Channel 2 Adds Noon Newscast

In the first expansion of its weekday news programming since1986, WBBM-Channel 2 will launch a half-hour noon newscast on Aug.30.

The new show will reunite the anchor team of Joan Lovett andPenny Daniels, who joined Channel 2 earlier this year from WSVN-TV inMiami, where they attracted high ratings and enormous attention fortheir flashy style and casual rapport.

"We believe both women are very talented anchors who can mesh toproduce an innovative team," said Channel 2 general manager BobMcGann, who acknowledged that the noon newscast would specificallytarget female viewers.

To make room for the newscast, the CBS-owned station willshuffle its daytime …