Texas Cable News Signs Off April 1

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Texas Cable News (TXCN) will cease operations on April 1 after 16 years on the air, parent Gannett announced. TXCN replays newscasts from Gannett's network of Texas TV stations, including WFAA Dallas, KHOU Houston, KVUE Austin and KENS San Antonio.

The channel had featured original sports talk programming and hosted statewide debates, though TXCN scaled back its original programming in 2004 to focus on time-shifted newscasts from its affiliated stations.

Gannett did not provide a reason for TXCN's termination.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.