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#REDIRECT [[List of Daystar Television Network stations#New York]]
{{distinguish|WNXY-LD|WXNY-FM}}

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| callsign = WXNY-LD
| logo =
| branding =
| digital = 23 ([[Ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual = 32
| affiliations = [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]]
| founded =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1983|5|11|p=y}}
| location = [[New York City|New York, New York]]
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W63AS (1983–1987)|W38AM (1987–1994)|WXNY-LP (1994–2010)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 63 (UHF, 1983–1987), 38 (UHF, 1987–1994), 39 (UHF, 1994–2002), 32 (UHF, 2002–2010)|'''Digital:'''|32 (UHF, 2010–October 2013, December 2013–2020), 26 (UHF, October–December 2013)}}
| sister_stations =
| owner = Word of God Fellowship
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[PBS]] (via [[WVIA-TV]], 1983–1987)|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (via [[WLNY-TV|WLIG]], 1987–1991; via [[WNYX-LD|WNYX-LP]], Late November 2007–2009)|[[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]] (1991–2000, secondary from 1994)|LTV (1994–2002)|[[HSN]] (2002–2004)|[[America's Store]] (2004–Summer 2007)|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (Summer–Late November 2007, 2009–2010, 2018–2019)|Religious/Infomercials (2010–2011)|[[CGTN America]] (2011–2018 and 2019–2022)|[[GOOD TV]] (2018, 2019–2022)| COMFY TV (2022–2023)}}
| erp = 3.25 kW
| haat = {{convert|300.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 29231
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| coordinates = {{coord|40|44|54|N|73|59|9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website = {{URL|www.daystar.com}}
}}
}}

'''WXNY-LD''' (channel 32) is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power television station]] in [[New York City]], [[owned-and-operated station|owned and operated]] by the [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar Television Network]].

==History==

===As W63AS and W38AM===
WXNY originally began as W63AS on channel 63, and for a while it was an out of market [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] of [[WVIA-TV]] for local schools. Like its sister station [[WNYX-LD]], it later became a translator to the then-[[WLNY|WLIG]]. Due to interference to and from [[WMBC-TV]], which is also on channel 63, it moved to channel 38 as W38AM. It became an affiliate of [[The Box (American TV channel)|The Box]] in 1991.

===As WXNY-LP===
In 1994, the [[call sign]] was changed to WXNY-LP and the station moved to channel 39. Around this time, it became an affiliate of the Spanish network LTV; it continued to carry The Box on a part-time basis.

In 2002, WXNY-LP moved to channel 32 and became an affiliate of the [[Home Shopping Network]], at the same time, its sister station, WNYN-LP, moved from channel 51 to channel 39 and became an affiliate of [[Azteca América]]. When [[W33ET-D|W60AI]] became the HSN affiliate for the area, WXNY-LP became an affiliate of [[America's Store]].

After the closing of America's Store, WXNY-LP began to air programming similar to that seen on [[public-access television]] [[cable television]] channels, including several hours per afternoon and overnight of a locally produced music video call-in request show hosted by young men and women in their late teens and early twenties. Callers would pay approximately $3.00 per call and could request up to two [[music video]]s per call. They could also briefly discuss issues going on in their personal lives. Other programming fare included a TV psychic. Programming during this time was often simulcast on co-owned LPTV station [[WNYX-LD|WNYX-LP]].

In summer of 2007, the station suspended operations as the studio moved to its new location in [[Times Square]]. By late November, it went back on the air as a relay translator of WNYX-LP. In April 2009, WXNY-LP once more suspended operations, due to a lack of technical personnel to operate the station.

===As WXNY-LD===
In late 2010, WXNY returned to the air for the third time with a [[Religious broadcasting|religious]] and [[Infomercial]] format under a [[local marketing agreement]] agreement with Jacobs Broadcasting. However, early that year, Jacobs ceased operation due to a fraud investigation and WXNY switched to a [[test pattern]] temporarily. In spring 2011, Island Broadcasting agreed to sell WXNY to NY Spectrum Holdings Company. The station was sold to NY Spectrum Holdings Company and operated by NY Broadband LLC in 2010.

In 2011, WXNY switched to a new format in Chinese news programming as CGTN English on DT1, CCTV-4 America on DT2, and CGTN Spanish on DT3. In 2013, a fourth sub channel was added, 32.4, as infomercials under the WXNY call. In October 2013, WXNY-LD moved from Channel 32 to Channel 26, but still used Channel 32 as their virtual channel. Also, in the fall of 2013, the CCTV programming simulcast moved from WNYX-LD (which eventually went dark) to sister station [[WNXY-LD]]. By December 2013, WXNY left Channel 26 and returned to Channel 32. As of 2018, WXNY was off the air, as [[WLIW (TV)|WLIW]] planned to move to channel 32.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

In early 2019, WXNY returned on channel 32, showing a looping logo of a Chinese religious channel called Good TV. On August 1, WXNY was taken off the air to make way for WLIW's move from channel 21 to channel 32. WXNY planned to move to channel 23, previously occupied by [[WDVB-CD]]. The following year, [[Good TV]] moved to WNXY and [[CGTN America]] returned to WXNY, joining with WNYX-LD. In 2022, NY Spectrum Holdings sold WXNY-LD to Word of God Fellowship and CGTN America was removed shortly afterwards reverting back to an English general entertainment format of COMFY-TV. In 2023, COMFY TV was replaced with Daystar programming.

== Technical information ==

===Subchannels===
The station's channel is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WXNY-LD<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WXNY-LD#station RabbitEars TV Query for WXNY-LD]</ref>
! scope="col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope="col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope="col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope="col" | Short name
! scope="col" | Programming
|-
! scope="row" | 32.1
| [[1080i]] ||rowspan=3|[[16:9]] ||WXNY || [[Daystar (TV network)|Daystar]]
|-
! scope="row" | 32.2
| [[720p]] || Espanol|| Daystar Español
|-
! scope="row" | 32.3
| [[480i]] || 32.3 || Daystar Reflections

|}

Around late 2015, two new digital sub channels were added: Rev'n and Retro TV, with infomercials moved to subchannel 32.6. As of early 2016, Retro TV and Rev'n had been added on 32.4 and 32.5, marking the station's first two English language sub-networks since the "community access" programming era of 2007-2012 and the first networks since America's Store was shown from 2004 to 2007. As of 2019 all 5 subchannels are off the air. Following the sale to Word of God Fellowship three new subchannels were added except for CGTN Spanish which is still on 32.4, currently only Daystar Español is on 32.2.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{NYC TV}}


[[Category:Daystar Television Network stations]]
[[Category:Daystar Television Network stations]]

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