The Rise and Fall of MSG Metro
MSG Metro's suite did not bill success and had to make adaptations to stay alive. By 2000, MSG Metro merged Learning and Guide into the Guide, removing the Zagat-style programming. Key shows like "Studio Y" moved to Guide, and Learning evolved into a digital channel, Metro Stories, which showcased biographical type programming premiered on Metro Learning.
MSG Metro dropped the MSG from the title and focused on the simple Metro logo for its networks.
By the end of 2000, Metro was spun with completely new programming and had added on more sports programming, including Game Face with Dave Sims. Management also hired new producers, who changed much of the programming including its flagship "Studio Y" and had deleted the panelists, focused on two new hip-hop hosts and converted the show to a hip-hop format. Both shows dissolved in early 2001.
By 2002, Metro had joined with New York Magazine and thus a new identity for Metro which basically eradicated the MetroStories channel. The partnership was designed to add more original shows, including Subway Q&A (a q&a show based on NYC's subways) and To Live and Date in New York (a dating show focusing on NY singles).
Ratings continued to not change, although most of the network's use was now focused on flowover sports coverage from MSG. In 2005, MetroChannels disappeared for good, leaving only Metro Traffic & Weather to be the sole survivor, which was rebranded as part of the News 12 suite.
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Broadcast television in the New York City metropolitan area
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
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English language
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- WCBS-TV (2.1 CBS, 2.2 CBSNY+)
- WNBC (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Cozi TV)
- WNYW 5.1 / WWOR 9.2 (Fox)
- WABC-TV (7.1 ABC, 7.2 LWN HD, 7.3 LWN SD)
- WWOR-TV 9.1 / WNYW 5.2 (MNTV)
- WPIX (11.1 CW, 11.2 Antenna TV, 11.3 This TV)
- WPXN-TV (31.1 Ion, 31.2 Qubo, 31.3 ION Life)
- WZME (43.1 Me-TV, 43.2 RTV)
- WRNN-TV (48.1 Ind / AMGTV / JTV / News, 48.2 Al Jazeera English, 48.3 Arirang TV)
- WVVH-CD 50 (A1 / RSN, East Hampton)
- WLNY-TV (55.1 Ind)
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Public television
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- WNET (13.1 PBS, 13.2 Kids 13)
- WLIW (21.1 PBS, 21.2 Create, 21.3 PBS World)
- WNYE-TV (25.1 Educ. Ind, 25.2 NYC gov)
- WEDW (49.1 PBS / CPTV, 49.2 Create)
- WNJM/WNJB (50.1/58.1 PBS / NJTV)
- WFME-TV 66.4 (WYBE Philadelphia Ind public TV)
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Spanish language
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- WNET 13.3 (V-me)
- WASA-LD 24.1 (Estrella TV)
- WPXO-LD 34.1 (MundoFox)
- WNYN-LD 39.1-5 (Ind)
- WXTV-DT 41.1 / WFTY-DT 67.2 / WFUT-DT 68.2 (UNI)
- WXTV-DT 41.2 / WFTY-DT 67.1 / WFUT-DT 68.1 (TFT)
- WNJU (47.1 TMD)
- WTBY-TV 54.4 (Enlace)
- WMBC-TV 63.6 (AZA)
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| Religious stations |
- WBQM-LD 3.1 / WWPS 9 / WMBQ-CD 46 / WMBQ-LD 10 (COR)
- WEBR-LD 17.1 (GCN)
- WKOB-LD 42.1/42.2 (DS)
- WTBY-TV (54.1 TBN, 54.2 Church, 54.3 JCTV, 54.5 Smile)
- WMBC-TV (63.3 CGNTV)
- WFME-TV (66.1 Ind Rel., 66.2 WFME, 66.3 KEAR)
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| Shopping stations |
- WKOB-LD (42.5 Infomercials)
- W41DO-D (60.1 HSN, 60.2 HSN 2)
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| Other stations |
- WNYZ-LP 6 (Ind/Radio)
- WEBR-CD (17.2-4 KRB2)
- WXNY-LD (32.1 CCTV News)
- WNYX-LD (35.1CCTV News)
- WDVB-LD 39 (ImaginAsian)
- WKOB-LD (42.3 RTV)
- WKOB-LD (42.4 HOT TV)
- WNXY-LD 43.1 (Ind)
- WMBC-TV (63.1 Ind, 63.4 SinoVision, 63.5 NTDTV, 63.7 WDNJ-FM, 63.8 KCBN)
- WFME-TV (66.2 WFME audio, 66.3 Family Radio/KEAR audio, 66.5 foreign Family Radio audio, 66.6 RTI audio, 66.7 KWO35 audio)
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| Local cable channels |
- BronxNet
- BCAT
- Caribbean International Network
- CN8
- FiOS1
- MNN
- MSG Network
- MSG Plus
- NET
- News 12 Networks
- NY1
- NY1 Noticias
- NY1 Rail and Road
- nyctv
- Queens Public Television
- SportsNet New York
- Telecare
- YES Network
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| Defunct |
- MSG Metro Channels
- New Jersey Network (PBS)
- WRNY
- WWOR EMI Service
- KC2XAK (NBC, Bridgeport, UHF/experimental)
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| ATSC-M/H Mobile DTV |
- WNBC 4.2 (Nonstop)
- WNYW 5.1 (Fox, via WWOR-TV 9.2)
- WWOR-TV 9.1 (MNTV)
- WNET 13.1 (PBS)
- WPXN-TV 31.2 (Qubo)
- WXNY-LD 32.1 (Ind)
- WNYX-LD 35.1 (Ind)
- WNXY-LD 43.1 (Ind)
- WNJU 47.1 (Telemundo)
- WRNN-TV 48.1 (Ind)
- WLNY-TV 55.1 (IND)
- WLNY 55.2 (Blank)
- WMBC-TV 63.1 (IND)
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- New York State television
- Albany/Schenectady
- Binghamton
- Buffalo
- Burlington/Plattsburgh
- Elmira
- New York City
- Rochester
- Syracuse
- Utica
- Watertown
- Pennsylvania broadcast television
- Binghamton, New York
- Buffalo, New York
- Elmira, New York
- Erie
- Johnstown/Altoona/State College
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
- Susquehanna Valley (Harrisburg)
- Washington, DC
- Youngstown, Ohio
- See also
- Hartford/New Haven
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