''Spectrum News 1 Worcester'' (Formally Charter TV3) is a regional cable news network, with operations located in

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and

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. Owned by

Charter Communications Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. With over 32 million customers in 41 states as of 2022, it is the ...

, the network is exclusive to customers of that company's

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cable service in the

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region, mainly to customers west of

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beltline to the

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state line. Its creation arose out of the former news operation of the public access station Charter TV3, which was based in Worcester and will exist until October 23, 2020, along with a request from customers and politicians to provide a full-time news operation for viewers outside of the Boston television market who are traditionally unable to get televised state news outside of the two television news operations in

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, and otherwise (especially for

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region) must watch local news from

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, which is traditionally biased towards New York State from the Albany–Schenectady–Troy, New York media market.

Background

Charter TV3 telecasts in central

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and part of southern

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and northeastern

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. The station also broadcasts in the town of

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Shrewsbury (/ˈʃruzberi/ ''SHROOZ-bury'') is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,325 according to the 2020 United States census, in nearly 15,000 households. Incorporated in 1727, Shrewsbury prospere ...

. The flagship program, ''Worcester News Tonight'' broadcasts weeknights on Charter TV3. ''Worcester News Tonight'' is the only television news and sports program serving Central New England. The evening show telecasts at 6:00PM, 6:30PM and 9:00PM on Charter TV3. The evening newscast features stories by the ''Worcester News Tonight'' News Reporters Olivia Lemmon, Ana Bottary, Brittany Schaefer, Cam Jandrow, Chandler Walsh and Roslyn Flaherty , sports with Kevin Shea & Andy Lacombe and weather with

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's Matt Noyes. The Worcester News Tonight 6pm News is presented by Olivia Lemmon and The "Worcester News Tonight 10pm News" is presented by Ana Bottary. The show rebroadcasts at 11:00PM, 11:30PM, and 2:30AM the following morning. The ''10pm News'' features updated LOCAL news, weather and an extended sports segment with Kevin Shea. The station's signature sports program is the ''Friday Night Football Frenzy'', a weekly highlight program showcasing central Massachusetts

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. Charter TV3 also provides local sports coverage, including game telecasts of select Worcester Bravehearts and Pawtucket Red Sox baseball games. ''Charter TV3 Sports'' concentrates its coverage on local high school, college and professional athletics. Every weeknight, Kevin Shea and Andy Lacombe report on the latest sports news on ''Worcester News Tonight''. ''Charter TV3 Sports'' schedules live, on-location telecasts of sporting events year-round. These live telecasts include high school and

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football, high school and Holy Cross basketball,

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games with the PawSox and Worcester Bravehearts, and

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games with the Worcester Railers. Charter TV3 also provides community-based programming. Every weekday, Charter TV3

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WTAG's, ''Jim Polito Show'' and ''The Jordan Levy Show'' featuring the Worcester

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and former

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, Jordan Levy. Charter TV3 programming includes ''Central Mass. Chronicles'', a round-table discussion show moderated by Allen Fletcher. ''The Mayor's Forum'' features Worcester Mayor Joseph Petty. Other local programs include The Hank Stolz Experience. The network was discontinued on October 23, 2020, as Charter expands Spectrum News 1 Massachusetts's operation further across its New England service area, with some Worcester-based programming (along with former personnel from ''Worcester News Tonight'') already transferred onto the Spectrum News 1 schedule. ''WNT'' itself had switched to the

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and graphics package utilized by all Spectrum News operations in June 2019.

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