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'Nightly Automotive Report' Moves to Longer Format

11 January 1999

'Nightly Automotive Report' Moves to Longer Format

    DETROIT, Jan. 8 -- The "Nightly Automotive Report" is pleased
to announce it is expanding to a half-hour format every Monday night on
Detroit Public Television.  The program will air from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and will
provide viewers with news, information, features and interviews covering the
automotive industry.
    "Detroit is the center of the automotive universe, and we want to shine
the spotlight on the important work being done in this community," said Dan
Dancer, president of Blue Sky Productions, the company that produces the
program.  "If you want to get a better understanding of what's taking place in
the auto industry, this show is for you."
    The "Nightly Automotive Report" will continue to air from 5:54 to 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday evenings.  Its companion program, "Autoline Detroit,"
which features interviews with top executives in the industry, airs on Sunday
mornings at 10:30 a.m.  Both shows are hosted by John McElroy and underwritten
by Visteon Automotive Systems.  The special guest on Sunday, Jan. 10, will be
Ronald A. Weber, the head of 3M's Automotive Division.  For more information
on program schedules, videotapes, past guests and more visit
http://www.theautolink.com.