WLIW

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WLIW
Garden City, New York-New York, New York
Branding	WLIW 21
Slogan	New York Public Television
Channels	21 (UHF) analog, 22 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Educational Broadcasting Corp.
Founded	January 6, 1969
Call letters meaning	W Long Island West
Former affiliations	NET (1969-1970)
Website	www.wliw.org

WLIW is a Long Island PBS member station that serves the New York City area. Located on UHF channel 21 (digital channel 22), its city of license is in Garden City, New York while its studios are in Plainview, New York, both located in Nassau County.

WLIW began transmitting on January 6, 1969 and is the fourth most watched PBS station in the country. In February 2003, the station completed a merger to combine its operations with WNET in nearby New York City.

Many programs produced by WLIW are broadcast on PBS stations across the country, such as the innovative Visions series and many music specials featuring noted American performers like Frank Sinatra, Neil Sedaka, Rick Nelson and international stars like Helmut Lotti and Sarah Brightman. Regular hosts of these specials produced for PBS include Laura Savini, Terrill Cass, Joe Campbell, Mark Simone and Lisa Jandovitz.

WLIW is the distributor for BBC World News in the United States, which is seen on 229 PBS-TV members & affiliates.

[edit] External link

• Official website of WLIW
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WLIW