List of television stations in New York (by channel number)

This is a list of broadcast television stations (by analog channel number) serving cities in the state of New York, as of 2016:

VHF stations

• Channel 2: WCBS-TV (CBS)—New York City, CBS 2
• Channel 2: WGRZ (NBC)—Buffalo, formerly WGR
• Channel 2: WKTV (NBC)—Utica, NewsChannel 2
• Channel 2.2: Decades
• Channel 3: WSTM-TV (NBC)—Syracuse, NBC 3, formerly WSYR
• Channel 4: WIVB (CBS)—Buffalo, (IV = 4 Buffalo), formerly WBEN
• Channel 4: WNBC (NBC)—New York City, NBC 4
• Channel 4.2: Cozi
• Channel 5: WNYW (FOX)—New York City, FOX 5, formerly WABD, WNEW, formerly DuMont, independent
• Channel 5: WPTZ (NBC)—Plattsburgh, NewsChannel 5, (PTZ = Plattsburgh)
• Channel 5: WTVH (CBS)—Syracuse, CBS 5, formerly WHEN
• Channel 6: WNYZ-LP—New York City, Primarily used for its 87.7FM audiocast. Video and/or still pictures appears on Channel 6 in order to comply with its FCC license.
• Channel 6: WVOA-LP—Syracuse, Love Radio. Primarily used for its 87.7FM audiocast. Video and/or still pictures appears on Channel 6 in order to comply with its FCC license.
• Channel 6: WRGB (CBS)—Schenectady, CBS6
• Channel 7: WABC-TV (ABC)—New York City, ABC 7
• Channel 7: WKBW-TV (ABC)—Buffalo
• Channel 7: WWNY (CBS)—Carthage (Watertown), 7 News
• Channel 8: WROC-TV (CBS)—Rochester, News 8 Now, formerly WHAM-TV 5, formerly NBC
• Channel 9: WSYR-TV (ABC)—Syracuse, NewsChannel 9, formerly WNYS, WIXT
• Channel 9: WWOR-TV (My Network TV)—Secaucus, New Jersey (New York City), My 9, formerly WOR, formerly independent, UPN
• Channel 9.3: Buzzr
• Channel 9.4: Heroes
• Channel 10: WHEC (NBC)—Rochester, 10NBC, formerly CBS
• Channel 10: WTEN (ABC)—Albany, News 10
• Channel 11: WPIX (the CW)—New York City, CW 11, formerly independent, WB
• Channel 12: WBNG (CBS)—Binghamton, formerly WNBF
• Channel 13: WNYT (NBC)—Albany, NewsChannel 13, formerly WTRI, WAST, formerly ABC, CBS
• Channel 13: WNET (PBS)—Newark, New Jersey (New York City), thirteen
• Channel 13: WHAM (ABC)—Rochester, formerly WOKR

UHF stations

• Channel 14: WSTQ-LP (The CW)—Syracuse, CW 6
• Channel 15: WEPT-CD (AMGTV)—Newburgh, formerly repeated WNYA 51 Pittsfield, Massachusetts
• Channel 16: WPBS-DT (PBS)—Watertown
• Channel 17: WMHT (PBS)—Schenectady
• Channel 17: WNED (PBS)—Buffalo
• Channel 18: WETM-TV (NBC)—Elmira
• Channel 18: WNPI (PBS)—Norwood, full-power retransmitter of WPBS-DT
• Channel 20: WUTR (ABC)—Utica
• Channel 21: WLIW (PBS)—Garden City
• Channel 21: WXXI-TV (PBS)—Rochester, XXI=21
• Channel 23: WXXA-TV (Fox)—Albany, Fox 23
• Channel 23: WNLO (CW)—Buffalo, CW 23, formerly independent, PBS, UPN
• Channel 24: WCNY-TV (PBS)—Syracuse
• Channel 25: WNYE-TV (PBS (partially))—New York City
• Channel 25: WVTT-CD—Olean, independent, formerly UPN 25
• Channel 26: WNYB (TBN)—Jamestown, New York
• Channel 28: WNYF-CD (Fox)—Watertown, also carried as WWNY-DT 7.2 Carthage
• Channel 28: WWNY-CD (Fox)—Massena, repeater of WNYF-CD
• Channel 29: WUTV (FOX)—Buffalo, FOX 29, formerly independent
• Channel 30: WSKA (PBS)—Corning, digital only, full-power repeater of WSKG-TV
• Channel 31: WPXN-TV (ION)—New York City
• Channel 31: WUHF (FOX)—Rochester, FOX Rochester, formerly independent
• Channel 33: WFXV (FOX)—Utica, formerly WTUV
• Channel 34: WIVT (ABC)—Binghamton, NewsChannel 34
• Channel 36: WENY-TV (ABC)—Elmira, NewsChannel 36
• Channel 40: WYCI (RTV/MyNetworkTV)—Saranac Lake, full-power satellite of WWBI-LP
• Channel 40: WICZ-TV (FOX)—Binghamton, Fox 40, formerly NBC
• Channel 40: WBGT-CD (My Network TV)—Rochester, My 18
• Channel 41.3: Bounce TV
• Channel 41.4: Grit (TV Network)
• Channel 43: WNYS-TV (CW)—Syracuse, My 43
• Channel 45: WCWN (CW)—Schenectady, The Capital Region's CW, formerly WUSV, WMHQ, WMHX
• Channel 46: WSKG-TV (PBS)—Binghamton
• Channel 48: WRNN-TV (independent)—Kingston (New York City), RNN, digital only
• Channel 48: WYDC (FOX)—Corning, Big Fox
• Channel 49: WNYO-TV (My Network TV, Kids WB)—Buffalo, My TV Buffalo
• Channel 50: WYPX-TV (ION)—Amsterdam, digital only
• Channel 50: WWTI (ABC)—Watertown, Newswatch 50
• Channel 51: WPXJ-TV (ION)—Batavia
• Channel 52: WNYI-TV (Daystar)—Ithaca/Syracuse
• Channel 54: WTBY-TV (TBN)—Poughkeepsie
• Channel 56: WSPX-TV (ION)—Syracuse
• Channel 56: WBXZ-LP (Cozi TV)—Buffalo
• Channel 57: WCFE-TV (PBS)—Plattsburgh, Mountain Lake PBS
• Channel 57: WLNY-TV (independent)—Riverhead, NY 55, digital only
• Channel 67: WFTY-DT (Telefutura)—Smithtown, full-power repeater of WFUT-DT 68 Newark, New Jersey
• Channel 67: WBBZ-TV (RTN)—Springville, RTN 11
• Channel 68: WSYT (FOX)—Syracuse, Fox 68

Local cable channels

• R News (9)—24-hour local cable news channel by Time Warner Cable for the Rochester area
• Capital News 9—24-hour local cable news channel by Time Warner Cable for the Albany area and western Massachusetts
• CUNY TV (City University Television)—24-hour local Educational-access television channel by Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and RCN cable providers for New York City
• FiOS1 News Long Island - 24-hour local television channel about Long Island, available on channels 1 and 501 on Verizon FiOS
• New York One (NY1)—24-hour local cable news channel by Time Warner Cable for New York City
• YNN Central New York—24-hour local cable news channel by Time Warner Cable for the Syracuse region
• PEISH, Elmira—UPN Affiliate on Time Warner Cable for Steuben, Allegany and Livingston counties, covering portions of the Elmira, Rochester, and Buffalo DMAs
• WRWB-TV WB16—Rochester cable broadcast by Time Warner Cable of the WB network, and local sports and original programming