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and

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. Owned by

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, 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

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

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. Shrewsbury, unlike the surrounding towns of Grafton, Millbury, Westborough, Northborough, Boylston, and West Boylston did not become a ...

. 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,

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

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

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and former

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Jordan Levy Jordan Levy (November 4, 1943) is an American Independent politician and talk radio host from Worcester, Massachusetts. He served as the Mayor of Worcester on two occasions, first from 1981 to 1982 and the second time from 1988–93. He is the hos ...

. Charter TV3 programming includes ''Central Mass. Chronicles'', a round-table discussion show moderated by Allen Fletcher. ''The Mayor's Forum'' features Worcester Mayor

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. 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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