list of television stations in new york state

This is a list of broadcast television stations serving cities in the state of New York, as of 2002-2003:

VHF stations

Channel 2: WCBS - CBS, New York City, "CBS 2 New York"
Channel 2: WGRZ - NBC, Buffalo, originally WGR prior to 1983.
Channel 2: WKTV - NBC, Utica
Channel 3: WSTM - NBC, Syracuse
Channel 4: WIVB - CBS, Buffalo, WBEN until 1973, W IV=4 Buffalo
Channel 4: WNBC - NBC, New York City, "NBC 4"
Channel 5: WNYW - FOX, Fox Box, New York City, "FOX5", WABD when it was the Flagship station of the DuMont Television Network, became WNEW before 1986
Channel 5: WPTZ - NBC, Plattsburgh, PTZ=Plattsburgh
Channel 5: WTVH - CBS, Syracuse "Newschannel 5"
Channel 6: WRGB - CBS, Schenectady "CBS6"
Channel 7: WABC - ABC, New York City "ABC 7"
Channel 7: WKBW-TV - ABC, Buffalo, "News Channel 7' until 1997
Channel 7: WWNY - CBS, Carthage (Watertown)
Channel 8: WROC - CBS, Rochester "News 8 Now", WMAL on channel 6 before CIII, another channel 6 aired near Rochester made WMAL move to number 8, WROC-TV, and an NBC affiliate until 1989.
Channel 9: WSYR-TV - ABC, Syracuse
Channel 10: WHEC - NBC, Rochester "10NBC"
Channel 10: WTEN - ABC, Albany "ABC10"
Channel 11: WPIX - WB, Kids WB, New York City, "WB11" (formerly "Channel 11")
Channel 12: WBNG - CBS, Binghamton
Channel 13: WNYT - NBC, Albany
Channel 13: WNET - PBS, Newark, New Jersey/New York City
Channel 13: WOKR - ABC, Rochester

UHF stations

Channel 14: WSTQ - UPN, Syracuse
Channel 15: WNYA-CA - UPN, Albany
Channel 16: WPBS - PBS, Watertown
Channel 17: WMHT - PBS, Schenectady
Channel 17: WNED - PBS, Buffalo
Channel 18: WETM - NBC, Elmira
Channel 18: WNPI - PBS, Norwood
Channel 20: WUTR - ABC, Utica
Channel 21: WLIW - PBS, Garden City
Channel 21: WXXI - PBS, Rochester, XXI=21
Channel 23: WNLO - UPN, Buffalo, probably UPN23, originally independent and WNEQ, PBS
Channel 24: WCNY - PBS, Syracuse
Channel 25: WNYE - PBS (partially), New York City
Channel 25: WONS?, Olean or Jamestown, formerly "UPN 25"
Channel 26: WNYB - TBN, Jamestown
Channel 29: WUTV - FOX, Fox Box, Buffalo "FOX 29", WNYT (independent) until the 1980s
Channel 30: WBGT - UPN, Rochester "Big TV"
Channel 30: WSKA - PBS, Corning
Channel 31: WPXN - PAX, New York City
Channel 31: WUHF - FOX, Fox Box, Rochester, "FOX Rochester"
Channel 33: WFXV - FOX, Utica
Channel 34: WIVT - ABC, Binghamton
Channel 36: WENY - ABC, Elmira
Channel 40: WICZ - FOX, Binghamton
Channel 43: WNYS - WB, Syracuse
Channel 45: WEWB - WB, Schenectady
Channel 46: WSKG - PBS, Binghamton
Channel 48: WYDC - FOX, Corning
Channel 49: WNYO - WB, Kids WB, Buffalo, "Buffalo's WB 49"
Channel 51: WPXJ - PAX, Batavia, "PAX 51"
Channel 54: WTBY - TBN, Poughkeepsie
Channel 55: WLNY - independent, Riverhead, "NY 55"
Channel 55: WYPX - independent, Amsterdam
Channel 56: WSPX - PAX, Syracuse
Channel 57: WCFE - PBS, Plattsburgh
Channel 62: WRNN - independent, Kingston, "Regional News Network"
Channel 67: WFTY - Telefutura, Smithtown
Channel 67: WNGS - independent, Buffalo (Springville), formerly "UPN (channel) 67"(1997-2002), launched in 1996
Channel 68: WSYT - FOX, Syracuse

Local cable channels

Capital News 9: 24-hour local news channel by Time Warner Cable for the Albany area and western Massachusetts
New York One (NY1), 24-hour local news channel by Time Warner Cable for New York City
News 10 Now: 24-hour local news channel by Time Warner Cable for the Syracuse region
PEISH, Elmira
cable WB for Rochester?

List Of Television Stations In New York State

VHF stations

UHF stations

Local cable channels

See also