NY1

Former Time Warner Cable News NY1 logo used from December 16, 2013 to November 15, 2016

On March 14, 2013, Time Warner Cable announced plans to rebrand NY1 and its other regional news channels (including News 14 Carolina and the Your News Now networks) under the TWC News brand by the end of the year, along with the adoption of new on-air logos and a standardized graphics package for each of the channels. The reasoning for the name change was due to the perception by the company that Time Warner Cable subscribers did not know that the provider owns its regional news channels and are largely exclusive to its systems (NY1 is an exception, as it is also carried by Cablevision in the New York City market).[11]

The proposed name change for NY1 met with immediate controversy among Time Warner Cable's subscribers due to the familiarity with the brand and dissatisfaction with the provider's service by its New York City area customers.[12][13][14] Time Warner Cable explored the possibility of keeping the NY1 brand while also including on-air references to its TWC ownership in some fashion, though executives confirmed that the rebranding would have no effect on the channel's news format or reporting style.[15]

On November 20, Time Warner Cable announced that it would append the "Time Warner Cable News" brand to the beginning of the NY1 name, while "NY1" would continue to be used on-air as a primary brand.[16] The revised branding as well as the new graphics and music package (which included a modified version of the logo used by the channel since 2001, amended alongside the "Time Warner Cable News" logo) went into effect on December 16.[17]

On May 18, 2016, Time Warner Cable was acquired by Charter Communications.[18] The Time Warner Cable News branding was replaced by Spectrum News (named after Charter's cable services brand) beginning November 15, 2016. While the NY1 name is still in use, especially on air, it continues to incorporate the "Spectrum News" brand at the beginning of NY1's primary brand.[19]

On March 30, 2017, Charter Communications announced plans for a major restructuring of NY1, as several reporters were laid off and some shows were cancelled in the upcoming months.[20][21] A spokesperson for Charter said "As with any network, we're constantly evolving to find better ways to reach and engage our viewers. We seek to provide the most compelling information and entertainment possible by providing more context, in-depth reporting, analysis and explanation, cultivating a more relevant and thoughtful conversation that makes Spectrum News essential in the lives of Spectrum subscribers. From time to time, our programming and staffing will change as we strive to better cover the stories that resonate most with our viewers."[22]

On April 1, 2017, the day after this restructuring, Richard Aurelio highly criticised this move and admitted that NY1 has turned from a stalwart local news channel to a "money-making machine." He also noted a deemphasis on local coverage that NY1 was supposed to focus on, especially after the cancellation of longtime shows The Call and NY Times Close Up, claiming that "they're really abandoning their commitment to the city."[6]

Debuted on October 23, 2017, Mornings on 1 is a three-hour live weekday morning newscast (airs weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.) which is designed to help New Yorkers get an informed start to their day with a dynamic mix of local news, headlines, politics, weather and transit reports. Mornings on 1 is anchored by Pat Kiernan, meteorologist Erick Adame, traffic reporter Jamie Stelter, and business anchor Annika Pergament.[25][26][27][24]

In Focus with Cheryl Wills is a 30-minute public affairs program hosted by NY1 Live at Ten anchor Cheryl Wills. The program features viewpoints from a roundtable of newsmakers on various topics that impacts New Yorkers.[28]

Inside City Hall (re-titled Road to City Hall during mayoral election cycles) is a weeknight political program hosted by Errol Louis that covers politics both local and national. NY1 and its upstate sister channels have collaborated on (and sponsored) a number of political debates, coverage of these use Inside City Hall presentation.[29]

Premiered on January 15, 2018, NY1 Live at Ten is an hour-long live weeknight newscast which delivers a complete summary of the day's news and the first look of tomorrow's. NY1 Live at Ten is anchored by Cheryl Wills and weather presented by chief meteorologist John Davitt. The 10pm newscast has outsourcing agreement with a local sports cable channel and sister network SNY, utilizing its staff at the channel's 4 World Trade Center facility to cover professional and college sports highlights after NY1's sports department was shut down in September 2017.[30][31][32]

On Stage is a 30-minute program which premiered on May 4, 1998. Currently hosted by Frank DiLella, it primarily features reports on the New York City theater scene, as well as reports on theatrical performances from around the region.[33][34]

Launched on July 25, 2005, The Call was a live, one-hour call-in and write-in news show hosted by John Schiumo. Throughout the day, viewers were encouraged to vote on the top news stories of the day, and after receiving an email alert as to the top story, were asked to write or call in to discuss the topic with Schiumo. The program was expanded to one hour in January 2012 in response to viewer requests. The Call was cancelled on April 6, 2017.[35]

In an effort to compete with local late-night newscasts on the area's broadcast television stations in the timeslot, NY1 debuted a nightly 11:00 p.m. newscast titled NY1 News at Eleven (later retitled Time Warner Cable News NY1 at Eleven and Spectrum News NY1 at Eleven) on January 22, 2007. The newscast was last anchored by Lewis Dodley on weeknights and Cheryl Wills on weekends. The 11 p.m. newscast was quietly cancelled following its September 28, 2017 broadcast.[36][37]

Premiered on September 8, 1992, The New York Times Close Up (originally titled New York Closeup) was hosted by New York Times urban affairs correspondent Sam Roberts and was produced in association with the newspaper. The show gave viewers an inside preview of the most compelling reports from Sunday's Times, with the correspondents who filed the stories. It featured Times reporters, columnists and editors examining the week's top stories in the New York City area. The last episode on NY1 aired on April 8, 2017;.[38] since September 15, 2017, The New York Times Close Up airs on CUNY TV.[39]

Premiered on September 8, 1992, Sports on 1: The Last Word was a live 55-minute call-in sports program (airing every night at 11:35 p.m.), which provided recaps of the local sports scores and headlines of the day; it was hosted by Phil Andrews, Kevin Garrity, or by Dario Melendez on various days. The show aired its final program on September 28, 2017.[40]

Debuting on December 2, 2017, Spotlight NY is a 30-minute program hosted by weekend afternoon anchor Vivian Lee explores the arts and culture of the city. The show aired its final program two years later on January 6, 2019.[41][42]

• Errol Louis - political reporter and host of Inside City Hall/Road to City Hall
• Pat Kiernan - weekday morning anchor and anchor of Mornings On 1
• Ruschell Boone - general assignment reporter
• SallyAnn Mosey - meteorologist; fill-in

NY1 Noticias (pronounced as "New York One Noticias" and also known as "Spectrum Noticias NY1") is a Spanish language regional cable news channel that was launched on June 30, 2003 as an offshoot of NY1. It is available on Time Warner Cable digital channels 95 and 801. Like its English language parent network, NY1 Noticias covers general news stories primarily focused around the New York City metropolitan area, along with in-depth coverage of issues affecting the area's Hispanic population.

NY1 Rail and Road (pronounced as "New York One Rail and Road") is a cable channel that focuses on the traffic and mass transit conditions within the New York City metropolitan area. Launched on August 18, 2010, the channel is exclusive to Time Warner Cable subscribers (carried on digital channel 104 in New York City, and digital channel 91 in New Jersey and the Hudson Valley). The channel features traffic and transit updates on five-minute intervals with separate feeds for Manhattan and Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and the Hudson Valley, respectively.

• In the thriller Sliver (1993), a television in the building's laundry room broadcasts NY1.
• In the crime drama The Yards (2000), NY1 reporters are featured reporting several events in the plot.
• In the romantic comedy Maid in Manhattan (2002), a Mexican hotel maid impersonating a high-class woman having an argument with a politician.
• In the comedy Elf (2003), NY1 is the station through which the story of an alleged Christmas Eve sighting of Santa Claus spread throughout New York City.
• In the documentary Super Size Me (2004), a NY1 report on the blizzard of 2003 was shown for several seconds.
• In the comedy White Chicks (2004), the character Denise is an NY1 news reporter.
• In the adventure comedy Night at the Museum (2006), NY1 is one of the stations that carried the story about dinosaur tracks that were leading into New York City's American Museum of Natural History (the other station was WNYW, due to the fact that the movie was produced by 20th Century Fox).
• In the monster movie, Cloverfield (2008), NY1's Roma Torre reports on the earthquake preceding the arrival of the monster.
• In the science fiction Jumper (2008), various footage of the NY1's opening were seen.
• In the thriller The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), NY1 political reporter Michael Scotto appears briefly.
• In the superhero film The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the NY1 logo is seen throughout the film.
• In a post-credits scene in the superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home, Pat Kiernan makes a cameo as himself and reports on a skirmish in London, in which Mysterio framed Spider-Man for his murder through edited footage aired on NY1.

• NY1 anchor Pat Kiernan appears briefly in Through the Grinder (2004) (Berkley Prime Crime, ISBN 978-0-425-19714-1), the second novel in The Coffeehouse Mystery Series by Cleo Coyle.

• "That's It That's All", from the To the 5 Boroughs (2004) album by the Beastie Boys, contains the line "Like George Whipple on New York 1; Got a hairy ass and that's no fun." Whipple covers celebrity gossip and high society for NY1.

• Episodes of:
  • the courtroom drama series 100 Centre Street (2001–2002)
  • the drama series Third Watch (1999–2005)
  • the police procedural and legal drama series Law & Order and its spinoffs Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (since 1990)
  • the situation comedy series Spin City (1996–2002)

Briefly show televisions in the background that are tuned to NY1.

• Episodes of the drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007) feature NY1 television reporters and anchors.
• The sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) features character Robin Scherbatsky as an NY1 reporter, although the show brands it "Metro News 1". The character formerly co-anchored the network with Sandy Rivers, who reads from the newspaper much like NY1's Pat Kiernan.
• In an episode of the sitcom 30 Rock (since 2006), the character Liz Lemon mentions that one of her fears is having her picture shown on NY1 after dying alone in her apartment.
• In Season 1, Episode 8 of Showtime's Billions Pat Kiernan, breaks news on NY1

• Pat Kiernan appeared on a taping of the Doug Loves Movies podcast starring Doug Benson at the Gramercy Theatre on October 23, 2011; the episode, also featuring actor Keith Powell, as well as comics Jim Gaffigan and Michael Ian Black was released onto the iTunes Store three days later.