WLIW
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WLIW is a Long Island PBS member station that serves the New York City area. Located on UHF channel 21 (digital channel 22), its city of license is in Garden City, New York while its studios are in Plainview, New York, both located in Nassau County.
WLIW began transmitting on January 6, 1969 and is the fourth most watched PBS station in the country. In February 2003, the station completed a merger to combine its operations with WNET in nearby New York City.
Many programs produced by WLIW are broadcast on PBS stations across the country, such as the innovative Visions series and many music specials featuring noted American performers like Frank Sinatra, Neil Sedaka, Rick Nelson and international stars like Helmut Lotti and Sarah Brightman. Regular hosts of these specials produced for PBS include Laura Savini, Terrill Cass, Joe Campbell, Mark Simone and Lisa Jandovitz.
WLIW is the distributor for BBC World News in the United States, which is seen on 229 PBS-TV members & affiliates.
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| Terrestrial television>Broadcast television in the New York City market [(Nielsen DMA #1)] | ||
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WCBS 2 (CBS) -
WNBC 4 (NBC) -
WNYW 5 (Fox) -
WABC 7 (ABC) -
WWOR 9 (UPN-to be MNTV in 09/06) -
WPIX 11 (The WB-to be The CW in 09/06) (The Tube on DT2) -
WNET 13 (PBS) -
WEBR-CA 17 (GCN) -
WLIW 21 (PBS) -
WMBQ-CA 22 (MTV2) -
WNYE 25 (NYC) -
WPXN 31 (i) -
W36AZ 36 (Ind) -
WDVB-CA 39 (ImaginAsian) -
WNYN-LP 39 (Azteca América) -
WXTV 41 (UNI) -
WSAH 43 (S@H/JTV) -
WNJU 47 (TMD) -
WEDW 49 (PBS/CPTV) -
WNJN 50 / WNJB 58 (PBS/NJN) -
WVVH-LP 50 (A1) -
WKOB-LP 53 (Ind) -
WTBY 54 (TBN) -
WRNN-LP 57 (Ind) -
W60AI 60 (HSN) -
WMBC 63 (Ind) -
WFME 66 (Religious) -
WFTY 67 (TFR) -
WFUT 68 (TFR)
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| Local digital-only channels | ||
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WRNN 48 (Ind) -
WLNY 57 (Ind) (Both stations also have low-powered repeaters in analog.) | ||
| Local cable television channels | ||
| MSG Network - News 12 - NY1 - NYCTV - SportsNet New York - YES Network | ||
| PBS Member Stations in the state of New York | |
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| WNET 13 () - WPBS 16 / WNPI 18 () - WMHT 17 () - WNED 17 () - WLIW 21 () - WXXI 21 () - WCNY 24 / W59AU 59 ( / ) - WSKG 46 () - WCFE 57 () | |
| '''See also: , , , , , and stations in New York | |
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