RNN, Regional News Network
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RNN (Regional News Network) is an award-winning premium news content producer that programs and manages nine channels, including multiple 24/7 News channels, across linear, online and over-the-top (OTT) platforms. RNN has national production capabilities with state of the art digital facilities in New York, New Jersey, Washington DC. RNN content can be accessed nationally via OTT and mobile platforms and reaches more than 7 million homes in the tri-state area.
RNN and the Tri-State Area Focus
In 1995, RNN initially produced news programming seven days a week, and 24 hours a day on weekdays for its broadcast station WRNN. Its coverage area included the entire Hudson Valley region, and news bureaus established in the Capital District and Long Island, within New York State, and in the neighboring states of New Jersey and Connecticut. The station was an affiliate of All News Channel and used stories from that service to augment its national coverage.
In the late 1990s, WRNN would appear on New York City cable, and as part of satellite provider DirecTV's local station package. WRNN opened a new main studio facility in the village of Rye Brook in 2005, though it has retained its facilities in Kingston and Manhattan.
Premium Content Era
Digital Television
In 2004, the Federal Communications Commission opened an early digital conversion window for full-power UHF stations located between channels 52 and 69 in the analog UHF band, as long as the stations all met certain qualifying criteria. This portion of the television spectrum was slated to be reassigned to other communications purposes following the June 2009 transition. WRNN applied for FCC permission to shut off its analog signal on channel 62 and broadcast solely on its assigned digital frequency, UHF channel 48. The FCC granted the request on July 8, 2004,[1] and WRNN's analog channel 62 went silent later that year. Moving forward, WRNN used PSIP to display WRNN-TV's virtual channel 48 on digital television receivers.
Channel Management and Operation
2009 marked the beginning of RNN’s focus on managing and creating content for third parties, with the launch of premium news content which it produces for the Verizon FiOS1 News channels in Long Island and New Jersey. These two 24-hours news channels feature local news, weather, and traffic, as well as local high school and college sports. Since then, the programming has expanded to online and other cross platform content and channel management services.
On August 1, 2011, digital channel 48.2 began carrying the Qatari-based Al Jazeera English.[2] RNN was the first and only New York station to put Al Jazeera on the air, symbolizing our progressive approach to content. One hour of local programming and station-provided E/I programming was scheduled in off periods to meet FCC guidelines. Al Jazeera English was removed on August 20, 2013 when it was pulled from US distribution due to the launch of Al Jazeera America.
In April 2012, RNN activated its fifth subchannel to carry NHK World, the English language international broadcasting service of Japan's public broadcaster, NHK. In August 2013, RNN partnered with CNN Latino to deliver the channel to most of New York City via their D2 channel.
Current Programming
FiOS1 News
FiOS1 News focuses on news, weather, traffic, local sports, and other original programming. Since 2009, the channel has won Emmys, AP Awards, and an Edward R Murrow award for its website, among others.
Richard French Live
The multi-Emmy Award winning Richard French Live took the airwaves in the early 2000s. The show changed its format to a roundtable discussion in 2010, with regular contributors including longtime New York political reporter Dominic Carter and former Congressman Chris Shays. Richard French Live is RNN’s flagship show for all three channels and has included among its guests Presidents Clinton and Obama, Senators Schumer, McCain and Reid and well-known figures such as Denzel Washington and Joe Torre.
Restaurant Hunter
This Emmy Award-winning weekly program is hosted by Rob Petrone and focuses on the best of the Long Island restaurant scene. Celebrity Chefs Bobby Flay and Michael Symon have both been featured on the program. Restaurant Hunter celebrated its 100th episode on May 23, 2013.
Heroes on Our Island
An inspiring TV show that profiles some of the positive people who call Long Island home. Heroes on Our Island, with Jessica Fragoso and Jodi Goldberg, is dedicated to finding extraordinary people. The 30-minute weekly program focuses on ordinary Long Islanders who are doing special things to make the world we share a better place.
Money and Main $treet
Hosted by Giovanna Drpic, this weekly program provides Long Islanders with tips to get ahead and succeed in business. Each week, the show focuses on local businesses, CEOs, and experts on various small business concerns.
Before RNN
As WTZA
The station first signed on the air on December 15, 1985 as WTZA, originally broadcasting on UHF channel 62. It was formatted as an independent station serving the middle Hudson Valley region of New York State. However, by virtue of the outer range of its signal, WTZA also served the Capital District area and the northern suburbs of New York City. The call letters designated the coverage area, and also served as the station's slogan – "From the Tappan Zee to Albany". The upper Hudson Valley area was one of the largest in the country to lack its own television station, this due to its proximity to both the New York and Albany-Schenectady-Troy television markets.
Notable former on-air staff
See also
- List of independent television stations in the U.S.
- List of television stations in New York
- List of television stations in New York (by channel number)
- List of television stations in New York (by region)
References
- ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF) Retrieved 2014-01-27
- ^ Khan, Amir (August 1, 2011). "Al Jazeera English finds home on WRNN". New York Daily News. Retrieved August 3, 2011.
External links
- rnntv.com, station's official website
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