WNYN-LP

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WNYN-LP
Deer Park-New York, New York
Branding	Azteca América
Channels	39 (UHF) analog, 39 (soon; see left) digital
Affiliations	Azteca América (2000-Present)
Owner	TVC Television (Island Broadcasting Company)
Founded	July 19, 1991 (as W51BV Ch. 51 and moved to Ch. 39 in 2000)
Call letters meaning	W New York, New York
Former callsigns	W51BV (1991-1995)
Former affiliations	The Box (1991-2000)
Transmitter Power	50kW (analog)
Website	Azteca América

WNYN-LP is the local Azteca America affiliate for New York City. It broadcasts on channel 39. However, they have construction permits that would move the analog signal to channel 49, with channel 39 becoming WNYN's digital signal.

[edit] History

The station started out as W51BV channel 51 from Deer Park, NY on July 19, 1991 as an affiliate of The Box Music Network. On November 20, 1995, the station became WNYN-LP. In 2000, they ceased operations on channel 51 without warning, leaving many fans of The Box in the area in the dark. During this time, WNYN prepared to move to channel 39, while its sister station WXNY-LP, who at the time was on channel 39, prepared to move to channel 32.

One Sunday night in 2001, channel 51 came back on the air for one night with the LTV programming that also aired on WXNY-LP, but there was no audio. It is believed that this was some type of test by the engineers testing the transmitter to see if it was still in workable condition while they closed up shop in Deer Park.

In 2002, WNYN-LP moved to channel 39 became an affiliate of Azteca América, after the network earlier failed to acquire WSAH, which they intended to use as New York's Azteca América flagship.

[edit] Sources

• Azteca America's Official Website for WNYN-LP "AZA 39"
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNYN

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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

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