NY Post, June 9, 2005 — Give them 30 minutes and they’ll give you the neighborhood. Starting next week, Brooklyn is getting its own 24-hour cable news net work from Cablevision’s News 12 Networks. Similar to NY1, the city’s all-local news channel, the Brooklyn programming will consist of local news on 30-minute loops — plus special shows such as political debates, one-on-ones with lawmakers, town hall meetings and occasional live broadcasts. “Twenty-four hour news coverage of Brooklyn is long overdue,” Borough President Marty Markowitz told The Post.
B’kln Gets 24-Hour Channel [NY Post]