WNYN-LP

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WNYN-LP
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Azteca América
analog = 49 (UHF)
digital = 39 (UHF)
affiliations = Azteca América
founded = July 19, 1991 (as W51BV)
location = New York, New York
callsign_meaning = W New York, New York
owner = TVC Television
licensee = Island Broadcasting Company
former_affiliations = The Box (1991-2000)
effective_radiated_power = 50 kW (analog)
homepage = [http://www.aztecaamerica.com Azteca América]

WNYN-LP is the local Azteca America affiliate for New York City. It broadcasts on channel 39. However, they have construction permits that would move the analog signal to channel 49, with channel 39 becoming WNYN's digital signal.

History

The station started out as W51BV channel 51 from Deer Park, NY in July 1991 as an affiliate of The Box Music Network. On November 20 1995, the station became WNYN-LP. In 2000, they ceased operations on channel 51 without warning, leaving many fans of The Box in the area in the dark. During this time, WNYN prepared to move to channel 39, while its sister station WXNY-LP, who at the time was on channel 39, prepared to move to channel 32.

One Sunday night in 2001, channel 51 came back on the air for one night with the LTV programming that also aired on WXNY-LP, but there was no audio. It is believed that this was WNYN's way of preventing their license from being revoked by the FCC for being silent for more than 12 consecutive months.

In 2002, WNYN-LP moved to channel 39 and became an affiliate of Azteca América, after the network earlier failed to acquire WSAH, which they intended to use as New York's Azteca América flagship.

Controversy

When WNYN-LP moved its transmitter to channel 39 in Long Island City, their over the air signal became unavailable in their then-city of license, Deer Park, and their localized programming did not target the community either. However, the channel is available on satellite, but not on the local Cablevision system and the local Verizon FiOS TV system that serves Deer Park. (WNYN-LP has since been relicensed to New York.)

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