WNYX-LP

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WNYX-LP
New York, New York
Branding TV 35
Channels Analog: 35 (UHF)
Affiliations Independent
Owner Island Broadcasting Company
Founded Unknown
Former callsigns W59AT (1980 - 1987)
W44AI (1987-1994)
Transmitter Power 25 kW

WNYX-LP is a low-power television station in New York, New York, broadcasting locally on channel 35. Like its sister station WNXY-LP, this station broadcasts community access-type programming. Much of its programming appeals to various ethnic audiences.

Originally, it began on channel 59 as W59AT and was licensed to Mineola, NY. For a while, it was a translator for then WLIG. In 1987 it moved to channel 44, moved to Hicksville, NY and changed its call letters to W44AI. In 1994 it changed its call letters to WNYX-LP, and in 1997 it moved to channel 35 in New York, NY.

WNYX were also the fictional call letters in the NBC sitcom "News Radio." The show took place in a fictional New York AM talk radio station.

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