WWOR-TV

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broadcast television station television station

WWOR-TV is a New York–area television station, historically known as a major independent and later network-affiliated outlet serving the New York City metropolitan market.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
WNBT	1
WNEW-TV	1
WOR-TV	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	broadcast television station ⓘ television station ⓘ
branding	My9 ⓘ My9 New York ⓘ
broadcastStandard	ATSC ⓘ
callsignMeaning	World Wide ORbit (commonly cited backronym) or derived from former WOR radio ⓘ
carriedSports	New Jersey Nets games (historically) ⓘ New York Mets games (historically) ⓘ
category	Fox Television Stations ⓘ surface form: Fox Television Stations properties MyNetworkTV affiliates ⓘ Television stations in New Jersey ⓘ Television stations in the New York City area ⓘ
cityOfLicense	Secaucus, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
digitalChannel	25 ⓘ
distribution	cable television ⓘ over-the-air broadcast ⓘ satellite television ⓘ streaming and digital platforms (via network and provider apps) ⓘ
DMA	New York City television market ⓘ surface form: New York Designated Market Area
facilityType	full-power television station ⓘ
FCCService	DT ⓘ
formerAffiliation	Fox ⓘ The WB (secondary, in some periods/arrangements) ⓘ UPN ⓘ independent station ⓘ
formerCallsign	WWOR-TV self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WOR-TV
formerTransmitterLocation	Empire State Building ⓘ surface form: Empire State Building, Manhattan, New York City
historicalSignificance	major independent station in the New York market for many years ⓘ served as a key superstation-like outlet via cable in the northeastern United States ⓘ
licensedToServe	Secaucus, New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ
marketServed	New York metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: New York City metropolitan area New York City television market ⓘ surface form: New York–New Jersey television market
networkAffiliation	MyNetworkTV ⓘ
notableProgrammingType	local news ⓘ sports programming ⓘ syndicated entertainment programming ⓘ
ownedBy	Fox Corporation ⓘ
owner	Fox Television Stations ⓘ
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
regulatoryAuthority	Federal Communications Commission ⓘ
serviceArea	New York City ⓘ North Jersey ⓘ surface form: Northern New Jersey Southern Connecticut ⓘ
sisterStation	WNYW (New York City) ⓘ surface form: WNYW
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transmitterLocation	One World Trade Center ⓘ surface form: One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City
virtualChannel	9 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

WNBC → formerCallsign → WWOR-TV ⓘ

this entity surface form: WNBT

WWOR-TV → formerCallsign → WWOR-TV self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WOR-TV

Metromedia → owned → WWOR-TV ⓘ

this entity surface form: WNEW-TV

Fox Television Stations → ownsStation → WWOR-TV ⓘ

WNYW (New York City) → sisterStation → WWOR-TV ⓘ

subject surface form: WNYW