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WLOS

U.S. local TV news, ABC affiliate under conservative-leaning corporate owner

WLOS is the ABC-affiliated TV station in Asheville, N.C. It is owned by Sinclair, a national station group known for conservative-leaning corporate positions. Its local newscasts are mostly traditional local news. Any pro-administration lean comes mainly from Sinclair corporate decisions, not from the station's own reporting.

Owned bySinclair, Inc. (formerly Sinclair Broadcast Group), a publicly traded company controlled by the Smith family. It also operates sister station WMYA-TV (channel 40) in Anderson, S.C. Sinclair is separate from the ABC network, which only supplies the programming.

LeaningU.S. local TV news, ABC affiliate under conservative-leaning corporate owner

On the administrationmostly neutral

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2.8average bias score across 18 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

3 N.C. Forest Service Rates Most of Western North Carolina 'Very High' — Fourth of Five Fire-Danger Levels — for Tuesday and Wednesday, Discourages Outdoor Burning
2 At Least Five Tornadoes Reported in Central North Carolina as Isaias Remnants Bring Mountain Flooding; Peak Outages Topped 22,000
2 North Carolina Stops Issuing Plate Stickers and Routine Registration Cards as of Oct. 1; Printed Copies Are Free to Self-Print or $5 From the DMV
3 Gov. Stein's Recovery Office Releases 117-Page Economic Plan for Western North Carolina, Two Years After Helene
3 Oxfam's 2026 Best States to Work Index Ranks North Carolina Last Among 52 States and Territories
3 Pardee Hospital's Buncombe County Patient Count Rose From 12,973 in 2019 to 20,981 in 2025 as HCA's Mission Heads to Trial
2 North Carolina WARN Filings Show 3,402 Announced Layoffs So Far in 2026, About 30% of Them in the Charlotte Area
4 Four Health Systems Apply for North Carolina Approval to Add 92 Hospital Beds in Buncombe County
6 North Carolina Awards $69 Million in Federal Disaster Funds for 828 Rental Units in Helene-Hit Counties
3 Asheville-Area Craggy Correctional Center Winds Down for Late-Summer Closure; July Budget Set 15.4% Average Raises for Correctional Officers
3 Four Health Systems Pitch Rival Plans for 92 Hospital Beds at Asheville Public Hearing
2 Buncombe County Says Charter Fiber Break Blocked Some Landline 911 Calls on Aug. 14
2 North Carolina Agriculture Officials Confirm First Yellow-Legged Hornet Detection, in Union County
2 North Carolina Announces $34.2 Million in Federal EDA Grants for Seven Western N.C. Recovery Projects
4 North Carolina Budget Makes Statewide Highway License-Plate-Reader Program Permanent