WCNY-TV

This article is about the public television station in upstate New York. For the pair of public radio stations in New York City, see WNYC.

WCNY-TV
Syracuse, New York United States

Slogan	Connected to YOU
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF) Virtual: 24 (PSIP)
Subchannels	24.1 PBS 24.2 Create 24.3 World 24.4 PBS Plus
Translators	W22DO-D Utica
Affiliations	PBS (1970–present)
Owner	Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York
First air date	December 20, 1965 (1965-12-20)
Call letters' meaning	Central New York
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 24 (UHF, 1965–2009)
Former affiliations	NET (1965–1970)
Transmitter power	97 kW (digital)
Height	393 m (digital)
Facility ID	53734
Transmitter coordinates	42°56′42″N 76°7′7″W / 42.94500°N 76.11861°W / 42.94500; -76.11861
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.wcny.org

W22DO-D
Deerfield, New York

Slogan	Connected to YOU
Channels	Digital: 22 Utica (UHF)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York
First air date	October 27, 2011 (2011-10-27)
Call letters' meaning	Central New York
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 59 (UHF, - Oct 2011)
Transmitter power	1.55 kW (digital)
Height	393 m (digital)
Facility ID	167539
Transmitter coordinates	43°8′38″N 75°10′39″W / 43.14389°N 75.17750°W / 43.14389; -75.17750
Website	www.wcny.org

WCNY-TV is a non-commercial educational public television station located in Syracuse, New York and serving as the area's PBS member station. The station is owned by The Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York, who also owns 91.3 WCNY-FM (Classic FM), and broadcasts on UHF channel 25, using PSIP to bitmap its signal to its former analog channel 24. WCNY-TV's programming is also seen in Utica on low-powered digital repeater W22DO-D channel 22.

WCNY-TV's studios, as well as those of WCNY-FM, are located on West Fayette Street in Syracuse's Near Westside neighborhood, with its transmitter located in Pompey.

History

WCNY was established on December 20, 1965 by the Onondaga County School Board Association under a charter by the New York State Department of Education.^[1] A non-profit organization known as the Public Broadcasting Council of Central New York was set up to manage the station. WCNY intended to use the call letters WHTV, but chose WCNY after the station now known as WWNY-TV in Watertown gave up the call letters.^[2]

The new station's equipment were donated by General Electric, whose plant in the nearby town of Salina manufactured broadcast equipment. General Electric also provided WCNY with its studios, located on Old Liverpool Road in the eastern end of Salina. (WCNY's entire TV & radio operations would be based there until 2013, when it moved to its current location.) WCNY initially broadcast in monochrome, using cameras used to tape The Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, but switched to color in 1971.^[2]

WCNY was initially a member station of NET. When NET was replaced by the Public Broadcasting Service in 1970, WCNY became a member station of PBS. Over the years, WCNY has been responsible for producing programs and specials of local interest, some of which were distributed nationally by PBS and/or other outlets. Among the programs produced by WCNY and seen nationally include Old Enough To Care, a six-part drama that was picked up by PBS and distributed to their member stations in 1982, and Pappyland, a children's television program co-produced with Craftsmen and Scribes' Creative Workshop and telecast for three years on TLC's Ready Set Learn block, in addition to various PBS member stations.^[2]

In 2006,^[3] WCNY-TV became the first television station in the Syracuse market to produce and broadcast their own programs in high definition.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	PSIP Short Name	Video	Aspect	Programming^[4]
24.1	WCNY-1	1080i	16:9	Main WCNY-TV programming / PBS
24.2	WCNY-2	480i	4:3	Create
24.3	WCNY-3			World
24.4	WCNY-4			PBS Plus

WCNY-TV operates four digital programming subchannels, which also simulcast on W22DO-D.

Analog-to-digital conversion

WCNY-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 25.^[5] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 24.

Prior to March 2013, WCNY-TV's main programming was broadcast in SD-only (480i) on subchannel 24.1, while continuous HD (1080i) programming was offered on subchannel 24.4.

A fifth channel, WCNY2-“Your How To“, had been available on cable only.^[6]

Previous logos

WCNY logo used from 1995 through 2007

References

↑ About WCNY
1 2 3 Casciano Burns, Christine, Fox, Tim, and Gulino, Lou (2013). Images of America: Syracuse Television. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 95, 96, 104, 108, 110, 118.
↑ October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20). "WCNY Converts to HD With Pro-Bel". TvTechnology. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WCNY
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
↑ WCNY-TV channels, WCNY-TV Syracuse NY

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Television stations viewable in Central New York, including Syracuse

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

WSTM-TV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 Comet)
WTVH (5.1 CBS, 5.2 Grit)
WVOA-LP 6 (Religious radio from SRN)
WSYR-TV (9.1 ABC, 9.2 MeTV, 9.3 Bounce TV, 9.4 Laff)
WONO-CA 11 / WTVU-CD 22 (COR)
WNNY-LP 13 (NASA TV)
WSTQ-LP 14 (The CW)
WCNY-TV (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 World, 24.4 PBS Plus)
WWLF-LP 35 (AMGTV)
WDSS-LD 38 (Daystar)
W42EB-D (Ind)
WNYS-TV (43.1 MNTV, 43.2 GetTV)
WBLZ-LP 49 (Ind)
WHSU-CD (51.1 HSN, 51.2 NASA HD)
WNYI (52.1 Daystar)
WSPX-TV (56.1 ION, 56.2 qubo, 56.3 Life, 56.4 Ion Shop, 56.5 QVC, 56.6 HSN)
WSYT (68.1 Fox, 68.2 ZUUS Country)

Cable-only stations

Adjacent locals

Binghamton	WBNG-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW) WBGH-CD (20.1 NBC, 20.3 ABC) WIVT (34.1 ABC, 34.2 NBC, 34.3 Laff, 34.4 Escape) WICZ-TV (40.1 Fox, 40.2 MNTV) WSKG-TV (46.1 PBS, 46.2 World, 46.3 Create)

Rochester	WROC-TV (8.1 CBS, 8.2 Bounce TV, 8.3 Laff, 8.4 Escape) WHEC-TV (10.1 NBC, 10.2 MeTV, 10.3 Wx) WHAM-TV (13.1 ABC, 13.2 The CW, 13.3 Grit) WXXI-TV (21.1 PBS, 21.2 World, 21.3 Create) WUHF (31.1 Fox, 31.2 Antenna TV, 31.3 Comet)

Watertown	WWNY-TV (7.1 CBS, 7.2 Fox) WPBS-DT (16.1 PBS, 16.2 Create, 16.3 World) WNYF-CD (28.1 Fox, 28.2 MeTV) WWTI (50.1 ABC, 50.2 The CW, 50.3 Laff, 50.4 Escape)

New York State television: Albany/Schenectady; Binghamton; Buffalo; Burlington/Plattsburgh; Elmira; New York City; Rochester; Syracuse; Utica; Watertown

Television Stations viewable in the Mohawk Valley, including Utica and Rome, New York

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WKTV (2.1 NBC, 2.2 CBS, 2.3 CW, 2.4 MeTV) WPNY-LP 11/W53AM 53 (MNTV) WTKO-CA 13 (Unknown) WUTR (20.1 ABC, 20.2 MNTV, 20.3 Grit, 20.4 Bounce TV) WFXV (33.1 Fox, 33.2 Escape, 33.3 Laff) WVVC-LD (40.1 Antenna TV, 40.2 The Walk TV, 40.3 Heartland, 40.4 Cozi TV) W22DO-D (22.1 PBS, 22.2 Create, 22.3 World, 22.4 PBS Plus, all via WCNY-TV)

Outlying areas	W04AE 4 (ABC, Herkimer, via WTEN)

Adjacent locals	Syracuse, NY WTVH (5.1 CBS, 5.2 Grit) WCNY-TV (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 World, 24.4 PBS Plus) WSPX-TV (56.1 ION, 56.2 Qubo, 56.3 Ion Life, 56.4 Ion Shop, 56.5 QVC, 56.6 HSN) Albany, NY WRGB (6.1 CBS, 6.2 This TV, 6.3 Comet) WTEN (10.1 ABC, 10.2 GetTV, 10.3 Justice Network) WMHT-TV (17.1 PBS, 17.2 Create, 17.3 World) Kingston, ON CKWS-DT (11.1 CTV/Global)

Cable-only stations	YES MSG Network Spectrum News Central New York Spectrum Sports SNY

New York State television Albany/Schenectady Binghamton Buffalo Burlington/Plattsburgh Elmira New York City Rochester Syracuse Utica Watertown

PBS Member Stations in the state of New York

WNET 13 (New York City) WPBS 16 / WNPI 18 (Watertown / Norwood) WMHT 17 (Schenectady) WNED 17 (Buffalo) WLIW 21 (Garden City / Long Island) WXXI 21 (Rochester) WCNY 24 / W22DO-D 22 (Syracuse / Utica) WSKG 46 / WSKA 30 (Binghamton / Corning) WCFE 57 (Plattsburgh)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in New York

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