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{{Short description|American regional cable TV news networks}}
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{{For|the other network previously known as "Traffic and Weather"|News 12+}}
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{{Infobox television channel
{{Infobox television channel
| name = News 12 Networks
| name = News 12 Networks
| logofile = News 12.jpg
| logo = News 12 logo 2019.png
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| launch_date = {{Start date and age|1986|12|15}}
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| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])<br />[[480i]] ([[SDTV]])
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| launch = {{Start date|1986|12|15}}
| owner = Altice News<br />([[Altice USA]])
| closed date =
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| picture format = [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])<br>[[480i]] ([[Standard-definition television|SDTV]])
| country = United
| owner = Newsday Media Holdings<br>([[Cablevision]])
States
| slogan = ''As Local as Local News Gets''<br>''Around New Jersey, Around the Clock'' {{small|([[New Jersey]] only)}}<br>''Only on Cable. Never on [[Verizon FiOS|FiOS]]. Never on satellite.''
| language = English
| country = [[United States]]
| area = Local ([[The Bronx]], [[Brooklyn]], [[Connecticut]], [[Hudson Valley]], [[Long Island]], [[New Jersey]], [[Westchester County]])
| language = [[American English|English]]
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| broadcast area = [[New York metropolitan area|New York City metropolitan area]]<br>[[New Jersey]]<br>[[Connecticut]]
| headquarters = {{plainlist|
| headquarters = {{plainlist|
*'''News 12 Long Island and Traffic and Weather:'''<br>[[Woodbury, Nassau County, New York|Woodbury]], [[New York]]
* '''News 12 Long Island and News 12 Plus:'''<br />[[Bethpage, New York|Bethpage]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
*'''News 12 Connecticut''':<br>[[Norwalk, Connecticut|Norwalk]], Connecticut
* '''News 12 Connecticut''':<br />[[Norwalk, Connecticut|Norwalk]], Connecticut
*'''News 12 New Jersey''':<br>[[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], New Jersey
* '''News 12 New Jersey''':<br />[[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], New Jersey
*'''News 12 Westchester''':<br>[[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]], New York
* '''News 12 Westchester''':<br />[[Yonkers]], New York
*'''News 12 Hudson Valley''':<br>[[West Nyack, New York|West Nyack]], New York
* '''News 12 Hudson Valley''':<br />[[West Nyack]], New York
*'''News 12 The Bronx and Brooklyn''':<br>[[Bronx, New York|Bronx]], New York
* '''News 12 The Bronx and Brooklyn''':<br />[[The Bronx|Bronx]], New York City
}}
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| sister_channels = [[i24NEWS (United States)|i24NEWS]]<br>[[News 12+]]
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| web = {{url|http://www.news12.com/}}
| website = {{url|http://www.news12.com/}}
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| cable chan 1 = 12 (SD/HD)
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| cable serv 2 = [[Time Warner Cable]]<br>{{small|([[Mount Vernon, New York|Mt. Vernon]], New York)}}
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The '''News 12 Networks''' are a group of regional [[cable news]] [[television channel]]s in the [[New York metropolitan area]] that are owned by [[Altice USA]]. All channels provide rolling news coverage 24&nbsp;hours a day, focusing primarily on regions of the metro area outside [[Manhattan]], [[Queens]], and [[Staten Island]].
| cable serv 3 = Time Warner Cable<br>{{small|([[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]], [[Kings County, New York|Kings]] and [[Orange County, New York|Orange Counties]], New York)}}
| cable chan 3 = 156 (SD/HD)
| cable serv 4 = [[Comcast]]<br>{{small|(New Jersey)}}
| cable chan 4 = 62 (SD/HD)
| cable serv 5 = [[Service Electric]]<br>{{small|([[Sussex County, New Jersey|Sussex]] and [[Warren County, New Jersey|Warren Counties]], New Jersey)}}
| cable chan 5 = 12 (SD/HD)
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{{Portal|Television}}
The '''News 12 Networks''' are a group of [[United States|American]] regional [[United States cable news|cable news]] [[television channel]]s that are owned by the [[Newsday]] Media Holdings subsidiary of the [[Cablevision|Cablevision Systems Corporation]]. All channels provide local news coverage [[24-hour news cycle|24-hour]]s a day, focusing on different regions of the [[New York metropolitan area|New York City metropolitan area]] outside of [[Manhattan]], [[Staten Island]] and [[Queens]]. It has become the most-watched hyper-local news channel in the USA.

The networks are carried by Cablevision's systems throughout the region (except for certain systems in [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess]], [[Orange County, New York|Orange]], [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam]] counties in New York, and [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield]] county in Connecticut) and are also available on most [[Time Warner Cable]], [[Service Electric]] and [[Comcast]] systems in the Tri-State area. However, none of the channels are available on [[Verizon FiOS]], [[DirecTV]] or [[Dish Network]] (this is referenced in the slogan used by the networks, "Only on cable. Never on FiOS. Never on satellite."). Although the seven channels have individual and unique news operations, they share the same mission, as well as identical graphics and music packages.

The combined footprint of the seven channels reaches a potential audience of 3.8 million people in [[New York|New York state]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Connecticut]], including two of the five boroughs of New York City ([[Brooklyn]] and [[The Bronx]]), most of [[Long Island]] ([[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]] counties), southwestern [[Connecticut]], northern and central New Jersey and most of the lower [[Hudson Valley]].

==Channels==
===News 12 The Bronx and News 12 Brooklyn===
{{see|News 12 Brooklyn}}
'''News 12 The Bronx''' was launched in June 1998 as the sixth channel of the News 12 Networks; it reaches more than 300,000 cable television households in the [[The Bronx|Bronx]] [[Borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[New York City]]. The channel is headquartered from studios at 930 Soundview Avenue in the South Bronx neighborhood of [[Soundview, Bronx|Soundview]]. News 12 The Bronx was the first television news organization in the United States to use environmentally friendly [[Hybrid electric vehicle]]s in an effort to reduce [[air pollution]]. Since late 2010, News 12 The Bronx has produced [[Spanish language]] news updates for its website and News 12 Interactive on [[iO Digital Cable Service]] channel 612 called ''News 12 El Bronx en Español''.

'''News 12 Brooklyn''' was launched in 2005. The channel reaches more than 490,000 homes throughout the borough via Cablevision and [[Time Warner Cable]] systems (the latter of which carries the channel on digital channel 156). The two networks share the same on-air talent, equipment and newsgathering resources. The sets for the Bronx and Brooklyn channels were respectively upgraded in summer 2010 and in mid-December 2010. News 12 The Bronx and News 12 Brooklyn were the last of the News 12 Networks to launch [[high-definition television|high definition]] simulcast feeds; News 12 The Bronx launched its HD feed on December 7, 2011, while News 12 Brooklyn launched theirs in January 2012.

===News 12 Connecticut===
'''News 12 Connecticut''' was launched in 1982 as a local origination channel; it eventually became the state's first regional news channel. On October 10, 2011, News 12 Connecticut became the fifth channel among the News 12 Networks to launch a high definition simulcast feed. The channel is headquartered at 28 Cross Street in the Norwalk Center section of [[Norwalk, Connecticut]]. News 12 Connecticut is available in [[Fairfield County, Connecticut|Fairfield County]], as well as the [[New Haven County, Connecticut|New Haven County]] towns of [[Milford, Connecticut|Milford]], [[Woodbridge, Connecticut|Woodbridge]] and [[Orange, Connecticut|Orange]] with an estimated reach of more than 220,000 Cablevision subscribers. It is not available in [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield County]] and does not contain any major news coverage of that area, despite the fact that a large portion of Litchfield is currently served by Cablevision.


==History==
===News 12 Hudson Valley===
[[File:News 12 Networks logo.svg|thumb|right|upright|News 12 Networks's logo used from 2007 until 2019.]]
'''News 12 Hudson Valley''' was launched in 2005. The channel is headquartered at 235 West Nyack Road in [[West Nyack, New York|West Nyack]], [[New York]]; News 12 Hudson Valley reaches more than 140,000 cable television households through systems operated by Cablevision and Time Warner Cable (the latter of which carries the channel on digital channel 156) serving [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland]] and [[Orange County, New York|Orange]] counties. On October 5, 2011, News 12 Hudson Valley as well as sister channel News 12 Westchester became the third and fourth channels among the News 12 Networks (behind the New Jersey and Long Island channels) to launch a high definition simulcast feed.
The first of the channels, News 12 Long Island, was launched by [[Cablevision]] on December 15, 1986, to customers on its Long Island system, as the first 24-hour regional cable news service in the United States. Over the years Cablevision expanded the reach of News 12 by adding additional networks across its footprint.


The network was formerly operated by [[Newsday]] Media Holdings and presided over by Patrick Dolan, son of Newsday majority owner [[Charles Dolan]] and brother of [[James L. Dolan]]. [[Altice USA]], who bought Cablevision in 2016,<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/altice-cablevision-cable-operator-fourth-largest-1201800266/ |title=Altice Completes Cablevision Acquisition, Creating No. 4 U.S. Cable Operator |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=June 21, 2016 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en |access-date=November 4, 2019}}</ref> has retained Dolan as a senior network advisor.
===News 12 Long Island===
{{main|News 12 Long Island}}
'''News 12 Long Island''' is the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] channel of the group, which launched on December 15, 1986 as the first 24-hour local cable news channel in the nation. The channel provides 24-hour news coverage primarily focused on [[Long Island]]. The channel is headquartered at 1 Media Crossways in the Crossways office park in [[Woodbury, Nassau County, New York|Woodbury, New York]]. News 12 Long Island is available on Cablevision systems in the Long Island counties of [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau]] and [[Suffolk County, New York|Suffolk]].


In December 2005, News 12 Networks generated criticism when it changed its website and mobile app to a pay subscription service for those who live outside the News 12 viewing area. The News 12 website is offered free of charge to subscribers of Optimum, [[Spectrum (cable service)|Spectrum]] or [[Xfinity]]. This has been used as a marketing tool against customers signing up for [[Verizon FiOS]], or satellite providers [[DirecTV]] or [[Dish Network]], which are available in many of the areas News 12 covers. At one point Cablevision even made the network's slogan, "Only on Cable. Never on FiOS. Never on satellite." (In some ads, FiOS was substituted with "phone company television" and in most areas, "Cable" was substituted with Cablevision in areas where Cablevision was only provided as a cable provider, notably Long Island). In response, Verizon FIOS partnered with [[WRNN-TV|RNN]] to create [[FiOS1|FiOS1 News]] in June 2009 and later expanded to the Lower Hudson Valley in 2014, which could be viewed only by FiOS customers. Unlike News 12, FiOS1's website was not behind the paywall and was open to all users, with the exception of its live broadcast (which was only offered to FiOS customers). {{citation needed|date=November 2018}}
===News 12 New Jersey===
{{main|News 12 New Jersey}}
'''[[News 12 New Jersey]]''' was launched in March 1996 as the fifth channel in the News 12 family of news channels. The channel is known for its weekly sports highlight ''Friday Night Football'' program and also produces a companion program ''Saturday Night Football'' during the state playoffs. Since late 2010, News 12 New Jersey has produced [[Spanish language]] news updates, ''News 12 New Jersey en Español'', available on its website and on News 12 Interactive on iO Digital Cable channel 612.


In October 2016, newspaper reports stated News 12 was consolidating its [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester]] and [[Connecticut]] News operations, moving news anchor desks and studio operations to [[New Jersey]] and [[Long Island]], and news and production staff at these operations would be laid off. Reports indicated Westchester News Director Janine Rose was allowed to resign, and Connecticut News Director Tom Appleby was dismissed.<ref>{{cite news |first=Phil |last=Reisman |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/columnists/phil-reisman/2016/10/07/reisman-news-12-westchester-cost-cutting/91742150/ |title=Reisman: Heads are rolling at News 12 |work=[[The Journal News]] |access-date=December 30, 2016 |date=October 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Alexander |last=Soule |url=https://www.thehour.com/business/article/Sources-Altice-moving-News-12-Connecticut-studio-9921616.php |title=Altice moving News 12 Connecticut studio production to New Jersey |newspaper=[[The Hour (newspaper)|The Hour]] |location=Norwalk, Connecticut |access-date=December 30, 2016 |date=October 7, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Alexander |last=Soule |url=https://www.thehour.com/business/article/With-N-J-studio-Altice-drops-new-anchors-into-11074064.php |title=With N.J. studio, Altice drops new anchors into News 12 Connecticut |newspaper=The Hour |access-date=April 15, 2017 |date=April 14, 2017}}</ref>
The channel is headquartered at [[Raritan Center]] at 450 Raritan Center Parkway in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]]; it has the largest coverage reach of the News 12 channels, with an estimated subscriber base of nearly 1.8 million households. In addition to its main newsroom in Edison, News 12 New Jersey also operates regional newsrooms in [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]], [[Madison, New Jersey|Madison]], [[Oakland, New Jersey|Oakland]] and [[Wall Township, New Jersey|Wall Township]].


By August 2017, the seven News 12 Network cable channels began airing [[Cheddar (TV channel)|Cheddar]]'s news summaries segments.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Willens |first1=Max |title=Why Cheddar is looking to local markets to build an audience |url=https://digiday.com/media/cheddar-looking-local-markets-build-audience/ |access-date=November 16, 2018 |work=[[Digiday]] |date=August 9, 2017}}</ref>
===News 12 Traffic and Weather===
{{main|News 12 Traffic & Weather}}
News 12 Traffic & Weather comprises five regional channels that provide non-stop coverage of traffic and weather conditions within the New York City metropolitan area. The channels are formatted into a cycle that delivers traffic and weather reports every two minutes. Originally launched in 1992, the service is the only surviving channel that had formerly been part of the [[MSG Metro Channels]], although its establishment predates the existence of the MSG Metro package. News 12 Traffic & Weather airs on channel 61 throughout the service area of the News 12 channels.


In April 2018, Altice announced that it would form a new division named ''Altice USA News'' (renamed to ''Altice News'' after Cheddar acquisition) that would consist of News 12 and [[I24NEWS (United States)|I24NEWS]]. The division was headed by Michael Schreiber now succeeded by [[Jon Steinberg]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Farrell |first1=Mike |title=Altice USA Forms News Division |url=https://www.multichannel.com/news/altice-usa-forms-news-division |access-date=June 8, 2018 |work=[[MultiChannel News]] |date=April 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Etan |last=Vlessing |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/altice-usa-buys-cheddar-200-million-1205959/ |title=Altice USA Buys Digital News Service Cheddar for $200M |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=April 30, 2019}}</ref>
===News 12 Westchester===
'''News 12 Westchester''' was launched in 1995, as a 24-hour local cable news channel. The channel is headquartered in [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]] at the South Westchester Executive Park at 6 Executive Plaza; News 12 Westchester reaches more than 280,000 cable television housegolds through systems operated by Cablevision and Time Warner Cable of [[Mt. Vernon, New York|Mt. Vernon]] (which carry the channel on channel 20), and [[Comcast]] in Putnam (which carries it on channel 112) cable systems. On December 20, 2010, News 12 premiered a new logo, infobar, graphics (including new news intro), and music. On October 5, 2011, News 12 Westchester became the third of the News 12 Networks to launch a high definition simulcast feed.


Altice has departed from Cablevision's long-standing policy of ensuring that News 12 remained exclusive to cable. In July 2019, Altice began to simulcast News 12 on Atlantic City station [[WACP]] between 6 AM and 9 AM every weekday morning.<ref>{{cite web |title="Mornings with News 12" Now Available on WACP Channel 4 in South Jersey and Philadelphia. |url=https://www.alticeusa.com/news/articles/feature/media/mornings-south-jersey-just-got-more-local |website=alticeusa.com |publisher=[[Altice USA]] |access-date=September 13, 2019 |date=July 1, 2019}}</ref> Beginning on November 4, 2019, [[Verizon FiOS]] began carrying News 12 and [[News 12+]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2019/10/31/news-12-to-join-verizon/4096780002/ |title=Watch that dial: News12 to join Verizon lineup Nov. 4 |first=Peter D. |last=Kramer |work=The Journal News |date=October 31, 2019}}</ref> They were meant to replace [[FiOS 1]], which shut down 9 days later. Verizon later added sister networks i24News and Cheddar in early 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Madore |first1=James |title=Verizon FiOS customers to get News 12 newscasts |url=https://www.newsday.com/business/verizon-fios-news-12-1.35885384 |access-date=September 13, 2019 |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |date=September 4, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2019/11/13/verizon-fios-1-news-last-day/4177168002/ |title=Verizon pulls plug on Fios1 News early, days before RNN contract expires |first=Peter D. |last=Kramer |newspaper=The Journal News}}</ref>
==Related service==
===News 12 Interactive===
News 12 Interactive manages the websites of each of the News 12 Networks channels as well as iO Digital Cable channel 612, which offers news, weather, traffic and extra interactive features provided on Cablevision's [[digital cable|digital]] platform. News 12 Interactive also operates the "InfoBar," a rolling display with time, temperature, weather conditions and news items in the lower portion of the screen during virtually all of the programming seen on the seven News 12 channels (with the exception of News 12 Traffic and Weather). News 12 Interactive also offers a [[mobile app]] for the [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]] and [[BlackBerry]] mobile devices, by which users can watch all seven of the News 12 networks via a live stream.


== Networks ==
News 12's Website and apps are only free for subscribers of systems that carry a News 12 channel (Cablevision, [[Comcast]], [[Service Electric]] or [[Time Warner Cable]]); otherwise, a paid subscription is required.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Network
!Launch Date
!Headquarters
|-
|News 12 Long Island
|December 15, 1986
|[[Bethpage, New York]]
|-
|News 12 Connecticut
|June 1995
|[[Norwalk, Connecticut]]
|-
|News 12 Westchester
|October 1995
|[[Yonkers, New York]]
|-
|News 12 New Jersey
|March 26, 1996
|[[Edison, New Jersey]]
|-
|News 12 The Bronx
|June 1998
|[[Bronx, New York]]
|-
|News 12 Brooklyn
|2005
|Bronx, New York
|-
|News 12 Hudson Valley
|2005
|[[West Nyack, New York]]
|}


==Notable on-air staff==
== Notable on-air staff ==
* [[SallyAnn Mosey]] – weekend mornings anchor fill in anchor and reporter (''News 12 New Jersey'')
* [[Doug Geed]] – weekend mornings and afternoons; also reporter (''News 12 Long Island'')
* [[Bob Wolff]] – sports anchor/reporter (''News 12 Long Island'')
* [[Erin Colton]] – general assignment reporter (''News 12 Long Island'')
* [[Andrew Ehinger]] – consumer and technology reporter; also fill-in anchor (''News 12 Long Island'')
* [[Brysen Van Eck]] ([[American Meteorological Society|AMS]] [[American Meteorological Society#Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM) Seal|Certified Broadcast Meteorologist]] Seal of Approval) – meteorologist; weekday mornings and afternoons (''News 12 Westchester and News 12 Hudson Valley'')
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==Criticism==
===Former staff===
{{Unreferenced section|date=February 2019}}
In December 2005, News 12 Networks generated criticism when it changed its website and mobile app to a pay subscription service for those who live outside of the News 12 viewing area. The News 12 website is offered free of charge to subscribers of Cablevision, Time Warner, Service Electric and Comcast. This has been used as a marketing tool against customers signing up for Verizon FIOS which is available in many of the areas News 12 covers. Verizon FIOS has created [[FiOS1|FIOS1 News]] which can be viewed only by FIOS customers <ref>http://www.fios1news.com/</ref>
* [[Jodi Applegate]] (later at [[MSNBC]], [[WNYW]] and [[WPIX]]; now retired)
* [[John Bolaris]] (later at [[WCBS-TV]], [[WTXF-TV]] and [[WCAU]]; now a real estate agent)
* [[Patti Ann Browne]] (later at [[MSNBC]] and [[Fox News Channel]]; now retired)
* [[Ted David]] (later at [[WINS (AM)|WINS Radio]])
* [[Lori Delgado]] (later at [[WCAU]])
* [[Tom Fitzgerald (reporter)|Tom Fitzgerald]] (later at [[WTTG]] in Washington D.C.)
* [[Ron Corning]] (later at [[WFAA]] in [[Dallas]]-[[Fort Worth]]; now at [[The Dallas Morning News]])
* [[Carolyn Gusoff]] (now at [[WCBS-TV]]/[[WLNY-TV]])
* [[Steve Kornacki]] (later at [[MSNBC]] and [[NBC News]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Steve Kornacki |url=https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-live/steve-kornacki-biography-n1156331 |access-date=May 12, 2021 |date=June 6, 2014 |website=MSNBC.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Nancy Loo]] (later at [[NY1]], and [[WABC-TV]]; now at [[NewsNation]])
* [[Bonnie Schneider]] (later at [[Weather Channel]] and Weather.com)
* [[Lara Spencer]] (later with [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] as co-anchor of ''[[Good Morning America]]'')
* [[Melba Tolliver]] (former reporter/anchor for [[WABC-TV]] and [[WNBC-TV]].)
* [[Roma Torre]] (later at [[NY1]])
* [[Alicia Vitarelli]] (now at [[WPVI-TV]] in [[Philadelphia]])
* [[Bob Wolff]] - sports correspondent, Member - Baseball Hall of Fame (deceased)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|News 12 Networks}}
*[http://www.news12.com/ www.news12.com] - News 12 official website
**[http://bronx.news12.com/ www.bronx.news12.com] - News 12 The Bronx official website
* [http://www.news12.com/ Official News 12 website]
**[http://brooklyn.news12.com/ www.brooklyn.news12.com] - News 12 Brooklyn official website
**[http://connecticut.news12.com/ www.connecticut.news12.com] - News 12 Connecticut official website
**[http://hudsonvalley.news12.com/ www.hudsonvalley.news12.com] - News 12 Hudson Valley official website
**[http://longisland.news12.com/ www.longisland.news12.com] - News 12 Long Island official website
**[http://newjersey.news12.com/ www.newjersey.news12.com] - News 12 New Jersey official website
**[http://westchester.news12.com/ www.westchester.news12.com] - News 12 Westchester official website


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Latest revision as of 00:41, 15 December 2024

For the other network previously known as "Traffic and Weather", see News 12+.

News 12 Networks
CountryUnited States
Broadcast areaLocal (The Bronx, Brooklyn, Connecticut, Hudson Valley, Long Island, New Jersey, Westchester County)
Headquarters
  • News 12 Long Island and News 12 Plus:
    Bethpage, New York
  • News 12 Connecticut:
    Norwalk, Connecticut
  • News 12 New Jersey:
    Edison, New Jersey
  • News 12 Westchester:
    Yonkers, New York
  • News 12 Hudson Valley:
    West Nyack, New York
  • News 12 The Bronx and Brooklyn:
    Bronx, New York City
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
480i (SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerAltice News
(Altice USA)
Sister channelsi24NEWS
News 12+
History
LaunchedDecember 15, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-12-15)
Links
Websitewww.news12.com
Availability
Terrestrial
WACP (Atlantic City)4.1 (6 AM – 9 AM weekdays)

The News 12 Networks are a group of regional cable news television channels in the New York metropolitan area that are owned by Altice USA. All channels provide rolling news coverage 24 hours a day, focusing primarily on regions of the metro area outside Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

History

[edit]
News 12 Networks's logo used from 2007 until 2019.

The first of the channels, News 12 Long Island, was launched by Cablevision on December 15, 1986, to customers on its Long Island system, as the first 24-hour regional cable news service in the United States. Over the years Cablevision expanded the reach of News 12 by adding additional networks across its footprint.

The network was formerly operated by Newsday Media Holdings and presided over by Patrick Dolan, son of Newsday majority owner Charles Dolan and brother of James L. Dolan. Altice USA, who bought Cablevision in 2016,[1] has retained Dolan as a senior network advisor.

In December 2005, News 12 Networks generated criticism when it changed its website and mobile app to a pay subscription service for those who live outside the News 12 viewing area. The News 12 website is offered free of charge to subscribers of Optimum, Spectrum or Xfinity. This has been used as a marketing tool against customers signing up for Verizon FiOS, or satellite providers DirecTV or Dish Network, which are available in many of the areas News 12 covers. At one point Cablevision even made the network's slogan, "Only on Cable. Never on FiOS. Never on satellite." (In some ads, FiOS was substituted with "phone company television" and in most areas, "Cable" was substituted with Cablevision in areas where Cablevision was only provided as a cable provider, notably Long Island). In response, Verizon FIOS partnered with RNN to create FiOS1 News in June 2009 and later expanded to the Lower Hudson Valley in 2014, which could be viewed only by FiOS customers. Unlike News 12, FiOS1's website was not behind the paywall and was open to all users, with the exception of its live broadcast (which was only offered to FiOS customers). [citation needed]

In October 2016, newspaper reports stated News 12 was consolidating its Westchester and Connecticut News operations, moving news anchor desks and studio operations to New Jersey and Long Island, and news and production staff at these operations would be laid off. Reports indicated Westchester News Director Janine Rose was allowed to resign, and Connecticut News Director Tom Appleby was dismissed.[2][3][4]

By August 2017, the seven News 12 Network cable channels began airing Cheddar's news summaries segments.[5]

In April 2018, Altice announced that it would form a new division named Altice USA News (renamed to Altice News after Cheddar acquisition) that would consist of News 12 and I24NEWS. The division was headed by Michael Schreiber now succeeded by Jon Steinberg.[6][7]

Altice has departed from Cablevision's long-standing policy of ensuring that News 12 remained exclusive to cable. In July 2019, Altice began to simulcast News 12 on Atlantic City station WACP between 6 AM and 9 AM every weekday morning.[8] Beginning on November 4, 2019, Verizon FiOS began carrying News 12 and News 12+.[9] They were meant to replace FiOS 1, which shut down 9 days later. Verizon later added sister networks i24News and Cheddar in early 2020.[10][11]

Networks

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Network Launch Date Headquarters
News 12 Long Island December 15, 1986 Bethpage, New York
News 12 Connecticut June 1995 Norwalk, Connecticut
News 12 Westchester October 1995 Yonkers, New York
News 12 New Jersey March 26, 1996 Edison, New Jersey
News 12 The Bronx June 1998 Bronx, New York
News 12 Brooklyn 2005 Bronx, New York
News 12 Hudson Valley 2005 West Nyack, New York

Notable on-air staff

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Former staff

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References

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  2. ^ Reisman, Phil (October 7, 2016). "Reisman: Heads are rolling at News 12". The Journal News. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  3. ^ Soule, Alexander (October 7, 2016). "Altice moving News 12 Connecticut studio production to New Jersey". The Hour. Norwalk, Connecticut. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Soule, Alexander (April 14, 2017). "With N.J. studio, Altice drops new anchors into News 12 Connecticut". The Hour. Retrieved April 15, 2017.
  5. ^ Willens, Max (August 9, 2017). "Why Cheddar is looking to local markets to build an audience". Digiday. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  6. ^ Farrell, Mike (April 17, 2018). "Altice USA Forms News Division". MultiChannel News. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  7. ^ Vlessing, Etan (April 30, 2019). "Altice USA Buys Digital News Service Cheddar for $200M". The Hollywood Reporter.
  8. ^ ""Mornings with News 12" Now Available on WACP Channel 4 in South Jersey and Philadelphia". alticeusa.com. Altice USA. July 1, 2019. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
  9. ^ Kramer, Peter D. (October 31, 2019). "Watch that dial: News12 to join Verizon lineup Nov. 4". The Journal News.
  10. ^ Madore, James (September 4, 2019). "Verizon FiOS customers to get News 12 newscasts". Newsday. Retrieved September 13, 2019.
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