Arizona NewsChannel was a

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regional

cable news Cable news channels are television networks 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, the first nationwide ca ...

television channel based in

Phoenix, Arizona Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; es, Fénix or , yuf-x-wal, Banyà:nyuwá) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020. It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States, and the on ...

. The service was owned by Meredith Corporation, and is operated as a

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with independent station

KTVK KTVK (channel 3) is an independent television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is owned by Gray Television alongside CBS affiliate KPHO-TV (channel 5) and low-power LATV affiliate KPHE-LD (channel 44). KTVK and KPHO-TV share ...

. The channel first launched on November 4, 1996. The Arizona NewsChannel rebroadcast KTVK's local newscasts in a 24-hour format with the ability to cut in for breaking new

The service broadcast primarily on Cox Enterprises, Cox Communications channel 82 (formerly 14) to the Phoenix Metro Area.

References

External links

Official website for KTVK "TV3"
{{LocalCableNews Television stations in Phoenix, Arizona 24-hour television news channels in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1996 Television broadcasting companies of the United States Television networks in the United States 1996 establishments in Arizona