spectrum news central new york launched november 7 2003 2003 11 07 network spectrum news owned by charter communications picture format 1080i hdtv country united states language english broadcast area central new york headquarters syracuse new york formerly called news 10 now 2003 2010 ynn central new york 2010 2013 sister channel s time warner cable news rochester time warner cable news capital region time warner cable news buffalo ny1 time warner cable news austin time warner cable news north carolina website www.twcnews.com nys central ny.html central new york www.twcnews.com nys watertown.html north country elmira corning.twcnews.com www.twcnews.com nys binghamton.html southern tier availability cable spectrum channel 1 channel 10 channel 200 channel 213 skytracker 24 hour doppler radar channel channel 1020 local on demand spectrum news central new york formerly time warner cable news central new york is an american cable news television channel that is owned by charter communications as an affiliate of its spectrum news slate of regional news channels . the channel provides 24 hour rolling news coverage focused primarily on central portions of upstate new york . the channel is based in downtown syracuse new york out of the former new york central railroad passenger and freight station building along interstate 690 . spectrum news central new york maintains separate sub feeds for the southern tier and the north country regions including the western and northern adirondack region ; it also handles production of weather on the 1s content for its four sister channels across upstate new york spectrum news rochester spectrum news capital region spectrum news buffalo . and spectrum news hudson valley . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 references 4 external links overview edit spectrum news central new york and its separate sub feed spectrum news southern tier are available to approximately 500 000 spectrum subscribers in all or parts of 25 new york counties along with portions of the northern tier of pennsylvania this makes the combined operation one of the larger regional news channels in the united states in terms of both subscriber reach and geographic coverage area . spectrum news central new york southern tier spectrum capital region hudson valley spectrum news rochester and spectrum news buffalo share news content with new york city based ny1 the group s flagship regional cable news channel which the provider carries on the digital tiers of its upstate new york systems . the channel was awarded a national edward r. murrow award for best website in 2004 . senior reporter bill carey would later win a national murrow award for best feature reporting in 2008 along with a new york emmy award in 2011 for his writing on the 2010 documentary deadly delusion . to date the channel has also won five regional murrow awards and several new york state associated press and syracuse press club awards . history edit the channel was launched on november 7 2003 as news 10 now . it was the 11th regional news channel that was launched by time warner cable . the cable provider invested a large amount of financial capital to launch the channel including an investment of nearly 6 million to restore the former new york central railroad passenger and freight station to serve as its base of operations along with twc in general . in addition to its headquarters twc news central new york also maintains reporters and photographers based in five regional newsrooms located throughout its coverage area across central and northern new york . logo as news 10 now used from november 2003 to march 15 2010 . on may 25 2005 time warner cable announced that it would eliminate 30 staff positions from the channel in a cost saving consolidation of its three regional news channels at the time in upstate new york . news 10 now s technical production and master control operations were merged with albany based sister channel capital news 9 . with the move capital news 9 began serving as the production and studio hub for the channel s news programming while news 10 now began handling production responsibilities for weather forecast segments for all of its sister news channels statewide using the channel s weather staff . each of the channels retained their respective newsgathering crews producers facilities and news management . in february 2007 news 10 now launched a separate feed focused on binghamton elmira corning and surrounding areas ; the expansion resulted in the hiring of five reporters and a technician that would be based from newly created bureaus located in vestal and corning as well as the addition of four producers at the syracuse headquarters who work exclusively on content for the southern tier feed . 1 there are now eight staffers based in the southern tier in bureaus located in vestal and corning . news 10 now s live coverage of the american civic association shootings in april 2009 was carried nationally by cnn . a letter from the shooter was mailed to the channel s syracuse newsroom on the day of the shootings and was received and reported on by news 10 now three days later . former time warner cable news logo used until september 20 2016 . on february 12 2010 time warner cable announced that news 10 now and capital news 9 would be rebranded as ynn for your news now that march adopting the same brand that had already been in use on their sister channels in buffalo and rochester the former of which was the first to adopt the ynn brand when it launched in march 2009 . 2 on december 16 2013 time warner cable rebranded the channel as time warner cable news central new york and its subfeed as time warner cable news southern tier as part of a branding standardization across the provider s news channels . that included the introduction of a new graphics and music package . 3 4 with charter communications acquisition of twc the channels have been re branded yet again on september 20 2016 this time to spectrum news . 5 references edit nguyen my ly 2006 12 29 . news channel plans local launch . press & sun bulletin . retrieved 2007 01 24 . dead link mcchesney charles february 12 2010 . news 10 now to become ynn . the post standard . retrieved february 15 2010 . ynn rebranding as time warner cable news . cnyradio.com . november 21 2013 . retrieved august 4 2014 . kaplan don november 20 2013 . ny1 changing name to time warner cable news ny1 . daily news . retrieved december 22 2013 . delessio joe may 18 2016 . time warner cable is no more . new york magazine . retrieved may 18 2016 . external links edit official website information on the channel by time warner cable association of regional news channels v t e television stations viewable in central new york including syracuse reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wstm tv 3.1 nbc 3.2 the cw 3.3 comet wtvh 5.1 cbs 5.2 grit wvoa lp 6 religious radio from srn wsyr tv 9.1 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