NewsCenter
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NewsCenter (NotiCentro in Spanish) is the name given to a number of local-news operations at American television stations.
The name was first used in 1967 by WAPA-TV in San Juan, Puerto Rico as NotiCentro, and later in 1972 on ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston when it began operations. The name later spread to several NBC owned-and-operated stations, which then encouraged other affiliates of NBC (and other networks) to use the title.
Similar titles were also used on newscasts in other countries. Brazil's SBT used Noticentro (a Portuguese derivation of NewsCenter) for its national newscast from 1981 to 1988. In Australia, the name News Centre was used by the Nine Network in the 1970s (as News Centre Nine) in Sydney and Melbourne, and by BTV-6 in Ballarat, now a part of WIN Television, in the 1980s (as News Centre Six). In Canada, the NewsCentre title was used by Vancouver's CBUT in the 1980s, and by Saskatoon's CFQC-TV in the 1990s. It was also used in Italy by Canale 5 for its national newscast (as News Centro 5) when it began operations in the early 1980s. In Japan, public broadcaster NHK launched News Center 9 (NC9) in 1974. NC9 achieved tremendous popularity as the first of its kind newscast in Japan. NC9 aired from Monday to Friday at 9 pm, and ran until 1988.
[edit] Stations that use or have used the NewsCenter Name
| DMA# | DMA Name | Station | Affiliation | Currently Uses | Other Notes |
| 1. | New York City | WNBC-TV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 4" |
| 2. | Los Angeles | KNBC | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "Channel 4 News" |
| 3. | Chicago | WMAQ | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "NBC 5 News" |
| 4. | Philadelphia | WCAU | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "News 10" |
| 5. | San Francisco | KRON | My Network TV, formerly NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KRON 4 News" |
| 7. | Boston | WCVB | ABC | Yes | |
| 8. | Washington, D.C. | WRC | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "News 4" |
| 10. | Houston, Texas | KHOU | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "11 News" |
| 12. | Tampa, Florida | WTSP | ABC (now CBS) | No | Currently identifies as "Tampa Bay's 10" |
| 13. | Phoenix, Arizona | KTSP (now KSAZ) | CBS (now Fox) | No | Currently identifies as "Fox 10 News" |
| 14. | Seattle | KING-TV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KING 5 News" |
| 16. | Miami | WSVN | NBC (now Fox) | No | Currently identifies as "7 News" |
| 17. | Cleveland, Ohio | WJW | CBS (now Fox) | No | Currently identifies as "Fox 8 News" |
| 18. | Denver, Colorado | KCNC | NBC (now CBS) | No | Currently identifies as "CBS 4 News" |
| 19. | Orlando, Florida | WESH | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "WESH 2 News" |
| WKMG | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "Local 6 News" | ||
| 21. | St. Louis, Missouri | KTVI | ABC (now Fox) | No | Currently identifies as "Fox 2 News" |
| 22. | Pittsburgh | WPXI | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "Channel 11 News" |
| 23. | Portland, Oregon | KOIN | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "KOIN 6 News" |
| 25. | Indianapolis | WTHR | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "Eyewitness News" |
| 27. | San Diego | KNSD | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "NBC 7/39 News" |
| 32. | Columbus, Ohio | WSYX/WTTE | ABC/Fox | Yes | Co-owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| 36. | Greenville, SC | WYFF-TV Formerly WFBC-TV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "WYFF News 4" |
| 37. | San Antonio | WOAI-TV Formerly KMOL-TV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "News 4 WOAI" |
| 39. | Grand Rapids, Michigan | WOOD-TV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "24 Hour News 8" |
| 41. | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | WHTM | ABC | No | Identified as "WHTM NewsCenter" in the 1990s. Currently identifies as "ABC 27 News" |
| 49. | Buffalo, New York | WGRZ | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "Channel 2 News" |
| 54. | New Orleans | WDSU | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 6" |
| 55. | Fresno, California | KSEE | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KSEE 24 News" |
| 56. | Albany, New York | WRGB | CBS, formerly NBC | No | Currently identifies as "CBS 6 News" |
| 57. | Little Rock, Arkansas | KTHV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "Today's THV" |
| 58. | Dayton, Ohio | WHIO | CBS | Yes | |
| 59. | Mobile, Alabama | WKRG | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "WKRG News 5" |
| 66. | Saginaw, Michigan | WEYI | NBC | Yes | |
| 67. | Wichita, Kansas | KSNW | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KSN News" |
| 69. | Green Bay, Wisconsin | WLUK | NBC (now Fox) | No | Currently identifies as "Fox 11 News" |
| 70. | Tucson, Arizona | KGUN | ABC | No | Currently identifies as "KGUN 9 News" |
| 72. | Honolulu, Hawaii | KITV | ABC | No | Currently identifies as "KITV 4 News" |
| 73. | Des Moines, Iowa | WHO-TV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "Channel 13 News" |
| 74. | Portland, Maine | WCSH | NBC | Yes | Also used on WPXT's 10 PM news. |
| 75. | Omaha, Nebraska | KMTV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "ACTION 3 News" |
| 79. | Syracuse, New York | WTVH | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "CBS 5 News" |
| 81. | Shreveport, Louisiana | KTAL | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KTAL News" |
| 82. | Champaign, Illinois | WCIA | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "WCIA 3 News" |
| 84. | Huntsville, Alabama | WHNT | CBS | No | Used in 1990s; Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 19" |
| 84. | Huntsville, Alabama | WAAY | ABC | No | Used in 1970s; Currently identifies as "31 News" |
| 87. | Jackson, Mississippi | WJTV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 12" |
| 88. | South Bend, Indiana | WNDU-TV | NBC | Yes | |
| 92. | Bristol, Virginia | WCYB | NBC | Yes | |
| 94. | Colorado Springs | KKTV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "11 News" |
| 96. | Davenport, Iowa | KWQC | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KWQC TV-6 News" |
| 97. | Savannah, Georgia | WSAV-TV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "WSAV News 3" |
| 102. | Fort Smith, Arkansas | KHBS/KHOG | ABC | No | Currently identifies as "Hometown News" |
| 106. | Fort Wayne, Indiana | WPTA/WISE-TV | ABC/NBC | Yes | Currently identifies as "Indiana's NewsCenter;" WISE, formerly WKJG, once identified as "NewsCenter 33" |
| 107. | Greenville, North Carolina | WNCT | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "Eyewitness News" |
| 108. | Tallahassee, Florida | WTXL | ABC | No | Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 27" |
| 109. | Springfield, Massachusetts | WWLP | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "22 News" |
| 112. | Lansing, Michigan | WLNS | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "6 News" |
| 116. | Peoria, Illinois | WMBD | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 31" |
| 118. | Boise, Idaho | KTVB | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "Idaho's NewsChannel 7" |
| 126. | Bakersfield, California | KGET-TV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "17 News" |
| 127. | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | WEAU | NBC | Yes | |
| 128. | Columbus, Georgia | WRBL | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "News 3" |
| WLTZ | NBC | No | No longer produces a newscast | ||
| 136. | Wilmington, North Carolina | WECT | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "WECT News" |
| 137. | Duluth, Minnesota | KBJR, KRII, KDLH, KWBD | CBS , NBC, The CW, My Network TV, NBC Weather Plus+ | Yes | Collective name for all stations is "Northland's NewsCenter" |
| 138. | Topeka, Kansas | KSNT | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "27 News" |
| 139. | Columbia, Missouri | KOMU | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KOMU 8 News" |
| 143. | Sioux City, Iowa | KTIV | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 4" |
| 145. | Albany, Georgia | WALB | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "WALB News 10" |
| 146. | Wichita Falls, Texas | KFDX | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KFDX 3 News" |
| 151. | Terre Haute, Indiana | WTHI-TV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "News 10" |
| WVUT | PBS | Yes | |||
| 152. | Bangor, Maine | WLBZ | NBC | Yes | Shares most newscasts with WCSH in Portland |
| 153. | Rochester, Minnesota | KTTC | NBC | Yes | |
| 159, | Odessa-Midland, Texas | KOSA | CBS, UPN/My Network TV | No | Currently identifies as "CBS 7" |
| 156. | Panama City, Florida | WMBB | ABC | No | Currently identifies as "News 13" |
| 167. | Yuma, Arizona | KSWT | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "KSWT News" |
| 177. | Rapid City, South Dakota | KNBN | NBC | Yes | Identifies as "NewsCenter 1" |
| 183. | Bowling Green, Kentucky | WBKO | ABC | No | Currently identifies as "WBKO News" |
| 185. | Meridian, Mississippi | WTOK | ABC | Yes | |
| 202. | Fairbanks, Alaska | KTVF | NBC | Yes | Identifies as "NewsCenter 11" at 6PM and "NewsCenter Final" at 11PM |
| 205. | Victoria, Texas | KAVU | ABC | Yes | |
| Unranked | San Juan, Puerto Rico | WAPA-TV | Independent | Yes | Identifies as "NotiCentro 4" |
