WNYN-LP
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| WNYN-LP | |
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| New York, New York | |
| Branding | Azteca América |
| Channels | Analog: 49 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Azteca América |
| Owner | TVC Television (Island Broadcasting Company) |
| Founded | July 19, 1991 (as W51BV) |
| Call letters’ meaning | W New York, New York |
| Former affiliations | The Box (1991-2000) |
| Transmitter Power | 50 kW (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 in July of 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 WNYN's way of preventing their license from being revoked by the FCC for being silent for more than 12 consecutive months.
In 2002, WNYN-LP moved to channel 39 and 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] Controversy
When WNYN-LP moved its transmitter to channel 39 in Long Island City, their over the air signal became unavailable in their then-city of license, Deer Park, and their localized programming did not target the community either. However, the channel is available on satellite, but not on the local Cablevision system and the local Verizon FiOS TV system that serves Deer Park. (WNYN-LP has since been relicensed to New York.)
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