R News

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R News
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Rochester, New York
Slogan "As it happens, Where it happens"
Channels Analog: Cable 9 or 14
Owner Time Warner Cable
Founded April 22, 1990
Call letters’ meaning Rochester
Former callsigns WGRC (1990-1992), GRC9News (1992)
Website rnews.com

R News is a 24-hour newscast broadcasted in Rochester, New York on Time Warner Cable Channel 9 and available elsewhere on Channel 14. The station debuted on Channel 5. In 1992, the station changed to Channel 9 and labeled itself as "GRC9News". Later it was changed to just "R News". In 2005, some of R News's operations were merged with News 10 Now, a sister station in Syracuse, New York, and Capital News 9, a sister station in Albany, New York.

R News, News 10 Now, and Capital News 9 also share news content with NY1, the Time Warner Cable local cable news channel in New York City.

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Broadcast television in the Rochester market  (Nielsen DMA #78)

WGCE 6 (Ind) - WROC 8 (CBS) - WHEC 10 (NBC) - WHAM 13 (ABC) - WXXI 21 (PBS) - WUHF 31 (Fox) - WBGT 40 (MNTV/A1) - W42CO 42 (TCT) - WPXJ 51 (ION)

Local digital television channels
CW-WHAM 13.2 (The CW)

Local cable television channels
R News - Time Warner Sports 26
See also broadcast television in Buffalo, Syracuse, Elmira and Ontario