| Elmira/Corning/ Ithaca, New York |
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| Branding | WENY-TV CBS WENY-TV News |
| Channels | Digital: WENY-DT 36.2 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Lilly Broadcasting |
| Founded | February 17, 2009 |
| Call letters' meaning | see WENY |
| Sister station(s) | WSEE-TV, WICU-TV |
| Transmitter power | 75 kW |
| Height | 342 m |
| Facility ID | 71508 |
| Website | weny.com |
WENY-DT2 is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Central and Western Southern Tier of New York State and Northern Pennsylvania. The station is a second digital subchannel of ABC affiliate WENY-TV that is owned by Lilly Broadcasting. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 36.2 from a transmitter on Higman Hill in Corning. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 12 and in high definition on digital channel 701. Its parent station has studios on Old Ithaca Road in Horseheads. Syndicated programming on WENY-DT2 includes: Entertainment Tonight, TMZ on TV, Inside Edition, and The Insider. There is no separate website for this channel.
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On October 20, 2008, CBS signed an affiliation agreement with WENY to air the network on a new second digital subchannnel with a proposed launch date of January 1, 2009. [1] [2] This would mark the first time that CBS has ever had an affiliate based in Elmira. The area had been served by longtime default affiliate WBNG-TV in Binghamton while Ithica was served by WTVH. Canisteo and Hornell were covered by Buffalo's WIVB-TV. According to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), WENY had a request to flash-cut from analog to digital broadcasting after the old transition date of February 17, 2009. [3]
On that date, WENY-DT2 launched on Time Warner systems in Elmira, Corning, Hornell, and Ithaca. [4] [5] [6] At the end of May, WENY performed a flash-cut and began broadcasting exclusively in digital. The new CBS station began its transmission over-the-air at this point. WENY-DT2's coverage area includes Steuben and Chemung Counties in New York which borders the Erie market and sister station CBS affiliate WSEE-TV. It is unknown if there is any coordination of the two CBS stations that come within one county of each other in coverage and serve an area reaching between Cleveland, Ohio and Binghamton (not inclusive).
Compared with rival NBC affiliate WETM-TV, WENY's news department is quite small for a big three affiliate. There is an hour-long weekday morning show at 6 that is simulcasted on WENY-DT2. Although there is no news in the 5 o'clock hour on weeknights, WENY airs broadcasts at 6, 7, and 11. The prime time show at 7 is seen exclusively on WENY-DT2 and this channel simulcasts the late news at 11 from the main channel. There are no weekend newscasts on either station.
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