Spectrum News 1 (Massachusetts)
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2020) |
Headquarters | Worcester, Massachusetts |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Charter Communications |
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Former names | WGMC, Charter TV3 |
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Website | spectrumnews1 |
Spectrum News 1 Worcester (Formally Charter TV3) is a regional cable news network, with operations located in
Its creation arose out of the former news operation of the
Background
Charter TV3 telecasts in central Massachusetts and part of southern New Hampshire and northeastern Connecticut. The station also broadcasts in the town of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.
The flagship program, Worcester News Tonight broadcasts weeknights on Charter TV3. Worcester News Tonight is the only television news and sports program serving Central New England. The evening show telecasts at 6:00PM, 6:30PM and 9:00PM on Charter TV3. The evening newscast features stories by the Worcester News Tonight News Reporters Olivia Lemmon, Ana Bottary, Brittany Schaefer, Cam Jandrow, Chandler Walsh and Roslyn Flaherty , sports with Kevin Shea & Andy Lacombe and weather with
The station's signature sports program is the Friday Night Football Frenzy, a weekly highlight program showcasing central Massachusetts high school football. Charter TV3 also provides local sports coverage, including game telecasts of select Worcester Bravehearts and Pawtucket Red Sox baseball games. Charter TV3 Sports concentrates its coverage on local high school, college and professional athletics. Every weeknight, Kevin Shea and Andy Lacombe report on the latest sports news on Worcester News Tonight. Charter TV3 Sports schedules live, on-location telecasts of sporting events year-round. These live telecasts include high school and College of the Holy Cross football, high school and Holy Cross basketball, baseball games with the PawSox and Worcester Bravehearts, and hockey games with the Worcester Railers.
Charter TV3 also provides community-based programming. Every weekday, Charter TV3
The network was discontinued on October 23, 2020, as Charter expands Spectrum News 1 Massachusetts's operation further across its New England service area, with some Worcester-based programming (along with former personnel from Worcester News Tonight) already transferred onto the Spectrum News 1 schedule. WNT itself had switched to the design language and graphics package utilized by all Spectrum News operations in June 2019.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECTRUM CHANNEL LINEUP" (PDF) (Press release). Retrieved 18 September 2020.