| WNYF-CD: Watertown, New York WNYF-LD: Massena, New York |
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| Branding | Fox 28 (general) 7 News (newscasts) WWNY-TV 7 (on DT2) |
| Channels | Digital: WNYF-CD: 35 (UHF) WNYF-LD: 18 (UHF) & WWNY-DT 7.2 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 28.1 Fox 28.2 CBS |
| Owner | United Communications Corporation |
| First air date | WNYF-CD: 2001 WNYF-LD: 2003 |
| Call letters' meaning | Watertown, New York's Fox |
| Sister station(s) | WWNY, KEYC-TV |
| Former callsigns | WNYF-CD: W28BF (2001-2002) WNYF-LP (2002-2003) WNYF-CA (2003-2009) WNYF-LD: W25AB WNYF-LP (2003-2010) |
| Former channel number(s) | WNYF-CD: 28 (UHF analog, 2001-2009) WNYF-LD: 25 (UHF analog) 28 (UHF analog, 2003-2010) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (as WWTI repeater) UPN (secondary) |
| Transmitter power | WNYF-CD: 15 kW WNYF-LD: 4 kW WWNY-DT2: 24.9 kW |
| Height | WNYF-CD: 204 m WNYF-LD: 241 m WWNY-DT2: 219 m |
| Facility ID | WNYF-CD: 168478 WNYF-LD: 16744 WWNY-DT2: 68851 |
| Transmitter coordinates | WNYF-CD & WWNY-DT2: WNYF-LD: |
WNYF-CD is a Class A television station licensed to Watertown, New York. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 35 (PSIP virtual channel 28) from a transmitter along State Street/NY 126 in the Carthage section of Wilna. WNYF-LD is a low-powered television station licensed to Massena. This broadcasts a digital signal on UHF channel 18 (PSIP virtual channel 28) from a transmitter southeast of South Colton along NY 56. Together, the two serve as the North Country's Fox affiliates.
The stations can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 2 and in high definition on digital channel 878. Owned by United Communications Corporation, WNYF is sister to CBS affiliate WWNY-TV and the two share studios on Arcade Street in Downtown Watertown. Syndicated programming on this station includes: My Name Is Earl, Everybody Loves Raymond, America's Funniest Home Videos, and According to Jim. WNYF can also be seen in Watertown on WWNY's second digital subchannel (VHF channel 7.2) from the Wilna tower.
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WNYF-CD 35 (Watertown - Champion Hill NY)
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 28.1 | 720p | 16:9 | main WNYF programming/Fox (HD) |
WNYF-LD 18 (Massena - South Colton NY)
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28.1 | 480i | 16:9 | main WNYF programming/Fox (SD) |
| 28.2 | 1080i | 16:9 | WWNY CBS (HD)[1] |
Before becoming a separate entity, WNYF was a repeater for ABC affiliate WWTI with the call sign W28BC. During that time, WWTI and WWNY had secondary affiliations with Fox. WWNY's secondary affiliation was for National Football League games during the years CBS did not have broadcasting rights of the league. When that network acquired the rights to the American Football Conference, WWTI then aired NFL from Fox, in addition to ABC's Monday Night Football (now on fellow Disney network ESPN).
In 2001, United Communications Corporation and WWNY entered into an agreement with Smith Broadcasting to make W28BC and repeater station W25AB in Watertown separate full-time Fox affiliates. W28BC changed its call letters to WNYF-LP when the Watertown station changed its call letters to WNYF-CA signifying its upgrade to Class A status. WNYF-LP's low-powered analog signal on UHF channel 28 aired from a transmitter on NY 420 in Massena.
An agreement with Time Warner Cable in Fall 2001 placed the station on channel 2. After a year of joint operation of WNYF by Smith Broadcasting and United Communications, the latter took complete ownership and made it a full sister to WWNY. Until September 18, 2006 when UPN shut down and merged with The WB to form The CW, WNYF also ran some programming from the network as a secondary affiliate.
On August 25, 2008, WNYF-CA received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval to begin its own high definition digital broadcasts as WNYF-CD on UHF channel 35 after WWNY-DT returned to its former analog position on VHF channel 7 (which happened February 17, 2009). On September 14, WNYF-CD signed-on using WWNY-DT's existing UHF antenna structure. The change represented the first time WNYF was available over-the-air in high definition. [2]
On June 30, 2009, United Communications applied to the FCC for a digital version of WNYF-LP on UHF channel 18. This allocation was formerly used for WNPI-DT's analog signal. It was approved for construction on June 8, 2010. [3] Now known as WNYF-LD, it features Fox as well as a simulcast of WWNY on a second digital subchannel. This helps St Lawrence County viewers who had experienced difficulty receiving WWNY's digital signal after that station transitioned to digital-only broadcasts.
On December 16, 2010, WNYF began to be seen on Time Warner Cable systems in the Burlington, Vermont/Plattsburgh, New York market after the provider dropped that area's affiliate WFFF-TV because of an ongoing retransmission dispute. [4] The dispute was eventually resolved and the home station was added back to the system.
On April 11, 2001, WWNY began airing a 35 minute weeknight prime time broadcast at 10 on WNYF called 7 News Tonight on Fox. However, it was only seen by a handful of viewers able to receive that station's two low-powered over-the-air signals because WNYF was not yet being offered on cable. An agreement with Time Warner Cable in Fall 2001 placed the station on the system and the prime time news debuted for the rest of the area on October 4. WNYF simulcasts the 6 o'clock hour of WWNY's weekday morning news and then offers a second hour at 7 seen exclusively on this Fox affiliate while that station airs The Early Show. The simulcast and separate show is known on WNYF as 7 News This Morning on Fox. Although there is no weekday morning or noon meteorologist, news anchor Beth Hall presents the weather forecast. During the weeknight weather segment, the station features a live National Weather Service weather radar based in the Parkers section of Montague.
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