watertown new york wwny cd massena new york united states branding fox 28 general 7 news newscasts wwny tv 7 on dt2 channels digital wnyf cd 35 uhf wwny cd 18 uhf & wwny dt 7.2 vhf virtual 28 psip subchannels 28.1 fox in hd 28.2 massena cbs in sd 28.2 watertown metv affiliations fox dt1 metv dt2 owner united communications corporation first air date 2001 as separate station call letters meaning watertown new york s fox sister station s wwny tv keyc tv former callsigns for cancelled wnyf lp w25ab 1982 2001 wnyf lp 2001 2002 wnyf ca 2002 2015 wnyf cd wnyf cd 2008 2013 wnyf ld 2013 2014 wwny cd w28bc 1994 2002 wnyf lp 2002 2010 wnyf ld 2010 2013 wnyf cd 2013 2014 former channel number s for cancelled wnyf lp 25 uhf analog 1987 2002 28 uhf analog 2002 2015 wwny cd 28 uhf analog 1994 2010 former affiliations abc as wwti repeaters upn secondary transmitter power wnyf cd 15 kw wwny cd 4 kw wwny dt2 24.9 kw height wnyf cd 204 m wwny cd 241 m wwny dt2 219 m class class a facility id wnyf cd 168478 16743 for cancelled wnyf lp wwny cd 16744 wwny dt2 68851 transmitter coordinates wnyf cd & wwny dt2 43 57 15 n 75 53 45.0 w 43.95417 n 75.895833 w 43.95417 ; 75.895833 wwny cd 44 29 29 n 74 51 27 w 44.49139 n 74.85750 w 44.49139 ; 74.85750 wwny cd wnyf cd is a low powered television station licensed to watertown new york usa . it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on uhf channel 35 psip virtual channel 28 from a transmitter along state street ny 126 disputed discuss . wwny cd is a class a 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 disputed discuss . contents 1 digital channels 2 history 3 newscasts 4 references 5 external links digital channels edit wnyf cd 35 watertown champion hill ny channel video aspect psip short name programming 1 28.1 720p 16 9 wnyf cd main wnyf cd programming fox off the air during overnights 11 & 12 28.2 480i sd metv off the air during overnights 11 & 12 wwny cd 18 massena south colton ny channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 28.1 480i 16 9 wnyf sd sd simulcast of wnyf cd fox off the air during overnights 11 & 12 28.2 1080i wwny hd hd simulcast of wwny tv 3 off the air during overnights 11 & 12 history edit before becoming a separate entity wnyf cd and wwny cd were repeaters for abc affiliate wwti with the call signs w25ab 4 and w28bc . 5 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 w25ab and w28bc full time fox affiliates ; smith formerly owned wwti but did not include the translators in that station s sale to ackerley group in 2000 . w25ab then changed its call letters to wnyf lp and eventually moved from channel 25 to channel 28 ; after the watertown station upgraded to class a status in october 2002 making it wnyf ca 4 w28bc inherited the wnyf lp call sign . 5 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 . 6 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 . 7 taking on the wnyf ld call sign 5 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 . 8 the dispute was eventually resolved and the home station was added back to the system . on may 15 2013 wnyf cd and wnyf ld swapped call signs 5 9 as the massena station is licensed as a class a facility while the watertown digital station at that time was not . on february 6 2014 wnyf cd changed its call letters to wwny cd ; 5 on march 13 2014 the class a status for the watertown station was transferred from the analog channel 28 license which remains active as of 2014 update and now holds the wnyf lp call sign to the digital channel 35 license which is the digital companion channel to analog channel 28 retaking the wnyf cd call sign . 9 10 wwny tv and wnyf cd both go off the air for a couple hours during overnights . 11 12 on february 9 2016 wwny announced on its website that it would begin carrying metv on wnyf s cd2 subchannel in the late summer . the deal which took effect on september 1 did not affect wwny cd which continues to simulcast wwny on its cd2 subchannel . on air wnyf cd2 is known as metv north country . 13 newscasts edit 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 wnyf while wwny airs cbs this morning . 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 . references edit http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign wnyf cd station http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign wwny cd station wnyf lp now on the air digitally mr james corbin wwny wnyf dtv transition blog tuesday october 5 2010 a b call sign history wnyf lp . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved march 14 2014 . a b c d e call sign history wwny cd . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved march 14 2014 . wnyf ca watertown makes the dtv hdtv transition . wwny wnyf dtv transition . 2009 09 16 . http www.wwnytv.com about 96043719.html archived june 21 2010 at the wayback machine . denied locals twc importing distant signals tvnewscheck.com a b call sign history wnyf cd . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved march 14 2014 . digital class a broadcast station license pdf . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . march 13 2014 . retrieved march 14 2014 . http wwny.titantv.com apg ttv.aspx http wnyf.titantv.com apg ttv.aspx metv coming to north country . www.wwnytv.com . february 9 2016 . retrieved february 10 2016 . external links edit wwny tv website shared with wnyf cd wwny cd query the fcc s tv station database for wnyf cd query the fcc s tv station database for wwny cd v t e television stations viewable in northern new york state and the st. lawrence valley reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television watertown carthage wwny 7.1 cbs 7.2 fox wpbs 16.1 pbs 16.2 create 16.3 world wtkj lp 19 gcn wnyf cd 28.1 fox 28.2 metv wwti 50.1 abc 50.2 the cw 50.3 laff 50.4 escape st. lawrence county wnpi 18.1 pbs 18.2 create 18.3 world wwny cd 28.1 fox 28.2 cbs kingston belleville see also ontario tv cjoh tv 6 6 analog ctv ckws dt 11.1 ctv global adjacent locals ottawa cornwall on cbot 4.1 cbc cboft 9.1 9.2 ici radio canada cjoh 13.1 8 analog ctv syracuse new york wstm 3.1 nbc 3.2 the cw 3.3 comet wtvh 5.1 cbs 5.2 grit wsyr 9.1 abc 9.2 me tv 9.3 bounce tv 9.4 laff wcny 24.1 pbs 24.2 create 24.3 world 24.4 pbs plus wsyt 68.1 fox 68.2 the country network plattsburgh new york wptz 5.1 nbc 5.2 the cw 5.3 me tv wcfe 57.1 pbs 57.2 mhz 57.3 world cable spectrum sports spectrum news central new york yes msg network wckn clarkson university defunct w20ba 20 tbn wlot lp 46 upn a1 watertown new 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