But the new transmitter proved inadequate for serving the Capital District proper. dir., NY Lt. WTEN signed-on its digital signal on UHF channel 26 in 2004 and began offering high definition service right from the start. DuMont (secondary, 1954-1956) Many of the vendors come to the fair year-after-year, including one jewelry maker who is 81-years young. "He is an award-winning, experienced communications professional with more than 13 years in television news, marketing and government relations.". I cant believe they didnt renew Greg!!! This was because the purchases gave Capital Cities more VHF television stations than the FCC permitted at the time. UMass Amherst released its COVID-19 policies for the fall semester. In an effort to cut costs, the company eliminated ten positions from WTEN on January 31, 2008 fueling speculations that the company might sell the station in order to pay down its financial debt. Timothy W. Lake (born December 27, 1959) is a television news anchor[1] and historical narrative nonfiction author, currently at WTEN in Albany, New York. This can also be seen on Time Warner digital channel 1810. [6] The new transmitter, located on the Helderberg Escarpment, was on some of the highest ground in the region, giving WTEN a coverage area comparable to that of long-dominant WRGB (channel 6). She moved to the Capitol Region from Western Mass, where she was the morning anchor and reporter at WGGB in Springfield. [5] In December 1957, Hudson Valley merged with Durham Broadcasting Enterprises, the owners of WTVD in Durham, North Carolina to form Capital Cities Television Corporation (predecessor of Capital Cities Communications) with WCDA as its flagship station. 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Others have made career-advancing moves within the industry to pursue other opportunities. Who is making these decisions? Her career includes 30 years at the television station WTEN, or News10 ABC, where she first worked as a reporter before becoming a news anchor. Popular Big Yellow Slide returns for another year at The Big E, West Springfield crews respond to a car fire on South Boulevard, Winner claims $33 million Mega Millions jackpot prize sold in Belchertown, Public File: gary.rivest@westernmassnews.com - (413) 846-0118. [3] Previously he was the co-anchor of NBC 10 News at Five and the noontime news with Chenault when WCAU-TV was owned by CBS. Once again, let us know in the comments who you think are the hottest anchors - either currently or historically on the Fox News Channel.Hottest Fox News Anchors (Women We Can't Take Our Eyes Off Of) Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to Fox affiliate WXXA-TV (channel 23, also licensed to Albany), which is operated under a shared services agreement (SSA) with Mission Broadcasting. UMass Amherst held a community brunch Tuesday honoring the National Day of Racial Healing, which comes a day after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On September 21, 2009, the station began airing the area's only weeknight 4 o'clock newscast. In an effort to cut costs, the company eliminated ten positions from WTEN on January 31, 2008 fueling speculations that the company might sell the station in order to pay down its financial debt. Elliot, who has been a CBS daytime anchor for about a year, had first shocked . WTEN had a record month in May (a key month as it is sweeps), placing first at 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 10 and 11 p.m. Their morning show, which is second to WNYTs, has crept closer to the powerhouse that is channel 13 in the morning. A new study found just 14 percent of cancers are detected through recommended screenings, which highlights just how underutilized these tests are. WJAR, a Rhode Island television station, last week reported the death of Dick Wood, best known in the Capital Region as a former anchor at WTEN and current TV pitchman. Roger Wyland, left, with WNYT (NBC-13) colleague Chris Onorato in 2012. Meteorologist Greg Pollak is also leaving Channel 10. Didnt remember him saying barnyard expression hahahahahahahah!!! I left WRGB to follow Nick to WTEN.now this!! After that, she worked for three years at the Missouri School for the Blind, which she loved. Try our quiz and enter to win $500!Click below to check the trivia question https://bit.ly/3rEeMxk A lot has changed in the world of television over the last few decades. He was smart and entertaining. Giving on 10. Syed, who we featured as a "20 things you don't know about me" as well as "20 Things +" was at Spectrum News for more than 10 years. Worked at, Ralph Vartigian (Longtime host of the children's program "The Good Ship News as 'Commander Ralph' and "Young People's News" in the late 70's as 'Mr. In the spring of 1956, satellite station WCDB on UHF channel 29 in Hagaman was launched to reach areas where the main signal could not. Dept. What's trending in your life, and in mine. Owned by Young Broadcasting and operated by Gray Television,[1] the station has studios on Northern Boulevard in Albany. 20 things you don't know about me: Christie Ellis, Phoenix Story 20 things you don't know about me: Jonathan Hunter, WNYT, 20 things you don't know about me: James De La Fuente, WTEN, 20 things you don't know about me: Maggie Fromm, 20 things you don't know about me: Tracy Slocum from 'Shark Tank', 20 things you don't know about me: Phil Steck, assemblyman, 20 things: Jos Daniel Flores-Caraballo, Albany Pro Musica, Union leaders say New York state workforce could see mass exodus, Rhinebeck restaurant alleges town conspiracy to disrupt business, Mother of child victim angered by Saratoga County DA's handling of case, Albany Empire adding Antonio Brown to ownership group. While most people tune in to catch up on current events, we have a sneaking suspicion that some of you probably watch Fox News just to get an eyeful at some of these stunning ladies. She now hosts the 4, 4:30, 5:30 and 11 p.m. newscasts. Albany County, New York, Crossgates is behind on its loans again, down on income, still fighting assessment, Rifkin says musical instruments can be instruments of change, Do fast food workers get their tips? Syndicated programming on WTEN includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Inside Edition, and The Doctors. The Upside. This upcoming school year will mark the third that students and staff will contend with COVID-19 in the classroom. It went to full power and a permanent antenna tower a few months later. [21][22] Most cable systems on the Vermont and Massachusetts sides of the market picked up WCDC's signal. You can discuss the departures in Kristi Gustafson Barlette's blog. He was formerly the solo anchor of WCAU's NBC 10 News at 6p.m. and co-anchor of NBC 10 News at 4 with Dawn Timmeney and NBC 10 News at 11p.m. with Renee Chenault-Fattah.[2]. WTEN remains at this location to this day although the radio station moved out of the facility in 1993. The WCDB call sign would return to the air in 1978 for the student-run radio station at University at Albany. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter southwest of the Voorheesville section of New Scotland. WCDC-TV was a straight simulcast of WTEN; the only on-air references to the station were during Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly legal identifications. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 26. Hes now headed over to WNYT to join their weather team. Well-known psychic medium Matt Fraser is expected to draw a big crowd in Springfield later this month and hes out with a new book. which resulted in WTEN swapping affiliations with WAST (channel 13, now NBC-affiliated WNYT) on October 23, 1977, thus returning ABC back to channel 10 (WPRI-TV had switched to ABC from CBS that June and would eventually reaffiliate with CBS in September 1995, nine years after WTEN's former owners, Capital Cities, completed its acquisition of ABC in January 1986). The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WCDC carried WTEN's two subchannels as 19.2 and 19.3 respectively, and they were carried locally in Massachusetts on the digital tier of Time Warner Cable, and later its successor, Charter Communications. You can reach her at kbarlette@timesunion.com. "[18] The acquisition resulted in Nexstar owning stations in every television market in Upstate New York; the sale was completed on January 17, 2017. Related: it was announced earlier this week that Paul Caiano is moving to evenings and nights over at WNYT. Nexstar informed the FCC that, due to insufficient time and a lack of available tower crews, the line would not be repaired before the planned shutdown date. http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/07/30/daily.7/, http://lists.bostonradio.org/pipermail/boston-radio-interest/2008-January.txt, http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20090127005778&newsLang=en, http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/business/6262997.html, "Young Broadcasting Calls Off Auction", from broadcastingcable.com 7/14/2009, http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf, http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=837010&category=BUSINESS, Query the FCC's TV station database for WTEN, Query the FCC's TV station database for WCDC-TV, Query the FCC's TV station database for W04AE, Local television stations in Albany, New York, Local television stations in the United States, English-language local television stations in the United States, Local television stations in the state of New York, Local television stations in Schenectady, New York, Local television stations in Troy, New York, English-language local television stations in Albany, New York, English-language local television stations in Schenectady, New York, English-language local television stations in Troy, New York, English-language local television stations in the state of New York, Channel 10 virtual TV stations in the United States, Television stations broadcasting on channel 10, Channel 24 digital TV stations in the United States, Former Knight-Ridder Broadcasting stations, Steve Teeling - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 on WTEN and 7:00-9:00 a.m. on WXXA), Christina Arangio - weekday mornings (5:00-7:00 a.m. on WTEN) and weekdays at noon, Stephanie Grady - weekday mornings (7:00-9:00 a.m. on WXXA). The two stations shared space inside a former retirement home for nuns on a farm dirt road in the town of North Greenbush, near Troy. Aside from the transmitter, WCDC-TV did not maintain any physical presence locally in Adams. WTEN shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 10, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. Wood said staffers at the station were horrified by the error when he called to tell them that he is, in fact, alive. Mary and her fianc live in the Pioneer Valley where they look forward to using the bike trail and exploring restaurants and breweries in the area. The Spectrum News team in an undated photo. A Holyoke catering company and banquet hall is back open after a December fire. In January 2009, after failing to meet the minimum standards for being listed on NASDAQ, Young Broadcasting was dropped from the exchange. A staple of The Big E is handcrafted goods. She sued WTEN in 1976 in a lawsuit claiming racial bias. New research shows that while fewer kids are getting involved in the juvenile justice system, racial disparities remain high in Massachusetts. In the revolving door that is television news, were seeing four departures over at WTEN (News 10 ABC) this past week. 10 (VHF, 1957-2009) Many local school districts are facing staffing challenges and will open their doors to students with several positions left unfilled. In December 1954, WMGT moved to UHF channel 19 extending the station's range to the Capital Region of New York State. But she said that covering the news has let her see the best of people come out during the worst of times. 10 will no longer be on My TV lineup.Your management should be the ones to be let go. "I'm just looking forward to where life takes me," she said. While there are no separate segments during local broadcasts, there is coverage of Western Massachusetts and Southwestern Vermont. Honorary Chairman Phil Baylyof NewsChannel 13 and Epilepsy Foundation board member Avon Scherff at Confections in Chocolate to benefit the Epilepsy Foundation of Northeastern New York in 2009. Nexstar scheduled a shutdown date of December 1, 2017 for WCDC-TV, through the FCC's spectrum incentive auction, but damage to the station's transmission line forced it to end operations two weeks early on November 19.[1]. It switched to CBS in 1955. Check back for updates. [2] It was originally the Capital District's ABC affiliate. Prior to that he was the weekend anchor at KPRC-TV in Houston, Texas and the 11 pm weeknight anchor at South Carolina's highest rated TV station, CBS affiliate WCSC-TV in Charleston. Last weekend, he received a flurry of phone calls from Rhode Islanders upset by the news. Despite WCDC being located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Time Warner Cable carries WTEN instead of WCDC. WCDC's digital signal on UHF channel 36 signed on nearly eighteen months before WTEN's did in 2002. If you ever watched channel 10 in the morning, you surely caught Marlows fun and funky coverage (always in a wardrobe to match). Solomon Syed leaves WTEN, TV news Syed is the latest local television reporter, meteorologist or anchor to announce they were leaving their stations, joining 24 other broadcast personalities. [2] WTEN is the ABC -affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and Western New England that is licensed to Albany. "Solomon Syed was appointed deputy commissioner of public information in our public information office (PIO), effective October 10," wrote Shiela Poole, the commissioner at the Office of Children and Family Services, in this week's newsletter. That same year, the call letters were changed again to the current WTEN when the station moved to VHF channel 10. After leaving WCAU, Lake published three books, Henderson Harbor (2012), Association Island (2013), and Hang on and Fly, A Post-War Story of Plane Crash Tragedies, Heroism, and Survival (2015). Citing declining over-the-air viewership, Nexstar Broadcasting, through the FCC's spectrum incentive auction in April 2017, was awarded $34,558,086 to agree to take WCDC-TV off the air; at the time, it indicated that WCDC would enter a channel sharing agreement (CSA) to continue providing service to viewers. 413 talking about this. Both stations share studios on Northern Boulevard in Albany's Bishop's Gate section, while WTEN's transmitter is located on the Helderberg Escarpment west of New Salem. Streeter recalled going to the newsroom with her father who also created Emmy Award-winning documentaries. Within their first year, the station was losing money, and on the verge of bankruptcy. Restaurant Rundown. In January 2009, after failing to meet the minimum standards for being listed on NASDAQ, Young Broadcasting was dropped from the exchange. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter southwest of the Voorheesville section of New Scotland. In 1966, WTEN and WROW-AM-FM moved to new facilities to Albany's northside on Northern Boulevard, where WTEN remains to this day (the WROW radio stations moved out in 1993, ten years after they were sold by Capital Cities). Subscriptions open full access to our work and make it possible. In 1978, Poole sold WTEN, WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan, and WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island to Knight-Ridder. The new transmitter proved inadequate for serving the Capital District 's ABC affiliate big is. 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