Programming
The channel operates on a wheel format, offering recorded blocks of news, features, and weather. During more limited times of the day it also provides traffic and sports segments. Producers update the wheel throughout the day, inserting new material as stories are filed and updated information becomes available. Weather segments air every 10 minutes "on the eights". The channel also provides nonstop "wall-to-wall" weather coverage during Tornado and Thunderstorm warnings.
YNN's studios are located at 1708 Colorado Street in Austin, just north of the Capitol and immediately south of the main campus of the University of Texas.
Without the traditional limitations faced by network affiliates, YNN is known in Austin for its coverage of community news and more restrained coverage of TV news staples such as crime and scandal. The channel is also distinct from traditional TV news operations in that its shows are traditionally hosted by a single anchor and in that its reporters occasionally set up, shoot and edit their own stories without the assistance of a video photographer.
YNN also operates several other video and information services, including:
- YNN's RadarNOW, a 24-hour Doppler Radar service, with NOAA Weather Radio audio
- YNN's Non-Stop Weather, 24-hour regional weather channels in both English and Spanish. Now also in HD
- YNN's TrafficNOW, a 24-hour traffic camera service utilizing TxDOT roadway cameras from around the Austin area
- YNN's Non-Stop Sports, a 24-hour sports headline channel featuring local and national sports highlights
- YNN on Demand, a video-on-demand archive of features, series and event coverage from YNN
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