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YNN (Syracuse)
(Time Warner Cable only)Launched November 2003 Owned by Time Warner Cable Picture format 480i (SDTV)
720p (HDTV)Slogan Your News Now Headquarters Syracuse, New York Website http://centralny.ynn.com/ Availability Cable Time Warner Cable Analog: 10
Digital: 1950
Doppler Radar: 1024
HD: 880
On Demand: 1010YNN Central New York is a 24-hour local cable news television channel headquartered in Syracuse, New York. YNN stands for "Your News Now." The channel, which is owned and operated by Time Warner Cable, is a member of the YNN network of six Upstate New York news channels, and is also the hub for weather operations across the state. YNN is available only to Time Warner Cable subscribers throughout Central New York, New York's Southern Tier, and the "North Country" including the western/northern Adirondack Region. It was the eleventh channel of this format launched by Time Warner, and one of about 40 local/regional cable newschannels nationwide. It began operations in November 2003 as News 10 Now.
Time Warner Cable invested a large amount of capital to launch the channel, including a $6-million restoration of Syracuse's former New York Central Rail Station. In addition to that headquarters facility, YNN Central New York also bases reporters and photographers in five regional newsrooms located throughout its Central/Northern New York coverage area.
In February 2007, News 10 Now added a separate channel with news, weather and sports targeting the Binghamton and Elmira/Corning markets, with five reporters and a technician operating from new bureaus located in Vestal and Corning. This expansion also added four additional producers at the Syracuse headquarters who work exclusively on the Southern Tier program feed, which is now also called YNN. [1].
On May 25, 2005, just 18 months after debuting, Time Warner Cable announced that 30 staff positions would be eliminated in a cost-saving consolidation of its then-three Upstate NY news operations. All of News 10 Now's technical production and master control operations were merged with Capital News 9 (now YNN Capital Region), its sister channel in Albany. YNN Capital Region now serves as the news anchoring and production hub, while YNN Central New York's eight meteorologists produce weather forecasts for its sister operations statewide. The channels retained all their local news gathering crews, producers, facilities, and local news management.
YNN Central New York, YNN Southern Tier, YNN Capital Region (Albany), YNN Rochester, YNN Buffalo, and YNN Hudson Valley (the newest TWC news channel, launched in April, 2010) also share news content with NY1, the flagship Time Warner Cable local cable news channel in New York City (which Time Warner offers to digital cable subscribers in Upstate markets).
The two separate YNN Central NY and YNN Southern Tier channels are available to about 600,000 Time Warner Cable subscribers in all or parts of 25 New York counties, along with portions of Pennsylvania's Northern Tier. This makes the combined operation one of the larger local/regional news channels nationwide, both in terms of subscribers and geographic coverage area. The channel's website won a coveted Edward R. Murrow national "Best Website" award in 2004. Senior Reporter Bill Carey won a national Murrow for Best Feature Reporting in 2008, along with a New York Emmy Award in 2011 for his writing on the 2010 documentary "Deadly Delusion." The channel is also the recipient of five regional Murrows, and several New York State Associated Press and Syracuse Press Club awards.
During the April, 2009 American Civic Association Binghamton shootings, News 10 Now's live coverage was picked up by CNN. A letter from the shooter was mailed to the Syracuse newsroom the day of the shootings, and was received and reported on by the channel three days later.
Time Warner Cable announced on February 12, 2010 that News 10 Now, along with Capital News 9, would be renamed YNN in March, adopting the same brand already in use in Buffalo and Rochester.[2]
Contents
On-air staff
Anchors
- JoDee Kenney - weekday mornings
- Julie Chapman - weekday mornings
- Kate Welshofer - weekday evenings
- Ryan Peterson - weekday middays
- Erin Connolly - weekend mornings
- Steve Ference - weekend middays
- Innae Park - weekend evenings
- Lacey Leonardi - traffic anchor
- Bill Carey - field anchor/special coverage/political/election coverage
- Brad Vivacqua - fill-in anchor
Weather
- Michael Gouldrick - Director of Meteorology, American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval
- Dan Russell - American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval
- Carrie Cheevers
- Todd Kerkman
- Erick Adame
- Ryan Finn
- Vanessa Richards
- Courtney Furtado
Sports
- Mark Larson - sports director - weekday evenings
- Brian Sandler - weekend evenings
- Chris Whalen - Sports/news reporter
- Aaron McElherne - Sports assistant
Reporters
- Bill Carey - Senior Reporter
- Brad Vivacqua - Syracuse morning reporter
- Kat De Maria - Syracuse reporter
- Katie Gibas - Syracuse reporter
- Iris St. Meran - Syracuse reporter
- Erin Clarke - Syracuse reporter
- Carmen Perez - Binghamton Bureau
- Brian Dwyer - Watertown Bureau
- Amanda Kelley - Watertown Bureau
- Tamara Lindstrom - Ithaca/Cortland Bureau
- Sarah Blazonis - Rome/Utica Bureau
- Beth Jones - Rome/Utica Bureau
- Candace Hopkins - Oswego Bureau
- Lara Greenberg - Elmira/Corning Bureau
- Bill Mich - Elmira/Corning Bureau
News Management
- Ron Lombard - News Director
- Steve Osterhaus - Assistant News Director
- Anthony Proia - Regional Director of News Operations, YNN Upstate NY Network
- Bernadine Han - Vice-President of News, Time Warner Cable Local News Division
- Steve Paulus - Regional Vice President-Programming, Time Warner Cable
References
- ^ Nguyen, My-Ly (2006-12-29). "News channel plans local launch". Press & Sun Bulletin. http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061229/BUSINESS/612290310. Retrieved 2007-01-24.[dead link]
- ^ McChesney, Charles (February 12, 2010). "News 10 Now to become YNN". The Post Standard. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/news_10_now_to_become_ynn.html. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
External links
- Official website
- Information on the station by Time Warner Cable
- Association of Regional News Channels
Television Stations viewable in Central New York, including Syracuse Local stations WSTM-TV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 Weather) • WTVH (5.1 CBS) • WMBO 6 (NASA TV) • WSYR (9.1 ABC, 9.2 Ind) • WONO 11 / WTVU 22 (COR) • WBLZ 13 (NASA TV) • WSTQ 14 (The CW) • WCNY (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 PBS World, 24.4 PBS HD) • W30AJ (Ind) • WOBX 35 (AMGTV) • W38CY (TBN) • WNYS (43.1 MNTV, 43.2 TheCoolTV) • WNDR 49 (Ind) • WHSU 51 (HSN) • WNYI (52.1 Daystar) • WSPX (56.1 ION, 56.2 qubo, 56.3 Life) • WSYT (68.1 Fox, 68.2 TCN)
Cable-only stations Adjacent locals Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television. Rochester, NY: WROC (8.1 CBS) • WHEC (10.1 NBC, 10.2 Weather) • WHAM (13.1 ABC, 13.2 The CW) • WXXI (21.1 PBS, 21.2 World, 21.3 Create) • WUHF (31.1 Fox, 31.2 TheCoolTV)
New York State television: Albany/Schenectady • Binghamton • Buffalo • Burlington/Plattsburgh • Elmira • New York City • Rochester • Syracuse • Utica • Watertown
Broadcast television in the Central Southern Tier, including Binghamton, New York Local stations Adjacent locals Cable-only stations YES • MSG Network • SNY • Time Warner Cable Sports • YNN Central New York
New York State television: Albany/Schenectady • Binghamton • Buffalo • Burlington/Plattsburgh • Elmira • New York City • Rochester • Syracuse • Utica • Watertown
See Also: Scranton/Wilkes-BarreTelevision Stations viewable in the Mohawk Valley, including Utica and Rome, New York Local stations Outlying areas Adjacent locals Cable-only stations YES • MSG Network • YNN Central New York • SNY
New York State television: Albany/Schenectady • Binghamton • Buffalo • Burlington/Plattsburgh • Elmira • New York City • Rochester • Syracuse • Utica • Watertown
Broadcast television in Southwestern NY State, including Elmira and Corning Local stations Outlying areas Cable-only stations Adjacent locals Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television Defunct channels New York State television: Albany/Schenectady • Binghamton • Buffalo • Burlington/Plattsburgh • Elmira • New York City • Rochester • Syracuse • Utica • Watertown
Pennsylvania Broadcast television: Binghamton, NY • Buffalo, NY • Elmira, NY • Erie • Johnstown/Altoona/State College • New York City • Philadelphia • Pittsburgh • Scranton/Wilkes-Barre • Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg) • Washington, DC • Youngstown, OH
Television Stations viewable in Northern New York State and the St. Lawrence Valley Watertown / Carthage St. Lawrence County Kingston / Belleville
(see also Ontario TV)Adjacent locals Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television Ottawa, ON: CBOT 4 (CBC) • CBOFT 9 (Radio-Canada) • CJOH 13/8 (CTV)
Syracuse, NY: WSTM (3.1 NBC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 weather) • WTVH (5.1 CBS) • WSYR (9.1 ABC, 9.2 IND) •
WCNY (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 Cinema24, 24.4 HD) • WSYT (68.1 Fox)
Plattsburgh, NY: WPTZ (5.1 NBC, 5.2 This TV) • WCFE (57.1 PBS, 57.2 MHz, 57.3 World)Cable Time Warner Cable Sports • YNN Central New York • YES • MSG Network • WCKN (Clarkson University)
Defunct W20BA 20 (TBN) • WLOT-LP 46 (UPN / A1, Watertown)
New York State television: Albany/Schenectady • Binghamton • Buffalo • Burlington/Plattsburgh • Elmira • New York City • Rochester • Syracuse • Utica • Watertown
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