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The two stations share facilities at the Fox Television Center on East 67th Street in Manhattan's Lenox Hill neighborhood, while WNYW's current primary transmission facilities are located at One World Trade Center.\n\nThe station's history reaches back to experimental broadcasts established by television manufacturer Allen B. DuMont. After operating experimentally under the W2XVT and W2XWV call signs, it received a commercial license on May 2, 1944, becoming WABD. The call letters reflected DuMont's initials. It initially broadcast on VHF channel 4 before moving to channel 5 in December 1945. WABD became the flagship of the DuMont Television Network, one of the earliest licensed commercial television networks in the United States, and moved in 1954 to DuMont's new Tele-Centre on East 67th Street, the building that remains the station's home in substantially transformed corporate form.\n\nWhen the DuMont network ceased regular operations in the mid-1950s, WABD continued as an independent station. Its ownership passed through DuMont Broadcasting and Metropolitan Broadcasting before John Kluge's company was renamed Metromedia in 1961. In 1958 the station adopted the call sign WNEW-TV, aligning it with its New York radio sister stations. During the Metromedia period, channel 5 developed a strong independent-station identity. It carried syndicated movies, cartoons, sitcoms, dramas, public-affairs programs, cultural programming and local news. Its locally produced children's programs included The Sandy Becker Show, The Sonny Fox Show and Wonderama. WNEW-TV also originated the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon in 1966 and served as the flagship for its early regional expansion.\n\nMetromedia's station group was acquired by News Corporation in 1985 as part of the foundation for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The purchase closed in 1986, and WNEW-TV changed its call sign to WNYW on March 7 of that year. Fox launched on October 9, 1986, with WNYW among its principal owned-and-operated stations. Because Fox initially programmed only limited portions of the week, WNYW retained much of its established independent-station schedule for several years. The network reached a full seven-night schedule in 1993, after which WNYW increasingly became a conventional network-owned station while continuing to emphasize locally produced news.\n\nThe Fox era produced several durable local and nationally distributed programs. A Current Affair began as a WNYW newsmagazine in 1986, was soon shared with other Fox-owned stations and entered national syndication in 1988. Good Day New York debuted in 1988 as a local morning news and information program and became a long-running component of the station's schedule. WNYW's regional superstation distribution declined as more Northeastern markets obtained their own Fox affiliates.\n\nWNYW's transmission facilities were destroyed on September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center towers were attacked. The station temporarily returned to transmission from the Empire State Building, its earlier principal transmitter location. Its transmitter later moved back to the rebuilt One World Trade Center. In 2001, Fox's acquisition of BHC Communications created common ownership of WNYW and WWOR-TV. The stations subsequently consolidated significant operations, although WWOR's licensing and New Jersey-related regulatory obligations affected proposals to move all of its operations to Manhattan.\n\nCorporate ownership changed again when News Corporation separated its publishing assets from its entertainment and broadcasting assets in 2013. WNYW became part of 21st Century Fox…", "aliases": [ "WABD", "WNEW-TV", "Channel 5", "Fox 5 New York" ], "entityType": null, "l1Slug": "communication-services", "l1": "Communication Services", "l2Slug": "media-entertainment", "l2": "Media & Entertainment", "l3Slug": "media", "l3": "Media", "l4Slug": "broadcast-stations", "l4": "Broadcast Stations", "country": "United States", "headquarters": "Fox Television Center, East 67th Street, Lenox Hill, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States", "operatingMarkets": [ "New York City metropolitan area", "United States" ], "foundedYear": 1944, "founder": "Allen B. 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WNYW temporarily transmitted from the Empire State Building before later returning to a rebuilt World Trade Center facility.", "tags": [ "other" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNYW" }, { "headline": "Fox creates common ownership of WNYW and WWOR-TV", "year": 2001, "summary": "Fox's acquisition of BHC Communications brought WWOR-TV under common ownership with WNYW, creating a New York-area television duopoly.", "tags": [ "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNYW" }, { "headline": "WNYW becomes a Fox network flagship", "year": 1986, "summary": "Following News Corporation's acquisition of Metromedia's television stations, WNEW-TV changed its call sign to WNYW and became one of the founding owned-and-operated stations of the Fox Broadcasting Company.", "tags": [ "mna" ], "isScandal": false, "sourceUrl": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNYW" } ], "encyclopedia": { "history": "WNYW originated in the experimental television work of Allen B. DuMont. The station operated under experimental call signs in Passaic, New Jersey, and Manhattan before receiving a commercial license on May 2, 1944, as WABD. It was among the earliest commercial television stations in New York and one of the oldest continuously operating commercial television stations in the United States. The station moved from VHF channel 4 to channel 5 in December 1945 and became the New York flagship of the DuMont Television Network.\n\nIn 1954, WABD moved into DuMont's Tele-Centre on East 67th Street in Manhattan. The facility, later called the Metromedia TeleCenter and eventually the Fox Television Center, has remained central to the station's identity. DuMont's network operations declined as NBC and CBS secured dominant affiliations and advertising positions in major markets. After the network wound down in 1955, WABD continued as an independent station under DuMont Broadcasting.\n\nThe station changed ownership and identity during the late 1950s. DuMont Broadcasting became Metropolitan Broadcasting, and John Kluge acquired control. In September 1958, WABD became WNEW-TV, matching its call letters to the station's New York radio affiliates. Metropolitan Broadcasting adopted the Metromedia name in 1961. Under Metromedia, channel 5 became one of the strongest independent stations in the country and was distributed on cable systems across portions of the northeastern United States.\n\nWNEW-TV's programming during this period combined local production with syndicated entertainment. The station became known for children's programs such as The Sandy Becker Show, The Sonny Fox Show and Wonderama, as well as public-affairs, cultural and news programs. In 1966 it originated the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon. The telethon expanded through a group of northeastern stations known as the Love Network, with WNEW-TV serving as its original flagship. The station also developed a significant local-news presence, including a nightly 10 p.m. newscast and programs such as Midday Live, PM Magazine and public-affairs broadcasts.\n\nNews Corporation announced its acquisition of Metromedia's independent stations in 1985. The transaction provided the station group that would form the backbone of the Fox Broadcasting Company. After the purchase closed, WNEW-TV changed its call sign to WNYW on March 7, 1986. Fox launched later that year. Since Fox initially offered programming on only selected evenings, WNYW continued to carry a large amount of inherited syndicated programming, including films, cartoons, sitcoms and dramas. Fox completed its expansion to a seven-night schedule in 1993.\n\nWNYW contributed several important programs to Fox's early station strategy. A Current Affair began locally in 1986 and was subsequently distributed among Fox-owned stations before entering national syndication. Good Day New York, introduced in 1988, established a durable local morning-news format. As other northeastern stations became Fox affiliates, WNYW's former regional superstation reach diminished, although the station retained its central role in the New York market.\n\nFox acquired BHC Communications in 2001, bringing WWOR-TV under common ownership with WNYW. The stations shared resources, but proposals to move WWOR's entire operation from New Jersey to Manhattan encountered political and regulatory resistance related to the terms of its broadcast license. In 2018, after regulatory changes and renewal of WWOR's license, Fox sold WWOR's former Secaucus studio property and consolidated the stations' operations at the Fox Television Center.\n\nThe station experienced a major technical disruption on September 11, 2001, when its World Trade Center transmission facilities were destroyed. WNYW resumed transmission from the Empire State Building, which had hosted its transmitter before the station moved to the World Trade Center. The transmitter later returned to the rebuilt One World Trade Center.\n\nDigital operations expanded in the 2000s. WNYW was the first Fox-owned station to introduce a website on Fox Interactive Media's MyFox platform, offering additional video, blogs, photo galleries and community features. The MyFox platform was later outsourced and eventually discontinued as a brand. Corporate ownership moved from News Corporation to 21st Century Fox in 2013 and then to Fox Corporation in 2019. WNYW continues to operate as Fox's New York flagship, producing local news and distributing Fox network programming from Manhattan.", "milestones": [ { "year": 1944, "title": "Commercial license issued as WABD", "summary": "The station received a commercial license and began operating as WABD, using call letters associated with Allen B. 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