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{{Short description|Television station in New York City}}
{{About|the Fox flagship station in New York City|other stations that previously used the WNEW callsign|WNEW (disambiguation)|the former shortwave radio station|WNYW (shortwave)|and|WYFR}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WNYW
| city =
| logo = Fts-new-york-a.svg
| logo_size = 240px
| branding = Fox 5 New York; ''The News On Fox 5''
| digital = 27 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 5
| subchannels =
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''5.1:''' [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| owner = [[Fox Television Stations, LLC]]
| licensee =
| location = [[New York, New York]]
| country = United States
| founded = {{Start date and age|1938|p=y}} as experimental station W2XVT
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1944|05|02|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| callsign_meaning = disambiguation of former WNEW-TV call sign
| sister_stations = [[WWOR-TV]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WABD (1944–1958)|WNEW-TV (1958–1986)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 4 ([[VHF]], 1938–1945), 5 (VHF, 1945–2009)|'''Digital:''' 44 (UHF, 1998–2019)|'''Translator:''' [[WASA-LD|W64AA]] [[Bronx]]}}
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1944–1946, 1956–1986)|[[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] (1946–1956)}}
| erp = 92.8 [[kW]]
| haat = {{convert|496|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 22206
| coordinates = {{coord|40|42|46.8|N|74|0|47.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{URL|fox5ny.com}}
}}
'''WNYW''' (channel 5) is a television station in [[New York City]]. It is the [[flagship station]] of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television network, [[owned and operated]] through its [[Fox Television Stations]] division. Under common ownership with [[Secaucus, New Jersey]]–licensed [[MyNetworkTV]] flagship [[WWOR-TV]] (channel 9), the two stations share studios at the Fox Television Center on East 67th Street in [[Manhattan]]'s [[Lenox Hill]] neighborhood; WNYW's transmitter is located at [[One World Trade Center]].

==History==
===DuMont origins (1944–1956)===
The station traces its history to [[1938 in television|1938]], when television set and equipment manufacturer [[Allen B. DuMont]] founded experimental station W2XVT in [[Passaic, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=DuMont Plans to Build New Television Stations In New York, Washington |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/39-OCR/1939-04-15-BC-OCR-Page-0074.pdf |magazine=Broadcasting |date=April 15, 1939 |page=74 |via=worldradiohistory.com}}</ref> That station's [[call signs in North America|call sign]] was changed to W2XWV when it moved to Manhattan in 1940. On May 2, 1944, the station received its commercial license, the third in New York City and fifth overall in the United States.<ref>[https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=86579 FCC History Cards for WNEW-TV (WNYW)]. [[Federal Communications Commission]].</ref> It began broadcasting on VHF channel 4 as WABD with its call sign made up of DuMont's initials.<ref>[https://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1944/1944-05-15-BC.pdf#page=32 "DuMont station now commercial."] ''[[Broadcasting & Cable|Broadcasting – Broadcast Advertising]]'', May 15, 1944, pg. 32.</ref> It was one of the few television stations that continued to broadcast during [[World War II]], making it the fifth-oldest continuously broadcasting commercial station in the United States (after [[WNBC|WNBT/WRCA/WNBC]], [[WCBS-TV|WCBW/WCBS-TV]], [[KYW-TV|WPTZ/WRCV/KYW]], and [[WRGB]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=DuMont Television Station WABD listings week of January 28, 1945 |url=http://www.tvhistory.tv/1945-Jan-28-DuMont-CARD.jpg |website=tvhistory.tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104024727/http://www.tvhistory.tv/1945-Jan-28-DuMont-CARD.jpg |archive-date=January 4, 2006}}</ref> The station originally had its studios in the [[DuMont Building]] at 515 Madison Avenue, with its transmitter tower atop the same building. (The original tower, long abandoned by the station, still remains.) On December 17, 1945, WABD moved to channel 5.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1945/1945-09-24-BC.pdf#page=75 "WABD off the air during transition."] ''Broadcasting – Broadcast Advertising'', September 24, 1945, pg. 75.</ref> WNBT (now [[WNBC]]) took over channel 4 the following spring, moving from channel 1, which the FCC was de-allocating from the VHF TV broadcast band. The series ''[[Here's How (TV series)|Here's How]]'' first aired on WABD in 1946.<ref name="Inc.1946.pg20">{{cite magazine |title=Here's How |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/40s/1946/BB-1946-04-27.pdf#page=20 |magazine=Billboard |date=April 27, 1946 |page=20 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>

[[Image:Wnyw-center.jpg|thumb|200px|WNYW's studio, the Fox Television Center on East 67th Street in Manhattan, opened in 1954 as the DuMont Tele-Centre.]]
Soon after channel 5 received its commercial license, DuMont Laboratories began a series of experimental [[coaxial cable]] hookups between WABD and W3XWT (now [[WTTG]]), a DuMont-owned experimental station in [[Washington, D.C.]] These hookups were the beginning of the [[DuMont Television Network]], the world's first licensed commercial television network. (However, [[NBC]] was feeding a few programs and special events from its New York station WNBT to outlets in [[KYW-TV|Philadelphia]] and [[WRGB|Schenectady]] as early as 1940.) DuMont began regular network service in 1946 with WABD as the flagship station.<ref>[https://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1946/1946-12-02-BC.pdf#page=81 "FCC authorizes WTTG commercials."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', December 2, 1946, pg. 81.</ref> On June 14, 1954, WABD and DuMont moved into the $5&nbsp;million DuMont Tele-Centre at 205 East 67th Street in Manhattan's [[Lenox Hill]] neighborhood, inside the shell of the space formerly occupied by [[Jacob Ruppert]]'s Central Opera House. Channel 5 is still headquartered in the same building, which was later renamed the Metromedia TeleCenter, and is now known as the Fox Television Center.

By February 1955, DuMont realized it could not continue in network television. In most cities around the U.S., NBC and [[CBS]] had secured affiliations with the top TV stations, making it difficult for DuMont shows to develop an audience and attract advertising dollars. DuMont decided to shut down the network's operations and run WABD and Washington station WTTG as [[independent station]]s. DuMont had previously sold [[KDKA-TV|WDTV]] in [[Pittsburgh]] to the locally based [[Westinghouse Electric Corporation]], arguably hastening DuMont's demise.<ref>{{cite web|last=Togyer|first=Jason|url=http://pbrtv.com/blog/entry_1003.php#body|title=Pittsburgh Radio & TV Online – Creating 'QED ... at DuMont's expense?|publisher=Pbrtv.com|access-date=March 29, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223024804/http://pbrtv.com/blog/entry_1003.php#body|archive-date=December 23, 2010}}</ref> WABD thus became the New York market's fourth independent station, alongside [[WOR-TV]] (channel 9), [[WPIX]] (channel 11) and [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]]-licensed [[WNET|WATV]] (channel 13).

After DuMont wound down network operations in August 1955, DuMont Laboratories spun off WABD and WTTG into a new firm, the DuMont Broadcasting Corporation.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1955/1955-08-15-BC.pdf#page=64 "DuMont network to quit in telecasting 'spin-off.'"] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', August 15, 1955, pg. 64.</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1955/1955-12-05-BC.pdf#page=7 "DuMont completes spin-off, separates broadcasting, labs.'"] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', December 5, 1955, pg. 7.</ref> Channel 5 gained a [[sister station]] in 1957, when DuMont purchased [[WBBR|WNEW]] (1130 AM, now WBBR) in April of that year.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-03-25-BC.pdf#page=31 "DuMont pays $7.5 million for WNEW."] ''Broadcasting'', March 25, 1957, pp. 31–32.</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-04-29-BC.pdf#page=76 "FCC okays record buy: $7.5 million for WNEW."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', April 29, 1957, pg. 76.</ref> The deal also included a [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) [[construction permit]] for an FM radio station, which went on the air as 102.7 [[WNEW-FM]] when it began operations in August 1958.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1957/1957-11-18-BC.pdf#page=88 "Changing Hands."] ''Broadcasting'', November 18, 1957, pg. 96</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1958/1958-01-06-BC.pdf#page=95 "For the Record."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', January 6, 1958, pg. 91.</ref>

===The Metromedia era (1957–1986)===
In May 1958, DuMont Broadcasting changed its name to the Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation to distinguish itself from its former corporate parent.<ref>[https://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1958/1958-05-19-BC.pdf#page=84 "DuMont revenue grows, name change approved."] ''Broadcasting'', May 19, 1958, pg. 84.</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1958/1958-06-23-BC.pdf#page=99 "For the record."] ''Broadcasting'', June 23, 1958, pg. 99</ref> Four months later, on September 7, 1958, WABD's [[call letters]] were changed to WNEW-TV to match its radio sisters.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1958/1958-09-08-BC.pdf#page=17 WNEW-TV/Metropolitan Broadcasting advertisement.] ''Broadcasting'', September 8, 1958, pg. 17.</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1958/1958-09-08-BC.pdf#page=84 "Name change."] ''Broadcasting'', September 8, 1958, pg. 84</ref> The final major corporate transaction involving the station during 1958 occurred in December. Washington-based investor [[John Kluge]] acquired [[Paramount Pictures]]' controlling interest in Metropolitan Broadcasting and appointed himself as the company's chairman.<ref>[https://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1958/1958-12-01-BC.pdf#page=11 "Kluge buying Paramount's 21% of Metropolitan Broadcasting."] ''Broadcasting'', December 1, 1958, pg. 11.</ref> Metropolitan Broadcasting began expanding its holdings across the United States, and changed its corporate name to [[Metromedia]] in 1961.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1961/1961-04-03-BC.pdf#page=56 "It's Metromedia."] ''Broadcasting – Telecasting'', April 3, 1961, pg. 56.</ref> However, the Metropolitan Broadcasting name was retained for Metromedia's TV and radio station properties until 1967.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1968/1968-03-25-BC.pdf#page=62 "Metromedia gets its TV team in uniform."] ''Broadcasting'', March 25, 1968, pp. 56–57.</ref>

[[File:WNEW-TV Last logo 1984-1986.jpg|thumb|Final logo as WNEW-TV, used from 1984 to 1986.]]
In the early 1960s, WNEW-TV was a leader in producing local children's shows. They included ''[[Romper Room]]'' (until 1966, when it moved to WOR-TV), ''[[Sandy Becker|The Sandy Becker Show]]'' and ''[[Sonny Fox|The Sonny Fox Show]]'', which was later known as ''[[Wonderama]]''. [[Bob McAllister]] took over hosting ''Wonderama'' in 1967 and by 1970 it was [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] to the other Metromedia stations. WNEW-TV also originated ''[[The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon]]'' in 1966, and broadcast the program annually until 1986 when it moved to future sister station WWOR-TV, where it aired through 2012. In the early 1960s, the educational series ''[[Columbia Lectures in International Studies]]'' was shown on early weekday mornings, before Sandy Becker, and was distributed to other Metromedia stations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Columbia to Present TV Series By Faculty on Foreign Affairs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/07/archives/columbia-to-present-tv-series-by-faculty-on-foreign-affairs.html |access-date=August 27, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=March 7, 1962 |page=71}}</ref> The station also aired cultural programs such as ''Festival of the Performing Arts''.<ref name="newsday-korn"/>  However, the station's prime time schedule during those years was dominated by reruns of recently concluded crime dramas such as ''[[Peter Gunn]]'', ''[[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|Outlaws]]'', and the 1950s edition of ''[[Dragnet (1951 TV series)|Dragnet]]'', bringing the station some criticism for overly violent programming.<ref name="newsday-korn">{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108037348/newsday-suffolk-edition/ | title=A Newsday Profile: Dispenser of Contrasts | author-first=Robert | author-last=Mayer | newspaper=Newsday | location=Long Island, New York | date=April 30, 1963 | page=29 | via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In the 1970s, and early 1980s, local programming also included a weekly public affairs show hosted by [[Gabe Pressman]], the New York edition of ''[[PM Magazine]]'', and ''Midday Live'', a daily talk/information show hosted by [[Lee Leonard]], and later by [[Bill Boggs]]. The station also carried movies, cartoons, off-network sitcoms, drama series and a prime time nightly newscast at 10&nbsp;p.m.

By the 1970s, channel 5 was one of the strongest independent stations in the country. Despite WOR-TV's and WPIX's eventual status as national [[superstation]]s, WNEW-TV was the highest-rated independent in New York. From the early 1970s to the late 1980s, channel 5 was available as a regional superstation in large portions of the Northeastern United States, including most of [[Upstate New York]], and sections of eastern [[Pennsylvania]] and southern [[New England]].

===The Fox era (1986–present)===
[[Image:WNYWlogo.jpg|200px|right|thumb| WNYW's secondary on-air logo since 2012]]
On May 4, 1985, [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News Corporation]], which had recently bought a controlling interest in the [[20th Century Fox]] film studio, announced its purchase of Metromedia's six independent television stations, including WNEW-TV.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Rupert Murdoch buys Metromedia |series=The 10 O'Clock News |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IgwfnUG3cM&t=19s  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/4IgwfnUG3cM |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=November 5, 2017 |station=WNEW-TV |location=New York, NY |date=May 4, 1985 |minutes=00:00 |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-05-06.pdf#page=39 "Another spin for TV's revolving door."] ''Broadcasting'', May 6, 1985, pp. 39–40.</ref><ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1985/BC-1985-05-13.pdf#page=36 "Life among the high rollers."] ''Broadcasting'', May 13, 1985, pp. 36–39.</ref> In the interim between the announcement and the buyout, Metromedia references were largely phased out of channel 5's branding. Upon taking control nearly one year later, on March 7, 1986, channel 5's call sign was changed slightly to the present WNYW. The change was made due to an FCC rule in place (no longer in effect) that prohibited television and radio stations with different ownership from sharing the same call sign.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1986/BC-1986-03-17.pdf#page=106 "For the record."] ''Broadcasting'', March 17, 1986, pg. 118</ref> Along with the other former Metromedia independent stations, WNYW formed the cornerstone of the Fox Broadcasting Company when it launched on October 9, 1986.

WNYW's schedule initially changed very little, as Fox aired programming only on late nights and weekends on two nights of the week in the network's first few years. It was not until 1993 that Fox began broadcasting a full seven nights' worth of programming. Although it began taking on the look of a network-owned station in the fall of 1986, channel 5 continued to carry decades-old syndicated cartoons, sitcoms and films into the late 1980s. As a result, channel 5 was still considered by many to be an independent station.

Murdoch had one local obstacle to overcome before his purchase of channel 5 could become final. News Corporation had owned the ''[[New York Post]]'' since 1976 and the FCC's media ownership rules barred common ownership of newspapers and broadcast licenses in the same [[media market]]. The FCC granted Murdoch a temporary waiver to keep the ''Post'' and WNYW to allow News Corporation to complete its purchase of the Metromedia television stations. News Corporation sold the ''New York Post'' in 1988, but bought the paper back five years later with a permanent waiver of the [[concentration of media ownership|cross-ownership]] rules.

In late summer 1986, WNYW debuted the nightly newsmagazine ''[[A Current Affair (American TV program)|A Current Affair]]'', one of the first shows to be labeled as a "[[tabloid television]]" program. Originally a local program, it was first anchored by [[Maury Povich]], formerly of Washington sister station WTTG. (He also briefly anchored WNYW's evening newscasts.) Within a year of its launch, ''A Current Affair'' was syndicated to the other Fox-owned stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1987/BC-1987-06-22.pdf#page=41 |title='Affair' gets Fox go-ahead |work=Broadcasting |date=June 22, 1987 |page=41}}</ref> In 1988, the series entered into national syndication, where it remained until the original incarnation of the program was cancelled in 1996. On August 1, 1988, the station dropped its weekday morning cartoons in favor of a local news and information program titled ''[[Good Day New York]]'', which continues to this day.

Following the launch of the Fox network, WNYW lost much of its out-of-market superstation reach, as most markets in the Northeast had their own Fox affiliates. WNYW continued to be seen on cable in the [[Binghamton metropolitan area]] and the New York side of the [[Plattsburgh]]–[[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]] market until the late 1990s, when [[WICZ-TV]] and [[WFFF-TV]] joined the network.

In 2001, Fox bought [[BHC Communications]], a television station group owned by [[Chris-Craft Industries]], which effectively created a duopoly between WNYW and its former rival, WWOR-TV. In autumn 2001, WNYW dropped [[Fox Kids]]' weekday block and moved it to WWOR-TV, where it ran for a few more months before Fox discontinued the network's weekday children's lineup at the end of that year. In 2004, Fox Television Stations announced that it would move WWOR's operations from Secaucus to WNYW's facility at the Fox Television Center in Manhattan. While some office functions were merged, plans for a full move to Manhattan were abandoned later that year due to pressure from New Jersey [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[Steve Rothman]] (whose congressional district includes Secaucus) and Senator [[Frank Lautenberg]] on the grounds that any move to Manhattan would violate the conditions of WWOR's broadcast license.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/rothman/news_releases/rel_100804.htm|title=Rothman Calls on FCC to Determine Whether WWOR-TV's Move to NYC Violates Federal Licensing agreement|publisher=house.gov|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101025558/http://www.house.gov/rothman/news_releases/rel_022604a.htm|archive-date=January 1, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/rothman/news_releases/rel_022604a.htm|title=Rothman Hails WWOR-TV's Decision to Remain in New Jersey|publisher=house.gov|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060101025604/http://www.house.gov/rothman/news_releases/rel_100804.htm|archive-date=January 1, 2006}}</ref> The company also considered moving WNYW's operations to Secaucus, but ultimately decided to remain in the Fox Television Center.

On September 11, 2001, the transmitter facilities of WNYW, eight other New York City television stations, and several radio stations, were destroyed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed the north and south towers of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]. The station relocated to an antenna located atop the [[Empire State Building]], where its transmitter facilities had been located until they were moved to the World Trade Center in the 1970s. By the late 2010s, the transmitter returned to the newly built [[One World Trade Center]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=October 2001|first=Frank Beacham 03|title=WTC Tragedy Rewrites Broadcast History|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/wtc-tragedy-rewrites-broadcast-history|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=TVTechnology|date=October 3, 2001|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=September 2001|first=Michael Grotticelli 17|title=After the collapse, stations struggle|url=https://www.nexttv.com/news/after-collapse-stations-struggle-86228|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=Broadcasting Cable|date=September 17, 2001|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=October 2001|first=LARRY BLOOMFIELD 01|title=New York broadcasters rebuild|url=https://www.tvtechnology.com/miscellaneous/new-york-broadcasters-rebuild|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=TVTechnology|date=October 2001|language=en}}</ref>
[[File:WNYW 2006 logo.svg|thumb|216x216px|WNYW logo used for the network and news operations during 2006 and 2020]]
In April 2006, WNYW became the first Fox-owned to launch a website on [[Fox Interactive Media]]'s "MyFox" platform, which featured expanded content, more videos and new community features such as blogs and photo galleries. The MyFox sites were later outsourced to [[WorldNow]], and later [[Lakana]] beginning in 2015, after which the "MyFox" brand was discontinued.<ref name=tvnc-foxlakana>{{cite web|title=Fox-Owned Sites Go Responsive In CMS Shift To Lakana|url=http://www.netnewscheck.com/article/44055/foxowned-sites-go-responsive-in-cms-shift-to-lakana|website=NetNewsCheck|access-date=September 21, 2015}}</ref><ref name=wn-fox>{{cite web|last=Jessell|first=Harry A.|title=Fox Stations Moving to WorldNow Platforms|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2012/04/14/58732/fox-stations-moving-to-worldnow-platforms?ref=search|publisher=TVNewsCheck|access-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref>

On October 15, 2010, News Corporation pulled the signals of WNYW, WWOR, along with co-owned cable channels [[Fox Business Network]], [[Fox Deportes]], and [[National Geographic Wild]] from [[Cablevision]] systems in the New York [[television market area]], due to a dispute between Fox and Cablevision. Cablevision claimed News Corporation had demanded $150&nbsp;million a year to [[retransmission consent|renew its carriage]] of 12 Fox-owned channels, including those removed due to the dispute.<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/2010/10/16/46214/fox-pulls-channels-from-cablevision/ Fox Pulls Channels From Cablevision] TVNewsCheck.com, October 16, 2010. Retrieved October 17, 2010.</ref> Cablevision offered to submit to binding arbitration on October 14, 2010. News Corporation rejected Cablevision's proposal, stating that it would "reward Cablevision for refusing to negotiate fairly". WWOR, WNYW and the three cable channels were restored on October 30, 2010, when Cablevision and News Corporation struck a new carriage deal.

After News Corporation split into two companies on June 28, 2013, spinning off its publishing assets (including the ''New York Post'') into a new [[News Corp]], WNYW became part of [[21st Century Fox]].<ref name="b&c-newscorpto21cf">{{cite news |last1=Lafayette |first1=Jon |title=News Corp. Finalizes Split Into Two Companies |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-corp-finalizes-split-two-companies-114594 |access-date=July 10, 2019 |work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=June 28, 2013 |language=en-us}}</ref> On December 14, 2017, [[The Walt Disney Company]], owner of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] owned-and-operated station [[WABC-TV]] (channel 7), announced its intent to buy the assets of 21st Century Fox for $66.1&nbsp;billion, pending regulatory approval.<ref>{{cite web|last=Arbel|first=Tari|title=Disney Buys Big Chunk Of Fox In $66.1B Deal|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/109662/disney-buys-big-chunk-of-fox-in-661b-deal|work=TV News Check|date=December 14, 2017|access-date=December 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Jessell|first=Harry|title=Murdoch: New Fox Interested In More Stations|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/109669/murdoch-new-fox-interested-in-more-stations/|work=TV News Check|date=December 14, 2017|access-date=December 14, 2017}}</ref> The sale did not include the Fox network, MyNetworkTV, WNYW, WWOR, the Fox Television Stations unit or any other broadcast assets, since that would be illegal under FCC rules prohibiting a merger between any of the four major networks. Ownership was transferred to a new company called [[Fox Corporation]], a split officially completed on March 18, 2019.<ref name="v-21cftofoxcorp">{{cite news |last1=Littleton |first1=Cynthia |last2=Steinberg |first2=Brian |title=Fox Corporation Emerges as Standalone Entity, Paul Ryan Joins Board |url=https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/fox-corporation-debut-disney-murdoch-1203165925/ |access-date=July 10, 2019 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=March 18, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In the fall of 2018, after WWOR's license was renewed, and several months after the repeal of the FCC's main studio rule (which required WWOR to operate from New Jersey as a license condition),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hudsoncountyview.com/booker-menendez-want-new-rules-to-ensure-secaucus-based-tv-station-provides-nj-coverage/|title=Booker, Menendez want new rules to ensure Secaucus-based TV station provides NJ coverage|last=Heinis|first=John|date=February 4, 2019|work=Hudson County View|access-date=June 6, 2019}}</ref> Fox Television Stations sold its former Secaucus studios to [[Hartz Mountain Industries]] for $4.05&nbsp;million, and consolidated WWOR's operations with WNYW at the Fox Television Center.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nj.com/hudson/2019/06/bye-bye-channel-9-demolition-begins-at-secaucus-based-tv-station.html|title=Bye, bye Channel 9: Demolition begins at Secaucus-based TV station|last=Villanova|first=Patrick|date=June 4, 2019|work=The Star-Ledger|access-date=June 6, 2019}}</ref>

==Programming==
===Locally-produced programming===
In 1966, WNEW produced the first edition of ''The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon'', initially as a charity event seen exclusively on WNEW. In 1968, the telethon expanded to a network of six stations in the Northeastern United States, which was dubbed the ''Love Network'', with WNEW serving as flagship. The station produced local segments for the program, which were broadcast on the Sunday night before through the evening of Labor Day, from 1966 until 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 31, 2019|title=Labor Day Weekend is not the same without The Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. It's Creepy WITHOUT Jerry!|url=https://thelifeandtimesofhollywood.com/labor-day-weekend-is-not-the-same-without-the-jerry-lewis-mda-telethon/|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=The Life & Times of Hollywood|language=en-US}}</ref> The telethon moved to future sister station WWOR-TV in 1987 where it aired until 2012 when it became a reduced-length special known as the ''MDA Show of Strength''. The telethon moved to ABC as a national broadcast in 2013 until its final telecast in 2014.

In 1980, the station began producing one minute vignettes entitled ''Big Apple Minute'' featuring the station's on-air team touring New York City-area attractions. These lasted until 1987, following the station's acquisition by Fox and the call letter change in 1986. The station also produced the New York City version of ''[[PM Magazine]]'' from 1980 until 1988 when it was transferred to WWOR where it was called ''PM''. It was renamed ''Evening Magazine'' (a name generally reserved for [[Westinghouse Broadcasting|Group W]]-owned stations) and aired until its cancellation in 1989.

The station also broadcast the [[Puerto Rican Day Parade]] from 2006 until 2015.

Currently, the station produces several local programs. ''[[Chasing New Jersey]]'' is a daily program featuring segments and stories focusing on headlines and issues affecting the New Jersey area. The show is produced by Fairfax Productions and airs in the overnight slot after it airs on sister station WWOR-TV. ''Good Day Street Talk'' is a weekly community affairs program hosted by Antwan Lewis.

===Sports programming===
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Through its [[Fox Sports (United States)|network's sporting division]], WNYW has televised major sporting championships featuring New York teams in the past years. As part of the [[NHL on Fox|network's coverage of the National Hockey League]] in 1995, the station televised games one and four of the [[1995 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]] when the [[1994–95 New Jersey Devils season|New Jersey Devils]] won their first Stanley Cup.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

From [[1999 New York Yankees season|1999]] to [[2001 New York Yankees season|2001]], WNYW held the broadcast rights to [[New York Yankees]] game telecasts, displacing longtime broadcaster WPIX. Under the initial deal, WNYW and actual rights holder the [[Madison Square Garden Network]] carried Yankees games until 2001. Broadcasts of the team's games were moved to the new [[YES Network]] through a joint arrangement with [[WCBS-TV]]. This lasted until the 2004 season; WWOR-TV took over the broadcasts beginning in 2005. WNYW continues to show Yankees games through [[Fox Major League Baseball|Fox's national broadcast contract]] with Major League Baseball; through this package, the station aired the Yankees' [[World Series]] victories in [[1996 World Series|1996]], [[1998 World Series|1998]], [[2000 World Series|2000]] and [[2009 World Series|2009]] and their other appearances in [[2001 World Series|2001]], [[2003 World Series|2003]], and [[2024 World Series|2024]]. As of 2022, WNYW is the only broadcast station to carry Yankees games, as rights for games formerly shown by WPIX were sold to Amazon. It also airs any [[Mets]] games that are featured on Fox's MLB coverage, in that capacity broadcasting the aforementioned 2000 World Series in which they lost to the cross-town Yankees, and [[2015 World Series]] in which they lost out to the [[2015 Kansas City Royals season|Kansas City Royals]].

Since the network established its sports division in 1994, most sporting events carried on channel 5 have been provided through Fox Sports. At that time, the network acquired partial television rights to the {{abbr|NFL|National Football League}} and primary rights to the {{abbr|NFC|National Football Conference}}. As a result of this, the station became the unofficial "home" station of the New York Giants airing select telecasts. Among the notable Giants games aired on the station is the team's victory in [[Super Bowl XLII]], when the [[2007 New York Giants season|Giants]] ended their 17-year title drought by defeating the [[2007 New England Patriots season|New England Patriots]], who were 18–0 at the time and were one win away from the second perfect season in NFL history. In addition, beginning with the [[2018 NFL season|2018 season]], the station aired the team's Thursday night games as part of its newly acquired ''[[Thursday Night Football]]'' package that it shares with [[NFL Network]] (along with Thursday night Jets games) until the [[2021 NFL season|2021 season]]. Currently, Giants games are rotated between WCBS-TV (through the ''[[NFL on CBS]]''), WABC-TV (''[[Monday Night Football]]''), WPIX (''Monday Night Football'' (if WABC-TV is not airing them)), and WNBC (through ''[[NBC Sunday Night Football]]''). The station also airs at least two games involving the Jets each year—usually whenever they play an NFC opponent at home. Since 2014, more Jets' games can be shown on WNYW as part of the NFL's new "[[National Football League on American television|cross-flex]]" broadcast rules. WNYW also provided local coverage of [[Super Bowl XLVIII]] which was played at [[MetLife Stadium]].

On March 12, 2024, it was announced that WNYW and WWOR would become the new broadcast partner for the [[New York Liberty]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://liberty.wnba.com/news/wnyw-fox5-new-york-named-official-tv-partner-of-the-new-york-liberty/|title=WNYW FOX5 New York Named Official TV Partner of the New York Liberty|access-date=March 12, 2024}}</ref>

===News operation===
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[[File:Fox 5 NewsHD.jpg|thumb|Fox 5 News at 10:00&nbsp;p.m. news open, used from November 2012 until July 7, 2019.]]
WNYW broadcasts 53 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 10 hours each weekday, two hours on Saturdays and one hour on Sundays). As is standard with Fox stations that carry early evening weekend newscasts, WNYW's Saturday and Sunday 6&nbsp;p.m. newscasts are subject to delay or preemption due to network sports coverage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TV Schedule for FOX (WNYW) New York, NY HD|url=https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/fox-wnyw-new-york-ny-hd/4557|access-date=July 20, 2020|website=TV Passport|language=en}}</ref> WNYW and sister station WWOR-TV share resources with [[Philadelphia]] sister station [[WTXF-TV]] in areas of New Jersey in which the New York and Philadelphia markets overlap; the stations share reporters for stories occurring in New Jersey counties served by both markets.

In 1944, the first newscast for Channel 5 was ''Late Night News''. In 1945, the news department of Channel 5 rebranded its newscast as ''TV5 Late Report'', and rebranded it again as ''TV5 24 Hours'' from 1962 to March 10, 1967.

The station is home to one of America's longest-running primetime local newscasts: WNYW (as WNEW-TV) first premiered its 10&nbsp;p.m. newscast—the first primetime newscast in the New York market—on March 13, 1967. Each night, the newscast (originally known as ''The 10 O'Clock News'' until 2001 and currently in use since 2021) is preceded by the simple, but now well-known announcement: "It's 10 p.m., [[Do you know where your children are?]]", which was originally spoken by Mel Epstein, WNEW-TV's director of on-air promotions, and later by staff announcer [[Tom Gregory (radio and TV announcer)|Tom Gregory]]
(this announcement continues to be shown before the newscast); other television stations in the country began using the tagline for their own 10&nbsp;p.m. (or 11&nbsp;pm) news (which may depend on the start of the local [[curfew|youth curfew]] in each market).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Elliott |first1=Stuart |title=Do You Know Where Your Slogan Is? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/16/business/media/16adco.html?ex=1331697600&en=75c703c81f38e770&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |access-date=April 11, 2007 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 16, 2007}}</ref> Celebrities were often used to read the slogan in the 1980s, and for a time in the late 1970s, the station added a warmer announcement earlier in the day: "It's 6 p.m., have you hugged your child today?" From 1975 to 1985, the 10&nbsp;p.m. newscast notably featured nightly [[Editorial|op-ed]] debates which pitted conservative Martin Abend against liberal Professor [[Sidney Offit]].

In the early 1970s, the news department launched its 30-minute program ''Sports Extra'', airing at 10:30&nbsp;p.m. on Sundays; where it continues to air. The first time WNEW programmed news outside its established 10&nbsp;p.m. slot was in 1985, when it premiered the short-lived ''First Edition News'', a half-hour midday newscast anchored by [[Jim Ryan (reporter)|Jim Ryan]] (formerly of [[WNBC]]) and Judy Licht, serving as a lead-in to ''Midday Live with Bill Boggs''; not long after the program moved to noon with ''Midday'' at 12:30&nbsp;pm.<ref>{{Citation |title=WNEW First Edition News Promo, 1985 | date=April 3, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43b9lgDK4Aw |language=en |access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=WNEW Station Promos, Christmas 1985 | date=December 25, 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc1wM40WVbk |language=en |access-date=September 6, 2022}}</ref>

After the buyout from Murdoch went through, the station began to intensify their news efforts. It first premiered a half-hour 7&nbsp;p.m. newscast, simply known as ''Fox News at Seven'', in 1988; the program was canceled in 1993. On August 1, 1988, WNYW became the first Fox station to run a weekday morning newscast with the debut of the two-hour ''[[Good Day New York]]''; within five years of its launch, the program became the top-rated morning show in the New York City market. In 1991, a new and eventually very popular music package was composed for the show by [[Edd Kalehoff]], a New York-based composer best known for composing the themes and music cues for game shows such as ''[[The Price Is Right]]''. Since the Fox takeover, WNYW's newscasts have become more tabloid in style and have been fodder for jokes, even to the point of being parodied on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. The consumer reporting segment ''The Problem Solvers'' has received the same treatment on ''[[The Daily Show]]''.

WNYW was the first television station to cover the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that occurred on September 11, 2001. The station interrupted a commercial break at 8:48&nbsp;am. ET to deliver the first public report of the attacks on air by anchor [[Jim Ryan (reporter)|Jim Ryan]] and reporter [[Dick Oliver]]. WNYW donated a digitized copy of this coverage to the Internet Archive in July 2012. In 2002, WNYW brought early evening newscasts back to the station with the launch of a 90-minute weekday news block from 5&nbsp;p.m. to 6:30&nbsp;pm. Longtime anchor [[John Roland]], a 35-year veteran of channel 5, retired from the station on June 4, 2004; former [[NBC News]] correspondent Len Cannon, who joined WNYW as a reporter and anchor some time earlier, was initially named as Roland's replacement. Several months later, veteran New York City anchorman [[Ernie Anastos]] (who at the time was anchoring at WCBS-TV) signed a multi-year contract with WNYW, displacing Cannon as lead anchor; Cannon asked for, and was granted, a release from his contract with the station shortly after Anastos's contract deal was announced. Anastos joined WNYW in July 2005, and Cannon joined [[KHOU-TV]] in [[Houston]] as its lead anchor in the spring of 2006. On April 3, 2006, WNYW debuted a new set, theme music and graphics package, and introduced a new logo based on the on-air look first adopted by Tampa sister station [[WTVT]] that became standard for all of Fox's owned-and-operated stations.

On November 9, 2008, WNYW became the fifth New York City television station to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in [[High-definition television|high definition]]. On July 13, 2009, ''Good Day New York'' expanded with the addition of a fifth hour of the program from 9&nbsp;a.m. to 10&nbsp;am; the noon newscast was dropped in turn. In the fall of 2009, WNYW entered into a [[Local News Service]] agreement with NBC owned-and-operated station WNBC to share helicopter footage with that station; WNYW's helicopter SkyFox HD was renamed "Chopper 5" on-air, though the SkyFox name was reinstated in 2010, while the name "Chopper 4" continued to be used by WNBC. The LNS agreement ended in 2012 when WNBC began operating its own helicopter; WNYW has since entered into a helicopter-sharing agreement with CBS-owned WCBS-TV.
[[File:1.19.12UnionCityFireLisaEversByLuigiNovi1.jpg|thumb|right|Fox 5 reporter [[Lisa Evers]] reporting on a January 2012 fire in [[Union City, New Jersey]].]]
During the 10&nbsp;p.m. newscast on September 16, 2009, anchor Ernie Anastos cursed live on-air while engaging in banter with chief meteorologist [[Nick Gregory]],<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/nyregion/18anastos.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | first=Bill | last=Carter | title=Anchor's Slip Goes Worldwide on the Web | date=September 18, 2009}}</ref> saying "I guess [[Frank Perdue|it takes a tough man to make a tender]] forecast", adding "keep fucking that chicken"; the incident gained some notoriety when it and other videos of the on-air gaffe appeared on YouTube,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sVVl2EKgUU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/2sVVl2EKgUU |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Ernie Anastos & Keep Fucking That Chicken Viral Video|last=Video Snitch|date=October 12, 2009|access-date=December 30, 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> making Anastos and WNYW the subject of a joke on ABC's ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live!]]'' Anastos apologized for the incident on the following night's 10&nbsp;p.m. newscast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ernie-anastos-apologizes-for-on-air-chicken-remark-1.1458191|title=Ernie Anastos apologizes for on-air chicken remark|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref>

On June 5, 2014, WNYW relaunched its 6&nbsp;p.m. newscast as a more topical, interactive program; on June 6, the station launched the entertainment, lifestyle and music program ''Friday Night Live'' (airing during the timeslot normally occupied by the second half-hour of the 10&nbsp;p.m. newscast). This was followed by the June 7 debut of hourly news updates that air weekend mornings between 9&nbsp;a.m. and noon (WNYW is the only news-producing English language network O&O in the New York City market that does not carry a full-fledged local newscast on Saturday and/or Sunday mornings, and is one of two Fox owned-and-operated stations without a weekend morning newscast, alongside [[KTTV]] in Los Angeles).<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/76057/wnyw-beefs-up-news-lineup-for-summer WNYW Beefs Up News Lineup For Summer], ''TVNewsCheck'', May 5, 2014.</ref>

As of January 2021, WNYW is the only news-producing station in the New York City market that continues to present field video in widescreen [[standard definition]]; all of the other stations broadcast all or most of their field video in high definition.

====Notable current on-air staff====
* [[Tina Cervasio]] – sports anchor
* [[Lisa Evers]] – general assignment reporter
* [[Nick Gregory]] ([[American Meteorological Society|AMS]] Seal of Approval) – chief meteorologist (1986–present)
* [[Curt Menefee]] – anchor (1995–2000, 2024–present); also with [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]
* [[Audrey Puente]] (member, [[American Meteorological Society|AMS]]; member, [[National Weather Association|NWA]]) – meteorologist
* [[Rosanna Scotto]] – anchor (1986–present)

====Notable former on-air staff====
{{Columns-list|
* [[Andy Adler]] (2007–2010)
* [[Vanessa Alfano]]
* [[Ernie Anastos]] – anchor (2005–2020)
* [[Tex Antoine]] (1978)
* [[Jodi Applegate]]
* [[Julie Banderas]]
* [[Sandy Becker]]
* [[Bill Boggs]] (1975–1986)
* [[Dick Brennan (journalist)|Dick Brennan]]
* [[Jack Cafferty]] (1989–1992)
* [[Julie Chang]] (2008–2012)
* [[Ti-Hua Chang]]
* [[Ron Claiborne]] (1982–1986)
* [[Ron Corning]]
* [[Penny Crone]]
* [[Andrea Day]] (1997–2011)
* [[Arnold Díaz]] (2008–2014)
* [[Gordon Elliott (journalist)|Gordon Elliott]] (1987–1990s)
* [[Carter Evans]]
* [[Frank Field (meteorologist)|Frank Field]] (1995–1997)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gay |first1=Verne |title=Frank Field, legendary WNBC meteorologist, dies at 100 |url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/obituaries/frank-field-wnbc-meteorologist-dies-fmznqq2g |access-date=July 2, 2023 |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |date=July 2, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Rick Folbaum]] (2006–2009)
* [[Sonny Fox]]
* [[Chris Gailus]] (2003–2006)
* [[Anna Gilligan]] (2013–2016)
* [[Dr. Max Gomez]]
* [[Stacy-Ann Gooden]]
* [[Tom Gregory (radio and TV announcer)|Tom Gregory]]
* [[Pablo Guzmán (reporter)|Pablo Guzmán]]
* [[Donna Hanover]]
* [[Juliet Huddy]]
* [[Don Imus]]
* [[Dennis James]] (first on-air host)
* [[Mike Jerrick]]
* [[Bill Jorgensen]] (1967–1979)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Haring |first1=Bruce |title=Bill Jorgensen Dies: TV Anchor For WNEW In New York Was 96 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/bill-jorgensen-dead-tv-anchor-wnew-new-york-was-96-obituary-1235860393/ |website=Deadline |access-date=March 18, 2024 |date=March 16, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Greg Kelly]] (2008–2017)
* [[Marvin Kitman]]
* [[Sukanya Krishnan]] (2017–2019)
* [[Matt Lauer]]
* [[Lee Leonard]] (mid-1970s)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Lee Leonard, TV Sports Show Host Who Ushered in ESPN, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/obituaries/lee-leonard-dead.html |access-date=March 18, 2024 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 19, 2018 |page=28}}</ref>
* [[Judy Licht]]
* [[Lynda Lopez]]
* [[Felipe Luciano]]
* [[Carol Martin (journalist)|Carol Martin]]
* [[Bill Mazer]]
* [[Bob McAllister]]
* [[Chuck McCann]]
* [[Cora-Ann Mihalik]]
* [[John Miller (journalist)|John Miller]]
* [[Myles Miller]]
* [[Heather Nauert]]
* [[Jill Nicolini]]
* [[Dick Oliver]]
* [[Christina Park]]
* [[Maury Povich]]
* [[Gabe Pressman]]
* [[Dave Price]]
* [[Shimon Prokupecz]]
* [[Gene Rayburn]]
* [[Victor Riesel]]
* [[Bobby Rivers]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fleury |first1=Amy |title=Former WISN 12 entertainment reporter Bobby Rivers dies |url=https://www.wisn.com/article/former-wisn-12-entertainment-reporter-bobby-rivers-dies/46231397# |website=wisn.com |publisher=[[WISN-TV]] |access-date=December 27, 2023 |date=December 27, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Jim Ryan (reporter)|Jim Ryan]]
* [[Roxie Roker]]
* [[John Roland]] (1969–2004)
* [[Ken Rosato]] (2002–2003)
* [[Soupy Sales]]
* [[Cynthia Santana]] (1996–2001)
* [[Baruch Shemtov]] (2014–2019)
* [[Toni Senecal]]
* [[Rolland Smith]]
* [[Lou Steele]]
* [[Lori Stokes]] – anchor (2017–2022)
* [[Teresa Strasser]]
* [[David Susskind]]
* [[Mike Wallace]]
}}

==In popular culture==
WNYW was portrayed in an episode of the Fox animated comedy ''[[Futurama]]'', titled "[[When Aliens Attack]]", in which the station was accidentally knocked off the air by [[Philip J. Fry]] in 1999. That resulted in angry Omicronians invading Earth in the year 3000 (having received the broadcast signal 1,000 years later, being 1,000 [[light-year]]s away) and demanding to see the end of an ''[[Ally McBeal]]''-esque program called ''Single Female Lawyer''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Drunk Napoleon  |title=Futurama, Season One, Episode Twelve, "When Aliens Attack" |url=http://the-avocado.org/2021/02/07/futurama-season-one-episode-twelve-when-aliens-attack/ |website=The Avocado |access-date=August 25, 2025 |date=February 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Single Female Lawyer |url=https://theinfosphere.org/Single_Female_Lawyer |website=Futurama Wiki |publisher=The Infosphere |access-date=August 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{|class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WNYW<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WNYW#station|title=Digital TV Market Listing for WNYW|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=May 26, 2025}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.1
| [[720p]] || rowspan=5| [[16:9]] || WNYW || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.2
| rowspan="4" | [[480i]] || Movies! || [[Movies!]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moviestvnetwork.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/602|title=Where do I watch Movies! Network in Chicago?|website=Movies! TV Network}}</ref>
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.3
| Weather || [[Fox Weather]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.4
| ROAR || [[Roar (TV network)|Roar]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|date=December 17, 2024|title=Sinclair Expands Broadcast Footprint Of TBD TV With 5 Top 10 Fox O&Os|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/sinclair-expands-broadcast-footprint-of-tbd-tv-with-5-top-10-fox-o-os/ar-AA1w2bY6?ocid=BingNewsSerp|access-date=December 19, 2024|work=TV News Check (via [[MSN]])|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope = "row" | 5.5
| Catchy || [[Catchy Comedy]]
|}

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WNYW discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[VHF]] channel 5, at 11:59&nbsp;p.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]] on June 12, 2009, as part of the [[Digital television transition in the United States|federally mandated transition from analog to digital television]]; the shutdown occurred during the closing credits of a syndicated rerun of ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20150520010356/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 20, 2015|title=List of Digital Full-Power Stations}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title = WNYW TV analog signoff|url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNWFf_2tRc4|date = June 12, 2009|access-date = February 11, 2016|last = kiotr2009}}</ref> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition [[UHF]] channel 44,<ref name="FCC Form 387">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101232391&formid=387&fac_num=22206|title=CDBS Account Login|access-date=December 30, 2016}}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 5. It carried WWOR's programming on digital subchannel 5.2 until 2009, when it changed the PSIP data to identify the virtual channel carrying WWOR's programming to 9.2. As of 2019, a channel of WWOR's programming is no longer multiplexed with WNYW.

==See also==
* [[Media in New York City]]
* [[New Yorkers in journalism]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|https://www.fox5ny.com/}}
* {{Official website|http://www.my9nj.com/}} – WWOR-TV
* [https://www.facebook.com/fox5ny/  Official facebook]
* [https://twitter.com/fox5ny/  Official twitter]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qw4RIXNqNU Kinescope of a WABD station identification from 1948 (YouTube)]

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