CABLE TV ADDING SOUNDS 6 NEW FORMATS SLATED.Byline: Greg Hernandez Staff Writer SUNLAND - The nation's largest provider of audio programming to the television cable industry announced Thursday the launch of six new audio cable networks in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Sunland-based Cable Radio Network has signed a corporate agreement with AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner Communications that will allow Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. to begin airing the new formats immediately. The new offerings include comedy, general talk, lifestyle and sports programs. ``It's really a fourth medium, it's radio on television,'' said CRN CRN Computer Reseller News CRN Crown CRN Council for Responsible Nutrition CRN Crane CRN Community Recycling Network CRN Course Reference Number CRN Center for Responsible Nanotechnology CRN Cornish (SIL code, UK) founder Michael Horn. ``We try to get shows that are unlike the kind of talk radio you get on broadcast radio. We looked at what the market needed and we learned there was a lack of talk radio on cable and satellite.'' Among the new offerings are a comedy channel which not only features current comedians but also classic comedy routines from the early careers of Bill Cosby William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ed.D. (born July 12 1937) is an American actor, comedian, television producer, and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a vanguard role in the 1960s action show I Spy. and Bob Newhart George Robert "Bob" Newhart (born September 5, 1929 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. Early life Bob Newhart was born in Oak Park, Illinois to George David Newhart and Julia Pauline Burns. He was drafted in the U.S. . The sports channel Sports channels are television specialty channels (usually available exclusively through cable and satellite) broadcast sporting events, usually live, and when not broadcasting events, sports news and other related programming. features a national call-in program, while lifestyle programs include a cooking show with chef Piero Biondi. Among the talk shows that can be heard are those hosted by Bob Dornan, Oliver North and Michael Savage. Time Warner Cable spokesman Deane Levenworth said the niche-oriented audio channels have proven to be increasingly popular with customers over the years. ``These new offerings will provide our customers with even more genre- specific listening choices,'' Levenworth said. ``People love these channels because they have such a fantastic selection of different channels and are commercial-free.'' Time Warner Cable which has approximately 125,000 customers in the West Valley. CRN is a 24-hour audio network founded by Horn in 1983 as an all-music channel. Its programming can be accessed on cable television, satellite dishes, the Internet and various radio stations throughout the country, where it reaches more than 26 million households, including 11 million cable television customers. The expanded audio programming will also be on Cox Communications cable systems from Southern California to Las Vegas. |
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