WNYF-CA
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| WNYF-CA: Watertown, New York WNYF-LP: Massena, New York |
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| Branding | Fox 28 |
| Slogan | Your North Country's Fox |
| Channels | Analog: 28 (UHF) Digital: WWNY-DT 35.2 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | United Communications Corporation |
| First air date | 2001 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Watertown, New York Fox |
| Sister station(s) | WWNY-TV |
| Former callsigns | WNYF-LP: W28BC (until 2002) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (WNYF-CA had formerly been a WWTI repeater) UPN (secondary until 2006) |
| Transmitter Power | WNYF-CA: 2.61 kW WNYF-LP: 0.95 kW WWNY-DT2 750 kW (digital) |
| Height | WNYF-CA: 355 m WNYF-LP: 154 m WWNY-DT2 203 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | WNYF-CA: 16743 WNYF-LP: 16744 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | WNYF-CA: WNYF-LP: |
| Website | http://www.wwnytv.net |
WNYF-CA is a Class A television station licensed to Watertown, New York. The station broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 28 with WWNY-DT2 as its sole digital signal. Its transmitter is located in East Watertown. WNYF-LP is another Class A television station that is licensed to Massena. This station also broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 28 with no digital signal of its own. Its transmitter is located located south of Massena Springs.
Together, the two stations serve as the area's Fox affiliates. Owned by United Communications Corporation, the stations are sister to CBS affiliate WWNY-TV. All three stations are based at studios on Arcade Street in downtown Watertown. WNYF-CA and WNYF-LP do not broadcast digital signals of their own. As a result, they are carried on WWNY's second digital subchannel. On cable, WNYF can be found on Time Warner channel 12. There is also a high definition signal of the station that is offered on digital channel 878.
[edit] History
Before becoming a separate full-time Fox affiliate, WNYF-CA was a translator for ABC affiliate WWTI. At that point, WWTI and WWNY had secondary affiliations with Fox. While WWTI broadcasted Fox Sports Sunday NFL games, WWNY broadcasted most of the Fox programming lineup. In 2001, United Communications Corporation entered into an agreement with Smith Broadcasting to make WNYF-CA a separate full-time Fox affiliate. WNYF-LP, a full-time low-powered satellite station, was established in Massena to expand WNYF-CA's signal reach.
An agreement with Time Warner in the fall of 2001 placed the station on cable channel 2. Eventually, it moved to channel 12. After a year of joint operation of WNYF by Smith Broadcasting, United Communications Corporation took complete ownership of the station and made it sister to WWNY. Until September 18, 2006 when UPN shut down and merged with The WB, WNYF-CA also ran some programming from that network.
[edit] Newscasts
On April 11, 2001, WWNY began producing a weeknight 10 o'clock newscast on WNYF. However, because it was not carried on cable yet, the news was only seen by only a handful of viewers that could receive the over-the-air signals of WNYF. The 10 P.M. newscast debuted for the rest of the area on October 4.
7 News at 10 on Fox
(Weeknights 10 to 11 P.M.)
- Anchor:
- Chris Onorato
- Weather:
- Rick DeFranco
- Sports:
- Mel Busler
WNYF uses additional news personnel from WWNY. See that article for a complete listing.
[edit] External links
- WNYF "Fox 28"
- Fox
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNYF-CA
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNYF-LP
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