Capital News 9

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call_letters = Capital News 9
(Time Warner cable only)
station_
station_slogan = Your News Now
station_branding = Capital News 9
analog = cable 9 "(see article for variances)"
digital =
affiliations =
founded = October 11, 2002
location = Albany, New York
callsign_meaning =
owner = Time Warner Cable
former_affiliations =
homepage = http://www.capitalnews9.com/

Capital News 9 is a cable-only 24-hour news channel on Time Warner Cable in New York's Capital District. The channel debuted on October 11, 2002, nearly a year after originally planned due to various delays in infrastructure and staffing. In August 2006, Capital News 9 increased its reach to the former Adelphia systems in the market when Time Warner closed on their purchase of those systems. Due to lineup structure, Capital News 9 is seen on channels 1 or 78 in Queensbury, channel 1 or 97 in Canajoharie, and on either channel 7 (northern) or 95 (southern) in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

In April 2008, Capital News 9 began simulcasting its audio full time on local radio station WUAM 900 AM.

Prior to the launch of Capital News 9, Time Warner Cable offered local news on its systemwide local origination channel (also on channel 9) by repurposing WRGB's 6:00 news. But after Nielsen numbers showed the broadcast was competitive with WXXA's fledgling 6:30 newscast, Time Warner Cable moved forward with the launch. With the launch of Capital News 9, the regional access channel that was on channel 9 moved to channel 3 on most systems "TW3".

Capital News 9 came out of a period of heavy cable news channel planning by Time Warner Cable. Within a two year period, the company launched channels in Central New York (News 10 Now), Houston and San Antonio (now Defunct stations News 24 Houstonn and News 9 San Antonio). Two channels were also launched in North Carolina, one based in Raleigh and another in Charlotte (both referred to as News 14 Carolina. Of the launches, only News 10 Now and a merged-together News 14 Carolina remain, the byproduct of financial losses and a dispute with the Belo Corporation which was a partner in the Texas and Charlotte outlets.

The financial issues that killed and crippled Capital News 9's sisters also had an effect on the station. In 2005, Time Warner partially merged their operations with News 10 Now of Syracuse. Consequently, both Capital News 9 and News 10 Now centralcasted their news operations from Albany, with anchors covering both stations simultaneously. Weather was hubbed out of News 10 Now's downtown Syracuse location.

The merger of the two stations has fueled rumors that all three upstate news stations (Capital News 9, News 10 Now, and R News in Rochester) may be merged together, similar to NECN in New England. An element of this can be seen with the expansion of the political review program [http://www.capitaltonight.com Capital Tonight] from a weekly show seen solely on Capital News 9 to being aired nightly on all three stations starting in February 2006. Also, the channels' sister cable-access stations now share some content, including games of Cornell University, Colgate University, and Syracuse University if Time Warner can get the rights in all three regions.

Trivia

* Capital News 9's logo is based on a similar logo used by its former sister channel in the Tampa Bay area, Bay News 9 (now owned by Bright House Networks).

* The building Capital News 9 is located in was currently used to house a bowling alley, which was completely gutted by Cristo Demolition.

On-Air Personalities

News Anchors:

* Julie Chapman - Weekday Morning
* JoDee Kenney - Weekday Morning
* Kate Welshofer - Weekday Evening
* Brian Taffe - Capital Tonight
* Ryan Peterson = Weekend Morning
* Tammy Palmer - Weekdays and Weekend Morning
* Jaime Kazlo - Weekdays and Weekend Evening

Sports Anchors:

* Joe Calderone - Sports Director
* Marisa Jacques- Sports Anchor

Weather Anchors:

* Mike Bono - Meteorologist
* Carrie Cheevers - Meteorologist
* Michael Gouldrick - Meteorologist
* Heather Morrison - Meteorologist
* Dan Russell - Meteorologist
* Todd Kerkman - Meteorologist
* Josh Kozlowski - Meteorologist
* Erick Adame - Meteorologist

HEALTH TEAM 9:

* Marcie Fraser
* Julie Chapman
* JoDee Kenney

Traffic Reporters:

* Vince Gallagher
* Sarah Ruane

External links

* [http://www.capitalnews9.com/ Official site]