swillh2k2 203 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Meant to mention this a few weeks ago when it was in the planning stages, but Time Warner Cable launched their new 24-hour news channel in Buffalo tonight, called YNN (Your News Now) Buffalo. Graphics look pretty sharp, set is OK--content is what you'd expect from any of the other TWC news channels (taped stories played throughout the day, outsourced weather, etc). Some technical and audio errors--to be expected on the first day. Video coming shortly... Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 [yt]EVwAvk8Q0Zk[/yt] Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hinto 0 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Easily the best graphics in Buffalo. Looks like VDO's work. Also interesting to see they didn't bother with a ticker. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey 861 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Why couldn't they come up with a better name, though? Like Capital News 9 or NY1? "YNN" seems so generic and also strange. Â I see they didn't bother to hire someone to operate the prompter. The anchors appear to control it themselves. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnO 0 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Did they hire photographers and editors...or did they go with the "videojournalist" aka one-man-band concept? Â Yeah, it does look like the anchor was running the Prompter herself. The graphics look good, but the set background looks very bush-league/small market. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucc 4 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 from the stuff I have read it is a one-man band concept, but I'm sure they hired photogs and i think the name is odd to, and i love the graphics also, capital news 9 needs those lol. Â http://blogs.timesunion.com/business/?p=10206 "carrying their own cameras and editing their own video. (Known in the business as one-man bands.)" Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al-SA-TX 54 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 hasn't time warner learned from the now defunct news 9 san antonio and news 24 houston sister stations that 24 hour news channels aren't always successful? granted, this station is probably in a well viewed market, but still... Â news 9 was pretty legit, i enjoyed watching it since it launched, and was pretty bummed when the plug was pulled. Â YNN -- odd name, but it looks decent. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElliotJones 52 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Aren't local 24 hour news nets obsolete? Â Whatever, jobs are jobs. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48441 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricNewsHD 0 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 the graphics are the same ones used at WBBH NBC 2 in Fort Myers, FL. Â here's a clip of NBC-2 to compare... Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f160JnS_020 Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrfRptr 3 Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Is there enough news in Buffalo to warrant a 24-hr channel? Â Wait, that applies just about everywhere. TWC uses these channels as a marketing tool. Same way Cablevision uses News 12....you can only get it 'here.' Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 A few tweaks over the past few days...the open is slightly different, and the evening cut has changed. Also, they're teasing four stories at the top of the hour instead of three. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Do they even have a website or just...sigh..a Twitter? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48470 Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillh2k2 203 Posted March 28, 2009 Author Share Posted March 28, 2009 Pretty sure a website is in the works--they registered ynnbuffalo.com on Tuesday, a day before the launch. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/5169-24-hour-news-channel-debuts-in-buffalo/#findComment-48471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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