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WNGS

Buffalo, New York
Branding	RTN-11 (using cable channel position for branding)
Channels	WNGS 67 (UHF) analog, WNGS 46 (UHF) (future) digital
Translators	WONS-LP (25, UHF) Olean, New York
Affiliations	RTN
Owner	Equity Broadcasting (under LMA with Granite Broadcasting)
Founded	1996
Call letters meaning	Buffalo WiNGS
Former affiliations	UPN (1996-2001)
Transmitter Power	34.7 kW/364 m(analog) 770 kW/410.8 m (digital) (digital power for future WNGS transmitter)
Website	WNGS Homepage

WNGS 67 (branded as RTN-11) is a television station licensed to Springville, New York, serving the Buffalo television market. The station is run under a local marketing agreement by WKBW (Channel 7), and airs mostly programming from the Retro Television Network, along with sports programming from Channel 7, repeats of Buffalo Bills preseason games, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and New York Mets games that are broadcast over-the-air by WKYC (Channel 3) in Cleveland, WWOR (Channel 9) and WPIX (Channel 11) in New York City, respectively.

WNGS can be seen on analog channel 67, and was formly seen on the digital subchannel of WKBW-DT channel 38.2 (it has since been removed due to FCC regulations). WNGS is expected to have their own digital signal in the future on channel 46. Although licensed as a full-power station, it currently transmits its analog signal at low power.

WNGS was founded by Bill Smith and Caroline Powley in 1996.

The station signed on in 1996 with an informercial/home shopping format, but added general-entertainment barter talk shows, cartoons and low-budget sitcoms in 1997, along with a UPN affiliation. However, it lost the UPN affiliation to WNLO in 2003. Not long after the disaffiliation, WNGS dropped most of its entertainment programming in favor of infomercials. After Equity Broadcasting took ownership of the station, WNGS became a Retro Television Network affiliate.

1 Past logos
2 WONS-LP
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Past logos

logo used during UPN affiliation

logo used while independent

[edit] WONS-LP

RTN 11 can also be seen on a Class-A repeater, WONS-CA channel 25, in Olean, a station that has a fairly rich history of its own. First signing on in the 1980s as W20AB on channel 20 and affiliated with the American Christian Television System (ACTS), the station soon moved to channel 25 and received W25AK calls for a time before earning a shared UPN affiliation with WNGS. The new UPN 25 established a new set of calls, WONS, and held on to its affiliation until 2003, when both WONS and WNGS lost the affiliation to WNLO. (Certain television listings continued to list UPN shows in WONS's schedule for reasons unknown.) Nevertheless, WONS continued programming from the Urban America Television Network and Shop at Home Network, as well as a small share of local content. WONS has also had past affiliations with Family Net, America One Network (A1), the American Independent Network (AIN), and Network One. In the 1990's, Enchanted Mountain Television provided local programming for WONS.

The death knell for WONS came in 2006. At that time, Urban America and Shop at Home both ceased operations, leaving the station with virtually no programming. The decision was made to rebroadcast the RTN11 signal from WNGS at that time.

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WKBW-TV

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Broadcast television in the Buffalo/Niagara Falls, NY market (Nielsen DMA #49)

WGRZ 2 (NBC) - WIVB 4 (CBS) - WKBW 7 (ABC) - WNED 17 (PBS) - WNLO 23 (The CW) - WNYB 26 / WBNF 15 (TBN/TCT) - WUTV 29 (Fox) - WNYO 49 (MNTV) - WPXJ 51 (ION) - WBXZ-LP 56 (HSN) - WNGS 67 / WONS 25 (RTN)
Local Cable Television Channels LCTV (Lockport) See also Broadcast television in the Greater Toronto, Erie and Rochester markets

Other Television Stations in the state of New York

Religious Stations: WEBR-CA 17 (GCN, Manhattan) - WNYB 26 (TBN / TCT, Jamestown) - W26BS 26 (TBN, Binghamton)
WWBI-LP 27 (Daystar, Plattsburgh) - WNGN-LP 35 / WNGX-LP 42 (FamilyNet, Troy / Schenectady) - WTBY 54 (TBN, Poughkeepsie)

Spanish-Language Stations WNYN-LP 39 (Azteca América, Deer Park) - WNYI 52 (Univision, Ithaca) - WFTY 67 (TeleFutura, Smithtown)

ION Television Affiliates : WPXN 31 (New York) - WPXJ 51 (Batavia) - WYPX 55 (Amsterdam) - WSPX 56 (Syracuse)

Other Stations: WNCE-CA 8 (A1, Glens Falls) - WNYE 25 (Independent, New York) - WVBG-LP 25 (RSN, Greenwich) - WCWF 40 (Independent, Saranac Lake)
WRNN-DT 48 (Independent, Kingston) - WVVH-LP 50 (A1, Southhampton) - WLNY (DT) 57 (Independent, Riverhead) - WNGS 67 (RTN, Springville)

See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetwork TV, NBC and PBS stations in New York

Equity Broadcasting Corporation

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Broadcast Television Networks: Retro Television Network

Fox Network Affiliates: KBTZ | KMMF | WMQF

Telefutura Network Affiliates: KAMT | WTMS | KUTF

Other Stations: KMCC³ | KNBX | KUSE | WUHQ | WYGA

Other Properties: Arkansas RiverBlades⁴ | Arkansas Twisters⁵

¹Equity owns the station but management capabilities belong to Granite Broadcasting under a Local Marketing Agreement held by its ABC affiliate WKBW-TV.

²Equity operates this station owned by the Word of God Fellowship under a Local Marketing Agreement.

³Equity operates the station owned by Cranston II LLC.

⁴Equity has a 51% ownership stake in the ECHL franchise. However the team has been defunct since 2003. Equity plans to sell its remaining stake in the team.

⁵Equity owns the af2 Arena Football franchise outright.

Annual Revenue: Unknown at this time. | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: None, privately held. | Website: www.ebcorp.net

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