News 9 Now
| News 9 Now / News on 6 Now | |
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| Launched | December 3, 1996 (as News Now 53) April 1, 2011 (relaunch; as News 9 Now and News on 6 Now) |
| Owned by |
Griffin Communications (1996- ) Cox Communications Oklahoma (1996-2011) |
| Picture format | 480p (EDTV) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| Headquarters | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Formerly called | News Now 53 (1996–2011) |
| Website |
www.news9.com (KWTV) www.newson6.com (KOTV) |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Oklahoma City | KWTV-DT 9.2 |
| Tulsa | KOTV-DT 6.3 |
| Cable | |
| Cox Communications | Channel 53 (both cities) |
News 9 Now and News on 6 Now are American regional digital broadcast television networks that are owned by Griffin Communications. The channels simulcast and rebroadcast local news programming seen on Griffin-owned CBS affiliates KWTV-DT (channel 9) in Oklahoma City and KOTV-DT (channel 6) in Tulsa, Oklahoma in their respective markets, along with select other programs. News 9 Now is broadcast on KWTV digital subchannel 9.2 in the Oklahoma City market, while News on 6 Now is broadcast on KOTV digital subchannel 6.3 in the Tulsa market. On cable, the individual channels are available on Cox Communications channel 53 in their respective markets.
The services were developed out of News Now 53, a regional cable news channel that operated from December 1996 to April 2011, which was operated by Cox Communications Oklahoma in conjunction with Griffin Communications, and was carried on cable systems within Cox's Oklahoma service area.
The concept of the channel dates back to the August 1993 extension of an retransmission consent agreement made between KWTV and Oklahoma City area cable providers Cox Cable (which rebranded as Cox Communications in 1996) and Multimedia Cablevision (whose systems in suburban areas of the city were acquired by Cox in 2000) to continue carriage of the station's signal; as part of the deal, KWTV announced that it would create a locally originated cable channel providing news, sports and weather information for the two providers.
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