WLIW
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| WLIW | |
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| Garden City/New York, New York | |
| Branding | WLIW 21 |
| Slogan | New York Public Television |
| Channels | 21 (UHF) analog, 22 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations |  PBS |
| Owner | Educational Broadcasting Corp. |
| Founded | January 6, 1969 |
| Call letters meaning | W Long Island West |
| Former affiliations | NET (1969-1970) |
| Website | www.wliw.org |
WLIW is a Long Island PBS member station that serves the New York City area. Located on UHF channel 21 (digital channel 22), it is licensed to Garden City while its studios are in Plainview, both located in Nassau County on Long Island.
WLIW began transmitting on January 6, 1969 and is the fourth most watched PBS station in the country. In February 2003, the station completed a merger to combine its operations with WNET in nearby New York City.
Many programs produced by WLIW are broadcast on PBS stations across the country, such as the innovative Visions series and many music specials featuring noted American performers like Frank Sinatra, Neil Sedaka, Rick Nelson and international stars like Helmut Lotti and Sarah Brightman. Regular hosts of these specials produced for PBS include Laura Savini, Terrill Cass, Joe Campbell, Mark Simone and Lisa Jandovitz.
WLIW is the distributor for BBC World News in the United States, which is seen on 229 PBS-TV members & affiliates.
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WPBS 16 / WNPI 18 (Watertown / Norwood) - WMHT 17 (Schenectady) - WNED 17 (Buffalo) - WLIW 21 (Garden City / Long Island) - WXXI 21 (Rochester) - WCNY 24 / W59AU 59 (Syracuse / Utica) - WSKG 46 (Binghamton) - WCFE 57 (Plattsburgh) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in New York | |
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