WLNY

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WLNY
Riverhead, New York
Branding	WLNY TV-55/10
Slogan	WLNY, New York 55
Channels	defunct, formerly 55 (UHF) analog, 57 (UHF) digital
Translators	17 W17CD Stamford, Conn. 54 WLIG-LP Mineola, N.Y. 54 W54CZ Morristown, N.J. 51 WNHX-LP New Haven, Conn.
Affiliations	Independent
Owner	WLNY TV, Inc.
Founded	April 1, 1985
Call letters meaning	Long Island New York
Former callsigns	WLIG-TV (1985-1996)
Former affiliations	none
Website	www.wlnytv.com

WLNY is an independent television station primarily serving the Long Island section of New York state, licensed to Riverhead, NY with the studios in Melville.

TV 55 signed on the air on April 1, 1985 under the call letters WLIG. The calls were changed in 1996 to WLNY.

[edit] Programming

The station currently carries mostly movies and syndicated shows, plus some religious programming and infomercials during overnights and the morning. WLNY is carried on cable in New York City, parts of New York state, Connecticut, and New Jersey. However, many of those areas see a separate feed due to SyndEx laws (similar to the old WOR EMI Service and Superstation WGN), except for subscribers in the metro New York City market who receive the station on DirecTV and Dish Network, both of which carry the same clean feed seen on Long Island. However, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune are the only two programs preempted on the SyndEx feed. Otherwise, WLNY offers "second-chance" viewing of programs such as Oprah, Judge Judy, and Dr. Phil, as WLNY airs these shows in the late afternoon and evening, compared to earlier broadcasts on the main New York City stations. WLNY also carries a movie every night at 8:00 PM. Some are major Hollywood blockbusters, others less-so. On many nights, another movie airs at midnight.

WLNY produces a weekday local news program which airs at 11 p.m. and is rebroadcast Tuesday through Saturday at 5 a.m.. WLNY also produces two weekly public affairs shows that air on weekends, The Cutting Edge, and News 55 Focus.

Over the years, WLNY also broadcast professional and collegiate sports. WLNY carried Big East college basketball for many years until that conference moved its games exclusively to cable in the New York City market. For a number of years, WLNY also carried New York Islanders hockey games and New Jersey Nets basketball games.

At the end of 2005, WLNY stopped broadcasting on UHF channel 55 in an effort to comply with new United States legislation which is phasing out traditional "analog" television by the year 2009.

Viewers can be able to watch WLNY as digital channel 57 later in 2006 if they have special equipment to receive digital television signals.

There are a few low-power analog repeaters on the air on W17CD Stamford, Connecticut, WLIG-LP channel 54 in Mineola, New York, W54CZ in Morristown, New Jersey, and WNHX-LP Channel 51 in New Haven, Connecticut. The station can also be seen on its normal channel on local cable systems, generally either on cable 55 or 10.

[edit] References

• Query the FCC's TV station database for WLNY
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W17CD
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WLIG-LP
• Query the FCC's TV station database for W54CZ
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WNHX-LP