WPNY-LP

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WPNY-LP
Currently silent
WPNY-2006.png
Utica–Rome, New York
United States
City Utica, New York
Channels Digital: 11 (VHF) CP
BrandingMyWPNYTV (general)
WUTR Eyewitness News (newscasts)
Programming
Affiliations MyNetworkTV
Ownership
Owner Nexstar Media Group
(Nexstar Media Inc.)
WUTR, WFXV,
WROC-TV, WETM-TV,
WSYR-TV, WWTI,
WIVT, WBGH-CD,
WFFF-TV, WVNY
History
First air date
January 1, 1988(33 years ago) (1988-01-01)
Former call signs
W11BS (1988–1995)
WUPN-LP (1995–1996)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
11 (VHF, 1988–2021)
Independent (1988–1995)
UPN (1995–2006)
Call sign meaning
UPN New York
(previous affiliation)
Technical information
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 34335
ERP 0.16 kW (CP)
Transmitter coordinates 43°8′41″N75°10′32″W / 43.14472°N 75.17556°W / 43.14472; -75.17556 (CP)
Translator(s) WUTR-DT 20.2 (30.2 UHF) Utica
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Website www.cnyhomepage.com

WPNY-LP is a low-powered MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Utica, New York, United States which is currently silent. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is a sister station to Fox affiliate WFXV (channel 33); Nexstar also operates ABC affiliate WUTR (channel 20) under joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with owner Mission Broadcasting. The three stations share studios on Smith Hill Road in Deerfield (with a Utica mailing address), where WPNY-LP's transmitter is also located.

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The station broadcast on VHF analog channel 11 until the FCC-mandated shutdown of analog LPTV stations on July 13, 2021. It has a pending construction permit for digital broadcasting on the same channel. In the interim, its programming is being carried on WUTR's second digital subchannel (UHF channel 30.2 or virtual channel 20.2)—which transmits from a separate facility on Smith Hill Road, shared with WFXV—in order to reach the entire market.

On cable, WPNY-LP is available on Charter Spectrum channel 12 in both standard and high definition (however, the HD feed is cable-only). [1]

History

The station signed on January 1, 1988 with the call sign W11BS licensed to Little Falls. It was a low-powered translator and general entertainment Independent outlet. The station joined UPN as a charter affiliate on January 16, 1995. On December 22 of that year, W11BS upgraded to low-powered status and adopted the WUPN-LP calls. However, less than a year later, the station became WPNY-LP after a full-powered outlet in Greensboro, North Carolina took the call letters.

At some point in time, WPNY became a sister outlet to WFXV and began to be housed at the latter's facility on Greenfield Road in Rome. In 1996, both stations were sold to Sullivan Broadcasting which would itself be bought out by the Sinclair Broadcast Group only two years later. Instead of being acquired by that company, WPNY and WFXV were purchased by Quorum Broadcasting founded by former Sullivan head Dan Sullivan. [2]

The stations were acquired by current owner Nexstar in 2003. It was announced in December of that year that Clear Channel Communications would sell WUTR to Nexstar subsidiary Mission Broadcasting. The sale was approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on April 1, 2004 at which point Nexstar took over operations of WUTR under local marketing and joint sales agreements through the company's operational arrangement with Mission. Although the ABC affiliate was the subordinate entity, WPNY and WFXV were consolidated into WUTR's Deerfield studios.

In 2006, The WB and UPN merged into one network called The CW Television Network. Several weeks later, Fox announced the establishment of another network called MyNetworkTV, for the benefit of those UPN or WB affiliates that did not earn a CW affiliation. Since "WBU", the cable-only WB affiliate operated by NBC affiliate WKTV through The WB 100+, was the default choice to take the CW affiliation, WPNY-LP chose to associate with MyNetworkTV, and promptly did so on September 5, 2006.

Programming

In addition to MyNetworkTV programming, syndicated programming on WPNY-LP includes Dish Nation , The Jerry Springer Show , Judge Mathis and Divorce Court among others. It also simulcasts some New York Yankees games produced by the YES Network for WPIX in New York City.

Newscast

After WUTR's sale to Mission Broadcasting, speculation began circulating that Nexstar would establish a combined news department for WUTR, WFXV and WPNY in order to take on longtime dominant WKTV. Progress was not made until March 31, 2011 when the company announced it would launch a news operation for the three stations by mid-September. Nexstar invested $1 million for new equipment and the hiring of twelve employees.

Eyewitness News at 6, seen weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on WUTR, was repeated at 7:00 p.m. on WPNY from September 2011 to September 2017. It was the only offering of local news in its time slot, since there was no broadcast seen on WKTV. After this rebroadcast was quietly canceled, there was no local news programming airing on WPNY. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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  2. ↑ Fybush, Scott (July 9, 1998). "North East RadioWatch" . Retrieved April 1, 2011.
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