WHDH in Boston is snubbing one of their own. The NBC affiliate says it will air a local newscast at 10 p.m. next fall instead of Andover native Jay Leno’s planned nightly show at that hour. Station management said it believed a newscast would make the station more money.

NBC has threatened to strip WHDH of its network affiliation if it doesn’t air Leno, undoubtedly sending a message to any other stations that may be thinking of doing the same thing. NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks says no other NBC stations have said they won’t take Leno.

Dean Johnson, executive editor of radio station WCAP in Lowell, said the station has reached out to NBC to run audio of Leno’s new show each evening. “We’ve been asked to submit a formal proposal,” said Johnson. “We are Jay’s hometown station and he has been on the air with us. It makes no sense for people not to be able to hear him locally.”

The Jay Leno Show will launch in September, ending NBC’s tradition of scripted dramas at 10 p.m. Another Bay State native, Conan O’Brien, is poised to take over the Tonight Show June 1.