Talk:New England Cable News

This channel is really a Boston channel...

It is a Boston channel disguised as a New England channel in order to give Boston a larger TV market. When I called up and asked why CT was included on your channel and why you are broadcast in CT when CT is a part of the NY/NJ/CT tri-state area, they acknowledged that, but said that CT is New England. I then asked "so you are forcing us into YOUR market even though we do not identify with your or want you?" That operator said that he would speak to his superiors and then hung up.

It is also notable to mention that this station DOES NOT broadcast in Rhode Island, which is a clear New England supporter. I maintain that this stations nothing more than Boston propaganda designed to give Boston greater appeal and a larger TV market. They NEED CT for this. CT does not even have the cith of Boston on it's mind. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.182.43.8 (talk • contribs) 18:16, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, Connecticut is part of New England. That is a fact of geography and history. It's not mutually exclusive with being connected with the NY/NJ/CT tristate. As for not being in Rhode Island, I don't know about that, though I do know that Comcast has a large stake in NECN and RI is mostly served by Cox. And in any case, someone complaining that they shouldn't cover CT because CT isn't part of New England would be percieved as being a bit of a kook. Haikupoet 20:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, CT is not part of this New England geographically. It is not possible. New England is not part of New England geographically because New England is political. It is also historical and only has meaning to Boston and states around Boston. It has zero meaning in CT except for those places who are not closer to NYC or anywhere else for that matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.81.39 (talk • contribs) 18:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Um, yes you KOOK, CT is part of New England. Just because the political climate in CT may be in contrast to Boston or the rest of the region doesn't mean its not a part of the region. Just travel to any other part of the country - you will be guaranteed to see that, for example, not all the Great Lakes states may share the same views or ways of life. The US is all about diversity. --numbaonestunna — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.182.7 (talk) 07:54, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Well Cox being in most of RI would explain why NECN does not have them on there list. Apparently Comcast was able to pay off or force cable systems to carry the channel from Greenwich to Windham. No one at all in New Haven and Fairfield Counties watches this channel, nor do they even realize that it exists. Every time I am in someone's home, they go past it. They never give it the time of day and they are news watchers. This station is just Boston propaganda designed to assume that a state that is supposed to be a part of this BS New England area(whatever New England is)is supposed to hail Boston as it's main city, even if it is not in commuter distance.

Seeing that Comcast in headed in Philly and Philly has always wanted to be a part of the NYC area, it is all making sense now. They put up this Comcast New England and drag CT into it. They used to show 'local' commercials from Boston until we complained about them. They had nothing at all to do with us. We know nothing about Boston, MA or New England. We are down with NYC. That is the way it has been. That is the way that we like it and New Englanders can move down here in droves, but it will never change the culture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.81.39 (talk • contribs) 18:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

What exactly is the purpose of this rant? Note similar post from 71.235.81.39 on Talk:New England, which was copy/pasted from Talk:Boston. See also Talk:Philadelphia. — jmorgan (talk) 20:47, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

The purpose is a discussion. Why do you think it is here?--71.235.81.39 01:25, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

While I disagree with this IP user's views or their general disregard for keeping a civil tone to facilitate discussion, I also disagree that they are necessarily being egregious about where they are commenting on their Boston/New England views. Please remember, IP editor, to focus on the specific article on whose talk page you are choosing to discuss your views. Generalizing your comments to "NYC > Boston"-type complaints is not helpful and will start to appear that you are attempting to make a point in disrupting the talk page discussion for these articles rather than attempting to improve the article. Thanks. ju66l3r 06:43, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I thought the point of this page was not only to improve the article, but to talk about the topic or make comments on the subject which does help to see things from another point of view? This also goes into helping to improve the article. I hope that you are not trying to say that I had better write what you like or you will delete it.--71.235.81.39 15:16, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I just agreed that you're here to help improve the articles. Don't make outlandish presumptions (there's no mention of deletion in my last comment) and stray again from discussing any possible bias in the NECN article. Thanks.

Related to your comments on CT here, NECN operates out of Hartford. New England is originally a reference to English controlled areas (including land to 50 miles west of the Connecticut River) as compared to Dutch areas of New Netherlands. These modern borders were first set by the 1650 Treaty of Hartford between the English and Dutch. So while current popular influence by metropolitan/cultural influences may be different than political borders, the result is still the same. NECN reports in and around CT and is available in those markets and so I don't see much merit to any claim of bias in the neutrality of this article. ju66l3r 20:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Well I am not sure about what point you were trying to make, but the article as well as the channel assumes to much and refuses to waver, as most New Englanders act as if they control another country. I will start a new article to address this, if I am allowed...--71.235.81.39 04:44, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The person in question used to write to NECN regularly with his "theory" that Connecticut is not part of New England. Repeating a lie does not make it so, but his emails were shared with glee among those who enjoyed a good laugh. With respect to RI, Cox Cable controls the state and has run its own "news channel" by showing repeats of WLNE's newscast. It considered NECN competition to this. NECN is now moving into RI via Verizon. And the notion that NECN stopped running "Boston" commercials because of this one guy who keeps calling himself "we" is absurd. NECN evolved a technology that let it better target its ads for locations. Certainly, NECN needed this tech to make local advertising meaningful to those people in the six (count 'em!) NE states. This came about as a result of new zoning tech and not because of one gentleman's odd hobby. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.121.135 (talk) 01:04, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

There is nothing odd about someone defending their state outside agitators. I applaud him. By the way, CT IS in Metro NYC... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.28.89.86 (talk) 00:49, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

Low Ratings

How is this station still on the air? It can only be for propaganda purposes since it's rating are so low that it is as if the station does not exist. Who is watching this station? I think it is a foolish invention and propaganda of Comcast New England. Comcast seems to think that what Boston does, CT does. Boston has nothing to do with CT as CT is in the New York City region. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.115.236.104 (talk) 20:58, 12 November 2009 (UTC)