NewsWatch 15
Encyclopedia
NewsWatch on Channel 15, popularly known as NewsWatch 15, is a 24-hour
regional cable news
television network based in New Orleans, Louisiana
, jointly owned by Belo Corporation and Cox Communications
. It operates out of the studios of WWL-TV
.
Viewed on cable channel 15 in the New Orleans area, the network rebroadcasts the latest edition of WWL's "Eyewitness News" 24 hours a day. It also simulcasts current live newscasts, and broadcasts breaking news when preempting content on WWL's primary channel (channel 4) is deemed unnecessary.
The constant rebroadcasting of its newscasts has not proved detrimental to WWL's ratings. The station continues perennially to be the highest ranked station in the New Orleans metropolitan area, and one of the highest rated stations in the country. http://www.rtnda.org/resources/nonstopnews/newswatch15.html
24-hour news cycle
The 24-hour news cycle arrived with the advent of television channels dedicated to news, and brought about a much faster pace of news production with increased demand for stories that can be presented as news, as opposed to the day-by-day pace of the news cycle of printed daily newspapers...
regional cable news
United States cable news
Cable news refers to television channels devoted to television news broadcasts, with the name deriving from the proliferation of such networks during the 1980s with the advent of cable television. In the United States, early networks included CNN in 1980, Financial News Network in 1981, and CNN2 ...
television network based in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
, jointly owned by Belo Corporation and Cox Communications
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
. It operates out of the studios of WWL-TV
WWL-TV
WWL-TV, virtual channel 4, is the CBS-affiliated television station serving New Orleans, Louisiana, southeast Louisiana and parts of southern and coastal Mississippi, and is the primary CBS station for South and Coastal Mississippi. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 36...
.
Viewed on cable channel 15 in the New Orleans area, the network rebroadcasts the latest edition of WWL's "Eyewitness News" 24 hours a day. It also simulcasts current live newscasts, and broadcasts breaking news when preempting content on WWL's primary channel (channel 4) is deemed unnecessary.
The constant rebroadcasting of its newscasts has not proved detrimental to WWL's ratings. The station continues perennially to be the highest ranked station in the New Orleans metropolitan area, and one of the highest rated stations in the country. http://www.rtnda.org/resources/nonstopnews/newswatch15.html