WNLO
Encyclopedia
WNLO is the CW
-affiliated television station
for Western New York
licensed to Buffalo
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter on the eastern side of Grand Island
. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable
channel 11 and Verizon FiOS
channel 23. There is a high definition feed offered on Verizon FiOS digital channel 523 and Time Warner Cable digital channel 711. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, WNLO is sister to CBS
affiliate WIVB and the two share studios on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo.
However, master control and some internal operations for both are based at hub facilities within WISH-TV
's North Meridian Street studios in Indianapolis, Indiana
. Syndicated
programming on WNLO includes: The Office, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
The Nate Berkus Show
, and COPS
. It can be considered an alternate CBS affiliate because it simulcasts Up to the Minute
and repeats CBS Morning News
from WIVB. The station is also responsible for airing CBS programs when WIVB is unable to do so because of breaking news or other reason.
Digital channels>
Channel
Video
Format
Programming
23.1
1080i
16:9
Main WNLO programming / The CW
On November 2. 2006, WNLO began broadcasting The CW in high definition on its digital signal. Until this point, it was rebroadcasting WIVB's high definition channel because UPN had little to no HD programming to broadcast. WNLO switched-off its analog transmitter at 9 in the morning on June 12, 2009. Its digital operations remained on its pre-transition assignment (32). Through the use of PSIP, most television receivers display WNLO's channel number as 23. Its previous allotment on channel 23 is now used by Ion Television owned-and-operated station WPXJ-TV
for digital transmission.
. The analog UHF channel 23 allocation was originally intended to be part of a statewide plan for public television that would have seen a signature tower housing transmitters for channel 23 as well as WBFO
-FM 88.7 on the University at Buffalo's Amherst
Campus.
Studios were to be located there as well during development of the futuristic "New U.B." complex in the 1970s. Budget constraints canceled the scheme and years of tension between the university and WNED board members ended allowing the station to go forward with its plans for the UHF channel. It was operated under an educational license and was sister station to WNED-TV
which had a commercial license used as an educational station.
WNEQ's programming day began daily at 4 p.m. and usually had between 6–7 hours of broadcast per day. In 1992, many cable systems in Hamilton
and Niagara
began carrying WNEQ displacing long standing WQLN from Erie, Pennsylvania
in the process. In Fall 1998, most cable systems in those regions started to remove WNEQ because they were struggling with limited channel capacity and the fact that it only offered between 6-7 hours of programming per day. One year later, Rogers Communications
began carrying WNEQ on its digital tier for customers in the Greater Toronto Area
.
The Buffalo market was unable to support two public stations as both struggled financially. As a result, the educational foundation put WNEQ up for sale. LIN TV (owner of CBS affiliate WIVB) wanted to buy WNEQ and run it as a commercial operation. However, that was problematic due to WNEQ's status as an educational license. One solution was for LIN TV to purchase WNED instead, which was already a commercial license, and make WNEQ the area's primary PBS station.
It was rejected since analog UHF channel 17 had long been established as a PBS station and a move to channel 23 might cause confusion among viewers potentially reducing the amount of donation the viewer-supported station would receive. Eventually, the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) agreed to re-classify channel 23 as a commercial license and channel 17 as an educational license. As a result, the Buffalo market retained an educational license and LIN TV was given the go-ahead to purchase the converted-to-commercial WNEQ.
In March 2001, the company closed on its purchase of WNEQ and converted it to a general entertainment Independent
with the call sign WNLO. With the launch came a securing of the UPN
affiliation for the Buffalo market as of 2003 when the network's agreement with weaker WNGS expired. On cable in Toronto, WNLO was replaced with WTVS
from Detroit, Michigan
in January 2001 when it relaunched as the current station. In 2005, Rogers submitted a successful request to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to allow carriage of WNLO in Ontario. The station would not compete on advertising revenue from the Toronto area (as Rogers suggested with another Buffalo station it carried, WNYO-TV
) and the signal also was available over-the-air for a good portion of the Golden Horseshoe
of Southern Ontario
.
On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros.
unit of Time Warner
. On February 22, News Corporation
announced it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV
. This new service, which would be sister to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming Independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. In April, WNLO removed UPN from its station logo following the lead of News Corporation
-owned UPN affiliates. MyNetworkTV launched September 5 on Sinclair Broadcast Group
-owned WNYO while WNLO became part of The CW on September 18, 2006. On May 18, 2007, LIN TV announced the company was exploring strategic alternatives that could have resulted in its sale. In early-July 2007, WNLO launched its own website. Previously, the station had its a separate section within WIVB's web address.
In October 2008, LIN TV broke off all retransmission deals with Time Warner Cable. LIN TV was demanding a fee of 25 cents per month per subscriber to carry each of its stations as it is entitled to under federal must carry regulations. Time Warner had initially refused to accept these fees and, on October 2, WNLO and sister station WIVB were removed from Time Warner lineups. LIN TV and Time Warner reached an agreement for the two stations and each were returned to the cable system's lineup on October 30. As part of the agreement, WNLO's high definition signal began to be carried on Time Warner's digital tier for the first time. Another retransmission consent dispute will take WIVB and WNLO off DISH Network
lineups in March 2011. WNLO is not available in portions of Cattaraugus County, New York
served by Atlantic Broadband
where WSEE-DT2 out of Erie, Pennsylvania
is used as a less expensive alternative.
On March 10, 2010, the station acquired a universal cable channel slot on Time Warner Cable systems throughout Western New York
after years of being on different channels throughout the provider's service area. The station moved to channel 11 for standard definition and digital channel 711 for its high definition signal because Time Warner Cable ended a reserve for former channel 11 slot holder WNGS. That station has not returned to the air since June 2009 because of the digital transition and problems with its management and operations. Most cable providers had previously placed WNLO on channel 9 which had to be cleared for Time Warner's in-house cable-only news channel YNN Buffalo
.
After WIVB began controlling WNLO in March 2001, the former debuted a nightly half-hour prime time newscast on this station. Known as The 10 O'Clock News, it competed with another show in the time-slot on Pax affiliate WPXJ-TV
produced by NBC
affiliate WGRZ-TV
(it was eventually dropped in 2003). On April 20, 2006, WGRZ added a half-hour prime time newscast to WB (now MyNetworkTV
) affiliate WNYO (WNYO briefly had its own News Central
-based newscast from 2005 to 2006). In order to gain more viewers than WNLO, the second WGRZ 10 o'clock production originally featured ten minutes of news and weather with the rest dedicated to sports completing a half hour show. However due to low ratings, the sports segment was reduced to a traditional segment seen after weather.
WNLO has consistently led WNYO in the ratings, for a number of reasons. As of May 2011, it is the most popular late newscast (10 p.m. or 11 p.m.) in all of Western New York among persons 18 to 54, beating all of the 11 p.m. newscasts; among total viewers, it trails WGRZ and sister station WIVB. On February 2, 2009, WNLO began airing a two hour extension of WIVB's weekday morning show. Known as Wake Up! on CW 23, it aired from 7 until 9 while WIVB broadcasts The Early Show
. In March of 2011, it was announced that the station would be airing its own locally produced morning talk show, Winging It! Buffalo Style. The show, hosted by Joe Arena, Victoria Hong, and Allie Hartwick will air during the 8AM hour. The station also repeats WIVB's hour-long weekend morning show (called Weekend Wake Up!) from noon until 1 and simulcasts an hour-long newscast Sunday nights at 6 (known as News 4 Weekend).
Anchors
Weather Watch 4 Team
Sports
Reporters
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for Western New York
Western New York
Western New York is the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands, the Genesee Valley, and the Southern Tier. Some historians, scholars and others...
licensed to Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter on the eastern side of Grand Island
Grand Island, New York
Grand Island is a town and an island in Erie County, New York, USA. As of the 2010 census, the town population is 20,374. This represents an increase of 9.41% from the 2000 census figure . The current town name derives from the French name La Grande Île, as Grand Island is the largest island in...
. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
channel 11 and Verizon FiOS
Verizon FiOS
Verizon FiOS is a bundled Internet access, telephone, and television service which operates over a fiber-optic communications network. It is offered in some areas of the United States by Verizon Communications. Verizon was one of the first major U.S...
channel 23. There is a high definition feed offered on Verizon FiOS digital channel 523 and Time Warner Cable digital channel 711. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, WNLO is sister to CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate WIVB and the two share studios on Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo.
However, master control and some internal operations for both are based at hub facilities within WISH-TV
WISH-TV
WISH-TV, virtual channel 8, is the CBS-affiliated television station for Central Indiana licensed to Indianapolis. Owned by the LIN TV Corporation, WISH-TV is part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate WNDY-TV and the two share studios on North Meridian Street at the north end of Indianapolis'...
's North Meridian Street studios in Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on WNLO includes: The Office, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (U.S. syndicated game show)
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? is a daily syndicated version of the former primetime American quiz game show of the same name that aired on Fox. It ran from September 21, 2009 to March 24, 2011 and was produced by Mark Burnett, and, like the primetime version, was hosted by Jeff Foxworthy...
, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is an American television quiz show which offers a maximum prize of $1,000,000 for correctly answering 14 consecutive multiple-choice questions of random difficulty. Until 2010, the format required contestants to correctly answer 15 consecutive questions of increasing...
The Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show, commonly referred to as The Nate Show, is a syndicated talk show hosted by interior designer Nate Berkus, which premiered on September 13, 2010....
, and COPS
COPS (TV series)
Cops is an American documentary/reality television series that follows police officers, constables, and sheriff's deputies during patrols and other police activities...
. It can be considered an alternate CBS affiliate because it simulcasts Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute is a CBS overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television...
and repeats CBS Morning News
CBS Morning News
For CBS's main morning news program, formerly known as CBS Morning News, see The Early Show.CBS Morning News is the half-hour daily television broadcast from CBS News that airs following Up to the Minute and features late-breaking news stories, weather forecasts, and sports scores...
from WIVB. The station is also responsible for airing CBS programs when WIVB is unable to do so because of breaking news or other reason.
Digital television
The station's digital signal is broadcast on UHF channel 32.1080i
1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels...
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
On November 2. 2006, WNLO began broadcasting The CW in high definition on its digital signal. Until this point, it was rebroadcasting WIVB's high definition channel because UPN had little to no HD programming to broadcast. WNLO switched-off its analog transmitter at 9 in the morning on June 12, 2009. Its digital operations remained on its pre-transition assignment (32). Through the use of PSIP, most television receivers display WNLO's channel number as 23. Its previous allotment on channel 23 is now used by Ion Television owned-and-operated station WPXJ-TV
WPXJ-TV
WPXJ-TV is the Ion Television affiliate in the Buffalo, New York market, but can also be seen in the Rochester market and is licensed to Batavia. The station is owned by Ion Media Networks , acting as an owned-and-operated station of the group's Ion Television network, and airs programming on...
for digital transmission.
History
The station began operation on May 13, 1987 as WNEQ-TV and was the second public television outlet serving the Buffalo marketMedia market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
. The analog UHF channel 23 allocation was originally intended to be part of a statewide plan for public television that would have seen a signature tower housing transmitters for channel 23 as well as WBFO
WBFO
WBFO, broadcast on 88.7 FM, is the largest NPR member station for Buffalo, New York. It is broadcast from the South campus of the University at Buffalo....
-FM 88.7 on the University at Buffalo's Amherst
Amherst, New York
Amherst is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 122,366. This represents an increase of 5.0% from the 2000 census. The town is named for Jeffrey Amherst, a British Army officer of the colonial period...
Campus.
Studios were to be located there as well during development of the futuristic "New U.B." complex in the 1970s. Budget constraints canceled the scheme and years of tension between the university and WNED board members ended allowing the station to go forward with its plans for the UHF channel. It was operated under an educational license and was sister station to WNED-TV
WNED-TV
WNED-TV is a Public Broadcasting Service member Public televisionstation in Buffalo, New York. Owned by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association, it broadcasts on digital channel 43 from studios in downtown Buffalo and a transmitter located in Grand Island, New York...
which had a commercial license used as an educational station.
WNEQ's programming day began daily at 4 p.m. and usually had between 6–7 hours of broadcast per day. In 1992, many cable systems in Hamilton
Hamilton (town), New York
Hamilton is a town in Madison County, New York, United States. The population was 5,733 at the 2000 census. The town is named after American patriot Alexander Hamilton....
and Niagara
Niagara, New York
Niagara is a town in Niagara County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 8,378. The town is named after the famous waterfall Niagara Falls....
began carrying WNEQ displacing long standing WQLN from Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...
in the process. In Fall 1998, most cable systems in those regions started to remove WNEQ because they were struggling with limited channel capacity and the fact that it only offered between 6-7 hours of programming per day. One year later, Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
began carrying WNEQ on its digital tier for customers in the Greater Toronto Area
Greater Toronto Area
The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York...
.
The Buffalo market was unable to support two public stations as both struggled financially. As a result, the educational foundation put WNEQ up for sale. LIN TV (owner of CBS affiliate WIVB) wanted to buy WNEQ and run it as a commercial operation. However, that was problematic due to WNEQ's status as an educational license. One solution was for LIN TV to purchase WNED instead, which was already a commercial license, and make WNEQ the area's primary PBS station.
It was rejected since analog UHF channel 17 had long been established as a PBS station and a move to channel 23 might cause confusion among viewers potentially reducing the amount of donation the viewer-supported station would receive. Eventually, the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) agreed to re-classify channel 23 as a commercial license and channel 17 as an educational license. As a result, the Buffalo market retained an educational license and LIN TV was given the go-ahead to purchase the converted-to-commercial WNEQ.
In March 2001, the company closed on its purchase of WNEQ and converted it to a general entertainment Independent
Independent station
An independent station is in the category of television terminology used to describe a television station broadcasting in the United States or Canada that is not affiliated with any television network....
with the call sign WNLO. With the launch came a securing of the UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
affiliation for the Buffalo market as of 2003 when the network's agreement with weaker WNGS expired. On cable in Toronto, WNLO was replaced with WTVS
WTVS
WTVS, branded as Detroit Public TV, is the Public Broadcasting Service member Public television station in Detroit, Michigan. Broadcasting since 1955, its vision statement is "educate, entertain and inspire — in partnership with our community." The viewer supported station produces many local...
from Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
in January 2001 when it relaunched as the current station. In 2005, Rogers submitted a successful request to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to allow carriage of WNLO in Ontario. The station would not compete on advertising revenue from the Toronto area (as Rogers suggested with another Buffalo station it carried, WNYO-TV
WNYO-TV
WNYO-TV is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station in Buffalo, New York, serving the western region of New York state. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 from a transmitter at Ironwood Golf Course in Bennington's Cowlesville section. The station can also be seen...
) and the signal also was available over-the-air for a good portion of the Golden Horseshoe
Golden Horseshoe
The Golden Horseshoe is a densely populated and industrialized region centred around the Greater Toronto Area at the western end of Lake Ontario in Southern Ontario, Canada, with outer boundaries stretching south to Lake Erie and north to Georgian Bay. Most of it is also part of the Quebec City...
of Southern Ontario
Southern Ontario
Southern Ontario is a region of the province of Ontario, Canada that lies south of the French River and Algonquin Park. Depending on the inclusion of the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts, its surface area would cover between 14 to 15% of the province. It is the southernmost region of...
.
On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
unit of Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
. On February 22, News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
announced it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
. This new service, which would be sister to Fox, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created in order to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming Independent. It was also created to compete against The CW. In April, WNLO removed UPN from its station logo following the lead of News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
-owned UPN affiliates. MyNetworkTV launched September 5 on Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
-owned WNYO while WNLO became part of The CW on September 18, 2006. On May 18, 2007, LIN TV announced the company was exploring strategic alternatives that could have resulted in its sale. In early-July 2007, WNLO launched its own website. Previously, the station had its a separate section within WIVB's web address.
In October 2008, LIN TV broke off all retransmission deals with Time Warner Cable. LIN TV was demanding a fee of 25 cents per month per subscriber to carry each of its stations as it is entitled to under federal must carry regulations. Time Warner had initially refused to accept these fees and, on October 2, WNLO and sister station WIVB were removed from Time Warner lineups. LIN TV and Time Warner reached an agreement for the two stations and each were returned to the cable system's lineup on October 30. As part of the agreement, WNLO's high definition signal began to be carried on Time Warner's digital tier for the first time. Another retransmission consent dispute will take WIVB and WNLO off DISH Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
lineups in March 2011. WNLO is not available in portions of Cattaraugus County, New York
Cattaraugus County, New York
Cattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,317. The county seat is Little Valley.-History:...
served by Atlantic Broadband
Atlantic Broadband
Atlantic Broadband is a privately held cable company with headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts. The company has over 700 employees and 285,000 customers in four operating regions: Florida, Maryland/Delaware, South Carolina and Central Pennsylvania...
where WSEE-DT2 out of Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie is a city located in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Named for the lake and the Native American tribe that resided along its southern shore, Erie is the state's fourth-largest city , with a population of 102,000...
is used as a less expensive alternative.
On March 10, 2010, the station acquired a universal cable channel slot on Time Warner Cable systems throughout Western New York
Western New York
Western New York is the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands, the Genesee Valley, and the Southern Tier. Some historians, scholars and others...
after years of being on different channels throughout the provider's service area. The station moved to channel 11 for standard definition and digital channel 711 for its high definition signal because Time Warner Cable ended a reserve for former channel 11 slot holder WNGS. That station has not returned to the air since June 2009 because of the digital transition and problems with its management and operations. Most cable providers had previously placed WNLO on channel 9 which had to be cleared for Time Warner's in-house cable-only news channel YNN Buffalo
YNN Buffalo
YNN Buffalo is the Your News Now affiliate for Western New York. The 24-hour commercial cable news television station is carried on Time Warner Cable channel 9 throughout most of the region. It was initially seen in the city of Buffalo, New York on channel 14, then moved to channel 9 on the Buffalo...
.
Newscasts
WPXJ-TV
WPXJ-TV is the Ion Television affiliate in the Buffalo, New York market, but can also be seen in the Rochester market and is licensed to Batavia. The station is owned by Ion Media Networks , acting as an owned-and-operated station of the group's Ion Television network, and airs programming on...
produced by NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate WGRZ-TV
WGRZ-TV
WGRZ, virtual channel 2 , is the NBC-affiliated television station in Buffalo, New York. Its studio is located at 259 Delaware Avenue in downtown Buffalo. Its transmitter is located at 11530 Warner Hill Road in South Wales, New York...
(it was eventually dropped in 2003). On April 20, 2006, WGRZ added a half-hour prime time newscast to WB (now MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
) affiliate WNYO (WNYO briefly had its own News Central
News Central
News Central was a primetime newscast on Sinclair television stations in the United States, mixing locally produced news with nationally produced news and an opinion segment from Sinclair's Hunt Valley, Maryland studios...
-based newscast from 2005 to 2006). In order to gain more viewers than WNLO, the second WGRZ 10 o'clock production originally featured ten minutes of news and weather with the rest dedicated to sports completing a half hour show. However due to low ratings, the sports segment was reduced to a traditional segment seen after weather.
WNLO has consistently led WNYO in the ratings, for a number of reasons. As of May 2011, it is the most popular late newscast (10 p.m. or 11 p.m.) in all of Western New York among persons 18 to 54, beating all of the 11 p.m. newscasts; among total viewers, it trails WGRZ and sister station WIVB. On February 2, 2009, WNLO began airing a two hour extension of WIVB's weekday morning show. Known as Wake Up! on CW 23, it aired from 7 until 9 while WIVB broadcasts The Early Show
The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
. In March of 2011, it was announced that the station would be airing its own locally produced morning talk show, Winging It! Buffalo Style. The show, hosted by Joe Arena, Victoria Hong, and Allie Hartwick will air during the 8AM hour. The station also repeats WIVB's hour-long weekend morning show (called Weekend Wake Up!) from noon until 1 and simulcasts an hour-long newscast Sunday nights at 6 (known as News 4 Weekend).
Anchors
- Melissa Holmes - weekday mornings and "Savings 4 You" segment producer
- Joe Arena - weekday mornings
- Rotating (Don Postles/Jacquie Walker) - weeknights
- Anthony Congi - weekends at noon and reporter
- Nalina Shapiro- weekend evenings
Weather Watch 4 Team
- Don Paul (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - weeknights - Mike CejkaMike CejkaMike Cejka has been a broadcast meteorologist for WIVB since January 1983 making him the longest standing on-air meteorologist in the Buffalo television market.-Career:...
(AMS Seal of Approval) - weekday mornings also heard on WKSEWKSEWKSE is a Contemporary Hit Radio/Top 40 Mainstream station serving the Buffalo and Niagara Falls region of Western New York. The station's transmitter is located on Grand Island, New York...
-FM 98.5 and WKZAWKZAWKZA is a radio station broadcasting a Hot Adult Contemporary/Contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Lakewood, New York, USA, the station serves the Jamestown, New York area...
-FM 106.9 - Amelia Segal - weekend evenings
- Bryan Shaw - weekends at noon
Sports
- John MurphyJohn Murphy (announcer)John Murphy is an American sportscaster from Buffalo, New York.Murphy is best known for his association with the Buffalo Bills, where he currently serves as the play-by-play announcer for the team's radio network...
- Director seen weeknights - Paul Peck - weekend evenings
Reporters
- Rich NewbergRich NewbergRich Newberg is the Senior Correspondent for News 4 Buffalo, WIVB-TV. He joined the CBS affiliate in 1978 as a weekend anchorman, having remained in Buffalo ever since. Newberg later became an anchor for the five and 11 p.m. newscasts...
- Senior Correspondent - Sally Cunningham - garden expert
- Peter Ostrow - medical
- George Richert
- Nalina Shapiro
- Anthony Congi
- Lorey Schultz
- Al Vaughters
- Luke Moretti
- Tricia Cruz