Siena athletics, Albany Devils hockey, Union College men's hockey and RPI Men's Hockey. Regionally and beyond, TW3 was the Albany affiliate for ESPN Plus coverage of Big East football and basketball as well as America East Conference network coverage alongside their UAlbany rights. New Jersey Nets games which are seen on WWOR in New York City air on TW3 as well. It also airs New York Yankees games that do not air on ESPN or are not picked up by WXXA from New York City based channel WWOR-TV. Outside of the Albany area, some TW3 sports programming is simulcast or rebroadcast on Time Warner Cable Sports. Preemptions The station picks up several preempted programs from local broadcast stations that are unable to air them: In 2005 and 2006, CBS' Labor Day coverage of US Open Tennis aired on TW3 when WRGB aired the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon and the WRGB-controlled WNYA was unavailable due to new syndication debuts on that date. Limited WMHT programming (namely the PBS Newshour) airs on TW3 at times when WMHT conducts their yearly auctions. A small number of New York Yankees games that usually would air on WXXA (also originating from WWOR) air on TW3 in the cases of the Fox network airing either original programming or preseason NFL football. Time Warner 9 The predecessor to TW3, Time Warner 9, was on the air from 1997 (when Time Warner purchased the CVI and Cablevision systems in the market) until 2002. Originally, the channel was primarily a barker channel for the then-new services of digital cable and Road Runner plus a clearinghouse for overflow sports programming, most notably WWOR-produced New York Mets games. After Time Warner purchased the former TCI systems in Schenectady and Amsterdam in 1999, it evolved into a showcase for Time Warner's own programming as well as a home for local sports programming. Time Warner 9 was also the home for New York Yankees games in 1999 and from 2000 until 2002 aired a replay of WRGB's 6:00 p.m. newscast at 6:30 p.m., the success of which was a catalyst for the establishment of its replacement, Capital News 9. External links TW3 local programming page Defunct local cable stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1997 1997 establishments in New York (state) Television channels and stations disestablished in 2008 2008 disestablishments in New York (state) Television stations in Capital