Broadcast Coverage

 

WCNY serves a 19-county viewing and listening broadcast area!   

Analog and Digital TV Channels

WCNY-TV channels are carried by 33 cable carriers including Time Warner, the largest.

The main broadcast channel for analog WCNY-TV is Channel 24. In addition, WCNY programs are transmitted from the following cable and digital channels:

• WCNY2 is a 24-hour “how to” channel featuring programs on home improvement, sewing, 
  cooking, and much more. It is transmitted on Time Warner Channel 12 (only in Onondaga
  County, Oswego County, and Cazenovia).
• WCNY-DT is the digital version of WCNY-TV featuring programs in high-definition
  transmitted on Time Warner Channel 850 and Broadcast Channel 24.1.
• WCNY ThinkBright! is a channel featuring primetime WCNY programs from the previous
  evening transmitted for 24 hours on Time Warner Channel 851 and from 6am-1am on
  Broadcast Channel 24.1.
• WCNY Create is a digital channel featuring travel and cooking programs transmitted on
  Time Warner Channel 852 and Broadcast Channel 24.3.
• WCNY-HD is a 24-hour channel featuring programs transmitted in a true high-definition
  format on Time Warner Channel 853 and Broadcast Channel 24.4.

Over 800,000 Central New York cable subscribers can receive WCNY programs via cable.

Nearly 500,000 subscribers can receive programs via digital channels.

WCNY-FM: Your Classic Connection

WCNY-FM is the only classical music radio station in Central New York. It can be heard on WCNY-FM, 91.3, Syracuse, WUNY-FM, 89.5, Utica, WJNY-FM, 90.9, Watertown, and worldwide via web streaming.

Our visually impaired audience can also access READ-OUT, a radio reading service.

PBS Interconnect

In 2006, WCNY took a lead in designing, developing, and coordinating a state-wide fiber optic network that allows all nine New York State PBS stations to share resources, programming, and services; and to use new digital technologies.

PBS Interconnect is up and running, and is responsible for keeping the Mountain Lake PBS programming on the air when their transmission tower was knocked down in a Spring 2007 storm.

WCNY is currently creating a business model that could be adopted nationally to determine the best use of existing and future operational capabilities and efficiencies. We foresee this new technology to be advantageous to viewers regarding greater variety of programming that can be aired at a fraction of the cost.