Editing WTTO (section)

=== Outsourcing to WIAT ===
{{see|WIAT#News operation}}
The ''WB21 News at 9:00'' was unable to make headway against WBRC's longer-established (and much higher-rated) 9&nbsp;p.m. newscast, which debuted in September 1996 upon its switch to Fox; as a result, WTTO outsourced production of its evening newscast to CBS affiliate WIAT through a news share agreement in October 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Battle of Birmingham|url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/battle-birmingham/109068|first=Allison|last=Romano|periodical=Broadcasting & Cable|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=December 9, 2005|access-date=May 9, 2016}}</ref> The WIAT-produced newscast was canceled on October 13, 2006, due to low ratings; the ''News Central'' format had earlier been phased out entirely in its other markets by March 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sinclair cuts back on 'News Central': Live newscasts' viewership called low|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143246497.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924134639/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-143246497.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|first=Andrea K.|last=Walker|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|date=March 15, 2006|access-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sinclair's NewsCentral model loses stations|url=http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0086/sinclairs-newscentral-model-loses-stations/249219|website=TelevisionWeek|publisher=NewBay Media|date=March 13, 2006|access-date=December 12, 2015}}</ref>