NewsCenter (NotiCentro in Spanish) is the name given to a number of local-news operations at American television stations.
The name was first used in 1967 by WAPA-TV in San Juan, Puerto Rico as NotiCentro, and later in 1972 on ABC affiliate WCVB in Boston when it began operations. The name later spread to several NBC owned-and-operated stations, which then encouraged other affiliates of NBC (and other networks) to use the title.
As implemented by WNBC (and copied by its sister stations and affiliates), the format combined features and hard news, and attempted to compete with its competitors' old movies and syndicated programming.
Similar titles to NewsCenter were also used on newscasts in other countries. Brazil's SBT used Noticentro (a Portuguese derivation of NewsCenter) for its national newscast from 1981 to 1988. The Spanish name Noticentro was used in many Latin American countries. In Australia, the name News Centre was used by the Nine Network in the 1970s (as News Centre Nine) in Sydney and Melbourne, and by BTV-6 in Ballarat, now a part of WIN Television, in the 1980s (as News Centre Six). In Canada, the NewsCentre title was used by Vancouver's CBUT in the 1980s, and by Saskatoon's CFQC-TV in the 1990s. It was also used in Italy by Canale 5 for its national newscast (as News Centro 5) when it began operations in the early 1980s[citation needed]. In Japan, public broadcaster NHK launched News Center 9 (NC9) in 1974. NC9 achieved tremendous popularity as the first of its kind newscast in Japan. NC9 aired from Monday to Friday at 9 pm, and ran until 1988.
Stations that use or have used the NewsCenter name
| DMA# | DMA Name | Station | Affiliation | Currently Uses | Other Notes |
| 1. | New York City | WNBC-TV | NBC | No | In 1980 identified as "News 4 New York" and again in 1995 as "NewsChannel 4". WNBC brought back "News 4 New York" along with the 1992 "4 New York" branding in 2008. |
| WRNN-TV | Ind | No | 5-7pm Programming identified as The Hudson Valley's NewsCenter Now, which was canceled on September 27, 2008 | ||
| 2. | Los Angeles | KNBC | NBC | No | Has identified as "Channel 4 News" since 1985 |
| 3. | Chicago | WMAQ-TV | NBC | No | Has identified as "NBC 5 News" since 2000 |
| 4. | Philadelphia | WCAU | CBS (now NBC) | No | Has identified as "NBC 10 News" since 2000 |
| Atlantic City, NJ | WMGM-TV | NBC | No | Has identified as "News Channel 40 NBC" since 2003, serves South Jersey | |
| 6. | San Francisco | KRON | My Network TV, formerly NBC | No | Used from 1974-2001; has identified as "KRON 4 News" since 2001 |
| 7. | Boston | WCVB | ABC | Yes | Identified as "NewsCenter5" since 1972 & as News Center 5 HD since 2007 |
| 9. | Washington, D.C. | WRC-TV | NBC | No | Identified in 1975 as "The NewsCenter" and in 1978 as "NewsCenter 4"; has identified as "News 4" since 1987 |
| 10. | Houston, Texas | KHOU-TV | CBS | No | Used from 1979-1984; has identified as "11 News" since 1991 |
| 12. | Phoenix, Arizona | KTSP (now KSAZ-TV) | CBS (now Fox) | No | Currently identifies as "Fox 10 News" |
| 13. | Tampa, Florida | WTSP | ABC (now CBS) | No | Currently identifies as "10 Connects News" |
| 14. | Seattle | KING-TV | NBC | No | Has identified as "KING 5 News" since 1990 |
| 16. | Miami | WCKT (now WSVN) | NBC (now Fox) | No | Used from 1980-1988; has identified as "7 News" since 1993 |
| 17. | Cleveland, Ohio | WJW | CBS (now Fox) | No | Currently identifies as "Fox 8 News" |
| 18. | Denver, Colorado | KCNC | NBC (now CBS) | No | Used from 1979-1988; has identified as "CBS 4 News" since 2003 |
| 19. | Orlando, Florida | WESH | NBC | No | Used from the 1970s-1990; has identified as "WESH 2 News" since 2005 |
| WKMG-TV | CBS | No | Used from 1998-2002; has identified as "Local 6 News" since 2004 | ||
| 21. | St. Louis, Missouri | KTVI | ABC (now Fox) | No | Used from 1975-1981; has identified as "Fox 2 News" since 1995 |
| 22. | Pittsburgh | WPXI | NBC | No | Used from 1981-1987; has identified as "Channel 11 News" since 1984-85 |
| 23. | Portland, Oregon | KOIN | CBS | No | Used from 1994-1997; has identified as "KOIN Local 6 News" since 2008 |
| 26. | Indianapolis | WTHR | NBC | No | Identified as "Eyewitness NewsCenter 13" from 1976–1981 and "NewsCenter 13" from 1981-1992; has identified as "Channel 13 Eyewitness News" since 1996 |
| 27. | San Diego | KNSD | NBC | No | Used from 1981-1987; has identified as "NBC 7/39 News" since 1990 |
| 32. | Columbus, Ohio | WSYX/WTTE | ABC/Fox | No | Identifed as News Center on ABC 6 from 1999-2004, identified as ABC 6 News since 2004; co-owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| 35. | Salt Lake City, Utah | KTVX | ABC | No | Used from 1975-1981; was the first newscast title under the current call letters. has identified as "ABC 4 News" since 2003 |
| 36. | Greenville, SC | WYFF-TV Formerly WFBC-TV | NBC | No | Used from 1980-1990; has identified as "WYFF News 4" since 1996 |
| 37. | San Antonio | WOAI-TV Formerly KMOL-TV | NBC | No | Used from 1970s-1984; has re-identified as "News 4 WOAI" since 2009 |
| 39. | Grand Rapids, Michigan | WOOD-TV | NBC | No | Used from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s; has identified as "24 Hour News 8" since 1995 |
| 41. | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | WHTM | ABC | No | Identified as "WHTM NewsCenter" in the 1990s, has identified as "ABC 27 News" since 2003 |
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania | WGAL | NBC | No | Has identified as "WGAL News 8" since 2000 | |
| 50. | Buffalo, New York | WGRZ | NBC | No | Used from the 1970s-1987; has identified as "Channel 2 News" since 1987 |
| 53. | New Orleans | WDSU | NBC | No | Has identified as "NewsChannel 6" since 2000 |
| 55. | Fresno, California | KSEE | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KSEE 24 News" |
| 56. | Albany, New York | WRGB | CBS, formerly NBC | No | Used from 1974-1998; has identified as "CBS 6 News" since 2004 |
| 57. | Little Rock, Arkansas | KTHV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "Today's THV" |
| 61. | Mobile, Alabama | WKRG | CBS | No | Has identified as "WKRG News 5" since 1998 |
| 62. | Dayton, Ohio | WHIO | CBS | Yes | In 1976, it took on the name NewsCenter 7 |
| 65. | Huntington/Charleston, West Virginia | WSAZ | NBC | No | Has identified as "WSAZ NewsChannel 3" since 1993 |
| 66. | Saginaw, Michigan | WEYI | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "NBC25 News" |
| 67. | Roanoke, Virginia | WSET-TV | ABC | No | Used from 1987-1990; has identified as "ABC 13 News" since 2000 |
| 68. | Tucson, Arizona | KGUN | ABC | No | Has identified as "KGUN 9 News" since 1998 |
| 69. | Wichita, Kansas | KSNW | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KSN News" |
| 70. | Green Bay, Wisconsin | WLUK | NBC (now Fox) | No | Used from the 1980s-1992; has identified as "Fox 11 News" since 1995 |
| 71. | Des Moines, Iowa | WHO-TV | NBC | No | Has identified as "Channel 13 News" since 2001 |
| 73. | Honolulu, Hawaii | KITV | ABC | No | Identified as "NewsCenter Four" from 1975-1983; currently identifies as "KITV 4 Island Television News" |
| 76. | Portland, Maine | WCSH | NBC | Yes | Most newscasts simulcasted on WLBZ (#152) |
| 75. | Omaha, Nebraska | KMTV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "ACTION 3 News" |
| 80. | Syracuse, New York | WTVH | CBS | No | Used from the 1970s to the late 1980s; has identified as "CBS 5 News" since 2002 |
| 82. | Shreveport, Louisiana | KTAL-TV | NBC | No | Used from 1974-2001; has identified as "KTAL News" sice 2006 |
| 83. | Huntsville, Alabama | WHNT | CBS | No | Used in 1990s; Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 19" |
| Huntsville, Alabama | WAAY | ABC | No | Identified as "31 NewsCenter" for about a year from 1976-1977; has identified as "31 News" since 2007 | |
| 84. | Champaign, Illinois | WCIA | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "WCIA 3 News" |
| 86. | Chattanooga, Tennessee | WDEF-TV | CBS | No | Has identified as "News 12" since 2002 |
| 88. | Harlingen/Weslaco/Brownsville /McAllen, Texas | KVEO | NBC | Yes | Operated as NewsCenter 23 in the 80's prior to the news department folding; news operation restarted in 2007, once again, as NewsCenter 23 |
| 88. | Harlingen/Weslaco/Brownsville /McAllen, Texas | KGBT | CBS | No | Used from the 1970s-1992; has identified as "Action 4 News" since 2005 |
| 90. | Jackson, Mississippi | WJTV | CBS | No | Identified as "WJTV NewsCenter 12" from the 1970s-1987 and as "WJTV: The NewsCenter" from 1987-1994; has identified as "NewsChannel 12" since 1996 |
| 89. | South Bend, Indiana | WNDU-TV | NBC | Yes | Has identified as News Center 16 since the late 1980s |
| 91. | Bristol, Virginia | WCYB-TV | NBC | No | Used from the 1970s-October 2008; identifies as "News 5" since October 2008 |
| 93. | Colorado Springs | KKTV | CBS | No | Used from the 1970s until the mid-1980s; currently identifies as "11 News" |
| 95. | Waco, Texas/College Station, Texas | KBTX | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "News 3" |
| 96. | Davenport, Iowa | KWQC | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KWQC TV-6 News" |
| 97. | Savannah, Georgia | WSAV-TV | NBC | No | Identified as "NewsCenter 3" from the 1970s-1990 and as "WSAV NewsCenter" from 1990-1995, has identified as "WSAV News 3" since 1995 |
| 99. | Johnstown, Pennsylvania | WJAC-TV | NBC | No | Used until shortly after purchase by Cox Communications in 2000, has identified as Channel 6 News since 2000 |
| 102. | Fort Smith, Arkansas | KHBS/KHOG | ABC | No | Has identified as "40/29 News" since 2001 |
| 105. | Greenville, North Carolina | WNCT | CBS | No | Has identified as "Eyewitness News 9" since 1998 |
| 107. | Fort Wayne, Indiana | WPTA/WISE-TV | ABC/NBC | Yes | Has identified as "Indiana's NewsCenter; since 2005" WISE, formerly WKJG, once identified as "NewsCenter 33" |
| 108. | Tallahassee, Florida | WTXL | ABC | No | Has identified as "ABC 27 News" since 2006 |
| 109. | Springfield, Massachusetts | WWLP | NBC | No | Has identified as "22 News" since 2001 |
| 112. | Lansing, Michigan | WLNS | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "6 News" |
| 113. | Boise, Idaho | KTVB | NBC | No | Used from the 1970s-1995; currently identifies as "Idaho's NewsChannel 7" |
| 117. | Peoria, Illinois | WMBD-TV | CBS | No | Currently identifies as "NewsChannel 31" |
| 119. | Fargo, North Dakota | WDAY-TV | ABC | No | Identified as "NewsCenter 6" during the early 1990s; currently identifies as "WDAY News" |
| Grand Forks, North Dakota | WDAZ-TV | ABC | No | Identified as "NewsCenter 8" during the early 1990s; currently identifies as "WDAZ News" | |
| 125. | Bakersfield, California | KGET-TV | NBC | No | Identified as "The NewsCenter" from 1981-1984 and as "17 NewsCenter" from 1984-1991; has identified as "17 News" since 1998 |
| 127. | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | WEAU | NBC | Yes | Used since the 1970s |
| 128. | Columbus, Georgia | WRBL | CBS | No | Has identified as "News 3" since 2006 |
| WLTZ | NBC | No | No longer produces a newscast | ||
| 129. | Corpus Christi, Texas | KRIS | NBC | No | Has Identified itself as "KRIS 6 NEWS" since 2001 |
| 135. | Wilmington, North Carolina | WECT | NBC | No | Used NewsCenter 6, then WECT NewsCenter until 1993, has identifies as "WECT News" since 2008 |
| 137. | Columbia, Missouri | KOMU | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "KOMU 8 News" |
| 138. | Duluth, Minnesota | KBJR, KRII, KDLH, KWBD | CBS , NBC, The CW, My Network TV, NBC Weather Plus+ | Yes | Collective name for all stations is "Northland's NewsCenter" |
| 139. | Topeka, Kansas | KSNT | NBC | No | Has identified as "27 News" since 1999 |
| 141. | Beaumont, Texas | KBTV-TV | NBC (now Fox) | No | Under the old call letters of KJAC-TV, they were NewsCenter 4 back in the late 1970s-the 1980s. Now they are known as "Fox 4 News" since 2009 |
| 142. | Erie, Pennsylvania | WICU-TV | NBC | No | Has identified as "12 News" since 1999 |
| 143. | Sioux City, Iowa | KTIV | NBC | No | Used from the 1970s-the 1980s; has identified as "NewsChannel 4" since 2001 |
| 149. | Albany, Georgia | WALB | NBC | No | Currently identifies as "WALB News 10" |
| 149. | Wichita Falls, Texas/Lawton, Oklahoma | KFDX | NBC | No | Identified as "Newscenter 3" from 1977-2005, has identified as "KFDX 3 News" since 2005 |
| 151. | Terre Haute, Indiana | WTHI-TV | CBS | No | Used from the late 1970s-the mid 1980s; has identified as "News 10" since 2006 |
| WVUT | PBS | Yes | |||
| 152. | Bangor, Maine | WLBZ | NBC | Yes | Shares most newscasts with WCSH in Portland |
| 153. | Rochester, Minnesota | KTTC | NBC | Yes | Used since the mid-1990s |
| 157. | Odessa-Midland, Texas | KOSA | CBS, UPN/My Network TV | No | Currently identifies as "CBS 7" |
| 154. | Panama City, Florida | WMBB | ABC | No | Has identified as "News 13" since 2003 |
| 161. | Sherman, Texas/Ada, Oklahoma | KTEN | ABC (now NBC) | No | Identified as Newscenter 10 from mid-1980s-early 1990s. Currently identifies as KTEN News. |
| 165. | Yuma, Arizona | KSWT | CBS | No | Used from 1973-1991; has identified as KSWT News 13 since 2006 |
| 169. | Utica, New York | WKTV | NBC | No | Used in the early to mid-1970s; has identified as NewsChannel 2 since 1992 |
| 175. | Rapid City, South Dakota | KNBN | NBC | Yes | Identifies as "NewsCenter 1" |
| 183. | Bowling Green, Kentucky | WBKO | ABC | No | Used from 1973-2004; currently identifies as "WBKO News" |
| 186. | Meridian, Mississippi | WTOK | ABC | Yes | Has identified as News Center 11 since the early 1980s |
| 203. | Fairbanks, Alaska | KTVF | NBC | Yes | Identifies as "NewsCenter 11" at 6PM and "NewsCenter Final" at 11PM |
| 204. | Victoria, Texas | KAVU | ABC | Yes | |
| Unranked | San Juan, Puerto Rico | WAPA-TV | Independent | Yes | Identifies as "NotiCentro 4", which has been used since the 1970s. |
See also
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