News 12 Traffic & Weather
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News 12 Traffic & Weather Formally Called Metro Traffic & Weather is an all traffic and weather channel seen on all Cablevision operating systems on Channel 61. The channel has a staff of approximately 40 (full time, part time, and temp) traffic reporters and 10 (full time, part time, and temp) meteorologists and is based in Woodbury, New York
.
News 12 Traffic & Weather started out as News 12 Weather in the early 90s. It would air in the mornings on most Cablevision systems in place of Bravo/E!
when they shared a channel on Cablevision Long Island
cable systems. When Optimum TV launched in 1996, it got a full time position on systems in Cablevision areas. In 1998, it was rebranded as MSG Metro Weather as part of the MSG Metro Channels
, and, when a traffic element was added to the channel, it became Metro Traffic & Weather in 1998. It was the first solely traffic and weather channel in the tri-state area, and while local news networks and The Weather Channel offered weather news, the traffic component was the feature that made the network unique. In 2005, the channel joined the News 12 Networks
and assumed its current name. Channel 61 is the only surviving channel of the original MSG Metro Channels.
The weather component of the channel features radar, temperatures, information on tides and pollen counts, and a seven day forecast, all voiced by off-camera meteorologists.
The traffic portion of the channel includes maps with arrow flows and live traffic cameras, with the information voiced by off-camera traffic reporters.
There are five different channels (New York City
, New Jersey
, Long Island
, the Hudson Valley
, and Connecticut
) that compose News 12 Traffic & Weather, covering the Tri-State Region. The channel is live 24/7/365, although the traffic reporters are live, on average, every 15 minutes, and meteorologists are live, on average, every 3 hours. The radar and traffic cameras are live in every report.
For most of the network's existence, the tag line, said after every traffic and weather update, has been, "Know Before You Go".
Woodbury, New York
Woodbury is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New York:*Woodbury, Nassau County, New York*Woodbury, Orange County, New York...
.
News 12 Traffic & Weather started out as News 12 Weather in the early 90s. It would air in the mornings on most Cablevision systems in place of Bravo/E!
E!
E! Entertainment Television is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by NBCUniversal. It features entertainment-related programming, reality television, feature films and occasionally series and specials unrelated to the entertainment industry.E! has an audience reach of...
when they shared a channel on Cablevision Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
cable systems. When Optimum TV launched in 1996, it got a full time position on systems in Cablevision areas. In 1998, it was rebranded as MSG Metro Weather as part of the MSG Metro Channels
MSG Metro Channels
MSG Metro Channels were a series of local-minded New York City cable networks which launched in 1998 and folded in late 2005. Owned by Rainbow Media, the Metro networks were founded as a spinoff of the MSG Sports networks. The network was originally split into three separate channels, MSG Metro...
, and, when a traffic element was added to the channel, it became Metro Traffic & Weather in 1998. It was the first solely traffic and weather channel in the tri-state area, and while local news networks and The Weather Channel offered weather news, the traffic component was the feature that made the network unique. In 2005, the channel joined the News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks
News 12 Networks comprises seven regional cable news television channels in the New York metropolitan area. The channels offer local news 24-hours a day and reach approximately 3.8 million television households in the tri-state area...
and assumed its current name. Channel 61 is the only surviving channel of the original MSG Metro Channels.
The weather component of the channel features radar, temperatures, information on tides and pollen counts, and a seven day forecast, all voiced by off-camera meteorologists.
The traffic portion of the channel includes maps with arrow flows and live traffic cameras, with the information voiced by off-camera traffic reporters.
There are five different channels (New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, Long Island
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
, the Hudson Valley
Hudson Valley
The Hudson Valley comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in New York State, United States, from northern Westchester County northward to the cities of Albany and Troy.-History:...
, and Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
) that compose News 12 Traffic & Weather, covering the Tri-State Region. The channel is live 24/7/365, although the traffic reporters are live, on average, every 15 minutes, and meteorologists are live, on average, every 3 hours. The radar and traffic cameras are live in every report.
For most of the network's existence, the tag line, said after every traffic and weather update, has been, "Know Before You Go".