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WWNY-TV Carthage-Watertown broadcasts on Channel 7, at 316 kw. It is an affiliate of the CBS television network and its studios and offices are located at 120 Arcade Street in downtown Watertown, New York, USA 13601. Its coverage area includes Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence Counties in Northern New York, as well as Southeastern Ontario. It began operation from a small studio at Champion Hill, Carthage, New York in 1954 and was originally owned by the Watertown Daily Times (NY) newspaper.

The primary cities served by WWNY are:

It was the only US television station in its designated market area until the launch of http://www.wpbstv.org WPBS as WNPE TV 16 in 1971; the earliest productions from the St Lawrence Educational Television Authority (which now owns WPBS) first appeared on WWNY 7.

At one point, it carried programming from all 3 major television networks, CBS, NBC and ABC. While always primarily a CBS station, a select few NBC programmes such as the "Today" show and the Johnny Carson "Tonight" show remained on WWNY as late as 1980.

This was largely phased out by the 1990s, with the exception of FOX baseball games in the late 1990s.

ABCPaul Rand in 1962. ABC network re-directs here; an alternate meaning is Australian Broadcasting Corporation The American Broadcasting Company or ABC is a television and radio network in the United States, owned by The Walt Disney Company. History In 1940 programming is now carried by WWTI 50 Watertown, originally (late 70's/early 80's) an underpowered repeater of channel 20 in Utica, New York but now a full-power local station owned by Clear Channel Inc.

Watertown remains without a local NBC affiliate of its own, although Syracuse, New York locals offer all major networks. None of the Watertown, NY locals are currently available via satellite; Syracuse locals are on Dish Network's EchoStar 9 at 121°W.

The pattern of membership in multiple major networks and broadcast of only a portion of the available programming from each, while only a distant memory in Watertown, is still followed in smaller centres such as Glendive, Montana - the smallest US designated market area with a mere 7000 viewers.



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