An announcement Monday by Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel - one which he says will regard "his future plans" - will be carried live by several Omaha media outlets.WOWT (Cox Channel 8) announced on its 10 p.m. newscast Wednesday that it will stream Hagel's press conference at 10 a.m. at the University of Nebraska at Omaha Alumni Center live and on its website, WOWT.com.
It is widely speculated that the that the two-term senator will announce his plans for making a run for the Republican presidential nomination.
KMTV (Cox Channel 5) will interrupt "The Price is Right" to cover the event, as well as stream it live on its website, action3news.com.
KETV (Cox Channel 9) is also promoting that it will carry the announcement live both on-air and on its website, KETV.com.
KPTM (Cox Channel 10) plans to carry the press conference live, but will not stream it on its website.
Radio station KFAB (1110 AM) will broadcast the announcement live and will offer video of the press conference on KFAB.com.
Radio station KKAR (1290 AM) will not only provide live over-the-air coverage of Hagel, but it will also provide the feed to the Nebraska Broadcasters Association radio network for stations across Nebraska.
On Wednesday night's 10 p.m. broadcast, WOWT reporter Brian Mastre interviewed former Nebraska Congressman and Omaha Mayor Hal Daub, who is a member of the Republican National Committee. Daub said he doesn't know what Hagel will say.
The Omaha World-Herald seemed overly excited by the news. The state's largest daily newspaper printed the same story about Hagel's announcement twice in one section (pages A5 and A12) in Thursday's metropolitan morning editions:
