During much of its history under the ownership of Field Enterprises, WFLD's news programming consisted solely of 90-second news updates, branded as "Newscope" (later renamed "Newscene" in 1979), that aired during the station's daytime and evening programming; a 10:00 p.m. edition of the program consisted of five- to ten-minute locally produced inserts that served as a lead-out of the station's weeknight prime time movie presentations. During the overnight hours, the station also provided the "Keyfax Nite-Owl" teletext service, which provided news, weather, sports and entertainment stories fed by computer systems at the "Chicago Sun-Times" offices with data sent over a telephone line from an editorial office in Elk Grove Village. After "Nite Owl" was discontinued in 1982, WFLD began airing an hour-long simulcast of CNN Headline News during the overnight hours, as well as in the early afternoon on weekdays. "Newscope" was cancelled in 1982, shortly after Metromedia finalized its acquisition of the station.