television station in upstate new york . for the pair of public radio stations in new york city see wnyc . wcny tv syracuse new york united states slogan connected to you channels digital 25 uhf virtual 24 psip subchannels 24.1 pbs 24.2 create 24.3 world 24.4 pbs plus translators w22do d utica affiliations pbs 1970 present owner public broadcasting council of central new york first air date december 20 1965 ; 50 years ago 1965 12 20 call letters meaning central new york former channel number s analog 24 uhf 1965 2009 former affiliations net 1965 1970 transmitter power 97 kw digital height 393 m digital facility id 53734 transmitter coordinates 42 56 42 n 76 7 7 w 42.94500 n 76.11861 w 42.94500 ; 76.11861 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.wcny.org w22do d deerfield new york slogan connected to you channels digital 22 utica uhf affiliations pbs owner public broadcasting council of central new york first air date october 27 2011 2011 10 27 call letters meaning central new york former channel number s analog 59 uhf oct 2011 former affiliations net 1965 1970 transmitter power 1.55 kw digital height 393 m digital facility id 167539 transmitter coordinates 43 8 38 n 75 10 39 w 43.14389 n 75.17750 w 43.14389 ; 75.17750 website www.wcny.org wcny tv is a non commercial educational public television station located in syracuse new york and serving as the area s pbs member station . the station is owned by the public broadcasting council of central new york who also owns 91.3 wcny fm classic fm and broadcasts on uhf channel 25 using psip to bitmap its signal to its former analog channel 24 . wcny tv s programming is also seen in utica on low powered digital repeater w22do d channel 22 . wcny tv s studios as well as those of wcny fm are located on west fayette street in syracuse s near westside neighborhood with its transmitter located in pompey . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 previous logos 4 references 5 external links history edit wcny was established on december 20 1965 by the onondaga county school board association under a charter by the new york state department of education . 1 a non profit organization known as the public broadcasting council of central new york was set up to manage the station . wcny intended to use the call letters whtv but chose wcny after the station now known as wwny tv in watertown gave up the call letters . 2 the new station s equipment were donated by general electric whose plant in the nearby town of salina manufactured broadcast equipment . general electric also provided wcny with its studios located on old liverpool road in the eastern end of salina . wcny s entire tv & radio operations would be based there until 2013 when it moved to its current location . wcny initially broadcast in monochrome using cameras used to tape the beatles first appearance on the ed sullivan show but switched to color in 1971 . 2 wcny was initially a member station of net . when net was replaced by the public broadcasting service in 1970 wcny became a member station of pbs . over the years wcny has been responsible for producing programs and specials of local interest some of which were distributed nationally by pbs and or other outlets . among the programs produced by wcny and seen nationally include old enough to care a six part drama that was picked up by pbs and distributed to their member stations in 1982 and pappyland a children s television program co produced with craftsmen and scribes creative workshop and telecast for three years on tlc s ready set learn block in addition to various pbs member stations . 2 in 2006 3 wcny tv became the first television station in the syracuse market to produce and broadcast their own programs in high definition . digital television edit digital channels edit wcny tv operates four digital programming subchannels which also simulcast on w22do d channel video aspect psip short name programming 4 24.1 1080i 16 9 wcny hd main wcny tv programming pbs 24.2 480i 4 3 wcny sd create 24.3 world 24.4 pbs plus analog to digital conversion edit wcny tv shut down its analog signal over uhf channel 24 on june 12 2009 the official date in which full power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate . the station s digital signal remained on its pre transition uhf channel 25 . 5 through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 24 . prior to march 2013 wcny tv s main programming was broadcast in sd only 480i on subchannel 24.1 while continuous hd 1080i programming was offered on subchannel 24.4 . a fifth channel wcny2 your how to had been available on cable only . 6 previous logos edit wcny logo used from 1995 through 2007 references edit about wcny a b c casciano burns christine fox tim and gulino lou 2013 . images of america syracuse television . charleston sc arcadia publishing . p. 95 96 104 108 110 118 . october 20 2006 2006 10 20 . wcny converts to hd with pro bel . tvtechnology . retrieved 2016 05 12 . rabbitears tv query for wcny dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . wcny tv channels wcny tv syracuse ny external links edit wcny tv official website query the fcc s tv station database for wcny tv query the fcc s tv station database for w22do d biafn s media web database information on wcny tv v t e television stations viewable in central new york including syracuse reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wstm tv 3.1 nbc 3.2 the cw 3.3 comet wtvh 5.1 cbs 5.2 grit wvoa lp 6 religious radio from srn wsyr tv 9.1 abc 9.2 metv 9.3 bounce tv 9.4 laff wono ca 11 wtvu cd 22 cor wnny lp 13 nasa tv wstq lp 14 the cw wcny tv 24.1 pbs 24.2 create 24.3 world 24.4 pbs plus wwlf lp 35 amgtv wdss ld 38 daystar w42eb d ind wnys tv 43.1 mntv 43.2 gettv wblz lp 49 ind whsu cd 51 hsn wnyi 52.1 daystar wspx tv 56.1 ion 56.2 qubo 56.3 life 56.4 ion shop 56.5 qvc 56.6 hsn wsyt 68.1 fox 68.2 zuus country cable only stations spectrum news central new york spectrum sports citrustv wtop ictv adjacent locals binghamton wbng tv 12.1 cbs 12.2 the cw wivt 34.1 abc 34.2 nbc wicz tv 40.1 fox 40.2 mntv wskg tv 46.1 pbs 46.2 world 46.3 create rochester wroc tv 8.1 cbs whec tv 10.1 nbc 10.2 metv wham tv 13.1 abc 13.2 the cw wxxi tv 21.1 pbs 21.2 world 21.3 create wuhf 31.1 fox 31.2 antenna tv 31.3 comet watertown wwny tv 7.1 cbs 7.2 fox wpbs dt 16.1 pbs 16.2 create 16.3 world wwti 50.1 abc 50.2 the cw new york state television albany schenectady binghamton buffalo burlington plattsburgh elmira new york city rochester syracuse utica watertown v t e television stations viewable in the mohawk valley including utica and rome new york reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations wktv 2.1 nbc 2.2 cbs 2.3 cw 2.4 metv wpny lp 11 w53am 53 mntv wtko ca 13 unknown wutr 20.1 abc 20.2 mntv 20.3 grit 20.4 bounce tv wfxv 33.1 fox 33.2 escape 33.3 laff wvvc ld 40.1 antenna tv 40.2 the walk tv 40.3 heartland 40.4 cozi tv w22do d 22.1 pbs 22.2 create 22.3 world 22.4 pbs plus all via wcny tv outlying areas w04ae 4 abc herkimer via wten adjacent locals syracuse ny wtvh 5.1 cbs 5.2 grit wcny tv 24.1 pbs 24.2 create 24.3 world 24.4 pbs plus wspx tv 56.1 ion 56.2 qubo 56.3 ion life 56.4 ion shop 56.5 qvc 56.6 hsn albany ny wrgb 6.1 cbs 6.2 this tv 6.3 comet wten 10.1 abc 10.2 gettv 10.3 justice network wmht tv 17.1 pbs 17.2 create 17.3 world kingston on ckws dt 11.1 ctv global cable only stations yes msg network spectrum news central new york spectrum sports sny new york state television albany schenectady binghamton buffalo burlington plattsburgh elmira new york city rochester syracuse utica watertown v t e pbs member stations in the state of new york wnet 13 new york city wpbs 16 wnpi 18 watertown norwood wmht 17 schenectady wned 17 buffalo wliw 21 garden city long island wxxi 21 rochester wcny 24 w22do d 22 syracuse utica wskg 46 wska 30 binghamton corning wcfe 57 plattsburgh see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in new york this article about a television station in new york state is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wcny tv & oldid 731171620 categories pbs member stationstelevision channels and stations established in 1965television stations in syracuse new yorknortheastern united states television station stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store 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