states city garden city new york branding wliw 21 slogan new york public television channels digital 21 uhf virtual 21 psip affiliations .1 pbs .2 create .3 world owner wnet.org first air date january 14 1969 ; 47 years ago 1969 01 14 call letters meaning long island west sister station s wnet njtv former channel number s analog 21 uhf 1969 2009 digital 22 uhf 1999 2009 former affiliations net 1969 1970 nbc 2001 ; temporarily fed from wnbc in wake of sept. 11 attacks transmitter power 89.9 kw height 111 m facility id 38336 transmitter coordinates 40 47 20.4 n 73 27 7.1 w 40.789000 n 73.451972 w 40.789000 ; 73.451972 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website wliw.org wliw channel 21 is a non commercial educational public television station licensed to garden city new york usa which serves as a secondary public broadcasting service pbs station for the new york city television market . wliw is owned by the new york city based wnet.org formerly the educational broadcasting corporation and is a sister station to both new york city s primary pbs member station newark new jersey licensed wnet channel 13 and the regional njtv network . wliw is the third most watched public television station in the united states . 1 wliw s main studios and transmitter are located in plainview on long island while its operations are housed at wnet s studios in midtown manhattan . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 references 4 external links history edit wliw s transmitter tower adjacent to its studios in plainview new york june 2010 . the station first signed on the air on january 14 1969 and was originally operated by the long island educational television council . in february 2003 the long island educational television council merged with the educational broadcasting corporation the present day wnet.org combining wliw s operations with those of wnet . the long island educational television council was retained as wliw s governing board and fundraising arm . wliw logo used from 2005 to 2009 . wliw promotes itself as a more locally oriented station than wnet as evidenced by its on air moniker of new york public television . however it is a major producer of national pbs and american public television programming in its own right . among its more prominent shows are the innovative visions series and many music specials featuring noted american performers like frank sinatra billy joel neil sedaka ricky nelson and international stars like helmut lotti and sarah brightman . regular hosts of these specials produced for pbs include laura savini terrel cass mark simone david rubinson and lisa jandovitz . its former identity which debuted in 2005 its color palette and on air graphics were designed and conceived by trollback company . it was the station s first corporate branding initiative since its launch in 1969 . in 2009 wliw unified its branding with its sister wnet adopting a similar logo but in a blue color scheme rather than wnet s red but keeping the wliw 21 brand name ; it did however carry over the dotted i from the wnet logo . it rolled out a new logo in 2012 removing the dotted i. digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 2 21.1 1080i 16 9 wliw dt main wliw programming pbs 21.2 480i create create 21.3 world world analog to digital conversion edit wliw discontinued regular programming on its analog signal over uhf channel 21 on june 12 2009 as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television . 3 the station s digital signal relocated from its pre transition uhf channel 22 to channel 21 . references edit wliw21 the third most watched public television station in the nation becomes available in high definition on most cable providers . thirteen.org . june 2 2014 . rabbitears tv query for wliw list of digital full power stations external 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