FiOS1
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FiOS1 is a group of regional networks available exclusively on Verizon's FiOS TV. These networks provide local news and live sports coverage. Currently three networks exist, but there are plans to expand to additional areas served by FiOS in the future. The first FiOS1 channel was launched for FiOS subscribers in the Washington Metropolitan Area (including Maryland and Northern Virginia) on March 31, 2007.
On June 22, 2009 two additional networks serving New Jersey and Long Island were launched. Respectively, these networks include content produced by the New Jersey Network
and WRNN-TV
. In addition the network also produces its own newscasts including traffic and weather reports. Sports coverage features local high schools, Rutgers University
, Hofstra University
and Princeton University
.
FiOS1 Sunrise airs weekday mornings from 5am-10am. On-air personalities include Stone Grissom (news anchor), Brian Fitzgerald (weather), and Kristina Behr (traffic & entertainment). In the January 2011 edition of The Long Island Press, Stone Grissom was named by readers as the second most popular TV reporter in the area. Brian Fitzgerald was awarded the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval in 2010 for excellence in television broadcasting.
On June 22, 2009 two additional networks serving New Jersey and Long Island were launched. Respectively, these networks include content produced by the New Jersey Network
New Jersey Network
The New Jersey Network, or NJN, was a network of public television and radio stations serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. NJN was a member of the Public Broadcasting Service for television and the National Public Radio for radio, broadcasting their programming as well as producing and...
and WRNN-TV
WRNN-TV
WRNN-TV is an American independent television station licensed to Kingtson, New York.Broadcasting on digital channel 48, WRNN broadcasts a schedule of mainly infomercials and home-shopping programming. The station's studios are located in Rye Brook, New York, and its transmitter is based on Beacon...
. In addition the network also produces its own newscasts including traffic and weather reports. Sports coverage features local high schools, Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...
, Hofstra University
Hofstra University
Hofstra University is a private, nonsectarian institution of higher learning located in the Village of Hempstead, New York, United States, about east of New York City: less than an hour away by train or car...
and Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
.
FiOS1 Sunrise airs weekday mornings from 5am-10am. On-air personalities include Stone Grissom (news anchor), Brian Fitzgerald (weather), and Kristina Behr (traffic & entertainment). In the January 2011 edition of The Long Island Press, Stone Grissom was named by readers as the second most popular TV reporter in the area. Brian Fitzgerald was awarded the American Meteorological Society Seal of Approval in 2010 for excellence in television broadcasting.