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WBNG
WBNG-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS and CW+. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios on Columbia Drive in Johnson City and a transmitter on Ingraham Hill Road in the town of Binghamton. History The station signed on December 1, 1949, as WNBF-TV and was originally owned by Clark Associates Inc. along with WNBF radio ( 1290 AM and 98.1 FM, now WHWK). At its launch, WNBF carried programs from all four American television networks at the time (CBS, DuMont, NBC, and ABC) since it was the market's first television outlet to launch. For many of its early years, WNBF was the only station available to viewers in the nearby Scranton– Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, market as set owners pointed their roof-top antennas north towards Binghamton. The station subsequently lost its affiliations with DuMont in 1956 after the network's collapse, and the others when new UHF stations arrived in tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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WBNG-TV (channel 12) is a television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS and CW+. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios on Columbia Drive in Johnson City and a transmitter on Ingraham Hill Road in the town of Binghamton. History The station signed on December 1, 1949, as WNBF-TV and was originally owned by Clark Associates Inc. along with WNBF radio ( 1290 AM and 98.1 FM, now WHWK). At its launch, WNBF carried programs from all four American television networks at the time (CBS, DuMont, NBC, and ABC) since it was the market's first television outlet to launch. For many of its early years, WNBF was the only station available to viewers in the nearby Scranton– Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, market as set owners pointed their roof-top antennas north towards Binghamton. The station subsequently lost its affiliations with DuMont in 1956 after the network's collapse, and the others when new UHF stations arrived in town: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTVH
WTVH (channel 5) is a television station in Syracuse, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is the only station whose broadcast license continues to be owned by Granite Broadcasting, a moribund company (controlled by Greenwich, Connecticut-based hedge fund Silver Point Capital) that sold most of its remaining assets in 2014 and 2017. Granite maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of dual NBC/ CW affiliate WSTM-TV (channel 3), for the provision of certain services. Both stations share studios on James Street/ NY 290 in the Near Northeast section of Syracuse, while WTVH's transmitter is located in the town of Onondaga. History The station debuted on December 1, 1948, as WHEN-TV airing an analog signal on VHF channel 8. It went on-the-air as Syracuse's first television station. The channel was the first station owned and operated by the Meredith Corporation and was the 47th station to launch in the United States. Meredith simu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WICZ-TV
WICZ-TV (channel 40) is a television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, affiliated with Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox and MyNetworkTV. Owned by INSP (TV network), Imagicomm Communications, the station has studios on Vestal Parkway East (New York State Route 434, NY 434) in Vestal, New York, Vestal, and its transmitter is located on Ingraham Hill Road in the Binghamton (town), New York, town of Binghamton. History The station signed on November 1, 1957, as WINR-TV, the area's second television station, and aired an analog signal on ultra high frequency, UHF channel 40. The station was originally owned by the then-Rochester, New York, Rochester-based Gannett, Gannett Company, which purchased the station's Construction permit#Broadcasting, construction permit along with NBC Radio Network affiliate WINR (680 AM) in January of that year. The WINR stations were part of a Concentration of media ownership, newspaper-broadcast combination owned by Gannett in Binghamton, operat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIVT
WIVT (channel 34) is a television station in Binghamton, New York, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power, Class A television service, Class A NBC affiliate WBGH-CD (channel 20). Both stations share studios on Ingraham Hill Road in the Binghamton (town), New York, town of Binghamton, where WIVT's transmitter is also located. History Alfred E. Anscombe, former General Manager of WKBW-WWKB, AM-WKBW-TV, TV in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, secured a construction permit for Binghamton's third television station on April 25, 1961. He named it WBJA-TV after his wife Beth J. Anscombe. Initially, the station was allocated to UHF analog channel 56. However, five years earlier, two competing ABC affiliates in Northeastern Pennsylvania (WILK-TV channel 34 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre and WARM-TV channel 16 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Scranton) merged to form WNEP- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The CW Plus
The CW Plus is a secondary national programming service feed of The CW that is fully controlled and 75% owned by Nexstar Media Group, with Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery each owning a 12.5% stake in the network. It is intended primarily for United States, American media market#Television, television markets ranked #100 and above by Nielsen Media Research estimates. The service is primarily carried on digital subchannels and Multichannel television in the United States, multichannel subscription television providers, although it maintains primary affiliations on full-power and low-power broadcasting, low-power stations in certain markets. Along with airing the network's prime time and One Magnificent Morning, Saturday morning programming, The CW Plus offers a master schedule of first-run, off-network and brokered programming, brokered programs available for broadcast syndication, syndication distribution that are acquired by The CW to occupy the remainder of the feed's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNBF
WNBF (1290 AM) is a commercial radio station in Binghamton, New York. It airs a talk radio format and is owned by Townsquare Media. The studios and offices are on Court Street in Binghamton. By day, WNBF is powered at 9,300 watts using a non-directional antenna. But at night, to protect other stations on AM 1290, it reduces power to 5,000 watts and switches to a three-tower array directional antenna. The transmitter is off Ingraham Hill Road in Binghamton, among the towers for other broadcast stations in the Binghamton area. Programming Weekdays begin with two local shows, ''First News with Bob Joseph and Kathy Whyte'' followed by ''Binghamton Now with Bob Joseph''. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: Brian Kilmeade, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin, John Batchelor and ''Red Eye Radio''. Weekend programming includes shows on health, money, car repair, home improvement and a Sunday morning polka music show. Syndica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers. Binghamton is the principal city and cultural center of the Binghamton metropolitan area (also known as Greater Binghamton, or historically the Triple Cities, including Endicott and Johnson City), home to a quarter million people. The city's population, according to the 2020 census, is 47,969. From the days of the railroad, Binghamton was a transportation crossroads and a manufacturing center, and has been known at different times for the production of cigars, shoes, and computers. IBM was founded nearby, and the flight simulator was invented in the city, leading to a notable concentration of electronics- and defense-oriented firms. This sustained economic prosperity earned Binghamton the mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grit (TV Network)
Grit is an American free-to-air television network owned by the Katz Broadcasting subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network features classic westerns - both TV series and films - targeted at men between the ages of 25 and 54 years old. The network is available in many media markets via the digital subchannels of free-to-air television stations and on the digital tiers of select cable providers through a local affiliate of the network. Originally, Katz sold the network to affiliated TV stations via ad split, but by October 2015 had moved to paying carriage fees in exchange for distributing the network's ad inventory.1 Grit used direct response advertising as a meter of viewers before switching to Nielsen rating C-3.3 It is available on Dish Network, DirecTV Stream and AT&T U-verse. History Grit was announced by Katz Broadcasting along with a sister network Escape on April 3, 2014, with a formal launch scheduled for that summer with initial affiliates announced at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court TV
Court TV is an American digital broadcast network and former cable television channel. It was originally launched in 1991 with a focus on crime-themed programs such as true crime documentary series, legal analysis talk shows, and live news coverage of prominent criminal cases. In 2008, the original cable channel became TruTV. The channel relaunched on May 8, 2019 as a digital broadcast television network owned by Katz Broadcasting, a subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. Court TV is also available via streaming services such as YouTube TV and Pluto TV, and its audio feed is available on Sirius XM channel 793. History As a cable television channel Cable television channel Courtroom Television Network, known as Court TV, was launched on July 1, 1991, at 6:00 am Eastern Time by founder Steven Brill and was available to three million subscribers. Its original anchors were Jack Ford, Fred Graham, Cynthia McFadden, and Gregg Jarrett. The network was born out of two competing p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingraham Hill
Ingraham Hill is a mountain in the Southern Tier of New York. It is located south-southwest of Binghamton in Broome County. The mountain contains the television and radio broadcast towers for the surrounding metropolitan area. The summit rises to an elevation of . These towers include TV stations WBNG, WICZ, WIVT, WSKG-TV and radio stations WNBF, WAAL, WWYL WWYL (104.1 FM, branded as ''KISS 104.1'') is a radio station serving Binghamton, New York with a top 40 (CHR) format. This station is under the ownership of Townsquare Media. The station signed on July 1, 1996, as WYOS, an oldies Oldies i ... and many more. The towers are visible throughout the region. History In 1950, the Conservation Department built an Aermotor LS40 steel fire lookout tower on the mountain. The tower was placed into service in 1951, reporting 6 fires and 39 visitors. Due to the increased use of aerial detection, the tower ceased fire lookout operations at the end of the 1970 fire lookout seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WHWK
WHWK (98.1 FM The Hawk) is a commercial radio station in Binghamton, New York. It carries a country music radio format and is owned by Townsquare Media. Local disc jockeys are heard during the day on weekdays. Two syndicated shows are heard after 7 p.m.: ''Taste of Country Nights'' from Compass Media Networks, hosted by Amber Atnip and Evan Paul, and ''The Blair Garner Show'' from Westwood One heard overnights. Current local staff include Glenn Pitcher, Traci Taylor, Jess Dallas and Buddy Logan. It is regularly the highest ranking station in the Nielson ratings in the Binghamton radio market. WHWK has an effective radiated power of 6,700 watts. The transmitter is off Ingraham Hill Road in Binghamton, amid the towers for other FM and TV stations in the region. History In January 1956, the station first signed on as WNBF-FM. It was co-owned with AM 1290 WNBF and Channel 12 WNBF-TV (now WBNG-TV). The owner was Triangle Publications, which also put out the weekly ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultra High Frequency
Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequency, radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter). Radio waves with frequencies above the UHF band fall into the super-high frequency (SHF) or microwave frequency range. Lower frequency signals fall into the VHF (very high frequency) or lower bands. UHF radio waves propagate mainly by Line-of-sight propagation, line of sight; they are blocked by hills and large buildings although the transmission through building walls is strong enough for indoor reception. They are used for UHF television broadcasting, television broadcasting, cell phones, satellite communication including GPS, personal radio services including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, walkie-talkies, cordless phones, satellite phones, and numerous other applications. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
