CNN affiliates?

[zakharin]

Watching CNN, they frequently show local footage provided by what they identify as an "affiliate." My question is, what exactly does that mean? CNN is a cable network and has no affiliates in the standard sense. Does it mean Turner owned stations, Time Warner owned stations, CW/WB affiliates, something else? Though I don't know most stations they reference, I remember them referencing News 12 New Jersey as an affiliate. To my knowledge, that station is not affiliated in any way with CNN and is actually owned by Cablevision. So, what are these "affiliates?"

 

[BRice16]

In alot of markets, such as East Tennessee where I know for a fact, CNN has agreements with a local station that if some big news story breaks in that market or there's something else significant (presidential visit, etc.) they will provide CNN with a live feed or recorded video in exchange for the same from CNN when needed. Usually, since the local stations already have the power of a national network behind them anyway, but they're hapy to do it for having their name and logo put on CNN

 

[clichemoth]

Watching CNN, they frequently show local footage provided by what they identify as an "affiliate." My question is, what exactly does that mean? CNN is a cable network and has no affiliates in the standard sense. Does it mean Turner owned stations, Time Warner owned stations, CW/WB affiliates, something else? Though I don't know most stations they reference, I remember them referencing News 12 New Jersey as an affiliate. To my knowledge, that station is not affiliated in any way with CNN and is actually owned by Cablevision. So, what are these "affiliates?"

Whichever station enters into an agreement with CNN to share content. In the Birmingham market, that would be every station but Fox O&O WBRC 6, including 2 LPTVs (WVUA-CA 7/WUOA-23 and WJXS-CA 24) that have newscasts. Footage from both WVTM-13 and WJSU/WCFT 33/40 aired on CNN during the whole Natalie Holloway fiasco.

http://www.cnn.com/LOCAL/south/ -- You can see the list from here.

 

[zakharin]

Thanks for the info

 

[fred flintstone]

Stations also get to carry material from CNN, including: Stories they can use in their own newscasts, live coverage of breaking stories which stations may take instead of their primary network's feed (or if the network does not provide coverage), and Headline News segments, which some stations run in off-hours.

 

[ihEARDtHAT]

Stations also get to carry material from CNN, including:

And don't forget the daily dose of Jeanie Moss!

 

[KML0224]

Just like The Weather Channel and ABC, or so it seems. Although during one of our snowstorms last winter (none yet this year!), they aired a piece produced by WFSB-TV (CBS) channel 3 of Hartford.

 

[Garrett]

Yeah, and in those markets (like Lubbock), where all 4 network affiliates are CNN affiliates, you get to see (suffer through) the same stoy 8 times. You can also tell when it's a slow news day or a day when the news newstaff was too lazy or stretched too thin to do their own packages. I can't tell you how many times I've yelled at my TV with "Oh crap, not this Jeanie Moss story again!" And that's after I canceled my cable...

 

[fred flintstone]

And don't forget the daily dose of Jeanie Moss!

Of course, you can make the same sound by dragging chalk across a blackboard.