WNYO-TV
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| Buffalo, New York | |
| Branding | MyTV Buffalo Formerly called "Buffalo's WB49" |
| Channels | 49 (UHF) analog, 34 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | My Network TV |
| Owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group (New York Television, Inc.) |
| Founded | February 15, 1984 |
| Call letters meaning | Western New York Ontario |
| Former callsigns | WBKL-TV (1984) WNYB-TV (1984-1996) |
| Former affiliations | Fox (1987-1990) TBN (1990-1996) The WB (1996-2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 4,900 kW Analog 0.65 kW Digital STA 175 kW Digital CP |
| Website | www.mytvbuffalo.com |
WNYO-TV is a broadcast television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with My Network TV as of September 5, 2006. It broadcasts on channel 49. It is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also owns WUTV, the Fox affiliate in the Buffalo market. WNYO runs a general entertainment format featuring My Network TV prime time first-run shows, sitcoms, first-run talk shows, reality shows, and court shows.
WNYO's transmitter is located in Cowlesville, New York at 2034 Folsomdale Road. It is commonly known as MyTV Buffalo. The station originally planned for the its post-WB moniker to be "NYO 10" (10 being their channel assignment on most area cable television systems), but the plans were changed soon after the affiliation agreement with MNTV. [1]
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[edit] History
Channel 49 was founded on February 15, 1984 as WBKL-TV but then changed its call letters to WNYB-TV just twelve days later. The station did not begin its broadcasting operation until 1987 when it went on the air as a Fox affiliate as Fox 49, under a corporate deal from its owner, TVX.
In 1988, the station was sold to Act III Broadcasting, which almost immediately turned around and offered to buy WUTV Channel 29 from Citadel Broadcasting. Citadel accepted the offer in 1989, and the sale was finalized in June 1990. Act III moved WNYB's programming (including its Fox affiliation) to WUTV. WNYB was then sold to Tri-State Christian Television and began to carry religious programming full-time, including programming from the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
Grant Broadcasting acquired Channel 26 in Jamestown in 1995, and negotiated with Tri-State Christian Television for Channel 49 in exchange for Channel 26 and cash, as well as a new broadcasting facility. As a result, in September 1996, Trinity Broadcasting moved to Channel 26 along with the WNYB call letters, and Channel 49 became WNYO, a WB affiliate.
The Sinclair Broadcast Group purchased WUTV in 1997 and WNYO in 2001, making WUTV and WNYO sister stations. Because of this, WNYO became an affiliate of Fox's new My Network TV in September 2006 when the merger of The WB and UPN into The CW Television Network took place. (Former Buffalo UPN affiliate WNLO, owned by LIN TV, became an affiliate of The CW when that network officially launched on September 18, 2006.)
[edit] News
Until March 2006, it ran the WB49 News at Ten, a nightly newscast as part of Sinclair's News Central operation. However, due to poor ratings and poor responses regarding the structure of that newscast, WNYO cancelled its own news operation; News Central folded at the end of March.
On April 13, 2006, Sinclair announced that NBC affiliate WGRZ-TV would produce a new 10PM newscast for WNYO, using WGRZ's current news staff. Originally to be called 2 On NYO 10 at 10, that newscast began Thursday, April 20, as 2 News on 49, Ten at 10. [2] [3]
The newscast is now known as 2 News on MyTV Buffalo, Ten at 10. (The newscast, excluding commercials, is approximately 10 minutes long. A sports talk program run by the WGRZ sports department, the WNY Sports Zone, completes the half hour.)
[edit] Logo gallery
 WB49 logo pre 2004 |
 an older WB logo used until 2004 |
 logo used until Sept. 2006 |
Current MyNetworkTV Logo |
[edit] External links
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WWOR 9 (Seacacus, NJ / New York City) - WBPN-LP 10 (Binghamton) - WPNY-LP 11 (Utica) - WNYA-CA 15 (Albany) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other stations in New York | |
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Corporate Staff: David D. Smith (COB and President & CEO) | Frederick G. Smith | J. Duncan Smith | Robert E. Smith | Daniel C. Keith | Martin R. Leader | Lawrence E. McCanna | Basil A. Thomas | David B. Amy | Lucy A. Rutishauser | Barry M. Faber | David R. Bochenek | Nat S. Ostroff | Donald H. Thompson | Thomas I. Waters III | Darren Shapiro | Gregg Siegel | Jeff Sleete | M. William Butler | Steven M. Marks | Delbert R. Parks III | Joe DeFeo |
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ABC Network Affiliates: KDNL | WCHS | WEAR | WGGB | WICD | WICS | WKEF | WLOS | WSYX | WXLV |
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CW Network Affiliates: KOCB | KVCW | WLFL | WNAB4 | WNUV2 | WTTO/WDBB | WUCW | WVTV |
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Fox Network Affiliates: KABB | KBSI | KDSM | KOKH | WBFF | WDKY | WMSN | WPGH5 | WRGT2 | WRLH | WSMH | WSYT | WTAT2 | WTTE2 | WUHF1 | WUTV | WVAH2 | WYZZ1 | WZTV |
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MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KMYS | KVMY | WABM | WCGV | WDKA3 | WFGX3 | WMMP | WMYA2 | WMYV | WNYO | WNYS3 | WPMY | WRDC | WRLH DT-2 | WSTR | WSYX DT-2 | WTTA3 | WTVZ | WUXP |
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1Sinclair has ownership interests in these stations, but management capabilities belong to Nexstar Broadcasting Group. |
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2Sinclair operates these stations owned by Cunningham Broadcasting under a local marketing agreement. |
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3Sinclair operates these stations, which are owned by local groups, under a local marketing agreement. |
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4Sinclair operates this station owned by Tennessee Broadcasting under an outsourcing agreement. |
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5Cox Enterprises holds a 10% interest in this station. |
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6Sinclair holds a 10% interest in this station, of which Cox Enterprises owns the remaining 90%. |
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Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI| Website: www.sbgi.net |
