WCWN is the CW-affiliated television station for the Capital Region of New York State and Western New England. Licensed to Schenectady, the station broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 45 and a digital signal on UHF channel 43. WCWN's transmitter is located in New Scotland. The station is owned by Freedom Communications as part of a duopoly with the area's CBS affiliate WRGB. The two stations share studios located on Balltown Rd. in Niskayuna. Nickname: Gem City Location in Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois Counties Adams County, Illinois Government  - Mayor John A. Spring Area  - City  14. ... CW6, also known by its former fake calls WEWB is the local cable-only WB Network afilliate for the Quincy-Hannibal-Macomb-Keokuk Market. ... Image File history File links Cwny-new. ... 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WCWN offers The Tube, a 24-hour digital music video channel, on it DT2 digital subchannel. It has yet to become offered on Time Warner digital cable. The Tube Music Network is a music video network carried on select digital television subchannels and digital cable systems. ... Time Warner Inc. ...

WCWN might take on the responsibility of airing CBS programs when WRGB is not able to such as in a news-related emergency. WCWN aired WRGB's 11 PM newscast during CBS's coverage of NCAA March Madness Basketball. CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... // Final four redirects here. ...

The station airs some New York Mets baseball games that WPIX in New York City broadcasts. Games that are shown are those that take place on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The arrangement is a result of WCWN and WPIX being sister stations at one point. Although WCWN is now owned by Freedom, this arrangement continues. Major league affiliations National League (1962–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 14, 37, 41, 42 Name New York Mets (1962–present) Other nicknames The Amazin Mets, The Amazins, The Metropolitans, The Kings of Queens Ballpark Shea Stadium (1964–present) Polo Grounds (1962–1963) Major league... WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

History

WCWN originated as an independent station on December 30, 1984 under the call letters WUSV (Union Street Video). As with most independent stations during that period, the station had difficulties from the outset in terms of getting programming (with only afternoon cartoons and some reruns getting respectable ratings). As a result, the station went through financial difficulties. In 1987, Union Street Video sold the station in a fire sale to WMHT Educational Telecommunications, which made it a secondary PBS station under the calls of WMHX. This arrangement lasted until 1991 when, due to financial difficulties, WMHX went off air. Two years later, the station returned to the air with the new calls WMHQ while taking on a large amount of instructional programming alongside repeats and double runs. During this period, WMHQ partnered with WNYT to launch the market's first 10 PM newscast which ran from 1996 to 1998. The newscast was cancelled due to a lack of support. is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... WMHT is the call letters for a television station and radio station in Schenectady, New York owned and operated by WMHT Educational Telecommunications. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... WNYT is the NBC television affiliate for New York states Capital District (Albany-Schenectady-Troy). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Further financial difficulties at WMHT led to a sale of WMHQ in the late-1990s. After a sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group (to make the station a dual UPN - WB affiliate) fell through, Tribune Broadcasting bought the station in 1999 for $18.5 million. On September 6, 1999, WMHQ became an affiliate of The WB and received a new callsign, WEWB as well as the on-air branding of WB 45. For the band, see 1990s (band). ... The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) NASDAQ: SBGI is the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States with a total of 59 stations across the country in 38 primarily small and medium markets, many of which are located in the South and the Midwest. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... The Warner Bros. ... Tribune Broadcasting is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

From the station's relaunch as WEWB until December of 2006, master control of the station was located at sister station and WB affiliate WLVI-TV in Boston, though local offices and small studios were located in Schenectady. WLVI offered a daily weather forecast for the Capital Region area on WEWB's website, updated daily by WLVI meteorologists. In 2005, the WB 45 name was succeeded by Capital Region's WB at the tail-end of a period in which most of Tribune's WB affiliates (minus VHF's and "heritage" stations) were rebranded in the same format. Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... WLVI-TV, channel 56, is a CW Television Network affiliate licensed to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and serving the Boston, Massachusetts television market. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. ...

In 2004, WEWB's digital signal signed on the air and began broadcasting on UHF channel 43. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On January 24, 2006, the UPN and WB networks announced that they would cease broadcasting and merge to create a new broadcast television network. The new network would be called The CW, the letters representing the first initial of its corporate parents CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. WEWB was one of the Tribune WB affiliates named in the initial announcement of a new 10 year affiliation deal with the new network. is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... Warner Bros. ... Time Warner Inc. ...

On February 22, FOX announced that they would start up another new broadcast television network called 'MyNetworkTV. The new network, which would be a sister network to FOX, would be operated by FOX Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. Albany's UPN affiliate, WNYA, was announced on March 9 that it would become the Capital Region's MyNetworkTV affiliate. is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This is an incomplete list of Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates. ... 20th Century Fox Television is the television production division of the 20th Century Fox movie studio, a subsidary of News Corporation. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation. ... WNYA, channel 51, is the callsign of the UPN affiliate for the Albany, New York area. ... is the 68th day of the year (69th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

In a byproduct of WEWB's switch from The WB to The CW, the station's call letters changed to the current WCWN on May 10. is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On June 19, 2006, Tribune announced they would sell WCWN to Freedom Communications, the owner of CBS affiliate WRGB (who also managed advertising sales for WNYA) for $17 million. The purchase, which faced review from the FCC for much of 2006, was approved on November 22 with Freedom closing on the station on December 6. Master control of WCWN moved from WLVI's studios in Boston to WRGB's studios in Niskayuna. WCWN's administrative studios in Schenectady were also closed. The purchase gave the Capital Region market its first television duopoly. For a short period of time, this essentially gave WRGB control of three stations. From April of 2003 until February of 2007, WRGB had a joint sales agreement (JSA) with WNYA. is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Freedom Communications Logo Freedom Communications, Inc. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... WRGB is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Capital Region of New York State. ... The abbreviation FCC can refer to: Face-centered cubic (usually fcc), a crystallographic structure Federal Communications Commission, a US government organization Farm Credit Corporation/Farm Credit Canada, a Canadian government organization Families with Children from China, an adoption support organization Florida Christian College, a college in central Florida Fresno City... is the 326th day of the year (327th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Niskayuna is a town in Schenectady County, New York, USA. The population was 20,295 at the 2000 census. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

In July of 2006, commercials for The CW as well as syndicated fall programming had the station taking the The Capital Region's CW branding effective with the network's launch which happened on September 18. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On December 6, the Tribune-run website of WCWN was shut down and a temporary one was set up. Freedom began the process of creating a new website for WCWN. When the new website was finished a few days later, WCWN received a modified CW logo. There is a link to WRGB on WCWN's Freedom-run website. December 6 is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Newscasts

At the outset of the station's relaunch as WEWB, Tribune planned to launch a news department for the station possibly with some support from another station in the market. These plans were indefinitely put on hold after Tribune corporate put a news freeze in place and did not consider such a launch to be a priority.

Under WCWN's new ownership by Freedom Communications and its resources from WRGB, news on the station has become a reality. Currently, WCWN airs a hour long newscast weekday mornings at 7 AM. It is an extention of WRGB's weekday morning newscast. The 7 AM edition use to air on Albany's MyNetworkTV affiliate WNYA but was moved over to WCWN at the start of 2007 after Freedom purchased the station. Reports have circulated about WRGB launching a 10 PM newscast on WCWN. However, the moving of a second run of Dr. Phil to the 10 PM timeslot on WCWN may have put those plans on hold. Location in Albany County and the State of New York Coordinates: , Country United States State New York County Albany Founded 1614 Incorporated 1686 Government  - Mayor Gerald D. Jennings (D) Area  - City  21. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation. ... WNYA, channel 51, is the callsign of the UPN affiliate for the Albany, New York area. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... This article is about the TV series. ...

News Team

• Anchor:
  • Ed O'Brien

• Weather:
  • Tom Mailey

• Reporter:
  • Nicole Forige

Administration

• Matt Sames - General Sales Manager
• Bob Hewitt - National Sales Manager
• Corey Ausfeld - Local Sales Manager

Account Executives

• Guy Cooper
• Melanie Costa
• Karen Lane
• Tracy Davis
• Don Evans
• Steve Paris
• Marie Moynihan
• Doug Haight
• Eric Schneider
• Karen Mackey Evans

Logos

WEWB's first logo, used from 1999 until 2005, similar to WLVI's 1995 to 2003 logo. Image File history File links Wewb_wb45_albany. ...

Former WEWB / WCWN logo, used from 2005 until September of 2006. Image File history File links Capital_Region's_WB.jpg‎ This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ...

WCWN's CW logo under Tribune ownership. Image File history File links Wcwn_2006. ...

WCWN's current CW logo. Image File history File links Cwny-new. ...

External Links

• Station Website
• WRGB Website
• The CW Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WCWN

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