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Over the last few years the Washington Times has struggled to stay afloat, finally coming to terms with an era in which fewer and fewer people are reading printed newspapers and the right-leaning paper can no longer rely on healthy subsidies from the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Now, though, the paper is taking another tack—starting a cable TV station:

Herring Broadcasting, owner of the Wealth TV network, and The Washington Times announced Thursday that they have joined in a strategic partnership to create a new national cable news network called One America News, set to debut nationwide this summer.

“One America News Network will provide Americans a new, credible source for national and international news and investigative reporting as well as talk shows designed to foster an independent, cutting-edge debate about the policies, issues and solutions facing the country,” said Robert Herring Sr., CEO of Herring Broadcasting, founded in 2004 and based in San Diego.

The intent is to provide credible news and thoughtful analysis for “viewers with self-described independent, conservative and libertarian values,” Mr. Herring said. “Fox News has done a great job serving the center-right and independent audiences. But those who consider themselves liberal have a half dozen or more choices on TV each day from which to get their news,” he said.

The channel’s content will come primarily from the pages of the Times, and will be taped at a new studio next to the Times’ offices in Northeast D.C. Times scribes—including gun-getting editorialist Emily Miller—might get their own show.

I’ll watch if they give this guy a show, or if they at least give Ted Nugent two full daily hours to shred.