KOKH-TV (channel 25, the OKC FOX affiliate), owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group (and noted in earlier months for running station promos with phrases like "We support the President"), is firing the local weather and sports staff, as well as eight news staffers. Only some local news will be produced locally; the rest of the "9 O'Clock News Hour" will be produced at Sinclair headquarters in Baltimore and made to look like it's local.

Sinclair also owns KOCB (channel 34, the WB affiliate) in Oklahoma City. It has no news programming.