WNYW

This article is about the Fox flagship station in New York City. For other stations that previously used the WNEW callsign, see WNEW (disambiguation). For the former shortwave radio station, see WNYW (shortwave) and WYFR.

WNYW
WNYW's studio, the Fox Television Center on East 67th Street in Manhattan, opened in 1954 as the DuMont Tele-Centre.
Channels
BrandingFox 5 New York; The News On Fox 5
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerFox Television Stations, LLC
WWOR-TV
History
Founded1938 (1938) as experimental station W2XVT
First air date
May 2, 1944 (1944-05-02)
Former call signs
  • WABD (1944–1958)
  • WNEW-TV (1958–1986)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 4 (VHF, 1938–1945), 5 (VHF, 1945–2009)
  • Digital: 44 (UHF, 1998–2019)
  • Translator: W64AA Bronx
Call sign meaning
disambiguation of former WNEW-TV call sign
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID22206
ERP92.8 kW
HAAT496 m (1,627 ft)
Transmitter coordinates40°42′46.8″N 74°0′47.3″W / 40.713000°N 74.013139°W / 40.713000; -74.013139
Links
Public license information
Websitefox5ny.com

WNYW (channel 5) is a television station in New York City. It is the flagship station of the 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.

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