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| Country | United States |
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| Broadcast area | Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Network | Spectrum News |
| Headquarters | St. Petersburg, Florida |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) (HD feed downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTVs) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Charter Communications |
| Sister channels | Spectrum News 13 |
| History | |
| Launched | September 24, 1997 |
| Replaced | Spectrum Sports Florida (in Tampa) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Streaming media | |
| Spectrum News and Spectrum TV apps | 9 (within Tampa metro) 2201 (nationwide) |
Bay News 9 (also officially known as Spectrum Bay News 9 as of September 24, 2017) is a cable news television network located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Owned by Charter Communications, it currently serves the Tampa Bay area including Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Polk, Pasco, Hernando, and Citrus counties. The station, which is exclusive to Spectrum customers, provides rolling news programming 24 hours a day, with the exception of some special programming, including a weekly political program, Political Connections.
The station was created by Elliott Wiser, who was hired as General Manager by Time Warner Cable in May 1997.[1] At that time TWC was building a similar news channel in Orlando; that channel now is known as Spectrum News 13. Wiser later created Bay News 9 en Español, Tampa Bay on Demand, and Spectrum Sports.