Television station in New York City
WNWT-LD
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Affiliations
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Owner
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| WJLP,
WZME
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Founded
| December 8, 1989
(34 years ago)
(
1989-12-08
)
[3]
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First air date
| May 1, 1998
(25 years ago)
(
1998-05-01
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Former call signs
| - W38CL (1998?2004)
- W03BM (2004)
- WBQM-LP (2004?2012)
- WBQM-LD (2012?2019)
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Former channel number(s)
| - Analog:
- 38 (
UHF
, 1998?2004)
- 3 (VHF, 2004?2011)
- Digital:
- 50 (UHF, 2011?2019)
- Virtual:
- 3 (2009?2013)
- 51 (2013?July 2019)
- 6 (July 2019)
- 18 (late July?August 1, 2019)
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| News, Weather, Talk
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Licensing authority
| FCC
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Facility ID
| 22797
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Class
| LD
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ERP
| 26.5
kW
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HAAT
| 340.2 m (1,116.1 ft)
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Transmitter coordinates
| 40°45′22.4″N
73°59′10.5″W
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40.756222°N 73.986250°W
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40.756222; -73.986250
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Public license information
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WNWT-LD
(
channel 37
) is a
television station
in
New York City
, airing programming from
Story Television
. It is owned by
Weigel Broadcasting
alongside
Middletown Township, New Jersey
-licensed
MeTV
station
WJLP
(channel 33) and
Bridgeport, Connecticut
-licensed Story Television outlet
WZME
(channel 43). WNWT-LD and WJLP share studios in
Freehold Township, New Jersey
, and transmitter facilities at
4 Times Square
in
midtown Manhattan
. Despite WNWT-LD legally holding a
low-power
license, it transmits using WJLP's full-power spectrum through a
channel sharing
agreement. This ensures complete reception across the New York City
television market
.
The station has used various virtual channels since its conversion to digital television in 2012, due to the lack of allocations in the New York and
Philadelphia
markets, starting on channel 3 (conflicting with
KYW-TV
), then 51 (averting a conflict with
NJ PBS
station WNJN on channel 50) from late 2013 until mid-2019, then 6 and 18 (conflicting with
WPVI-TV
, then
WUVN
in
Hartford, Connecticut
), before finally settling on channel 37 on August 1, 2019.
History
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edit
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As W38CL, W03BM, and WBQM-LP
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Founded in 1989 as the second over the air television station in
Brooklyn
, the station didn't go on the air until 1998. Originally on channel 38 as
W38CL
, licensed to
(The) Bronx
with its transmitter at
Sound Shore Medical Center
in
New Rochelle
, it was later moved to channel 3 due to a reassignment of channel 38 to
WWOR-TV
as its new digital companion channel and
WPXU-LP
in
Amityville, New York
. Throughout the 1990s the station ran
The Box
, and later
MTV2
through transfer of ownership from
Viacom
. At that point in early 2006, it switched to
Cornerstone Television
. On August 17, 2007,
Renard Communications Corp.
(which owned almost all of New York State's The Box affiliates) announced that he would sell WBQM-LP, along with, at that time, sister station
WMBQ-CA
to
Equity Media Holdings
for $8 million.
[5]
However, the transaction had a closing deadline set for June 1, 2008, and either party could cancel the sale if it were not completed by then. The sale was not consummated.
[6]
As of December 8, 2008, Equity Media Holdings was in
Chapter 11
bankruptcy
.
As WBQM-LD
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In February 2012, Renard reached another deal to sell WBQM-LD, this time to Buenavision TV Network NY, LLC (WMBQ was sold separately several months earlier).
[7]
As of February 2013, WBQM-LD affiliated with
CNN en Espanol
and transmitted CNN en Espanol's signal on virtual channel 3.1 and 3.4, while the local Buenavision signal was on 3.2. As of November 2013 its virtual channel changed from channel 3 to channel 51, although its real channel frequency on channel 50 did not change. CNN en Espanol was removed in 2014 to join
WRNN-TV
thus returning to a Spanish independent station.
As WNWT-LD
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On December 9, 2018, BuenaVision agreed to sell WBQM-LD to
PMCM TV
for over $300,000. The deal, which was completed on February 19, 2019, made WBQM-LD a sister station to
WJLP
. On April 18, the station changed its callsign to
WNWT-LD
, and then on May 1, it became a primary
NewsNet
affiliate. In late July 2019, WNWT moved from channel 51 to channel 6 and later to channel 18 which broadcast weather reports simulcasting WJLP 33.10 before switching back to NewsNet a week later. At the same time WNWT-WX moved to its second subchannel.
On August 1, the station switched to virtual channel 37, a rare assignment in broadcasting in North America, likely to prevent adjacent-market confusion with
Hartford, Connecticut
Univision
affiliate
WUVN
, which has long held channel 18 (the channel 6 assignment was likewise also temporary due to a probable objection from
ABC
O&O
WPVI-TV
in
Philadelphia
). The
physical channel 37
is reserved by most broadcasting authorities for the purposes of
radio astronomy
and medical
telemetry
, though a PSIP assignment of WNWT-LD's VHF physical channel otherwise causes no interference for those purposes.
Sale to Weigel Broadcasting
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On October 11, 2021, PMCM TV announced a pending sale of WNWT-LD and WJLP to
Weigel Broadcasting
of Chicago for $62.5 million, a time where the station served as the
de facto
flagship
affiliate of
The Weather Channel
's
Local Now
.
[2]
The sale was completed on January 7, 2022.
[8]
It then switched to Weigel's
Story Television
several months after.
Subchannel
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References
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with
cable television
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Full power
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- WCBS-TV 2
(.1
CBS
, .2
Start
, .3
Dabl
, .4
Fave
, .5
Comet
)
- WNBC 4
(.1
NBC
, .2
Cozi
, .3
LX
, .4
Oxygen
)
- WNYW 5
(.1
Fox
, .2
Movies!
, .3
Fox WX
, .4
Grio
, .5
Catchy
)
- WABC-TV 7
(.1
ABC
, .2
Localish
, .3
This
, .4
HSN
)
- WWOR-TV 9
(.1
MNTV
, .3
Buzzr
, .4
H&I
)
- WPIX 11
ATSC 3.0
(.1
CW
, .2
ANT
, .3
Grit
, .4
REW
, .5
QVC
)
- WNET 13
(.1
PBS
, .2
Kids
)
- WLIW 21
ATSC 3.0
(.1
PBS
, .2
Create
, .3
World
, .4 All Arts)
- WNYE-TV 25
(.1
Edu.
Ind.
, .2
NYC gov
, .3
CUNY
)
- WPXN-TV 31
(.1
Ion
, .2
Bounce
, .3
Court
, .4
Defy
, .5
Laff
, .6
Scripps
, .7
JTV
, .8
QVC
)
- WJLP 33
(.1
MeTV
, .2
Grit
, .3
Laff
, .4
Mystery
, .6
Comet
, .7
Story
, .8
MeTV+
)
- WXTV-DT 41
(.1
UNI
, .2
Bounce
)
- WZME 43
(.1
Story
, .2
MeTV+
, .8
Retro
, .9
Heartland
, .12
Ads
)
- WNJU 47
(.1
TMD
, .2
TXO
)
- WRNN-TV 48
(.1
ShopHQ
, .2
LC
, .3
Charge!
, .4
QVC2
)
- WEDW 49
(.1
PBS
/
CPTV
)
- WNJN 50/WNJB 58
(.1
PBS
/
NJ PBS
, .2
NHK
)
- WTBY-TV 54
(.1
TBN
, .2
Merit
, .3
Smile
, .4
Positiv
)
- WLNY-TV 55
(.1
Ind.
, .2
Nest
, .3
Charge!
, .4
HSN
)
- WMBC-TV 63
(.1
Merit
, .2
Quest
, .3
TBD
, .4
SinoVision
, .5
NTD in Chinese
, .7 Aliento;
Audio:
.8
WDNJ
, .9 KCBN, .11
WWGB
, .12
WBTK
)
- WFTY-DT 67
(.1
Crime
,
.2
UniMas
,
.3
UNI
, .4
Grit
, .5
Mystery
, .6
LC
)
- WFUT-DT 68
(.1
UniMas
,
.2
Crime
, .3
Get
)
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Low power
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- WNYZ-LD 6
(.1
Ind.
/Korean,
87.75 FM
analog
Ind.
-FM/Korean Audio)
- WPXU-LD 12
(.1
Daystar
)
- WNDT-CD 14
/
WMBQ-CD 46
(.1
FNX
)
- WEPT-CD 15
(.1
JTV
)
- WVVH-CD 18
(.1
YTA
/
Outside
, .3
LC
, .4
HSN
, .5
NTD
;
East Hampton, NY
)
- W23ER-D 17 (.1
WMHT
/
PBS
, .2
Create
, .3
World
, .4
PBS Kids
)
- WDVB-CD 23
(.1
Inspire
, .2 Smile)
- WASA-LD 24
(.1
Estrella
, .2 Estrella News .3 Test cards)
- WXNY-LD 32
(.1
Daystar
, .2 DS Espanol)
- WPXO-LD 34
(.1
ATeve
)
- WNWT-LD 37
(.1
Story
)
- WNJJ-LD 40 (.1
Ads
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- WKOB-LD 42
(.1
Vision Latina
, .2 ULFN, .3
L&C
)
- W33ET-D 60
(.1 Diya)
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ATSC 3.0
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Cable
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Streaming
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Defunct
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Other television stations licensed to and serving the state of
New York
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Religious stations
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Spanish-language
stations
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Ethnic and/or
public secular stations
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Other stations
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- WEPT-CD 15
(AMGTV,
Peekskill
)
- WVVH-CD 18
(
YTA
,
Southampton
)
- WVBG-LD 25
(
Ind.
,
Greenwich
)
- WVTT-CD 25
(
This
,
Olean
)
- WYCU-LD 26
(
Outside
,
Charlestown, NH
)
- WNCE-CD 31
(
YTA
,
Glens Falls
)
- WJLP 33
(
MeTV
,
Middletown Twp., NJ
)
- WYCI 40
(
H&I
,
Saranac Lake
)
- WZME 43
(
Story
,
Bridgeport, CT
)
- WRNN-TV 48
(
ShopHQ
,
New Rochelle
)
- WLNY-TV 55
(
Ind.
,
Riverhead
)
- WBXZ-LD 56
(
Cozi
,
Buffalo
)
- W33ET-D 60
(
Diya
,
New York City
)
- WBBZ-TV 67
(
Ind.
/
MeTV
,
Springville
)
- WFTY-DT 67
(
True Crime
,
Smithtown
)
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Defunct
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Network-affiliated stations
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MeTV
and/or
MeTV+
O&O
stations
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Catchy Comedy
and/or
H&I
O&O
stations
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Story TV
O&O
stations
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Independent stations
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Radio stations
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National subchannel networks
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MeTV original programming
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Former programming
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Defunct
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- 1
Carried on a digital subchannel of WMLW & WMYS.
- 2
Carried on a digital subchannel of WDJT.
- 3
Carried on a digital subchannel of WCIU.
- 4
Owned by Venture Technologies Group; operated by Weigel under an
LMA
as a radio station.
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Joint venture with
Fox Television Stations
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Joint venture with
CBS News and Stations
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- 7
Shares spectrum with WBME-CD.
- 8
Carried on a digital subchannel of KAZD
- 9
Carried on a digital subchannel of KVOS
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