Bay News 9 - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

  • Former sister station, Capital News 9 in Albany, New York, had a similar logo style, which was discarded in March 2010 when it was rebranded as YNN Capital Region.
  • Bright House Networks has a sister station in Orlando known as Central Florida News 13. That channel also offers Spanish and on-demand programming. News 13 became available to digital subscribers on Bright House systems in the Tampa Bay area in December 2010. In converse, Bay News 9 became available to Orlando and Central Florida digital Bright House subscribers around this time, on channel 1209.
  • Bay News 9 and News 13 are both CNN affiliate stations.
  • Terry Dolan was announced as the station's new general manager, starting May 19, 2008.
  • Dolan left in 2010. He was replaced by Rod Gramer, who began as general manager in July 2011.
  • A portion of the 2011 film Dolphin Tale was filmed in the Bay News 9 studio. Bay News 9 also has a webcam where visitors can watch Winter (dolphin) from her home at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.

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