communications |
| Las Vegas | KVEG | 6 | The CW | Dorado Media |
| Amarillo | KWTI | 21 | The CW | Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation |
| Charlotte | WCTI-TV | 26 | Independent | Weigel Broadcasting |
| Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbrn | WCWO | 68 | The CW | Dorado Media |
| Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk | WEBM-TV | 7 | Independent | Dorado Media |
| Liberty City | WFTO-TV | 24 | Independent | Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation |
| Burlington-Plattsburgh | WKAB | 2 | MyNetworkTV | Dorado Media |
| Nashville | WLUV | 65 | MyNetworkTV | Dorado Media |
| Philadelphia | WMYI | 68 | MyNetworkTV | Dorado Media |
| Charleston-Huntington | WVCW | 33 | The CW | Koopa Troop Communications |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale | WVTJ | 4 | MyNetworkTV | Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation |