WSYR-TV
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| WSYR-TV | |
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| Syracuse, New York | |
| Branding | NewsChannel 9 WSYR |
| Slogan | NewsChannel 9 is Everywhere |
| Channels | Analog: 9 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC VTV: The Variety Channel |
| Owner | Newport Television, LLC |
| First air date | September 9, 1962 |
| Call letters’ meaning | SYRacuse |
| Former callsigns | WNYS-TV (1962-1978) WIXT (1978-1982) WIXT-TV (1982-2005) |
| Transmitter Power | 79.4 kW (analog) 105 kW (digital) |
| Height | 462 m (analog) 402 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 73113 |
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| Website | www.9wsyr.com |
WSYR-TV (known as WIXT-TV until 2005) is a television station located in Syracuse, New York; broadcasting on analog channel 9 / digital channel 17 and affiliated with the ABC television network. Its transmitter is located in Pompey, New York. Until recently, WSYR was carried via cable as an ABC affiliate in Northern NY in communities such as Ogdensburg, Potsdam, Massena, and Malone. Since then, most of those markets have replaced the station with WSYR's sister, WWTI, also an ABC affiliate (although both were available in the aforementioned markets for a short time; WVNY-TV from Burlington, Vermont now serves Malone).
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[edit] History
Channel 9 was the last of Syracuse's major network affiliates to sign on the air doing so on September 9, 1962 after a channel shuffle involving rival WHEN-TV and Rochester's WHAM-TV allowed a third VHF station in Syracuse. The original call letters were WNYS-TV (Now Used for WNYS, MyNetworkTV in the Syracuse DMA). WNYS-TV signed on as an ABC affiliate owned by a group of area investors. Later owners included Coca Cola and The Outlet Company, and it has never switched networks.
The station was sold to The Outlet Company in 1978 and the callsign was changed to WIXT-TV (IX standing for the Roman numeral 9). The Ackerley Group bought the station in 1982. Clear Channel Communications bought Ackerley in 2001, it put WIXT under the same ownership as WSYR, the market's news/talk radio station. The callsign was then changed to WSYR-TV in July 2005, creating a small amount of confusion as rival NBC affiliate WSTM was formerly known as WSYR-TV until 1980.
WSYR-TV's studio facility is also the "Digital CentralCasting" control hub for Clear Channel's television stations in Rochester, Watertown, Binghamton, and Elmira.
In 2004, WSYR-TV premiered a talk show produced through their station titled "Bridge Street." The program airs every weekday at 10:00AM on NewsChannel 9.
On December 22, 2006, Nancy Duffy, a General Assignment Reporter for WSYR-TV died after long-term illness. She became the first woman police reporter in Central New York after joining the Syracuse Herald-Journal in 1966. She was Syracuse’s first TV female reporter when she moved to WHEN-TV (now WTVH-TV) in 1967. She became the first woman to join the Syracuse Press Club, and later served as its president. In 1970, Nancy served as press secretary at Syracuse City Hall. She returned to Channel 5 after a year, and moved to NewsChannel 9 as a reporter and morning anchor in 1977.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television, a broadcasting group established by Providence Equity Partners.[1] WSYR (AM) was not part of the sale, and it is unknown if the call letters will change or stay WSYR-TV.
Portions of WSYR's programming, most notably its noon newscast, are being streamed on the Internet as of January 2007.
[edit] Special Affiliations
- Cortland High School- (CVC) "Cortland Video Club" - Jim Forshee [1]
- Cable News Network- (CNN) - Provides local reports to CNN Center in Atlanta, GA.
[edit] Digital Programming
WSYR-DT operates two digital programming stations:
| Channel | Programming | Broadcast Resolution |
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| 9.1 / 17.1 | main WSYR programming (ABC) | 480i (Local), 720p (Network) |
| 9.2 / 17.2 | WSYR 9.2 (VTV: The Variety Channel) | 480i |
[edit] Newscasts
[edit] Weekdays
- The Morning News (5:00-7:00am, repeat on 9.2 from 7:00-9:00am)
- The Morning News Cut-Ins during Good Morning America (approx. 7:25, 7:55, 8:25 and 8:55am)
- NewsChannel 9 at Noon (12:00-12:30pm, repeat on 9.2 from 1:00-1:30pm)
- NewsChannel 9 at 5:00/5:30/6:00 (5:00-6:30pm, repeat on 9.2 from 6:30-8:00pm)
- NewsChannel 9 Eleven @ 11:00 (11:00-11:35pm, repeats on 9.2 at midnight, 1:00am and 4:00am)
[edit] Weekends
- The Morning News Weekend (7:00-8:00am)
- NewsChannel 9 Weekend (6:00-6:30pm)
- NewsChannel 9 Weekend (11:00-11:35pm)
Weekend newscasts are not repeated on 9.2. The 6:00 weekend newscast is often delayed or pre-empted altogether by live ABC Sports programming.
[edit] On-Air Talent
[edit] Anchors
- Dan Cummings (5:00PM Anchor & Your Stories)
- Carrie Lazarus (Noon, 5-6:30PM Anchor & Family Healthcast)
- Rod Wood (5:30-6:30PM & Eleven @ 11:00 Anchor & Consumer Reports)
- Christie Casciano (The Morning News Anchor and The Protectors)
- Michael Riecke (The Morning News Anchor)
- Tanja Babich (The Morning News Weekend Anchor & General Assignment Reporter)
- Kelly Quinn (6:00PM & 11:00PM Weekend Anchor)
[edit] Weather
- Brandon Capasso (Meteorologist)
- Mark Chapin (The Morning News Weekend & 6PM, 11PM Weekend Meteorologist)
- Dave Eichorn (5-6:30PM & 11PM Chief Meteorologist)
- Dave Longley (The Morning News & Noon Meteorologist)
- Jim Teske (Storm Team Meteorologist)
[edit] Sports
- Ashley Adamson (Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter)
- Steve Infanti (Sports Director)
[edit] Reporters
- Kim Brown (General Assignment Reporter)
- Jeff Kulikowsky (General Assignment Reporter)
- Jennifer Lewke (Consumer Investigator)
- Mike Price (Good News Reporter)
- Shelby Stafford (The Morning News Reporter/Education)
- Kevin Torres (Photojournalist)
- Ray Villeda (General Assignment Reporter)
[edit] Bridge Street (Daytime Talk)
- Rick Gary (Co-Host)
- Carrie Lazarus (Co-Host)
[edit] External links
- NewsChannel 9 WSYR
- 9 WSYR Mobile
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WSYR
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WSYR-TV
- From YouTube: 1974 promos for WNYS "Eyewitness News"
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