# are 24-hour local news stations normal? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 4, 2001, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-24-hour-local-news-stations-normal/91419 "2001-11-04T08:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![acconav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acconav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acconav)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-24-hour-local-news-stations-normal/91419/1 "2001-11-04T08:24:34Z")
one of the things that surprised me when i moved to austin was “News 8 Austin”, a 24-hour local news station. i grew up in houston, and i don’t remember any 24 hr news station. so is this unique to austin? how many doper’s out there have a local newse (and _only_ local news) staion? and if you do, what city do you live in? and to you houston dopers, am i just remembering incorrectly? was there in fact an all local news station that has slipped my memory? thanks to all y’alls input. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-24-hour-local-news-stations-normal/91419/2 "2001-11-04T08:29:18Z")
There’s one in Rochester, NY and a cable local news station in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-24-hour-local-news-stations-normal/91419/3 "2001-11-04T14:22:25Z")
Here’s a list of [24-hour news stations](http://www.rtnda.org/resources/nonstopnews/directory.html) around the country. Wherever the population can support the ad revenue, it seems you’ll find one, judging byt this [map](http://www.rtnda.org/resources/nonstopnews/images/map.gif). So, yes, it is normal. 1. News 12 Long Island; Woodbury, New York 2. New York 1 News (NY1 News); New York, New York 3. News 12 Westchester; Yonkers, New York 4. Neighborhood News 12; Hicksville, New York 5. News 12 The Bronx; Bronx, New York 6. News 12 New Jersey; Edison, New Jersey 7. News 12 Connecticut; Norwalk, Connecticut 8. Rhode Island News Channel; Providence, Rhode Island 9. New England Cable News (NECN); Newton, Massachusetts 10. Regional News Network (RNN); Kingston, New York 11. R News; Rochester, New York 12. Tri-State Media News (TSM News); New Castle, Delaware 13. Newschannel 8; Springfield, Virginia 14. Local News on Cable (LNC); Norfolk, Virginia 15. Six News Now (SNN); Sarasota, Florida 16. Bay News 9; Pinellas Park, Florida 17. Central Florida News 13 (CFN13); Orlando, Florida 18. Florida’s News Channel (FNC); Tallahassee, Florida 19. Gwinnett News & Entertainment Television (GNET); Lawrenceville, Georgia 20. Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (PCNC); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 21. Ohio News Network (ONN); Columbus, Ohio 22. ChicagoLand Television News (CLTV); Oak Brook, Illinois 23. NewsChannel 5+; Nashville, Tennessee 24. Newswatch 15; New Orleans, Louisiana 25. News 8 Austin; Austin, Texas 26. Texas Cable News (TxCN); Dallas, Texas 27. News Now 53; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 28. News On One; Omaha, Nebraska 29. The Arizona News Channel; Phoenix, Arizona 30. Las Vegas One; Las Vegas, Nevada 31. NorthWest Cable News (NWCN); Seattle, Washington 32. Bay TV; San Francisco, California 33. Orange County News (OCN); Santa Ana, California 34. San Diego’s Newschannel 15; San Diego, California ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-24-hour-local-news-stations-normal/91419/4 "2001-11-04T14:33:15Z")
Orlando News Channel 13 Most of the local (and major national) news is covered within the first 8 minutes, followed by 2 minutes of international coverage, and ‘fluffy’ fun local feel-good stories, mixed in with weather & traffic). Coverage repeats for about 6 hours (except for the traffic & weather). You can tell, becuase the anchorperson makes a slightly different broad-sweeping hand gesture. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-24-hour-local-news-stations-normal/91419/5 "2001-11-04T19:24:42Z")
These are cable news stations right? ---
**Author:** ![acconav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@acconav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/acconav)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-24-hour-local-news-stations-normal/91419/6 "2001-11-05T02:34:41Z")
nope, news 8 in austin isn’t cable **Markxxx**. i’d imagine the others mentioned are on regular tv, too. ---
**Author:** ![dqa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dqa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dqa)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-24-hour-local-news-stations-normal/91419/7 "2001-11-05T03:18:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by acconav \* > \*\*i’d imagine the others mentioned are on regular tv, too. \*\* I believe CLTV in Chicago is cable-only, and I’m also pretty confident that New England Cable News, Local News on Cable(Norfolk), Pittsburgh Cable News Channel, Texas Cable News(Dallas), NorthWest Cable News(Seattle) are not broadcast. Also, I think the channels with “One” in their names are cable-only, as there is no broadcast channel one.