NY1

NY1 (pronounced "New York One") is a twenty-four hour news channel available exclusively to cable television customers within the five boroughs of New York City and nearby Bergen County, New Jersey. It appears on the unused-for-broadcast Channel 1 on Time Warner, and Cablevision cable service, and is owned and operated by Time Warner Cable. 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," as well as specialty programs such as "Inside City Hall" and "Inside Transit."

Format

The most common "program" on NY1 is a half-hour block beginning at the top and bottom of every hour. The first minute contains a local weather forecast and top headlines. The remainder of the half-hour is filled with taped news segments heavily focusing on stories from the New York metropolitan region. Nearly all stories are taped, even segments made to look like they are happening live; instead of a "live" indicator while reports speak, most NY1 stories have a graphic saying merely that the reporter is (or, rather, was) "on scene."

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Outside of the weather updates during the top of the block at one and 31 minutes past every hour, there are interruptions "on the ones" at 11, 21, 41, and 51 minutes past the hour for local weather updates.

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On programs like "Inside City Hall", NY1 offers much more extensive local political coverage than the area's broadcast stations. Seeking to expand its political coverage, WCBS-TV attracted "Inside City Hall" anchor Andrew Kurtzman.

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