Spectrum News 1 Central New York

For other uses, see Spectrum News (disambiguation).

Television channel

Spectrum News 1 Central New York

Country| United States
Broadcast area| Central New York
Network| Spectrum News
Headquarters| Syracuse, New York
Programming
Language(s)| English
Picture format| 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner| Charter Communications
Sister channels| Spectrum News Rochester
Spectrum News Capital Region
Spectrum News Buffalo
NY1
Spectrum News Austin
Spectrum News North Carolina
History
Launched| November 7, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-11-07)
Former names| News 10 Now (2003–2010)
YNN Central New York (2010–2013)
Time Warner Cable News Central New York (2013–2016)
Spectrum News Central New York (2016-2021)
Links
Website| spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny
(Central New York)
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/watertown
(North Country)
spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/binghamton.html
(Southern Tier)

Spectrum News 1 Central New York (formerly Spectrum News Central New York and Time Warner Cable News Central New York) is an American cable news television channel owned by Charter Communications, as an affiliate of its Spectrum News slate of regional news channels. The channel provides 24-hour rolling news coverage focused primarily on central portions of upstate New York. The channel is based in downtown Syracuse, New York out of the former New York Central Railroad Passenger and Freight Station building along Interstate 690.

Spectrum News 1 Central New York maintains separate sub-feeds for the Southern Tier and the North Country regions (including the western and northern Adirondack region); it also handles production of Weather on the 1s content for its four sister channels across upstate New York (Spectrum News Rochester, Spectrum News 1 Capital Region, Spectrum News Buffalo. and Spectrum News Hudson Valley).

As with other Spectrum News channels, it is not available on satellite, nor is it available in portions of Cayuga County where Zito Media (successor to Adelphia Communications) controls the cable franchise and Charter Spectrum is not offered.

## Overview

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Spectrum News 1 Central New York and its separate sub-feed, Spectrum News Southern Tier, are available to nearly 500,000 Spectrum subscribers in all or parts of 22 New York counties, along with portions of the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania (this makes the combined operation one of the larger regional news channels in the United States, in terms of both subscriber reach and geographic coverage area). Spectrum News Central New York/Southern Tier, Spectrum Capital Region/Hudson Valley, Spectrum News Rochester and Spectrum News Buffalo share news content with New York City-based NY1, the group's flagship regional cable news channel (which the provider carries on the digital tiers of its Upstate New York systems).

The channel was awarded a national Edward R. Murrow Award for "Best Website" in 2004. Senior reporter Bill Carey would later win a national Murrow Award for "Best Feature Reporting" in 2007, along with a New York Emmy Award in 2011 for his writing on the 2010 documentary Deadly Delusion. To date, the channel has also won seven regional Murrow Awards, and several New York State Associated Press and Syracuse Press Club awards.

## History

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The channel was launched on November 7, 2003, as News 10 Now. It was the 11th regional news channel that was launched by Time Warner Cable. The cable provider invested a large amount of financial capital to launch the channel, including an investment of nearly $6 million to restore the former New York Central Railroad Passenger and Freight Station to serve as its base of operations. In addition to its headquarters, Spectrum News Central New York also maintains reporters and photographers based in regional newsrooms located throughout its coverage area across Central and Northern New York.

On May 25, 2005, Time Warner Cable announced that it would eliminate 30 staff positions from the channel in a cost-saving consolidation of its three regional news channels at the time in upstate New York. News 10 Now's technical production and master control operations were merged with Albany-based sister channel Capital News 9. With the move, Capital News 9 began serving as the production and studio hub for the channel's news programming, while News 10 Now began handling production responsibilities for weather forecast segments for all of its sister news channels statewide, using the channel's weather staff. Each of the channels retained their respective newsgathering crews, producers, facilities and news management.

In February 2007, News 10 Now launched a separate feed focused on Binghamton, Elmira, Corning and surrounding areas; the expansion resulted in the hiring of five reporters and a technician that would be based from newly created bureaus located in Vestal and Corning, as well as the addition of four producers at the Syracuse headquarters, who work exclusively on content for the Southern Tier feed.[1] There are now eight staffers based in the Southern Tier, in bureaus located in Vestal and Corning.

News 10 Now's live coverage of the American Civic Association shooting in April 2009, was carried nationally by CNN. A letter from the shooter was mailed to the channel's Syracuse newsroom on the day of the shooting, and was received and reported on by News 10 Now three days later.

On February 12, 2010, Time Warner Cable announced that News 10 Now and Capital News 9 would be rebranded as "YNN" (for "Your News Now") that March, adopting the same brand that had already been in use on their sister channels in Buffalo and Rochester (the former of which was the first to adopt the "YNN" brand when it launched in March 2009).[2]

On December 16, 2013, Time Warner Cable rebranded the channel as Time Warner Cable News Central New York (and its subfeed as Time Warner Cable News Southern Tier) as part of a branding standardization across the provider's news channels. That included the introduction of a new graphics and music package.[3][4]

On September 20, 2016, with Charter Communications' acquisition of Time Warner Cable, the channels were re-branded as "Spectrum News."[5]

On July 27, 2018, the New York Public Service Commission revoked Charter's cable franchises in the state of New York, citing failures to meet conditions imposed on the provider as part of the TWC purchase.[6][7][8] Despite the revocation of Charter's cable franchises in New York, the future fate of Spectrum News in Central New York after Spectrum's exit from New York State is currently unknown.

Just before the end of 2020, during the region’s most serious surge of COVID-19, Spectrum laid off an undisclosed but significant number of its local news staff,[9] including founding news director Ron Lombard, anchors Tammy Palmer and Iris St. Meren, and longtime photographer Tom Walters among others. The remaining staff was asked to record news reports on their mobile devices and anchoring was done from Albany.

In 2021, the channel was renamed to Spectrum News 1 Central New York.

## References

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1. ^ Nguyen, My-Ly (December 29, 2006). "News channel plans local launch". Press & Sun Bulletin. Retrieved January 24, 2007. [dead link]
2. ^ McChesney, Charles (February 12, 2010). "News 10 Now to become YNN". The Post Standard. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
3. ^ "YNN rebranding as "Time Warner Cable News". CNYRadio.com. November 21, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2014.
4. ^ Kaplan, Don (November 20, 2013). "NY1 changing name to Time Warner Cable News NY1". Daily News. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
5. ^ deLessio, Joe (May 18, 2016). "'Time Warner Cable' is No More". New York. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
6. ^ Aiello, Chloe (July 27, 2018). "New York votes to revoke approval of Charter's Time Warner Cable acquisition". CNBC. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
7. ^ "NY threatens to kick Charter out of the state after broadband failures". Ars Technica. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
8. ^ "NY orders Charter out of state, says it must sell Time Warner Cable system". Ars Technica. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
9. ^ Freile, Sarah Taddeo and Victoria E. "Spectrum News: Job cuts in upstate NY, new focus for reporters". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved April 11, 2021.

## External links

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* Official website
* Information on the channel by Time Warner Cable
* Association of Regional News Channels

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Broadcast television in Central New York

This region includes the following cities: Syracuse
Ithaca
Oswego
Rome
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full power|

* WSTM-TV 3
* .1 NBC
* .2 CW
* .3 Comet
* WTVH 5
* .1 CBS
* .2 Charge!
* .3 Roar
* WSYR-TV 9
* .1 ABC
* .2 ANT
* .3 Bounce
* .4 Laff
* WCNY-TV 24
* .1 PBS
* .2 Create
* .3 World
* .4 PBS Kids
* WSYT
* 43.1 MNTV
* 43.2 Dabl
* 68.1 Fox
* 68.2 Cozi
* WNYI 52
* .1 Daystar
* .2 Reflections
* WSPX-TV 56
* .1 Ion
* .2 Court
* .3 Grit
* .4 Mystery
* .5 Ion+
* .6 Busted
* .7 GSC
* .8 HSN
* .9 QVC

Low-power|

* WQSE-LD 6
* .1 Ads
* WONO-CD 11
* .1/.3 Dark
* .2 Binge
* .4 HSN2
* .5 QVC
* WZLH-LD 16
* .1 Ind.
* WTVU-CD 22
* .1 CTVN
* .2 HSN
* .3 H&I
* .4 Start
* .5 Catchy
* .6 Movies!
* WWLF-LD 35
* .1 LATV
* .2 Grio
* WDSS-LD 38
* .2 DS Español
* WMJQ-CD 40
* .1 MeTV
* .2 Buzzr
* .3 MeToons
* .4 QVC2
* .5 Get
* WBLZ-LD 49
* .1 CTVN
* .2 HSN
* .3 Ind.
* WHSU-CD 51
* .1 Walk
* .2 Story
* .3 JTV
* .4 NASA
* .5 F24
* .6 ARTS

ATSC 3.0|

* WSTM-TV
* 3.1 NBC
* 5.1 CBS
* 9.1 ABC
* WQSE-LD

Cable|

* Spectrum News Central New York
* CitrusTV
* ICTV
* NY Local Ithaca
* MSG Network
* MSG Sportsnet
* MSG Western New York

Defunct|

* WNNY-LP 13
* WSTQ-LP 14 (CW, now on WSTM-DT2)
* WNYS-TV 43 (MNTV, now on WSYT-DT3)
* Lucky 7

See also
Binghamton TV
Elmira TV
Rochester TV
Utica TV
Watertown TV

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Broadcast television in the Binghamton, New York area (eastern Twin Tiers)

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full power|

WBNG-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 CW+, 12.3 MeTV, 12.4 Court, 12.5 Grit, 12.6 Outlaw)
WIVT (34.1 ABC, 34.2 NBC, 34.3 Laff, 34.4 Mystery)
WICZ-TV (40.1 Fox, 40.2 MNTV, 40.3 Ion)
WSKG-TV (46.1 PBS, 46.2 PBS Kids, 46.3 Create, 46.4 World)

Low-power|

WBGH-CD (20.1 NBC, 20.3 ABC)

Cable-only stations|

MSG
MSG Sportsnet
Spectrum News Central New York
SNY
YES

Defunct|

WXXW-LP 6 (Ind.)
WBPN-LP 10 (MNTV)
Spectrum Sports

See also
Albany TV
Elmira TV
New York City TV
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre TV
Syracuse TV
Utica TV

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Broadcast television in the Mohawk Valley, including Utica and Rome

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full power|

WKTV (2.1 NBC, 2.2 CBS, 2.3 News, 2.4 MeTV)
WUTR (20.1 ABC, 20.2 MNTV, 20.3 Grit, 20.4 Bounce)
WFXV (33.1 Fox, 33.2 CW+, 33.3 Mystery, 33.4 Laff)

Low power|

WPNY-LD (11.1 MNTV)
WTKO-CA 13 (Unknown)
W22DO-D (22.1 PBS, 22.2 Create, 22.3 World, 22.4 PBS Kids, all via WCNY-TV)
WVVC-LD (40.1 ANT, 40.2 Walk, 40.3 Heartland, 40.4 Cozi, 40.6 NewsNet)

Cable-only stations|

MSG Network
MSG Sportsnet
Spectrum News Central New York
SNY
YES

Defunct|

W04AE 4 (ABC, Herkimer, via WTEN)
W53AM 53 (MNTV, via WPNY-LD)
WISF-LP 15 (Walk/WHT/AMGTV, Oneonta)
Spectrum Sports
WBU (defunct WB+)

See also
Albany TV
Binghamton TV
Syracuse TV
Watertown TV

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Broadcast television in the Southern Tier and Penn-York Valley regions, including Elmira and Corning

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full power|

WETM-TV (18.1 NBC, 18.2 ANT, 18.3 Laff, 18.4 Mystery)
WSKA (30.1 PBS, 30.2 Kids, 30.3 Create, 30.4 World)
WENY-TV (36.1 ABC, 36.2 CBS, 36.3 CW+, 36.4 Ion)
WYDC (48.1 Fox, 48.2 MNTV, 48.3 MeTV, 48.4 Grit, 48.5 Bounce, 48.7 Ion+)

Low power|

WJKP-LD (39.1 MNTV)

Outlying areas|

W20CP-D (20.1 PBS, 20.2 Kids, 20.3 Create)
W26CV-D (26.1 ABC, 26.2 ANT)

Cable|

MSG Network
MSG Sportsnet
MSG Western New York
Spectrum News Southern Tier
SportsNet New York
YES

Defunct|

WECT 18 (NBC)
WTVE 24 (DuMont, CBS, ABC, NBC)

See also
Binghamton TV
Buffalo TV
Rochester TV
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre TV
Syracuse TV

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Broadcast television in Northern New York and the St. Lawrence Valley, including Watertown

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Full-power|

WWNY-TV (7.1 CBS, 7.2 Fox, 7.3 Ion+, 7.4 Outlaw, 7.5 Oxygen, 7.6 MeTV/MNTV)
WPBS-TV 16 / WNPI-DT 18 (.1 PBS, .2 Create, .3 FNX / World, .4 PBS Kids)
WWTI (50.1 ABC, 50.2 CW+, 50.3 Laff, 50.4 Mystery)

Low-power|

WTKJ-LD 19 (Edge)
WNYF-CD (28.1 Fox, 28.2 MeTV/MNTV)
WWNY-CD (28.1 Fox, 28.2 CBS, 28.3 Ion+, 28.4 Outlaw, 28.5 Oxygen, 28.6 MeTV/MNTV)
WVNC-LD / WVNV-LD (45.1 NBC, 45.2 ANT, 45.3 Ion, 45.4 Grit, 45.5 Bounce, 45.6 Court, 45.7 QVC, 45.8 SonLife)

Cable|

MSG Network
MSG Sportsnet
Spectrum News Central New York
SportsNet New York
YES

Defunct|

Spectrum Sports
WLOT-LP 46 (UPN / A1, Watertown)

See also
Albany TV
Burlington/Plattsburgh TV
Syracuse TV
Utica TV
Ottawa-Gatineau TV
Ontario (provincial) TV

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Charter Communications and Spectrum

Leadership|

* Thomas M. Rutledge (CEO)

Cable
television
channels|

* In Demand
* Hot Choice
* Music Choice

| News channels|

Austin
Buffalo
Capital Region
Central NY
Florida

Bay News 9
News 13
Massachusetts
New York City

NY1
NY1 Noticias
North Carolina
Rochester
Others

Spectrum News 1 Kentucky
Spectrum News 1 Los Angeles
Spectrum News 1 Ohio
Spectrum News 1 Texas
Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin

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Sports channels|

* Hawaii
* Kansas City
* Los Angeles
* SportsNet (Lakers)
* SportsNet LA (Dodgers)
* SportsNet New York (part ownership)

Local / Regional|

* Spectrum Community (Southern California)
* Spectrum OC16 (Hawaii)

Defunct|

* Charter Sports Southeast
* ExerciseTV
* MOJO HD
* Spectrum Community (Maine)
* InfoMás

| Spectrum Sports|

* Spectrum Deportes (Los Angeles)
* Carolinas
* Florida
* Ohio
* New York (Upstate)
* Texas
* Wisconsin

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Spectrum original
programming|

* Angela Black (2022)
* The Bite (2021)
* Curfew (2019)
* Joe Pickett (2021)
* L.A.'s Finest (2019–20)
* Long Slow Exhale (2022)
* Mad About You (2019)
* Manhunt: Deadly Games (2020)
* Panhandle (2022)
* Paradise Lost (2020)

Other Holdings|

* Xumo*

Related|

* Disney dispute

* Joint venture with Comcast.

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Regional and local television news channels in North America

Canada|

* CP24
* Global News: BC 1

United States|

| Northeast|

* NECN
* News 12 Networks
* News 12+
* NY1
* Noticias
* PCNC
* WPXI-DT4
* Spectrum News 1
* Buffalo
* Rochester
* Capital Region/Hudson Valley
* Central New York/Southern Tier
* Maine
* Massachusetts
* WJLA 24/7 News

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Southeast|

* Spectrum News Florida
* Bay News 9
* News 13
* Spectrum News 1 North Carolina
* NewsWatch 15

Midwest|

* News Channel Nebraska
* News-Press 3 NOW
* Spectrum News 1 (Kansas City/Ohio/Kentucky/Wisconsin)

Other areas|

* KAZD1
* News 9 Now / News on 6 Now
* Spectrum News 1
* Southern California
* Texas
* Austin/San Antonio
* Dallas-Fort Worth
* SWX Right Now

Defunct|

* 6News Lawrence
* Arizona NewsChannel
* Idaho's Very Own 24/7 2
* Comcast Network 2
* CityNews Channel
* CHCH-DT 2
* CLTV
* FiOS1
* Florida's News Channel
* InfoMás
* KAUT-TV 2
* KMYT-TV 2
* KNWS-TV 2
* Las Vegas One
* LNC5
* News 24 Houston
* News 9 San Antonio
* NewsChannel 5
* Niagara News TV
* NWCN
* OC Channel
* Ocean State Networks
* Orange County Newschannel
* ONN
* Rail and Road
* SANN
* TXCN
* WMNN-LD 2
* WMTW All News Channel
* WRNN-TV 2
* WSNN-LD 2

* Note: This is an incomplete list.
* 1 Simulcast of Spectrum News 1.
* 2 Still on the air, but no longer carrying a dedicated news format.

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