WPIX, channel 11, is a television station in New York City. It has been owned by the Tribune Company since its inception, and is currently an affiliate of the CW Television Network. The station's signal covers the three-state New York metropolitan area, and WPIX is also available as a regional superstation via satellite and cable in the United States and Canada. Image File history File links Wpixcw11-1. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... For other uses, see Brand (disambiguation). ... In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies (or, equivalently, wavelengths) assigned by a government for the operation of a particular broadcast station. ... Analog television (or analogue television) encodes television and transports the picture and sound information as an analog signal, that is, by varying the amplitude and/or frequencies of the broadcast signal. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz (wavelength 10 m) to 300 MHz (wavelength 1 m). ... Digital Terrestrial Television (DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and sound using aerial broadcasts to a conventional antenna (or aerial) instead of a satellite dish or cable connection. ... This article is about the radio frequency. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... “The CW” redirects here. ... The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... An affiliate is a commercial entity with a relationship with a peer or a larger entity. ... The Warner Bros. ... In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power (ERP) is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains to the actual electrical power output of a transmitter. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... HAAT is used extensively in radio, as it is actually much more important than power. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... A facility ID is used in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission to identify broadcast TV stations. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... “The CW” redirects here. ... New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world . ... Superstation in United States television can have several meanings. ...

History

Independent station

An early WPIX test pattern, c. 1948.

WPIX made its on-air debut on June 15, 1948. Like its longtime sister station WGN-TV in Chicago (which signed on two and-a-half months earlier), its call letters come from the slogan of the newspaper that founded it. In this case, it was the New York Daily News, whose tag was "New York's Picture Newspaper". Both the paper and the station were owned by the Tribune Company. Then and now, WPIX's studios and offices are located in the News Building, at 220 East 42nd Street (alternatively called "11 WPIX Plaza") in Midtown Manhattan. In its earliest years, WPIX also had another studio (called "Studio Five") located at 110 Central Park South, where programs with a studio audience were produced. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (737x720, 104 KB) Summary WPIX Test Pattern (WPIX New York City and ggn information systems) http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (737x720, 104 KB) Summary WPIX Test Pattern (WPIX New York City and ggn information systems) http://www. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Tribune Company (NYSE: TRB) is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Main article: Transportation in New York City 42nd Street, NYC 42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... Central Park South is a street in Manhattan, New York City; it is a section of 59th Street. ...

Through the early 1990s, WPIX was operated separately from the other Tribune television and radio outlets through the News-owned license holder, WPIX, Incorporated, which in 1963 purchased New York radio station WBFM (101.9 MHz.). The News soon changed that station's call letters to WPIX-FM, and in 1988, the station became WQCD. The two stations were separated from the Daily News in 1991, when British businessman Robert Maxwell bought the newspaper. Tribune retained WPIX and WQCD (now WRXP), and the radio station was sold to Emmis Communications in 1997. For other uses, see 1963 (disambiguation). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... For other persons named Robert Maxwell, see Robert Maxwell (disambiguation). ... Emmis Communications is an Indianapolis, Indiana-based radio and television group. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

From the outset, WPIX featured programming that was standard among independents: movies, syndicated reruns of network programs, public affairs programming, religious programs, and sports -- specifically, the New York Yankees baseball team, whom WPIX carried from 1951 until 1998. At various points, WPIX also aired the New York (baseball) Giants, the New York Giants and New York Jets football teams, the NHL's New York Rangers, and local college basketball. But it was through its coverage of Yankees baseball that WPIX gained perhaps its greatest fame and identity. Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Major league affiliations National League (1883–present) West Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers NY, NY, 3, 4, 11, 24, 27, 30, 36, 42, 44 Name San Francisco Giants (1958–present) New York Giants (1885–1957) New York Gothams (1883–85) Other nicknames The Jints, The Gigantes, The G... This article is about the current National Football League team. ... City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Gang Green, the Green and White, Jersey Jets Team colors Hunter green and white Head Coach Eric Mangini Owner Woody Johnson General manager Mike Tannenbaum League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Eastern Division (1960-1969) National Football League (1970–present) American... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... NHL redirects here. ... The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York, U.S.A. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... Game between Illinois State Redbirds & Ball State Cardinals, February 17, 2007 in an ESPN Bracketbuster contest. ...

To generations of New York children, channel 11 was also the home of memorable personalities. In 1955 Joe Bolton, an original WPIX staffer who had been a weather forecaster in the station's news department, donned a policeman's uniform and became "Officer Joe", hosting several programs based around Little Rascals and Three Stooges films, and later Popeye animated shorts. Another early WPIX personality, Jack McCarthy, also hosted Popeye and Dick Tracy cartoons as "Captain Jack" in the early 1960s, though he was better known to adults as the longtime host of channel 11's St. Patrick's Day Parade coverage, from 1949 until 1992. WPIX aired a local version of Bozo the Clown (with Bill Britten in the role) from 1959 to 1964, and comic performer Chuck McCann also hosted a program at WPIX during the mid-1960s before moving to other entertainment work in Hollywood. Channel 11 later produced the Magic Garden series, which ran on the station from 1972 until 1984. Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Joseph Reeves Bolton III (September 8, 1910 – August 13, 1986) was the host of the WPIX show Clubhouse Gang and Funhouse as Officer Joe Bolton. ... The name The Little Rascals refers primarily to the television package of producer Hal Roachs Our Gang theatrical short film comedies, specifically those made between 1929 and 1938. ... The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the mid 20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. ... For other uses, see Popeye (disambiguation). ... Dick Tracy is a long-running comic strip featuring a popular and familiar character in American pop culture. ... St. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Bozo the Clown (also known as Bozo) is the name of a clown whose widespread franchising in early television made him the best-known clown character in the United States. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... ... The Magic Garden was a 30-minute childrens show which aired Mondays through Thursdays on New York Citys WPIX Channel 11 from September 1972 to March 1984. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

The first 11 Alive logo, which was used from 1977 to 1982.

From its early years through the 1960s WPIX, like the other two major independents in New York -- RKO General's WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV) and Metromedia's WNEW-TV (now WNYW) -- struggled to acquire other programming. By the early 1970s, WPIX was the clear number-two independent station in the city, behind WNEW-TV. It offered a wide selection of programming including cartoons, off-network sitcoms, dramas, a strong library of movies and Yankees baseball. It identified on-air as 11 Alive from 1977 to 1986, a slogan made popular by stations like Atlanta's WXIA-TV, who started using 11Alive themselves in 1976 and still do so today (WXIA-TV now owns the 11Alive copyright). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The classic logo of RKO Radio Pictures. ... WWOR-TV, channel 9, is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Secaucus, New Jersey, and serving the New York City metropolitan area. ... 1970s logo for WTCN-TV (now KARE) in Minneapolis, which included the corporate logo for Metromedia; this logo was also used by KTTV in Los Angeles Metromedia Producers Corporation logo Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a media company that owned radio and television stations in the United States from 1956... WNYW, channel 5, is the flagship television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Atlanta redirects here. ... WXIA-TV, channel 11, is the NBC television affiliate in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

WPIX suffered through a dry spell, ratings-wise, in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During this time, now-Fox-owned WNYW and a resurgent WWOR, then owned by MCA/Universal, relegated WPIX to sixth place among New York's VHF stations. After a new general manager, Michael Eigner, was transferred to WPIX from Los Angeles sister station KTLA in 1989, the station engineered a slow turnaround that eventually resulted in WPIX becoming the leading independent station in the New York market. In 1994, the station became the exclusive home of the New York City Marathon, carrying the five-borough running event for the next five years. FOX redirects here. ... The Music Corporation of America was a United States based corporation in the music business. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... Very high frequency (VHF) is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... KTLA, channel 5, is a television station in Los Angeles, California. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... The New York City Marathon is an annual marathon foot-race run over a 42,195 m (26. ...

WB affiliation

In January 1995, WPIX became an affiliate of the new WB Television Network. Through Tribune's ownership interest in the WB (initially 12.5 percent in 1995, and later expanded to 22 percent), channel 11 could have been referred to as the WB's "flagship" station -- though this is a designation in name only. The Warner Bros. Television division of Time Warner was the majority owner of the WB, and programming was distributed from the WB's facilities in Los Angeles. The WB Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the networks former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ... This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer or more simplified. ... Warner Bros. ... Time Warner Inc. ...

As WB network and syndicated daytime programming (such as Maury, Judge Mathis, and The Jerry Springer Show) became more prominent on channel 11's schedule, most of the station's local-interest programming began to disappear. WPIX was once home to the St. Patrick's Day, National Puerto Rican Day and Columbus Day parades, and Macy's Independence Day fireworks program. Along with the New York City Marathon these events moved to WNBC-TV, and the Marathon and the Macy's show are now carried on the NBC network. Maury is a talk show hosted by Maury Povich. ... Judge Mathis is a syndicated television show, on the air since 1999. ... The Jerry Springer Show is an internationally known[1] American television tabloid talk show, hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician. ... Columbus Day is a holiday celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbuss arrival in the Americas, which happened on the October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar, or October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the R. H. Macy & Co. ... Fourth of July redirects here. ... WNBC-TV, NBC4 is the flagship TV station of the NBC television network, with studios located in Rockefeller Center in Manhattan. ... This article is about the television network. ...

The first WB 11 logo, used from 1995-2006.

WPIX lost its over-the-air broadcast rights to the Yankees to WNYW following the 1998 baseball season, more a result of regional cable sports networks (in this case, the Madison Square Garden Network) gaining team broadcast rights, leaving broadcast stations with fewer games to air. In 1999 the station replaced them with the New York Mets, which up until that point had spent their entire televised history with WOR/WWOR. Ironically, beginning in 2005, over-the-air Yankees broadcasts were aired by WWOR, which was as synonymous with the Mets as WPIX was with the Yankees. Image File history File links WB11_95. ... Image File history File links WB11_95. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The Madison Square Garden Network, known simply as MSG in the metro New York area has been coving NY sports for over a decade. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... 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 Kings of Queens Ballpark Shea Stadium (1964-2008) Citi Field (2009- ) (1964–present) Polo Grounds (1962–1963...

In recent years, WPIX has revived The Yule Log, a special holiday program that combines Christmas music with a film loop of logs burning inside a fireplace. The Yule Log aired on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas morning, initially from 1966 until 1989, and viewer response brought it back in 2001. The revival of the Yule Log has proven to be just as popular, and several other Tribune-owned stations have carried the WPIX version, complete with its audio soundtrack, over the past several years. Channel 11 also airs a live broadcast of the Midnight Mass, from St. Patrick's Cathedral, on Christmas Eve. This classic scene features holiday music every Christmas to viewers of WPIX-TV in New York since 1966 and again since 2001 after a eleven year absence from television screens. ... St. ...

As children's programming began to fade from broadcast television, The WB dropped its morning cartoon block in 2000, leaving the time for local stations to carry their own programming. On June 5 of that year, WPIX launched the WB 11 Morning News (now CW 11 Morning News), which has grown to challenge the established network morning programs as well as its more direct competitor, WNYW's Good Day New York. The station continues to carry Saturday morning cartoons from Kids WB, but the afternoon cartoon block was discontinued on December 30, 2005. Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Kids WB is the Saturday morning cartoon portion of the WB Television Networks programming. ... is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On September 11, 2001, the transmitter facilities of WPIX as well as eight other New York City television stations and several radio stations were destroyed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed the World Trade Center towers. The station's lead engineer, Steve Jacobson, was among those who were lost in the tragedy. WPIX's satellite feed froze on the last video frame received from the WTC mast; the image remained on the screen for much of the day until WPIX was able to set up alternate transmission facilities (the microwave relay for WPIX's satellite feed was also up there). Since then, WPIX has transmitted its signal from the Empire State Building. The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... For other uses, see World Trade Center (disambiguation). ... The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City, New York at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. ...

CW affiliation

On January 24, 2006, the WB and UPN networks announced that they would merge into a new service, the CW Television Network, named for its corporate parents CBS (the parent company of UPN) and Warner Bros. Television. The new network signed a 10-year affiliation deal with most of Tribune's WB stations, including WPIX. Unlike in its relationship with the WB, Tribune does not have an ownership interest in the CW -- meaning, once again, WPIX is the network's "flagship" station in name only. is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) was a television network in over 200 markets in the United States. ... The CW Television Network, or more casually The CW, is a new television network in the United States set to launch for the 2006-07 television season. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ...

In the summer of 2006, WPIX began the transition to the new CW by unveiling its new branding, CW 11, with on-air promos, on-screen program bugs, and an outdoor advertising campaign. WPIX was officially re-branded as CW 11 on September 17, 2006, the day before the CW launched. The rebranding began with the 10 p.m. newscast, which aired at the conclusion of the WB's final night of programming. Prior to the newscast, the station aired a video montage of past WPIX logos, starting with a 1948 test pattern and concluding with the official unveiling of the new CW 11 logo. is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Digital Television

Post-analog shutdown

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009^[1], WPIX will move its digital broadcasts back to its present analog channel number, 11. ^[2]

News programming

News has played an important role on channel 11 from the station's beginnings. WPIX won national acclaim in 1956 for its filmed documentary coverage of the collision, and later, sinking of the New York-bound oceanliner SS Andrea Doria off the coast of Nantucket. The SS Andrea Doria was an ocean liner for the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia) home ported in Genoa, Italy. ... Nantucket is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, formed of glacial moraine. ...

From 1977 to early 1984, WPIX used the Action News title and format for its local news programs, complete with its theme music, "Move Closer to Your World". A 30-minute newscast aired at 7:30 p.m., and a one-hour program (at some points it was also 30 minutes) ran at 10:00 p.m.. Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... This article is about the year. ... Action News is a local television newscast format in the United States. ... Move Closer to Your World is a television news music package composed by jingle writer Al Ham under his Mayoham Music label. ...

From June 1980 until June 1990, WPIX produced and syndicated Independent Network News (INN), a national newscast for independent stations. The program featured the same talent that worked on WPIX's local newscasts. WPIX transmitted the national show's live feed weeknights at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern). In New York, WPIX paired a 10 p.m. replay of the national show with a live local newscast at 10:30 p.m., called the "Action News Metropolitan Report." Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the former syndicated news program from the 1980s. ...

As part of a midday expansion of INN starting in 1981, channel 11 also experimented with a newscast at 12:30 p.m. co-anchored by Marvin Scott. During the decade, WPIX also offered INN affiliates The Wall Street Journal Report, a business-oriented show; and From the Editor's Desk, a Sunday newsmaker show hosted by Richard D. Heffner, host of the long-running public-affairs program The Open Mind. AUGUST 25 1981 US Marine Sean Vance is Born on the 25th of August {ear nav|1981}} Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Marvin Scott (born March 10, 1944) was the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in 2004 against incumbent Democrat Evan Bayh but lost to Bayh getting 37%, 904,843 votes. ... The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is an international daily newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company in New York City, New York, USA, with Asian and European editions, and a worldwide daily circulation of more than 2 million as of 2006, with 931,000 paying online subscribers. ... The Open Mind were a London-based psychedelic rock band active in the 1960s and 1970s. ...

WPIX was also famous for the many post-news editorials from 1969 to 1995 that were delivered by Richard N. Hughes, the station's vice president of news operations. His editorials ended with the legendary tagline, "What's your opinion? We'd like to know." Periodically, he would read excerpts from viewers' letters in response to the editorials, invariably closing each excerpt by saying, "And that ends that quote." Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

The station dropped Action News in 1984 and renamed its programs as The Independent News. In 1986, the national INN newscast, which was contained within the 10:00 show, was renamed USA Tonight, while the 7:30 program retained the title Independent News. When INN was cancelled, the 7:30 program ended as well, and WPIX focused its efforts on the 10:00 program. WPIX sometimes uses segments within its newscasts to cross-promote Newsday, the Melville, New York-based daily newspaper purchased by the Tribune Company in 2000, through its acquisition of the Times-Mirror Company. Newsday is a daily tabloid-size newspaper that primarily serves Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens, although it is sold throughout the New York City metropolitan area. ... Melville is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington in Suffolk County on Long Island, New York, in the United States. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Over the years, channel 11 has won many awards for news, and was the first independent station to win a New York-area Emmy Award for outstanding newscast, first gaining the statuette in 1979 and earning it again in 1983. It was a significant comeback for a news operation that was accused of falsifying news reports broadcasts in the late 1960s, such as labeling stock footage as "via satellite", and saying a voice report was live from Prague when, in actuality, it was made from a pay telephone in Manhattan. As a result, a group called Forum Communications — led by future PBS and NBC News president Lawrence Grossman — approached the FCC to challenge WPIX Inc.'s license to operate channel 11, but after years of litigation, WPIX and the Daily News prevailed in 1979. An Emmy Award. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Prague (disambiguation). ... PBS redirects here. ... This article is about the television network. ...

As a sidenote, WPIX's questionable news gathering practices of the late 1960s became fodder for jokes, and may have been the inspiration for Chevy Chase's running gag on the Weekend Update segments of Saturday Night Live during that show's first season (1975-1976) in which he would introduce a "file report" from a correspondent in the field, and as the file report (some of which used clips of old 1930s cartoons or comedy one-reelers that were passed off as "File Footage," although the clips had almost nothing to do with the story being reported) ends, the "correspondent" is revealed to be Chevy himself, in the studio, using an alias and holding his nose to get the "pinched" effect of voices heard by telephone. For other uses, see Chevy Chase (disambiguation). ... Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch which comments on and parodies current events. ... This article is about the American television series. ... The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the [[. In East Asia, the rise of militarism occurred. ...

Current personalities

Anchors

• Sukanya Krishnan - CW 11 Morning News (7 to 9 a.m.)
• Tiffany McElroy - CW 11 Morning News (5 to 7 a.m.)
• John Muller - CW 11 Morning News (7 to 9 a.m.)
• Mary Murphy - weekends
• Peter Thorne - weekends
• Kaity Tong - weeknights
• Craig Treadway - CW 11 Morning News (5 to 7 a.m.)
• Jim Watkins - weeknights

Weather

• Linda Church - CW 11 Morning News
• Irv "Mr. G" Gikofsky - chief meterologist/weeknights
• Chris Knowles - weekends

Sports

• Lolita Lopez - weekends
• Sal Marchiano - weeknights
• Glenn Petraitis - reporter/fill in sports anchor

Reporters

Sukanya Krishnan on Home Delivery Sukanya Krishnan is a news anchor for the 7 am - 9 am belt of the WB 11 Morning News, usually paired with John Muller. ... Tiffany McElroy is a 5-7 AM co-acnhor for the WB 11 Morning News on WPIX in New York City, USA. She is romantically linked to WCBS-TV weatherman John Bolaris, who she has had a child with. ... John Muller(born july 7 1966) is co-anchor of the CW 11 Morning News that airs from 7-9am. ... Mary Murphy on the CW 11 News at Ten on WPIX in July of 2006. ... Peter Thorne on the WB11 News at Ten on WPIX in July of 2006. ... Kaity Tong on WPIX in 1995. ... Craig Treadway and Tiffany McElroy on the WB11 Morning News on WPIX in June of 2006. ... Jim Watkins on the WB11 News at Ten on WPIX in June of 2006. ... Linda Church on the WB11 Morning News on WPIX in June of 2006. ... Irv Giraldo on the CW 11 News at Ten on WPIX in June of 2006. ... Chris Knowles was an on-air personality, most recently with the Fox News Channel (FNC), from 2001 - 2007. ... Lolita Lopez on the WB11 News at Ten on WPIX in June of 2006. ... Sal Marchiano on the WB11 News at Ten on WPIX in June of 2006. ... Arthur Chien on the WB11 News at Ten on WPIX in July of 2006. ... Tamsen Fadal is a US Television reporter presently working for WCBS TV Channel 2 News. ... James Ford is an African American anchorman and reporter for WNYW-TV. External Link WNYW Bio Categories: Television biographical stubs | New York Television Anchors ... Emily Frances on the CW11 Morning News, WPIX-TV New York, circa June 2006. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... WPIXs WB11 Morning News helicopter reporter Jill Nicolini, July 11, 2006. ... Michelle Steele (born August 3, 1986 in Gladstone, Queensland) is an Australian Olympic skeleton athlete. ... Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Notable alumni

Joseph Reeves Bolton III (September 8, 1910 – August 13, 1986) was the host of the WPIX show Clubhouse Gang and Funhouse as Officer Joe Bolton. ... Jack Cafferty (born December 14, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is a controversial and sometimes racist political commentator, CNN entertainer and occasional host of specials. ... Marysol Castro is the weather anchor for ABCs Good Morning America Weekend Edition. ... Julie Chang on the WB11 Morning News on WPIX in July of 2006. ... Joseph Cioffi on the WB11 News at Ten on WPIX in July of 2006. ... Jamie Colby is a news correspondent for Fox News Channel and host of Fox News Live at 2:00 p. ... Morton Dean (born August 22, 1935, Fall River, Massachusetts) is an American television news journalist who has worked for several networks since the mid-1960s. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: person of very little importance If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Bob Grant (born Robert Ciro Gigante on March 14, 1929 is an American radio personality, who has broadcast mostly from New York City stations and who has been widely credited as a pioneer of the angry or controversial talk radio show format. ... Donna Hanover (born February 13, 1950) is an American journalist, radio and television personality, and actress, who is the morning show co-host for WOR radio in New York City. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Jackie Hyland is a television anchor. ... Bill Jorgensen was the founding and longtime anchor of New York Citys WNEW-TVs (now WNYW Fox 5) Ten Oclock News from its inception in 1967 until 1979, when he accepted the anchor position at WPIX-TV, also in New York City, until his retirement in 1987. ... Lynda López a. ... WPIXs Patricia Lopez on the CW11 Morning News, July 11, 2006. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Melinda Murphy has been a correspondent for CBS television news program The Early Show since October 2002. ... Julian on Fox & Friends Julian Phillips is a former co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, most recently with Alisyn Camerota, Kiran Chetry and other Fox News personalities. ... Sally Jessy Raphael (born Sally Lowenthal on February 25, 1935 in Easton, Pennsylvania, U.S.[1]) is an American talk show host. ... David Susskind (December 19, 1920, New York City - February 22, 1987, New York City, heart attack) was best known as a pioneer TV talk show host. ...

Newscast titles

• TelePIX (1948-1962)
• Harper News (1962-1964)
• News Pulse (1964-1969)
• 24 Hours (1969-1977)
• Action News (1977-1984)
• Independent Network News (1980-1984, concurrent with Action News)
• INN: The Independent News (1984-1990)
• USA Tonight (1986-1987)
• New York Tonight (1987-1989)
• Channel 11 News (1989-1998)
• WB11 News (1998-2006)
• CW11 News (2006-Present)

Public affairs and special events

In addition to its news-oriented broadcasts, WPIX was a leader in public-affairs and special events programming, inspired by its roots as the television station of the Daily News. Early on, it offered the first in-depth program to look at New York City government, called City Hall. WPIX children's show personality Jack McCarthy anchored the station's coverage of the St. Patrick's Day Parade, and the station later added the Columbus Day and National Puerto Rican Day Parade to its stable. Later on, the station produced Essence, a TV show inspired by Essence magazine and hosted by the publication's chief editor, Susan L. Taylor. Essence is an American fashion, lifestyle and entertainment magazine. ...

Editor's Desk host Richard Heffner was and still is the host of the longtime interview show The Open Mind, which was produced by channel 11 (and was concurrently aired on PBS stations) before moving to other New York studios. The Open Mind is a half-hour public affairs interview show. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ...

Logos

"Circle 11 logo" redirects here.

WPIX's famous Circle 11 logo -- which pre-dated the World Trade Center, with which it closely resembles -- was first unveiled in 1969. (A Yankee Stadium advertising billboard for WPIX with the Circle 11 logo appeared that year.) Image File history File links WPIXs logo, which closely resembles the Twin Towers File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This page is about the stadium the New York Yankees currently play in. ...

The station dropped Circle 11 when it adopted the 11 Alive moniker in 1977 (though it continued to appear during station editorials until around 1982), but re-incorporated the Circle 11 into the 11 Alive branding in 1984. The Circle 11 logo returned full-time in the Fall of 1985, and its relaunch featured a series of promos in which a fictitious station employee, Henry Tillman, was searching for a "big idea", for something uniquely New York in nature to serve as the perfect symbol for WPIX. The campaign concluded when, after many unsuccessful attempts, Tillman finally stumbled upon his match -- the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center.

The station revised its look when it unveiled a stylized 11 logo during WPIX's broadcast of the 1994 New York City Marathon. The new numerical look eventually became the full-time logo, augmented with the WB logo after the station became a WB affiliate in 1995.

The station's current CW 11 logo was first used for promos and teasers announcing the imminent change to the CW, and then first used as a full-time logo on the station's CW 11 News at Ten on September 17, 2006. The newscast was preceded by a graphic of all of WPIX's logos throughout the years, ending with the new CW 11 logo. is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• The CW Television Network

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External links

• WPIX Website
• Photos of WPIX's news set
• WPIX's YouTube Video Channel
• WPIX-TV logos and screenshots from 1950s to the present day.
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WPIX
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WPIX-TV