Northwest Cable News
| Northwest Cable News | |
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| Launched | December 18, 1995 |
| Closed | January 6, 2017 |
| Owned by | Tegna Media |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Slogan |
NW News and Weather 24 Hours a Day (primary) Always There. Always On. (secondary; promos) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana (Northwest; other areas), Alaska (Juneau, Dutch Harbor, Sitka, Fairbanks, Hydaburg, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Anchorage and Nome), Northern California |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington |
| Sister channel(s) |
Seattle, WA: KING-TV, KONG Portland, OR: KGW Spokane, WA: KREM, KSKN Boise, ID: KTVB |
| Website | www |
Northwest Cable News (NWCN) was an American cable news television channel owned by Tegna Media. The channel, which launched on December 18, 1995, provided 24-hour rolling news coverage focused primarily on the Pacific Northwest region of the United States (Washington, Oregon, Idaho and northwest Montana). The channel was headquartered out of the studio facilities of Tegna-owned NBC affiliate KING-TV (channel 5) in downtown Seattle. The channel was available to 2.9 million residents (through both cable television and over-the-air) within the region, and, to a lesser extent, Alaska, Northern California, and other areas of Montana.
Some of the network's programming was carried on a sister broadcast station KTVB in Boise, during the overnight hours. From August 28, 2009 to January 20, 2015, it was also aired over the air on their DT3 subchannel, as well as Cable One. It was previously on Cable One until 2003; it was re-added on February 12, 2010. On January 20, 2015, a corporate mandate where Gannett became a charter carrier of the Justice Network meant that it was replaced on KTVB-DT3, and it was carried on Dish Network from April 26, 2011 to February 29, 2016, when it was removed per a mutual decision between the two parties.
On October 28, 2016, Northwest Cable News announced that the channel would shut down on January 6, 2017. The closure arrived after the retirement or contract buyouts of several high-profile on- and off-screen talent the previous April, and also came at a time when the channel's viewership had decreased in the face of increased news consumption on digital and other non-television platforms. Approximately 20 employees were affected, and Tegna offered them positions at other Tegna stations.
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