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| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Network | Spectrum News |
| Affiliates | NECN (news sharing partner) WTAG (radio partner) Telegram & Gazette (print partner) |
| Headquarters | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Charter Communications |
| History | |
| Former names | WGMC, Charter TV3 |
| Links | |
| Website | spectrumnews1 |
Spectrum News 1 Worcester (Formally Charter TV3) is a regional cable news network, with operations located in Worcester and Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Owned by Charter Communications, the network is exclusive to customers of that company's Spectrum cable service in the New England region, mainly to customers west of Boston's Route 128 beltline to the New York 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 Springfield, Massachusetts, and otherwise (especially for The Berkshires region) must watch local news from Albany, New York, which is traditionally biased towards New York State from the Albany–Schenectady–Troy, New York media market.