WLNY

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WLNY
Riverhead, New York
Branding	WLNY TV-55/10
Slogan	WLNY, New York 55
Channels	defunct, formerly 55 (UHF) analog, 57 (UHF) digital
Translators	17 W17CD Stamford, CT 54 WLIG-LP Mineola, NY 54 W54CZ Morristown, NJ 51 WNHX-LP New Haven, CT
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	WLNY TV, Inc.
Founded	April 1, 1985
Call letters meaning	Long Island New York
Former callsigns	WLIG-TV (1985-1996)
Former affiliations	none
Website	www.wlnytv.com/

WLNY is an independent television station primarily serving the Long Island section of New York state, licensed to Riverhead, NY with the studios in Melville.

TV 55 signed on the air on April 1, 1985 under the call letters WLIG. The calls were changed in 1996 to WLNY.

[edit] Programming

The station currently carries mostly movies and syndicated shows, plus some religious programming and infomercials during overnights and the morning. WLNY is carried on cable in New York City, parts of New York state, Connecticut, and New Jersey. However, many of those areas see a separate feed due to SyndEx laws (similar to the old WOR EMI Service and Superstation WGN), except for subscribers in the metro New York City market who receive the station on DirecTV and Dish Network, both of which carry the same clean feed seen on Long Island. However, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (some area are see America's Funniest Home Videos 1989-1993 season, and before that, Matlock) are the only two programs preempted on the SyndEx feed. Otherwise, WLNY offers "second-chance" viewing of programs such as Oprah, Judge Judy, and Dr. Phil, as WLNY airs these shows in the late afternoon and evening, compared to earlier broadcasts on the main New York City stations. WLNY also carries a movie every night at 8:00 PM. Some are major Hollywood blockbusters, others less-so. On many nights, another movie airs at midnight.

WLNY produces a weekday local news program which airs at 11 p.m. and is rebroadcast Tuesday through Saturday at 5 a.m.. WLNY also produces two weekly public affairs shows that air on weekends, The Cutting Edge, and News 55 Focus. The news and public affairs shows focus mostly on Long Island issues, aside from weather and sports coverage, which serve most of the New York City market.

Over the years, WLNY also broadcast professional and collegiate sports. WLNY carried Big East college basketball for many years until that conference moved its games exclusively to cable in the New York City market. For a number of years, WLNY also carried New York Islanders hockey games and New Jersey Nets basketball games as overrun when they could not be broadcast on regional sports networks due to conflicts with other games.

At the end of 2005, WLNY stopped broadcasting on UHF channel 55 in an effort to comply with new United States legislation which requires that all analogue television signals to be shut off on (or before) February 17, 2009. Note, that at the time this happened, the shutoff was set to occur in 2006, but it was then pushed back to 2009.

There are a few low-power analog repeaters on the air on W17CD Stamford, Connecticut, WLIG-LP channel 54 in Mineola, New York, W54CZ in Morristown, New Jersey and WNHX-LP Channel 51 in New Haven, Connecticut. The station can also be seen on its normal channel on local cable systems, generally either on cable 55 or 10.

[edit] References

• WLNY-TV 57's Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WLNY
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W17CD
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WLIG-LP
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W54CZ
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNHX-LP

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Broadcast television in the New York City market (Nielsen DMA #1)

Local television stations WCBS 2 (CBS) - WNBC 4 (NBC, WX+ on DT2) - WNYW 5 (Fox, WWOR-TV on DT2) - WABC 7 (ABC, AccuWeather on DT3) - WWOR 9 (MyNetworkTV, WNYW on DT2) - WPIX 11 (The CW, The Tube on DT2) - WNET 13 (PBS, Kids on DT2) - WEBR-CA 17 (GCN) - WLIW 21 (PBS, Create! on DT3) - WMBQ-CA 22 (MTV2) - WNYE 25 (NYC TV) - WNXY-LP 26 (Ind) - WPXN 31 (ION) - WXNY-LP 32 (AS) - WNYX-LP 35 (Ind) - W36AZ 36 (PBS/NJN) - WDVB-CA 39 (ImaginAsian) - WNYN-LP 39 (Azteca América) - WXTV 41 (UNI) - WKOB-LP 42 (Daystar) - WSAH 43 (S@H/JTV) - WNJU 47 (TMD) - WEDW 49 (PBS/CPTV) - WNJN 50 / WNJB 58 (PBS/NJN) - WVVH-LP 50 (A1/RSN) - WTBY 54 (TBN) - WRNN-LP 57 (Ind/ JTV, FUN on DT3) - W60AI 60 (HSN) - WMBC 63 (Ind) - WFME 66 (Religious) - WFTY 67 (TFR) - WFUT 68 (TFR)
Local digital-only channels WRNN 48 (Ind/JTV, FUN on DT3) - WLNY 57 (Ind) (Both stations also have low-powered analog repeaters.)
Local cable television channels CN8 - FSN New York - MSG Network - News 12 - NY1 - NYCTV - SportsNet New York - YES Network
Past local cable television channels MSG Metro Channels - WWOR EMI Service - KC2XAK (experimental OTA UHF transmitter, Ch. 24)
See also Broadcast television in the Hartford/New Haven, Albany/Schenectady/Troy, and Philadelphia markets