News 9 San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas | |
| Programming | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | American English |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Belo and Time Warner Cable |
| History | |
| Launched | April 2003 |
| Closed | July 23, 2004 |
News 9 San Antonio was a
News 14 Carolina, which reverted to full Time Warner Control when Belo exited the joint venture, costing 50 jobs at that statewide cable channel's various news bureaus.[1]
On March 11, 2014, Time Warner Cable announced a second attempt to launch a regional news channel for the San Antonio market by launching Time Warner Cable News San Antonio, a subbed of Time Warner Cable News Austin (now
Spectrum News Austin
after the 2016 merger with Charter). It would operate out of TWCN Austin's headquarters and share managerial staff, with reports being filed for cablecast by San Antonio-based mutli-platform reporters in a separate bureau that was established in that city. It was soft-launched on April 8, with a series of weeknight preview broadcasts of two programs airing on the channel (the political discussion program Capital Tonight and the sports highlight program Sports Night). The feed formally launched on June 2, 2014. Plans call for the future hirings of additional journalists based in San Antonio.
See also
- Spectrum News San Antonio, the successor to News 9 San Antonio
- TXCN
- News 24 Houston (sister to News 9 San Antonio)
- KHOU (sister to News 24 Houston)
- KENS (sister to News 9 San Antonio)
- News 14 Carolina)
References
- ^ Mark Washburn, "News 14 Carolina Cuts Its Staff by about Half, " The Charlotte Observer, August 17, 2004.