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As of January 2021, WNYW is the only news-producing station in the New York City market that continues to present field video in widescreen standard definition; all of the other stations broadcast all or most of their field video in high definition.
As of January 2021, WNYW is the only news-producing station in the New York City market that continues to present field video in widescreen standard definition; all of the other stations broadcast all or most of their field video in high definition.
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DuMont origins
The station traces its history to 1938, when television set and equipment manufacturer Allen B. DuMont founded experimental station W2XVT in Passaic, New Jersey. That station's call sign was changed to W2XWV when it moved to Manhattan in 1940. On May 2, 1944, the station received its commercial license, the third in New York City. It began broadcasting on VHF channel 4 as WABD with its call sign made up of DuMont's initials. It was one of the few television stations that continued to broadcas...
The Metromedia era
In May 1958, DuMont Broadcasting changed its name to the Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation to distinguish itself from its former corporate parent. Four months later, on September 7, 1958, WABD's call letters were changed to WNEW-TV to match its radio sisters. The final major corporate transaction involving the station during 1958 occurred in December. Washington-based investor John Kluge acquired Paramount Pictures' controlling interest in Metropolitan Broadcasting and appointed himself a...
The Fox era
On May 4, 1985, Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, which had recently bought a controlling interest in the 20th Century Fox film studio, announced its purchase of Metromedia's six independent television stations, including WNEW-TV. Upon taking control nearly one year later, on March 7, 1986, channel 5's call sign was changed slightly to the present WNYW. The change was made due to an FCC rule in place (no longer in effect) that prohibited TV and radio stations with different ownership from sh...
WNYW was portrayed in an episode of the Fox animated comedy Futurama, titled "When Aliens Attack", in which the station was accidentally knocked off the air by Philip J. Fry in 1999. That resulted in angry Omicronians invading Earth in the year 3000 (having received the broadcast signal 1000 years later being 1000 light-years away) and demanding to...
Subchannels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Analog-to-digital conversion
WNYW discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, at 11:59 p.m. ET on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television; the shutdown occurred during the closing credits of a syndicated rerun of The Simpsons. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 44, using PSIP to display WNYW's virtual channelas 5 on digital television receivers. It carried WWOR's programming on digital subchannel 5.2...
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Mar 12, 2024 · Games will be shared between the flagship of Fox's broadcast television network as well as sister station WWOR. Games will also stream on the FOX Local App.
Mar 12, 2024 · WNYW has been named official TV partner of the New York Liberty of the WNBA for its 2024 season. WNYW, known as Fox 5, and sister station WWOR, known as My9, will split the games package, and games will stream on the Fox Local app.
Livestream today's games & your favorite sports programming from WNYW. You never have to miss a play with the WNYW live feed.
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Mar 12, 2024 · Mar 12, 2024. The New York Liberty have a new local television partner and it’s going to make their games free to watch this upcoming season. The franchise signed a deal with WNYW FOX5 to...
