WNXY-LD,

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43 ( VHF digital channel 10), is a low-power

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- affiliated

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, United States. The station is owned by New York Spectrum Holding Company.

History

As W54AY and WNXY-LP

WNXY-LP first signed on in 1988 over channel 54 as W54AY, which was licensed in the Brownsville area of

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, New York. One program that aired in the 1980s was '' Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends'', which also aired on W44AI (now

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) for a short time before moving to cable months later. In 1998, it changed its call letters to WNXY-LP and moved to channel 27. Like its sister station

, this station broadcast community access-type programming. Much of its programming generally appealed to various ethnic audiences. In 2000, the station moved to channel 26 due to

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being assigned channel 27 for its Digital Television service. In 2006, WNXY-LP was granted the right to flash cut to channel 43 after the digital transition, due to predicted interference with KYW-TV in

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, which broadcasts on digital channel 26. In the summer of 2007, WNXY-LP left the air when Metro Studios moved to

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. In late 2007, it returned to the air as a translator station of WNYX. In April 2009, WNXY once again suspended operations and went silent.

As WNXY-LD

It did obtain a Special Temporary Authority to remain silent, pending the build-out of its Construction Permit for digital channel 43. As of March 10, 2011, it returned to the air on virtual channel 43.1, with a test pattern. Around 2012, Island Broadcasting sold WNXY to NY Spectrum Holding. The station returned on the air in October 2013, simulcasting co-owned

and

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. In 2019 the station switched to religious network Good TV while WXNY switched back to

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which has switched to COMFY TV in 2022. In 2020 WNXY switches to Diya TV.

Subchannels

External links

Low-power television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1989 NXY-LD 1989 establishments in New York (state) Diya TV affiliates {{NewYork-tv-station-stub