WNWT-LD

WNWT-LD
New York, New York; United States;
Channels	Digital: 3 (VHF); (shared with WJLP); ; Virtual: 37;
Programming
Affiliations	37.1: Story Television;
Ownership
Owner	Weigel Broadcasting; (TV-49, Inc.);
Sister stations	WJLP, WZME
History
Founded	December 8, 1989
First air date	May 1, 1998
Former call signs	W38CL (1998−2004); W03BM (2004); WBQM-LP (2004–2012); WBQM-LD (2012–2019);
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 38 (UHF, 1998–2004); 3 (VHF, 2004–2011); Digital:; 50 (UHF, 2011–2019); Virtual:; 3 (2009–2013); 51 (2013–July 2019); 6 (July 2019); 18 (late July–August 1, 2019);
Former affiliations	The Box (1998–2001); MTV2 (2001–2006); Cornerstone Television (2006–2012); Spanish Independent (2012–2013, 2014–2019); CNN en Español (2013–2014); Local weather (2019; later on DT2 between 2019 and 2022); NewsNet (2019−2021); Local Now (2021−2022);
Call sign meaning	News, Weather, Talk
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	22797
Class	LD
ERP	26.5 kW
HAAT	340.2 m (1,116.1 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°45′22.4″N 73°59′10.5″W
Links
Public license information	LMS

WNWT-LD (channel 37) is a television station in New York City, airing programming from Story Television. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside Middletown Township, New Jersey-licensed MeTV station WJLP (channel 33) and Bridgeport, Connecticut-licensed Story Television outlet WZME (channel 43). WNWT-LD and WJLP share studios in Freehold Township, New Jersey, and transmitter facilities at 4 Times Square in midtown Manhattan. Despite WNWT-LD legally holding a low-power license, it transmits using WJLP's full-power spectrum through a channel sharing agreement. This ensures complete reception across the New York City television market.

The station has used various virtual channels since its conversion to digital television in 2012, due to the lack of allocations in the New York and Philadelphia markets, starting on channel 3 (conflicting with KYW-TV), then 51 (averting a conflict with NJ PBS station WNJN on channel 50) from late 2013 until mid-2019, then 6 and 18 (conflicting with WPVI-TV, then WUVN in Hartford, Connecticut), before finally settling on channel 37 on August 1, 2019.

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