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Bay News 9 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 Charter Communications customers,broadcasts news 24 hours a day,seven days a week,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. At that time Time Warner was building a similar news channel in Orlando-Central Florida News 13. Wiser later created Bay News 9 en Espanol,Tampa Bay on Demand,and Bright House Sports Network (now Spectrum Sports).