FiOS1
FiOS1 was a news-based pay television network that is carried by Verizon Fios in the New York metropolitan area. Launched on June 22, 2009 in Long Island and New Jersey and later on May 28, 2014 in the Lower Hudson Valley, FiOS1 provided hyper-local news, weather, traffic, sports and also original programming. FiOS1 was only available in Northern New Jersey, Long Island, and Lower Hudson Valley.
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Launched | June 22, 2009 (Long Island and New Jersey)[1] May 28, 2014 (Lower Hudson Valley)[2] |
Closed | November 13, 2019 (10 years, 144 days) |
Owned by | Verizon |
Picture format | 1080i (480i letterboxed for SDTV feed) |
Slogan | News. Weather. Traffic. Bringing you the world outside your door. Long Island: The 1 place for everything on our island. Lower Hudson Valley: We're all over the lower Hudson Valley. New Jersey: The 1 place for what's happening in New Jersey. |
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Language | American English |
Broadcast area | New Jersey, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley |
Affiliates | RNN |
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Verizon FiOS | 1 (SD) 501 (HD) |
The networks focused on content produced by RNN, which produced the network's newscasts. Sports coverage featured local high schools and colleges such as Rutgers University, Hofstra University and Princeton University.[3][4]
In 2013, the segment Restaurant Hunter received a New York Emmy Award in the "Entertainment Feature/Segment".[5]
FiOS1 shut down on November 13, 2019 through a WARN Act notice after RNN and Verizon could not come to an agreement on a contract extension.[6] It was announced in September that Altice's News 12 would be added to the FiOS lineup beginning in November 4, 2019 as part of a wider deal to add their other news channels, Cheddar and i24 News.[7][8][6] Although FiOS1 was intended to cease operations on November 15, 2019, near its closure, RNN announced via an email to its employees that FiOS1 would close early on November 13 (with its final newscast at 11 p.m.) as many of its employees were let go from their jobs.[9] Immediately after its newscast, the websites and social network feeds were closed.
From March 26, 2020, the former FiOS1 HD channel space (channel 501) was re-used for Verizon's "Pay it Forward Live," a weekly live program featured entertainment, mainly gaming and music, to support local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.[10] This program later concluded on May 28 that year.[11]
Programming
At the time of its closure, FiOS1 provided the following programs in all regions:
- FIOS1 News Morning Edition
- FIOS1 News Evening Edition
- FIOS1 News Weekend Edition
- FIOS1 News Daytime Edition
- FIOS1 News Now
- Push Pause
- Build[12][13][14]
- Yahoo Finance Market Movers[15]
FiOS1 provided additional local programming for its other three regions:
- My Long Island TV[16]
- Restaurant Hunter
- Heroes on our Island
- Money & Main$treet
- Traffic 360
New Jersey region:[17]
- State of Affairs
- This is Jersey
- One on One
- Life and Living
- Caucus New Jersey
- New Jersey Means Business
The Caucus Educational Corporation once produced New Jersey Capital Report which was aired on FiOS 1 in New Jersey and ended its run in 2017[18]
Lower Hudson Valley region:[19]
- Newsbreakers
- Giants Access Blue
- FiOS1 News This Week
- Restaurant Hunter
- Fitness Friday
- FIOS1 News, Weather & Traffic
In addition, all FiOS1 regional channels aired local high school sports events in their respective regions weeknights from 7:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m.; most of these regional newscasts and high school sports events are pre-recorded. After FiOS1's closure, Restaurant Hunters and all of the high school sports broadcasts remained available on demand for FiOS customers. All of FiOS1's programs (with the exception of Verizon's Build, Yahoo Finance Market Movers, RNN's Richard French Live and programs made by the Caucus Educational Corporation) were canceled.
Notable staff
All regions
- Brian Fitzgerald - Chief Meteorologist, weekday mornings
- Geoff Bansen - Meteorologist, weekday mornings
- Lorin Richardson - Traffic Anchor, weekday mornings
- Nicole Edenedo - Traffic Anchor / Entertainment Reporter, weekday mornings
- Addison Green - Meteorologist, weekday afternoons (Now at KHOU11
- Brittany Borer - Meteorologist, weekday afternoons
- Joe Cioffi - Meteorologist, weekday evenings
- Joe Rao - Meteorologist, weekday evenings
- Andrew Pineiro - Meteorologist, weekend mornings
- Jonathan Cubit - Meteorologist, weekend evenings
- Rob Petrone - "Restaurant Hunters" host
- Christine Sloan - "Restaurant Hunters" host
- Justin Walters - Sports Reporter (To join CBS Sports and WPIX)[20]
- Larry Epstein - "Richard French Live" producer
- Vineeth Thomas - Senior Web Editor, fios1news.com websites for all regions
New Jersey
- Mike Gilliam - Anchor / Reporter
- Courtney Kane - Anchor
- Christine Persichette - Morning Anchor
- Nicole Edenedo - Morning Traffic Anchor / Entertainment Reporter
- Natalie Paterson - Reporter
- Mary-Lyn Buckley - reporter (now at the News 12 Networks)
- Emily Girsch - Reporter
- Kristie Keleshian - Reporter
Long Island
- Courtney Kane - Nighttime Anchor
- Jackie Zabielski - Daytime Anchor
- CJ Papa - Morning Anchor
- Nicole Edenedo - Morning Traffic Anchor / Entertainment Reporter
- Lorin Richardson - Morning Traffic Anchor / Reporter
- Vanessa Tyler - Nighttime Anchor
- Archie Snowden - Reporter
- Kristin McNally - Reporter
- Ron Lee - Reporter
- Chelsea Irizarry - Reporter
- Cecilia Dowd - Reporter
- Ray Raimundi - Reporter
- Claire Kerr - Reporter
Lower Hudson Valley
- Courtney Kane - Nighttime Anchor
- Mike Gilliam - Nighttime Anchor
- Jackie Zabielski - Daytime Anchor
- Janine Rose - Weekend Morning Anchor
- CJ Papa - Morning Anchor
- Vanessa Tyler - Weekend Evening Anchor
- Nicole Edenedo - Morning Traffic Anchor / Entertainment Reporter
- Lorin Richardson - Morning Traffic Anchor / Reporter
See also
- News 12 Networks
- Verizon Communications
- Verizon FiOS
References
- "Verizon Launches FiOS1 Channels on Long Island and in Northern New Jersey". Verizon Communications. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- "Verizon FiOS1 News Now Serving Westchester, Rockland and the Lower Hudson Valley". Verizon Communications. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- "Rutgers Athletics Partners with Verizon's FiOS TV". Scarletknights.com. June 22, 2009. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
- "Verizon | More Collegiate Sports Coming to Verizon's FiOS1: Princeton and Hofstra Are Latest Universities to Reach Agreements to Televise Football, Soccer and Much More". Newscenter.verizon.com. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
- "Restaurant Hunter on FiOS1 News wins Emmy Award - Regional News Network". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- Kramer, Peter D. (August 18, 2019). "Verizon to shutter Fios1 News, forcing RNN to cut 150 jobs". The Journal News. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
- https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2019/10/31/news-12-to-join-verizon/4096780002/
- Madore, James (September 4, 2019). "Verizon FiOS customers to get News 12 newscasts". Newsday. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2019/11/13/verizon-fios-1-news-last-day/4177168002/
- "4/2 Update: The biggest names in entertainment are helping the smallest names in business". www.verizon.com. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- "Verizon PayItForward LIVE". Twitter. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- "FiOS1 News' new series 'Build' features top names in show business". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ws.com/newjersey/build-preview-nov-3-2016 "FiOS1 News' new series 'Build' features top names in show business" Check
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- "Welcome To The New MyLITV.com". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- "Verizon FiOS1 News - New Jersey - The 1 place for what's happening in New Jersey". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- "Verizon FiOS1 News - Lower Hudson Valley - We're All Over the Lower Hudson Valley". Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- https://twitter.com/JustinWaltersTV/status/1195419300062023681?s=20
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External links
- "FiOS 1 News Home Page". FiOS 1 News. Verizon.
- "FiOS 1 News Long Island (archived)". FiOS 1 News. Verizon. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019.
- "FiOS 1 News Lower Hudson Valley (archived)". FiOS 1 News. Verizon. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019.
- "FiOS 1 News New Jersey (archived)". FiOS 1 News. Verizon. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019.
- "Verizon FiOS Promotion Code and Reviews". MoveYourMoneyProject.org.