Hyperlocal news network
Television channel
FiOS1 was a
news -based pay
television network that was 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.
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]
In August 2019, it was announced that FiOS1 would shut down 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 on 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. Since 2021, all of FiOS1's websites became redirects to Verizon Fios' services.
From March 26, 2020, the former FiOS1 HD channel space (channel 501) was re-used for Verizon's "Pay it Forward Live ",
[10] a weekly live program featured entertainment, mainly gaming and music, to support local businesses during the
COVID-19 pandemic .
[11] This program concluded on May 28,
[12] and the channel was eventually removed from Fios altogether later that year.
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
[13]
[14]
[15]
Yahoo Finance Market Movers
[16]
FiOS1 provided additional local programming for its other three regions:
Long Island:
High Speed Fiber-Optic Internet Services Provider | Verizon Fios :
My Long Island TV
[17]
Restaurant Hunter
Heroes on our Island
Money & Main$treet
Traffic 360
New Jersey region:
[18]
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
[19]
Lower Hudson Valley region:
[20]
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
Geoff Bansen - Meteorologist, weekday mornings
Brittany Borer - Meteorologist, weekday afternoons
Joe Cioffi - Meteorologist, weekday evenings
Jonathan Cubit - Meteorologist, weekend evenings
Nicole Edenedo - Traffic Anchor / Entertainment Reporter, weekday mornings
Larry Epstein - "Richard French Live" producer
Brian Fitzgerald
[21] - Chief Meteorologist, weekday mornings
Addison Green - Meteorologist, weekday afternoons (Now at
KHOU11
Christa Lauri - Host, "Money and Main $treet"
Rob Petrone - "Restaurant Hunters" host
Andrew Pineiro - Meteorologist, weekend mornings
Joe Rao - Meteorologist, weekday evenings
Lorin Richardson - Traffic Anchor, weekday mornings
Christine Sloan - "Restaurant Hunters" host
Vineeth Thomas (Vineeth .T. Chacko) - Web Editor, fios1news.com websites for all regions
Justin Walters - Sports Reporter (now at
CBS Sports and
WPIX )
[22]
New Jersey
Mary-Lyn Buckley - reporter (now at the
News 12 Networks )
Nick Delgado - Reporter
Nicole Edenedo - Morning Traffic Anchor / Entertainment Reporter
Mike Gilliam - Anchor / Reporter
Emily Girsch - Reporter
Courtney Kane - Anchor
Kristie Keleshian - Reporter
Natalie Paterson - Reporter
Christine Persichette - Morning Anchor
Long Island
Cecilia Dowd - Reporter
Nicole Edenedo - Morning Traffic Anchor / Entertainment Reporter
Chelsea Irizarry - Reporter
Courtney Kane - Nighttime Anchor
Claire Kerr - Reporter
Christa Lauri - Daytime Anchor
Ron Lee - Reporter
Kristin McNally - Reporter
CJ Papa - Morning Anchor
Ray Raimundi - Reporter
Lorin Richardson - Morning Traffic Anchor / Reporter
Archie Snowden - Reporter
Vanessa Tyler - Nighttime Anchor
Jackie Zabielski - Daytime Anchor
Lower Hudson Valley
Nicole Edenedo - Morning Traffic Anchor / Entertainment Reporter
Mike Gilliam - Nighttime Anchor
Courtney Kane - Nighttime Anchor
Christa Lauri - Daytime Anchor
CJ Papa - Morning Anchor
Lorin Richardson - Morning Traffic Anchor / Reporter
Janine Ros - Weekend Morning Anchor
Vanessa Tyler - Weekend Evening Anchor
Jackie Zabielski - Daytime Anchor
See also
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 . Archived from
the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2013 .
^
"Restaurant Hunter on FiOS1 News wins Emmy Award" . Rnntv.com . Archived from
the original on October 29, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
^
a
b Kramer, Peter D. (August 18, 2019).
"Verizon to shutter Fios1 News, forcing RNN to cut 150 jobs" .
The Journal News . Retrieved August 19, 2019 .
^ Kramer, Peter D.
"Watch that dial: News12 to join Verizon lineup Nov. 4" . The Journal News .
^ Madore, James (September 4, 2019).
"Verizon FiOS customers to get News 12 newscasts" . Newsday.com . Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
^ Kramer, Peter D.
"Verizon pulls plug on Fios1 News early, days before RNN contract expires" . The Journal News .
^
"Pay It Forward Live | Verizon" . June 14, 2020. Archived from
the original on June 14, 2020.
^
"4/2 Update: The biggest names in entertainment are helping the smallest names in business" . 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" . Fios1news.com . Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
^
"FiOS1 News' new series 'Build' features top names in show business" . Fios1news.com . Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
^
"FiOS1 News' new series 'Build' features top names in show business" . Fios1news.com . Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
^
[1] [
dead link ]
^
"Welcome To The New MyLITV.com" . Mylitv.com . Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
^
"Verizon FiOS1 News - New Jersey - The 1 place for what's happening in New Jersey" . Fios1news.com . Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
^
"Adubato and Pi Roman Announce the End of 'NJ Capitol Report' " . Observer.com . December 9, 2016.
^
"Verizon FiOS1 News - Lower Hudson Valley - We're All Over the Lower Hudson Valley" . Fios1news.com . Retrieved January 20, 2017 .
^
"Log In or Sign Up to View" . Facebook.com .
^ @JustinWaltersTV (November 15, 2019).
"🚨👁🚨 BREAKING NEWS I'm thrilled to announce I'll be working for @CBSSports as a sideline reporter. Along with this r…" (
Tweet ) – via
Twitter .
External links
Media related to
FiOS1 at Wikimedia Commons
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