Bay News 9
| Bay News 9 | |
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| Launched | September 24, 1997 |
| Owned by | Charter Communications |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs) |
| Slogan |
News. Weather. Now. Your news, all the time. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Headquarters | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Sister channel(s) |
News 13 InfoMás |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Cable | |
| Charter Communications (Tampa Bay) |
Channel 9 (SD) Channel 1009 (HD) Channel 1209 (HD) |
| Charter Communications (Orlando) | Channel 1209 (HD) |
Bay News 9 is a cable news television network located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Owned by Charter Communications, it currently serves the Tampa Bay area including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Polk, Pasco, Hernando, and Citrus counties. The station, which is exclusive to Charter Communications customers, broadcasts news 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the exception of some special programming, including a weekly political program, Political Connections.
The station was created by Elliott Wiser, who was hired as General Manager by Time Warner Cable in May 1997. At that time Time Warner was building a similar news channel in Orlando-Central Florida News 13. Wiser later created Bay News 9 en Espanol, Tampa Bay on Demand, and Bright House Sports Network (now Spectrum Sports).
The station began operating on September 24, 1997 and gives weather updates every 10 minutes "on the nines" and more frequently during serious weather conditions.
In 2002, Bay News 9 was the first TV station in the area to provide a VIPIR Doppler radar system. In 2007, Bay News 9 became the first station in Florida, and one of only a handful of stations, to provide a Dual-Pole Doppler Radar system. On Monday, January 5, 2009, Bay News 9 launched its upgraded doppler radar system called Klystron 9. This new system is capable of seeing weather features in greater detail than other Doppler radar systems. Klystron 9 combines, for the first time in history, a dual Polarimetry radar, Klystron tube, Pulse compression technology and a 1.25-million watt transmitter. That combination of technology makes Klystron 9 the most powerful television radar in the world. Klystron 9 has the ability to see storms other radars can't see and see deeper into those storms. The Klystron 9's dual-pole technology even tells meteorologists the sizes and shape of raindrops and makes the distinction between rain and ice.
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