Northwest Cable News (NWCN) was an American cable newstelevision channel owned by Tegna Media. The channel, which launched on December 18, 1995, provided 24-hour rolling news coverage focused primarily on the Pacific Northwest region of the United States (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and northwest Montana). The channel was headquartered out of the studio facilities of Tegna-owned NBC affiliate KING-TV (channel 5) in downtown Seattle. The channel was available to 2.9 million residents (through both cable television and over-the-air) within the region, and, to a lesser extent, Alaska, Northern California, and other areas of Montana.
January 6, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-01-06) (21 years, 19 days)
Some of the network's programming was carried on a sister broadcast station KTVB in Boise, during the overnight hours. From August 28, 2009 to January 20, 2015, it was also aired over the air on their DT3 subchannel, as well as Cable One. It was previously on Cable One until 2003; it was re-added on February 12, 2010. On January 20, 2015, a corporate mandate where Gannett became a charter carrier of the Justice Network meant that it was replaced on KTVB-DT3, and it was carried on Dish Network from April 26, 2011 to February 29, 2016, when it was removed per a mutual decision between the two parties.
On October 28, 2016, Northwest Cable News announced that the channel would shut down on January 6, 2017. Approximately 20 employees were affected, and Tegna offered some of them positions at other Tegna stations.[1] The final program to air on NWCN was a farewell show "Saying Goodbye to NWCN" (which showcase the network's history and many memories on the channel) at 6:00 p.m. PST. After the credits roll, NWCN officially sign off for the final time at around 6:59 p.m. following a final turn off of the lights in the network's master control operations, resulting in the channel fading to dark.
The network incorporated news content purposed from four Tegna-owned stations in the northwestern United States – NBC-affiliated stations KING-TV in Seattle, KGW in Portland, KTVB in Boise and CBS affiliate KREM in Spokane. In addition, the channel maintained content sharing agreements with several other stations.
In addition to rolling news and weather coverage throughout the day, Northwest Cable News produced the nightly sports highlight and discussion program Northwest Sports Tonight (weeknights at 9:00 p.m.) and the call-in shows Gardening with Ciscoe LIVE (which aired Friday evenings at 6:00 p.m.) and Northwest Sports Tonight Game Day (which aired evenings after Seattle Seahawks games during the NFL season). The channel also aired rebroadcasts of sister station KING-TV's lifestyle program Evening each evening at 10:00 p.m. Three other KING-TV programs, Gardening with Ciscoe (a pre-recorded program which the live NWCN program was spun off from), Northwest Backroads and The 5th Quarter (which aired during the NFL season), were also rebroadcast on the channel on weekends. In addition, the channel aired the KGW-produced Sunday evening discussion program Straight Talk. In February 2011, NWCN switched their format from 4:3 to 16:9 aspect ratio. At the time of the channel's shutdown, NWCN was the last news station in the Tegna portfolio that did not air their newscasts in HD (although some of its content has been aired in HD digitally online).[2][3][4][5][6]
Notable former staffedit
Shannon O'Donnell – meteorologist (1995–2001 and 2007–09); now weekend evening meteorologist for KOMO-TV
Elliott Wiser - News Director (1995-1997); now President and General Manager of WTSP-TV in Tampa, Florida
Richard Reid - Entertainment Reporter and Movie Critic (1999-2004)
Referencesedit
^Connelly, Joel (2016-10-28). "Tegna pulls the plug on Northwest Cable News". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
^"We just made the switch! NorthWest Cable News is now broadcasting in 16:9 aspect ratio!". facebook.com/NWCN. 2011-02-16. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
^"KING 5's new look". radiodiscussions.com. 2014-06-08. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
^"KTVB unveils new look in full 1080 HD". ktvb.com. 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
^"KGW has a new graphics look! Want to learn more about it? Click below and Joe Donlon (KGW-TV) will walk you through it". facebook.com/KGW. 2014-07-22. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
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Northwest Cable News NWCN was an American cable news television channel owned by Tegna Media The channel which launched on December 18 1995 provided 24 hour rolling news coverage focused primarily on the Pacific Northwest region of the United States Washington Oregon Idaho and northwest Montana The channel was headquartered out of the studio facilities of Tegna owned NBC affiliate KING TV channel 5 in downtown Seattle The channel was available to 2 9 million residents through both cable television and over the air within the region and to a lesser extent Alaska Northern California and other areas of Montana Northwest Cable NewsCountryUnited StatesBroadcast areaIdaho Oregon Washington Montana Northwest other areas Alaska Juneau Dutch Harbor Sitka Fairbanks Hydaburg Ketchikan Kodiak Anchorage and Nome Northern CaliforniaHeadquartersSeattle WashingtonProgrammingLanguage s EnglishPicture format480i SDTV 1080i HDTV OwnershipOwnerTegna MediaSister channelsSeattle WA KING TV KONGPortland OR KGWSpokane WA KREM KSKNBoise ID KTVBHistoryLaunchedDecember 18 1995 28 years ago 1995 12 18 ClosedJanuary 6 2017 7 years ago 2017 01 06 21 years 19 days Some of the network s programming was carried on a sister broadcast station KTVB in Boise during the overnight hours From August 28 2009 to January 20 2015 it was also aired over the air on their DT3 subchannel as well as Cable One It was previously on Cable One until 2003 it was re added on February 12 2010 On January 20 2015 a corporate mandate where Gannett became a charter carrier of the Justice Network meant that it was replaced on KTVB DT3 and it was carried on Dish Network from April 26 2011 to February 29 2016 when it was removed per a mutual decision between the two parties On October 28 2016 Northwest Cable News announced that the channel would shut down on January 6 2017 Approximately 20 employees were affected and Tegna offered some of them positions at other Tegna stations 1 The final program to air on NWCN was a farewell show Saying Goodbye to NWCN which showcase the network s history and many memories on the channel at 6 00 p m PST After the credits roll NWCN officially sign off for the final time at around 6 59 p m following a final turn off of the lights in the network s master control operations resulting in the channel fading to dark Contents 1 Programming 2 Notable former staff 3 References 4 External linksProgramming editThe network incorporated news content purposed from four Tegna owned stations in the northwestern United States NBC affiliated stations KING TV in Seattle KGW in Portland KTVB in Boise and CBS affiliate KREM in Spokane In addition the channel maintained content sharing agreements with several other stations In addition to rolling news and weather coverage throughout the day Northwest Cable News produced the nightly sports highlight and discussion program Northwest Sports Tonight weeknights at 9 00 p m and the call in shows Gardening with Ciscoe LIVE which aired Friday evenings at 6 00 p m and Northwest Sports Tonight Game Day which aired evenings after Seattle Seahawks games during the NFL season The channel also aired rebroadcasts of sister station KING TV s lifestyle program Evening each evening at 10 00 p m Three other KING TV programs Gardening with Ciscoe a pre recorded program which the live NWCN program was spun off from Northwest Backroads and The 5th Quarter which aired during the NFL season were also rebroadcast on the channel on weekends In addition the channel aired the KGW produced Sunday evening discussion program Straight Talk In February 2011 NWCN switched their format from 4 3 to 16 9 aspect ratio At the time of the channel s shutdown NWCN was the last news station in the Tegna portfolio that did not air their newscasts in HD although some of its content has been aired in HD digitally online 2 3 4 5 6 Notable former staff editShannon O Donnell meteorologist 1995 2001 and 2007 09 now weekend evening meteorologist for KOMO TV Elliott Wiser News Director 1995 1997 now President and General Manager of WTSP TV in Tampa Florida Richard Reid Entertainment Reporter and Movie Critic 1999 2004 References edit Connelly Joel 2016 10 28 Tegna pulls the plug on Northwest Cable News Seattle Post Intelligencer Retrieved 2017 02 04 We just made the switch NorthWest Cable News is now broadcasting in 16 9 aspect ratio facebook com NWCN 2011 02 16 Retrieved 2014 10 26 New design coming to KREM 2 newscasts krem com 2014 10 23 Retrieved 2014 10 26 KING 5 s new look radiodiscussions com 2014 06 08 Retrieved 2015 03 07 KTVB unveils new look in full 1080 HD ktvb com 2014 09 28 Retrieved 2015 03 07 KGW has a new graphics look Want to learn more about it Click below and Joe Donlon KGW TV will walk you through it facebook com KGW 2014 07 22 Archived from the original on 2022 02 26 Retrieved 2015 03 07 External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Northwest Cable News amp oldid 1208532306, wikipedia, wiki, book, 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