TW3 (Albany, New York)
Country | News 10 Now |
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History | |
Launched | October 2002 |
Closed | 2008 |
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Website | [1] |
TW3 was a
TW3 was formed in October 2002 as the improved successor to Time Warner 9, a similar station that was succeeded on the Time Warner lineup by sister station
- Pittsfield, Massachusetts: Channel 11
- Ticonderoga, New York (Port Henry/Crown Point) and Schroon Lake, New York: Channel 14
- North Adams, Massachusetts (ex-Adelphia): Channel 21
- Canajoharie, New York, Queensbury, New York, and Lee, Massachusetts (Lenox/Great Barrington) (all ex-Adelphia): Channel 96
It was never an over the air station, just a program source carried by Time Warner.
Programming
Much of TW3's programming was locally originated. The more notable series produced for the station were as follows:
- A simulcast of WAMC's The Round Table (Weekdays 9 a.m.–noon)
- Saints Alive: A magazine show profiling Siena College athletics, hosted by Capital News 9 sports director Damian Andrew.
- Hoop Games: A magazine show on University at Albany men's and women's basketball, hosted by UAlbany broadcaster and WNYTsports director Rodger Wyland.
- BOCES.
- Tech Valley Report: A local business program focusing on the technology sector, produced in part with the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce.
- In & Around Our Towns: A series of insertials that profile aspects of area towns which also airs as a monthly program.
- Capital Tonight: TW3 airs replays of the week-in-review version of the Capital News 9-produced nightly political program. This arrangement dates back to when the show was a weekly program.
TW3 also served as the Albany-area affiliate of the
Sports coverage
TW3 produces and airs a sizeable slate of local sports coverage including high school athletics (football, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse), UAlbany and Siena athletics,
Outside of the Albany area, some TW3 sports programming is simulcast or rebroadcast on
Preemptions
The station picks up several preempted programs from local broadcast stations that are unable to air them:
- In 2005 and 2006, Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon and the WRGB-controlled WNYAwas unavailable due to new syndication debuts on that date.
- Limited PBS Newshour) airs on TW3 at times when WMHT conducts their yearly auctions.
- A small number of New York Yankees games that usually would air on WXXA (also originating from WWOR) air on TW3 in the cases of the Fox network airing either original programming or preseason NFL football.
Time Warner 9
The predecessor to TW3, Time Warner 9, was on the air from 1997 (when Time Warner purchased the CVI and