Retro: WLNY - December 2003 [PARTIAL]

[MilkshakeMan560]

Here is what WLNY, the independent station in New York, New York, was offering on weekdays in December 2003. From an archive of the station's website; partial.

10:30 am – Roseanne [possibly the second episode of a back-to-back run]
11 am – Paid Programming
1 pm – Wild America
1:30 pm – CNN Headline News [weird to see this on in the afternoon... most stations aired it around 3 am]
2 pm – McMillan and Wife
3:30 pm – Paid Programming
4 pm – The Ellen DeGeneres Show [repeat of episode previously aired on WNBC at (i think) 10am]
5 pm – Dr. Phil [repeat of episode previously aired on WCBS at 3pm]
6 pm – Jeopardy! [will also air on WABC at 7pm]
6:30 pm – Wheel of Fortune [will also air on WABC at 7:30 pm]
7 pm – The Oprah Winfrey Show [previously aired on WABC at 4pm]
8 pm – Movie [on December 29, the movie was Presumed Innocent; on December 30, the movie was The Great Santini; on December 31, the movie was Midnight Run]

 

[Marcos_C]

While it is in the New York media market, WLNY-TV is actually licensed to Riverhead, which is about 70 miles east of Midtown Manhattan. Since the station's transmitter is in Suffolk County, most residents of New York City are only able to watch it through cable or satellite TV.

I remember when the station debuted as WLIG in 1985. It was founded as an independent station with a 10 pm newscast that was dedicated to news about Long Island. Long Island was no longer just a filler story on a New-York-City-based newscast, it was the top story on what was then called TV-55. Reception of the analog signal in Lower Manhattan was snowy, but I was able to see the images and hear the sounds.

Since its takeover by CBS in 2012, WLNY-TV has become more a New York City station than a Long Island one, with offices and studios in Midtown Manhattan. Also, the station no longer has any news or public affairs programming that is dedicated to Long Island.

 

[MilkshakeMan560]

Interesting, thanks for the information.

 

[EricStein]

Here is what WLNY, the independent station in New York, New York, was offering on weekdays in December 2003. From an archive of the station's website; partial.

10:30 am – Roseanne [possibly the second episode of a back-to-back run]
11 am – Paid Programming
1 pm – Wild America
1:30 pm – CNN Headline News [weird to see this on in the afternoon... most stations aired it around 3 am]
2 pm – McMillan and Wife
3:30 pm – Paid Programming
4 pm – The Ellen DeGeneres Show [repeat of episode previously aired on WNBC at (i think) 10am]
5 pm – Dr. Phil [repeat of episode previously aired on WCBS at 3pm]
6 pm – Jeopardy! [will also air on WABC at 7pm]
6:30 pm – Wheel of Fortune [will also air on WABC at 7:30 pm]
7 pm – The Oprah Winfrey Show [previously aired on WABC at 4pm]
8 pm – Movie [on December 29, the movie was Presumed Innocent; on December 30, the movie was The Great Santini; on December 31, the movie was Midnight Run]

The 1pm time slot must have been their E/I "checkerboard," as the Wild America reruns were (and still are) a weekly series meant to satisfy E/I requirements.

Also, getting back to WLNY, it was used as an outlet for the owner to air anti-abortion programs too, as he was a devout Roman Catholic.

 

[MilkshakeMan560]

Looks like they aired a special called Abortion: Have We Gone Too Far? in November 2005.

Also - did they have a 5 am morning newscast, or is that just a repeat of the 10 pm broadcast?

 

[TVCOOL]

In 1996 WLIG changed their call signs to WLNY but not their signal strength to cover the NYC area with ease.