WTEN / WCDC-TV
WTEN: Albany - Schenectady - Troy, New York WCDC: Adams, Massachusetts
Branding	News 10
Slogan	The News Station
Channels	Analog: WTEN: 10 (VHF) WCDC: 19 (UHF) Digital: WTEN: 26 (UHF) WCDC: 36 (UHF)
Affiliations	ABC RTN (October 1, 2007 on WTEN-DT3)
Owner	Young Broadcasting
Founded	WTEN: March 26, 1954 (on channel 41, moved to channel 10 in 1957) WCDC: March 26, 1954 (on channel 74, moved to channel 19 in 1957)
Call letters meaning	WTEN: Channel TEN (10) WCDC: derived from WTEN's former calls WCDA
Former callsigns	WTEN: WROW-TV (1954-1957) WCDA (1957-1960) WCDC: WMGT-TV (1954-1960)
Former affiliations	WTEN: CBS (1954-1977) WCDC: DuMont (secondary, 1954-1956) CBS (1954-1977)
Transmitter Power	WTEN: 316 kW (analog) 700 kW (digital) WCDC: 447 kW (analog) 16.2 kW (digital)
Facility ID	74422
Transmitter Coordinates	42°38′12″N, 73°59′54″W
Website	wten.com

WTEN is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and Western New England. Licensed to Albany, the station broadcasts an analog signal on VHF channel 10 and a digital signal on UHF channel 26. WTEN's transmitter is located at the Helderberg Mountains antenna farm in New Scotland. Owned by Young Broadcasting, the station has studios located on Northern Blvd. in Albany. WTEN is known on-air as "News 10". Image File history File links WTEN.png Summary Current WTEN/News 10 Albany, New York logo, from the station website (specifically, a header image hard-coded into the site design). ... For other uses, see Albany. ... Union Colleges Nott Memorial, one of the most recognized buildings in Schenectady Schenectady (IPA ) is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ... Adams is a town located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ... 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WTEN operates a full-time satellite WCDC-TV. Licensed to Adams, the station broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 19 and a digital signal on UHF channel 36. WTEN's transmitter is located on the highest point in Massachusetts, Mount Greylock. There is no on-air reference to WCDC but the station is mentioned in WTEN's legal ID, EEO public file report, and on the News 10 Storm Tracker Weather Channel. WCDC's signal reliably covers the western half of Massachusetts, Southern Vermont, Northern Connecticut, and Southwestern New Hampshire. WCDC, along with WNYA, can be considered rimshot signals into the Springfield - Holyoke, Massachusetts market. Despite WCDC being located in Berkshire County, Time Warner cable systems in the county carry WTEN's signal instead of WCDC¹. Adams is a town located in Berkshire County, Massachusetts. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Mount Greylock is a mountain of 3,491 feet (1,064 m) in northwestern Massachusetts, on the Appalachian Trail just south of Vermont and not too far east of New York. ... Official language(s) None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area  Ranked 45th  - Total 9,620 sq mi (24,923 km²)  - Width 80 miles (130 km)  - Length 160 miles (260 km)  - % water 3. ... Official language(s) English Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Largest metro area Hartford Area  Ranked 48th  - Total 5,543[2] sq mi (14,356 km²)  - Width 70 miles (113 km)  - Length 110 miles (177 km)  - % water 12. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area  Ranked 46th  - Total 9,350 sq mi (24,217 km²)  - Width 68 miles (110 km)  - Length 190 miles (305 km)  - % water 4. ... WNYA, channel 51, is the callsign of the UPN affiliate for the Albany, New York area. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Hampden County Settled 1636 Incorporated 1852 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Charles Ryan (D) Area  - City  33. ... See Holyoke, Colorado for the city in Colorado. ... Berkshire County is a county located in on the western edge of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. ... Time Warner Inc. ...

Young Broadcasting will be launching Equity Broadcasting's Retro Television Network service on WTEN's DT3 digital subchannel on October 1, 2007 as part of a test of the network with sister stations WBAY in Green Bay and KRON in San Francisco. The network features classic sitcoms and dramas. [1] Equity Broadcasting is a broadcasting company based in Little Rock, Arkansas that owns and operates 31 television stations across the United States plus one radio station (KWBF-FM) in the Little Rock market. ... The Retro Television Network is Equity Broadcastings system of television stations primarily airing classic television programming from the 1950s through the 1980s. ... is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... WBAY-TV is the ABC television affiliate in Green Bay, Wisconsin. ... It has been suggested that Green Bay Police Department be merged into this article or section. ... KRON is an independent television station in the San Francisco Bay Area. ... “San Francisco” redirects here. ...

History

WTEN

WTEN began broadcasting on March 26, 1954 known then as WROW-TV. The station was affiliated with CBS and broadcasted on channel 41. It was owned by Hudson Valley Communications Company along with WROW-AM. In 1957, it moved to channel 10 and had its call letters changed to WCDA-TV. The calls were changed again to the current WTEN around 1960. Hudson Valley Communications eventually became Capital Cities Communications with WTEN becoming its flagship station. March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... WROW is a News/Talk radio station serving the Albany, New York Area. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Capital Cities Communications was an American media company best known for its surprise purchase of the much larger ABC in 1985. ...

In 1968, Capital Cities sold the original three stations of the group (WTEN, WPRO-TV in Providence, Rhode Island and WJRT-TV in Flint, Michigan) to Poole Broadcasting. Nine years later, Poole sold WTEN, WJRT, and WPRO (now WPRI-TV) to Knight-Ridder. Knight Ridder signed an affiliation deal with ABC, resulting in WTEN swapping affiliations with WAST (now WNYT) to become the market's ABC affiliate. Young Broadcasting bought WTEN and its sister station WKRN-TV in Nashville from Knight-Ridder upon the latter's exit from broadcasting. Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Providence” redirects here. ... WJRT-TV is the American Broadcasting Company-owned and operated television station (O&O) in the Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, Michigan television market. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... WPRI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts. ... The Knight Ridder building in downtown San Jose, California. ... WNYT is the NBC television affiliate for New York states Capital District (Albany-Schenectady-Troy). ... WKRN-TV channel 2 is the ABC affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ...

WTEN signed on its digital signal on UHF channel 26 in 2004 and began offering high-definition service. WTEN's digital signal can also be seen on Time Warner digital cable channel 1810. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

WCDC

WCDC began broadcasting on March 26, 1954--the same date as parent station WROW-TV--as WMGT-TV (Mount Greylock Television) on channel 74. The tower location on Mount Greylock helped WCDC serve not only as a major boost to WROW, but also as the market's secondary affiliate of the DuMont network from its launch until the network's demise in 1956. March 26 is the 85th day of the year (86th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The DuMont Television Network was the worlds first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1957, WMGT moved to channel 19 and in 1960 the call letters were changed to the current WCDC-TV. The WCDC call letters were derived from WTEN's former calls WCDA. The WMGT-TV call sign is now used on the NBC affiliate in Macon. Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... WMGT is Macon, Georgias NBC affiliate. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Macon is a city located in central Georgia, USA. It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia, and the county seat of Bibb County, It lies near the geographic center of Georgia, approximately 75 miles (129 km) south of Atlanta, hence the citys nickname as the Heart of...

WCDC's digital signal on UHF channel 36 signed on nearly 18 months before WTEN's did, though they did not upgrade to high-definition programming until WTEN-DT signed on. WCDC's digital signal is currently not offered on Time Warner digital cable systems in Adams.

WCDB

Prior to WCDA's move to channel 10, a second satellite was operated by WCDA located on channel 29 in the Montgomery County town of Hagaman. The station, with the call letters of WCDB, signed off the air in 1959 after the WCDA move rendered WCDB superfluous even though it did provide some primary CBS coverage to Utica. The WCDB calls would return to the air in 1978 and serve the student-run radio station at the University at Albany. Montgomery County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Hagaman is a village located in Montgomery County, New York. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Utica, New York is a city in the State of New York and the county seat of Oneida County. ... WCDB is a college radio station run by students attending The University at Albany in Albany, New York. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... University at Albany, SUNY, is a public university located in the capital of New York state, and is the senior campus of the SUNY system. ...

Newscasts

WTEN and WCDC's News 10 Storm Tracker Weather Channel.

In 2005, WTEN launched a 24-hour local weather channel on new second digital subchannels of WTEN and WCDC. The weather channel is known as the News 10 Storm Tracker Weather Channel and can also be see in Albany on Time Warner digital cable channel 554. However, the channel is not seen on Time Warner digital cable systems in Adams or other former Adelphia systems. The weather channel can also be seen via live streaming video on WTEN's website. WTEN's weather radar is known as "News 10 Storm Tracker HD Doppler". Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time Warner Inc. ... Adelphia Communications Corporation, named after the Greek word brothers, was the fifth largest cable company in the United States before filing for bankruptcy in 2002 due to internal corruption. ... Weather radar in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft (Source: NOAA) Environment Canada King City (CWKR) weather radar station. ...

Newscast Titles

• Action News (1970s-1986)
• 10 Eyewitness News (1986-1995)
• News 10 (1995-present)

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News Team

WTEN's 6 PM newscast opening.

Two of WTEN's weeknight personnel.

WTEN's weekday morning mereorologist Andy Gregorio.

Anchors
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Reporters
(In Alphabetical Order)

Storm Tracker 10 Meteorologists
(in order of rank)

Sports
(in order of rank)

Past Staff

• Cary Berglund (Weekend/Noon anchor, 1986-1989; now at KNBC in Los Angeles)
• Jim Brennan (6:00/11:00 p.m. anchor, 1991-2000; now hosts "New York Week in Review", aired on PBS stations across New York state)
• Greg Floyd (Weekend anchor in the mid 1980's until leaving for WTZA in Kingston, then resurfacing at WXXA and WRGB)
• Cynthia Fodor (6:00/11:00 p.m. anchor -1990's). Now with KCCI, Des Moines, Iowa and serves as Mid-West Bureau Chief for the nationally-syndicated travel magazine radio show, "The Travel Hour with Stephen Pickford and Friends" (formerly the Travel World Radio Show)
• Bob Gordon (Weatherman during the 1970's, preceded Bob Kovachick)
• John Guaraldi (meteorologist from 1981 until about the mid-90s, now meteorologist at WPLG-TV in Miami)
• Bob Kovachick (Now of WNYT, was chief meteorologist at WTEN from April 1977 until 1986, was the first credentialed meteorologist in the Albany market)
• Walt McClure (key reporter from 1999-2005, now in the same role at WXXA-TV)
• Scott Patterson (reporter from 2001-2005, now weekend anchor at KPTM in Omaha, Nebraska)
• Terry McSweeney (6:00/11:00 p.m. anchor from 2000-2006, 5:00 p.m. anchor 2002-2006, presently in California [2])
• Dan Murphy (Sports Director from 1992-2005 and previously weekend sports, now host of "Murphy's Law" on WOFX radio)
• Ed O'Brien (Sports Director from 1986-89, fired upon Young's purchase of the station and went to WRGB where he is now weekday morning anchor)
• Mary Caroline Powers (Co-anchored the noon news for many years with Ralph Vartigian. Worked at WRGB during the 1970's and later worked in public television and as an editor at The Saratogian newspaper)
• Rip Rowan (Sports anchor from 1968-86, later worked for the Albany-Colonie Yankees AA farm team)
• Sharman Sachetti (Former morning anchor - as of 2005 a reporter at WFXT)
• Mai Shiozaki (Former freelance morning anchor - was press secretary for National Organization for Women)
• Jeff Smith (Weekend meteorologist 2004-January 2007, now weekend mornings at WABC-TV)
• John Spadafora (Weekend sports anchor from 1992-2005, now heads communications for the Albany-Colonie Chamber of Commerce)
• Ralph Vartigian (Longtime host of the children's program "The Good Ship News" as 'Commander Ralph', and later the co-anchor of the noon news)
• Dick Wood (Main anchor from 1973-1991, as of 2006 hosts a jazz show on WABY Moon Radio)
• Herb Starr (reporter, weekend anchor, 1970-1975; communications dir., NY Lt Gov; corporate media advisor. Now a private investor)
• Dick (Hill) McCarthy, (anchor, 1970s, later in communications for New York state. WABY doing sports reports currently)
• Richard Roth, (reporter, early 70s, is a CBS News correspondent based in London)
• Richard Reingold, (reporter, early 70s, was president and general manager of WUSA-TV, Washington, DC)
• Dick Williams, (reporter-weekend anchor, early 70s, hosts WAGA-TV (FOX 5)'s Georgia Gang in Atlanta)

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External Links

• Station Website
• ABC Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTEN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WCDC

¹ - WTEN cable carriage information courtesy Time Warner cable engineering staff, Pittsfield, MA.