WFTY-TV

Information about WFTY-TV

WFTY-TV
(satellite of WFUT-TV,
Newark, New Jersey)
Smithtown / New York, New York
ChannelsAnalog: 67 (UHF)
Digital: 23 (UHF)
AffiliationsTelefutura
OwnerUnivision
FoundedNovember 14, 1973
Call letters meaningTeleFuTura New York
Former callsignsWSNL-TV (1973-1986)
WHSI-TV (1986-2001)
Former affiliationsIndependent (general) (1973-1986)
Wometco Home Theater (1977-1985)
Independent (Music videos) (1985-1986)
Home Shopping Network (1986-2001)
AIN/UATV (2001-2002)
Websitewww.univision.com/|


WFTY-TV is one of two Telefutura network-Owned stations for the New York City market, along with WFUT-TV. Owned by the Univision Broadcast Group, the station is licenced to Smithtown, New York and serves Long Island.

History

WFTY first signed on November 14, 1973 as WSNL-TV, but this independent station went bankrupt and had to leave the air in June 13 1975. It returned to the air on December 4, 1979, simulcasting Newark's WWHT (now WFUT) with a mixed independent / subscription television format. On January 30, 1980, an electrical fire nearly destroyed the station's studios, forcing WSNL to again cease to broadcast, this time until the summer of 1980. It returned to the air in July 1980. In 1985, WSNL and WWHT discontinued the independent and subscription programming in favor of music videos. By the fall of 1986, the stations became WHSI and WHSE when they were sold to the Home Shopping Network. The two stations would run HSN programming for the next fifteen years.

In the late 1990s, HSN's broadcasting arm (Silver King Television) planned to switch their stations to an independent format. WHSE/WHSI were slated to switch to the format in 2001. Late in 2000, however, USA Broadcasting, who owned HSN by that time, decided to sell their stations to Univision, meaning that WHSI would (instead of returning to an independent format) switch to AIN/UATV, networks generally used by low-powered stations, before becoming a charter Telefutura affiliate on January 14, 2002, re-called as WFTY

Trivia

The WFTY call letters were formerly used by Washington, DC CW Affiliate, WDCW while they were an independent station.

See also

  • WFUT

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Local digital-only channels
WRNN 48 (Ind/JTV, FUN on DT3) - WLNY 57 (Ind)
(Both stations also have low-powered analog repeaters.)
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CN8 - FSN New York - MSG Network - News 12 - NY1 - NYCTV - SportsNet New York - Telecare - YES Network
Past local cable television channels
MSG Metro Channels - WWOR EMI Service - KC2XAK (experimental OTA UHF transmitter, Ch. 24)
See also Broadcast television in the , , and markets
Other Television Stations in the state of New York
Religious Stations: WEBR-CA 17 (GCN, ) - W20BA 20 (TBN, Massena) - WNYB 26 (TCT, ) - W26BS 26 (TBN, )
WNGN-LP 35 / WNGX-LP 42 (FamilyNet, ) - WTBY 54 (TBN, )

Spanish-Language Stations WNYN-LP 39 (Azteca Amrica, ) - WNYI 52 (Univision, ) - WFTY 67 (TeleFutura, )

ION Television Affiliates : WWBI-LP 27 () - WPXN 31 () - WPXJ 51 () - WYPX 55 () - WSPX 56 ()

Other Stations: WNCE-CA 8 (A1, ) - WNYE 25 (Independent, ) - WVBG-LP 25 (RSN, ) - WCWF 40 (new, )
WRNN-DT 48 (JTV / News, FUNi on DT3, ) - WVVH-LP 50 (A1, ) - WLNY-DT 57 (Independent, ) - WNGS 67 (RTN, )
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TeleFutura Owned and/or Operated Stations: KFPH | KFSF | KTFB | KTFD1 | KTFF | KFTH | KTFK | KTFQ2 | KFTR | KFTU | KNIC | KSTR | WAMI | WFPA | WFTT1 | WFTY | WFUT | WOTF | WTNC | WUTF1 | WXFT
Other Television Stations: KUVI (MNTV affiliate) | WSTE (Independent)3,5
1Univision owns the licenses. However these stations are operated by Entravision under a Local Marketing Agreement.
2Univision owns the license. However this station operates in a Joint Sales Agreement with Entravision.
3The station is locally owned. However thorugh WLII and WSUR-TV, Univision operates the station under a Local Marketing Agreement.
4Univision owned the station, but is operated Equity Broadcasting.
5Acquisition from Siete Grande Television, Inc. is now awaiting FCC approval.
Annual Revenue: $2.9 billion USD (2006) | Employees: 4,233 | Stock Symbols: None, privately held. | Website: www.univision.net
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