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Overview
Licensed to New York, New York, WNYW carries FOX programming for viewers in the New York, NY market.
On screen it is channel 5, though WNYW actually transmits on RF channel 27. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan.
According to FCC records, the licensee is FOX Television Stations, LLC. WNYW has been on the air since 1944. It has used the WNYW call letters since March 1986.
The studio address on file with the FCC is 205 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065. You can reach the station online at www.fox5ny.com.
In its 2025 children's television report to the FCC, WNYW listed educational programs including Xploration Awesome Planet, Getting Green and Animal Rescue.
Channel and license details
- Call sign
- WNYW
- Network
- FOX
- Virtual channel
- 5
- RF channel
- 27
- City of license
- New York, New York
- TV market
- New York, NY
- Licensee
- FOX Television Stations, LLC
- On the air since
- 1944
- Call sign since
- March 1986
- Studio address
- 205 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10065
- FCC facility ID
- 22206
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.fox5ny.com
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Location
WNYW at a glance
- Network
- FOX
- Channel
- 5 (RF 27)
- Licensed to
- New York, NY
- TV market
- New York, NY
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