| Syracuse, New York | |
|---|---|
| Branding | My 43 |
| Channels | Digital: 44 (UHF) Virtual: 43 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 43.1 MyNetworkTV 43.2 TheCoolTV |
| Owner | RKM Media, Inc. (operated through LMA by Sinclair Broadcast Group) |
| First air date | October 1989 [1] |
| Call letters' meaning | New York Syracuse |
| Sister station(s) | WSYT, WUHF, WUTV, WNYO-TV |
| Former callsigns | WSNR-TV (1989-1994) |
| Former channel number(s) | 43 (UHF analog, 1989-2009) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1989-1995) UPN (1995-2001) The WB (2001-2006) |
| Transmitter power | 680 kW |
| Height | 445 m |
| Facility ID | 58725 |
WNYS-TV is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Central New York that is licensed to Syracuse. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 44 from a transmitter in LaFayette. The station can also be seen on Time Warner channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 877. Locally-owned, WNYS is operated through a local marketing agreement (LMA) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group as sister to Fox affiliate WSYT. The two stations share studios on James Street (NY 290) in Syracuse northeast of downtown and the I-690/I-81 interchange.
Syndicated programming on WNYS includes: The Simpsons, Family Guy, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Office, The King of Queens and Seinfeld. Since the Watertown market currently lacks a MyNetworkTV channel of its own, this station serves as the area's de-facto affiliate. However, WNYS' over-the-air signal only reaches locations south of Watertown and is not offered on Time Warner Cable Systems in that area.
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| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main WNYS Programming / MyNetworkTV |
| 43.2 | 480i | 4:3 | TheCoolTV |
WNYS-DT2 is TheCoolTV. This service launched on Time Warner Digital Cable on Sunday, March 20th 2011.
The station began broadcasting in October 1989 as an Independent with the call sign WSNR-TV. Its call letters were changed in 1994 to the current WNYS-TV. This had been previously used on what is now ABC affiliate WSYR-TV from 1962 until 1978. On January 16, 1995, the station became a charter affiliate of UPN. In that same year, Max Media Properties (then owner of WSYT) entered into an LMA with WNYS and began operating the station out of that channel's facilities.
It switched to The WB in 2001 after which the UPN affiliation was picked up ten months later on October 20 by low-powered WAWA-LP (now WSTQ-LP). On September 5, 2006, WNYS affiliated with its third network in the last twelve years becoming a MyNetworkTV affiliate. Like other Sinclair stations in the region, WNYS and WSYT have been transmitting digital-only signals since February 17, 2009.
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