Verizon's FIOS1 News "Channel"

[DToTheJ]

Do any subscribers have any thoughts about the "News 12" clone launched by Verizon in Long Island as well as New Jersey? From what I've heard, it's already been widely panned. I don't have FIOS but - at the risk of sounding like a MarcB post - my only opportunity to sample the channel is if I am ever at my brother's residence on Long Island. However, when I am there, it is most likely on a weekend. I don't think I've ever tuned in during the week, when it's supposed to be operating a news cycle, similar to that of Cablevision's News 12 as well as Time Warner's New York 1. So I can't speak for their news coverage. From what I read, FIOS1 was promoting the fact that they would be having extensive election night coverage.

[islanddxer]

Well it's quite different fron News 12. First of all they use the RNN Studios in Westchester and dont actually have a studio here on LI. Its not 24/7 news, they only do newscasts on weekdays and even then there's alot of other programs. Informercials after 12:30am.
So its nothing like News 12. Hopefully as they get more subscribers, they will invest in a LI studio and go 24/7 news.
Until they get their own studios their news capacity will be limited.