NY1
NY1, New York One, is a 24-hour cable-news television channel focusing on the five boroughs of New York City. In addition to news and weather forecasts, the channel also features human-interest segments such as the "New Yorker of the Week" and the "Scholar Athlete of the Week", and specialty program such as Inside City Hall (which is renamed Road to City Hall during New York City mayoral elections.
NY1 is owned and operated by Time Warner Cable (TWC).
On the TWC-New York City service, NY1 appears on channel 1, formerly in standard definition (with a 4:3 aspect ratio), and is now shown on both channel 1 and channel 701 in high definition (with a 16:9 aspect ratio). The channel appears on channel 8 on Cablevision's New York City service (in mid December 2010 it was moved to Channel 8 with Channel 1 stricken from the Cablevision program guide) in letterboxed standard definition (using the HD feed). It is available to over two million cable-television customers within the five boroughs of New York City; nearby Bergen County, New Jersey; Mount Vernon in Westchester County, New York; as well as Time Warner Cable systems throughout New York State and on Bright House Networks systems in Orlando and Tampa, Florida starting September 9, 2011. [1] Verizon FiOS does not carry the station.[2]
History
NY1 was conceived in 1991 by Richard Aurelio, the president of Time Warner Cable's New York City cable group. The station launched September 8, 1992, from its newsroom in the National Video Center at 460 West 42nd Street in the Manhattan borough of New York City under the guidance of Paul Sagan, NY1's vice president of news, and Steve Paulus, NY1's news director. Construction of the 42nd Street facility was completed on July 15, but the channel's newly hired reporters actually began work a month earlier by attending a videojournalism "boot camp".[3] While some of the reporters had used their own cameras in other markets, most had had no exposure to the technical side of journalism. Following their training, the reporters and the rest of the staff took part in an additional two-month training period that included four weeks of real-time rehearsal. A watershed event came in the final weeks of training, with the collapse of a former post-office building on Manhattan's West Side. Although the channel was not yet on the air, NY1 reporters covered the story as if the channel was fully operational, interviewing survivors and witnesses and reporting the story more fully than competing television outlets.[4]
Following the September 11, 2001, attacks of the World Trade Center in New York City, NY1's signal was temporarily broadcast internationally to all subscribers of the Oxygen cable-television channel after Oxygen could not broadcast from its studios in the Battery Park City Manhattan neighborhood near the World Trade Center.[5]
In 2001, TWC began offering NY1 to digital-cable subscribers in the Albany, New York, market, with other markets following soon thereafter.
In January 2002, the station moved to a new, all-digital facility at the Chelsea Market, 75 Ninth Avenue (between West 15th-16th Streets) in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.
On June 30, 2003, NY1 Noticias, a Spanish-language version of the channel, began operating for digital-cable subscribers.
In late 2005, NY1 launched a video-on-demand service for its TWC customers. NY1 on Demand is on Channel 1110 in the TWC-New York City system.
In 2008, NY1 launched a high-definition channel on Channel 701, although it was aired only in a pillarbox format (i.e., 4:3 aspect ratio picture with side pillars of NY1 logo) until migrating to a full 16:9 aspect ratio in October 2009.
NY1 as prototype for other TWC markets
NY1 was the first TWC local-news channel, and TWC has since added twenty-four-hour local news networks in several other markets modeled after NY1, including:
Two other channels, News 24 Houston and News 9 San Antonio, both joint ventures between TWC and Belo, were closed within the first two years of operation.
Format
The most-common "program" on NY1 is a half-hour block beginning at the top and middle of every hour. The first minute contains top headlines followed by "Weather On The 1s", a brief one-minute weather summary. The remainder of the half-hour is filled with pre-recorded news segments heavily focusing on stories from the New York City metropolitan area. Nearly all stories are pre-recorded, even segments made to look like they are happening live; instead of a "live" indicator while reporters speak, most NY1 stories have a graphic saying merely that the reporter is (or, rather, was) "on scene". This is because when the report first aired, it may have been live but is usually not once re-aired, unless it updates breaking news. Moreover, reporters generally shoot their own stories with video-camera, and take them back to the newsroom to be edited into the broadcast rotation.
Sports reports are featured throughout the day, while a one-hour call-in sports show, Sports on 1: The Last Word, is featured every night at 11:35 p.m.
In an effort to compete with local late-night newscasts, on January 22, 2007, NY1 introduced its own 11 p.m. newscast, News At 11. The newscast is anchored Lewis Dodley and former CBS news correspondent Elizabeth Kaledin, an original member of the NY1 News team.
Programs
Inside City Hall offers more-extensive local political coverage than the area's broadcast stations. NY1 and its upstate sister channels have sponsored a number of political debates through this program.
NY1's team of award-winning political journalists is led by Robert Hardt, political director, and includes:
- Josh Robin, reporter
- Bobby Cuza, reporter
- Erin Billups, reporter
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- Grace Rauh, reporter
- Errol Louis, Host
- Michael Nitzky, senior political producer
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The Call
Launched in July 2005, The Call is a live, half-hour call-in and write-in news show hosted by John Schiumo. Throughout the day, viewers are encouraged to vote on the top news stories of the day, and after receiving an e-mail alert as to the top story, asked to write or call in to discuss the topic with Schiumo.
Very often at the beginning of the show, Schiumo will have a short interaction with Danielle Rondinone, the program's senior producer, during which they will both offer their opinions of the days news.
On Stage
On Stage is a half-hour program reporting on theater. Its focus is primarily on the New York City theater scene but the show also reports on performances in the wider region. It is hosted by Donna Karger, with Patrick Pacheco conducting interviews. NY1 anchor Roma Torre, who has a background in theater, is the critic for the show. Outside critics David Cote of Time Out New York and David Sheward of Back Stage also contribute reviews. Frank DiLella conducts on-scene reporting.
Reporters and anchors
Current
(at September 2011)
- Asa Aarons — employment reporter (since 2009)
- Jessica Blair Abo - Since 2009
- Cindi Avilia
- Adam Balkin — technology reporter (since 1997)
- Erin Billups — Washington, DC political reporter (since 2009)
- Ruschell Boone — Queens reporter (since 2002)
- Monica Brown
- Adelle Caballero — traffic reporter (since 2010)
- Roger Clark — (since 2001)
- Lindsey Christ — education reporter (since 2009)
- Bobby Cuza — political reporter (since 2009)
- John Davitt — chief meteorologist (since 1992)
- Valarie D'Elia — travel analyst (since 1998)
- Aaron Dickens — anchor and reporter
- Lewis Dodley — evening anchor (since 1992)
- Kafi Drexel — health and fitness reporter (since 2005)
- Bree Driscoll — anchor and reporter
- Amanda Farinacci — Staten Island reporter (since 2000)
- Kevin Garrity — sports anchor and reporter (since 1992)
- Courtney Gross — political reporter (since 2011)
- Michael Herzenberg — political reporter (since 2011)
- Susan Jhun — NY1 For You reporter (since 1999)
- Elizabeth Kaledin — News at 11 anchor (since 1992)
- Shazia Khan — (since 2005)
- CeFaan Kim — anchor and reporter
- Diane King — Business Anchor / Reporter (since 2010)
- Pat Kiernan — morning anchor (since 1997)
- Vivian Lee — Weekend Anchor and Reporter (since 2008)
- Errol Louis — Host of Inside City Hall (since 2010)
- Jennifer Madden — anchor and reporter
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- Joe Malvasio — anchor and reporter
- Tom McDonald — sports anchor (since 2003)
- Dean Meminger — The Bronx reporter (since 1997)
- Budd Mishkin — host, One on 1 with Budd Mishkin; sports anchor; reporter (since 1992)
- Mara Montalbano — anchor
- Michelle Park — anchor and reporter
- Anthony Pascale — anchor and reporter(since 2000)
- Annika Pergament — business reporter (since 1994)
- Jeanine Ramirez (formerly known as Jeanine Aguirre) — Brooklyn reporter (since 1996)
- Grace Rauh — political reporter (since 2008)
- Tina Redwine - transit reporter (since 2011)
- Josh Robin — Albany reporter (since 2005)
- Neil Rosen — movie critic (since 1992)
- Joanne Santiglia — anchor and reporter
- John Schiumo — host, The Call (since 1999)
- Jill Urban — Real Estate Reporter (since 1999)
- Michael Scotto — political reporter (since 2000)
- Kristen Shaughnessy — Weekend Reporter / Anchor (since 1995)
- Rosemary Shultz — anchor and reporter
- Jamie Shupak — traffic reporter (since 2010)
- Stephanie Simon — arts reporter (since 1997)
- Mark Simone - Commentary and analysis (since 1997)
- Rebecca Spitz — Manhattan reporter (since 1992)
- Roma Torre — Mid-day Anchor (since 1992)
- Rocco Vertuccio — anchor and reporter
- Tara Lynn Wagner — Money Matters reporter (since 2007)
- Jon Weinstein — anchor and reporter
- George Whipple — Society reporter (since 2001)
- Cheryl Wills — Weekend Evening Anchor/Reporter (since 1992)
- Naomi Yane — traffic reporter (since 2010)
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Former
- Dominic Carter — host, Inside City Hall; senior political reporter (1992–2009)
- Duke Castiglione-sports broadcaster Sports on 1; (2000-2005)
- Arthur Chi'en - reporter (1998-2001)
- Leslie Devlin
- Sharon Dizenhuz - corresponding correspondent
- Jay Dow - night reporter
- Sandra Endo — host, Inside City Hall Host; political reporter (1998–2008)
- Deborah Feyerick - reporter and anchor (1997-2000)
- Paul Fleuranges - host, The Straphangers' Report (1992-1997)
- Davidson Goldin - Political reporter and anchor (1999-2003)
- Elizabeth Gerst - Personal Finance Reporter (1997-1999)
- Mike Gilliam - Anchor and reporter
- Karim Hajee - Police/Crime Reporter 1992-1996
- Eunie Han - Business reporter
- Taina Hernandez - Political reporter 1997-2001
- Itay Hod - Health reporter
- Lily Jamali - Police/Crime Reporter
- Greg Kelly - Political affairs reporter 2000-2002
- J.D. LaRock - Education reporter 1999-2001
- David Lewis
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- Paul Lombardi - Features and Entertainment reporter 1998-2002
- Andrew Kirtzman - Senior political reporter 1997-2004
- Kerri Lyon
- Paul Messina
- Floyd Misek, deceased [6]
- Marjie Mohtashemi
- Rita Nissan — political reporter (2002–2009)
- Lindley Pless (2006–2008)
- Solana Pyne — law enforcement reporter (2005–2008)
- Gary Anthony Ramsay (1992–2007)
- Jennifer Rainville - education reporter
- Carol Anne Riddell - (1992 - 1996)
- Melissa Russo - political reporter (1992-1998)
- Andrew Schmertz - general assignment reporter (1994-1998)
- Andrew Siff - law enforcement reporter (2001-2004)
- Jeff Simmons
- Adele Sammarco - Staten Island reporter
- Marcus Solis - anchor / reporter
- Gigi Stone - Queens reporter(1997–2002)
- Tanya Valle
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In popular culture
Film
- In the thriller Sliver (1993), a television in the building's laundry room broadcasts NY1.
- In the crime drama The Yards (2000), NY1 reporters are featured reporting several events in the plot.
- In the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan (2002), a Mexican hotel maid impersonating a high-class woman having an argument with a politician.
- In the comedy Elf (2003), NY1 is the station through which the story of an alleged Christmas Eve sighting of Santa Claus spread throughout New York City.
- In the documentary Super Size Me (2004), a NY1 report on the blizzard of 2003 was shown for several seconds.
- In the comedy White Chicks (2004), the character, Denise, is an NY1 news reporter.
- In the adventure comedy Night at the Museum (2006), NY1 is one of the stations that carried the story about dinosaur tracks that were leading into New York City's American Museum of Natural History. (The other station was WNYW, due to the fact that the movie was produced by 20th Century Fox.)
- In the monster movie, Cloverfield (2008), NY1's Roma Torre reports on the earthquake preceding the arrival of the monster.
- In the science fiction Jumper (2008), various footage of the NY1's opening were seen.
- In the thriller The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), NY1 political reporter Michael Scotto appears briefly.
Literature
Music
- "That's It That's All", from the To the 5 Boroughs (2004) album by the Beastie Boys, contains the line "Like George Whipple on New York 1; Got a hairy ass and that's no fun." Whipple covers celebrity gossip and high society for NY1.
Television
briefly show televisions in the background tuned to NY1.
- Episodes of the drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007) features NY1 television reporters and anchors.
- The situation-comedy series How I Met Your Mother (since 2005) features character Robin Scherbatsky as an NY1 reporter, although the show brands it "Metro News 1". The character formerly co-anchored the network with Sandy Rivers, who read from the newspaper much like NY1's Pat Kiernan.
- In an episode of the situation-comedy series of 30 Rock (since 2006), the character Liz Lemon mentions that one of her fears is having her picture shown on NY1 after dying alone in her apartment.
Podcasts
Spanish-language station
See NY1 Noticias.
See also
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WCBS (2.1 CBS) · WNBC (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Nonstop, 4.4 UniSp) · WNYW 5.1 / WWOR 9.2 (Fox) · WABC (7.1 ABC, 7.2 LWN HD, 7.3 LWN SD) · WWOR 9.1 / WNYW 5.2 (MNTV) · WPIX (11.1 CW, 11.3 This TV, 11.4 Antenna TV) · WPXN (31.1 ION, 31.2 Qubo, 31.3 ION Life) · WSAH (43.2 Ind/RTV) · WRNN (48.1 Ind / AMG TV / JTV / News, 48.2 Al Jazeera English, 48.3 Arirang TV) · WVVH-CA 50 (A1 / RSN, East Hampton) · WLNY (55.1 Ind)
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