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W2XVT[]

1938–1940 (experimental license)[]

W2xvt

In 1938, WNYW experimented with TV set and equipment manufacturer Allen B. DuMont as W2VXT with a 78-84 MHz frequency in Passaic, New Jersey.

W2XWV[]

1940–1944 (experimental license)[]

W2xwv

In 1940, the experimental TV station moved the transmitter location to Manhattan, New York as W2XWV.

WABD[]

1944–1948[]

Wabd1944

W2XWV signed on the air on May 2, 1944, 34 months after both WNBT and WCBW began transmitting almost at the same time. The third TV station in New York City and fifth in the United States, also changed the call letters to WABD as a tribute with DuMont Television Network which was owned and operated at the time.

1948–1956[]

WABD Channel 5 ID (1948)

1956–1958[]

WABD WTTG-TV 1956

Logo shared with then-sister station WTTG.

WNEW-TV[]

1958–1961[]

Wnew-tv59

In April 1957, DuMont bought WNEW (as well as then-sister TV station, WTTG to share with upcoming logos). Then in May 1958, DuMont Broadcasting changed the name to Metropolitan Broadcasting (later Metromedia), and in August of the same year, WNEW-FM began transmitting with a FCC authorization. Thus, the New York's Channel 5 changed the call letters to WNEW-TV to match its both AM and FM radio stations.

1961–1967[]

Metromedia 5 (1961)

Logo shared with then-sister station WTTG.

1967–1977[]

Wnew-tv1967

Logo shared with then-sister station WTTG, which continued to use this until 1979.

1977–1986[]

1977–1984[]

WNEW-TV 1977

This was shared with sister station WTTG, which used it until 1984.

1984–1986[]

WNEW-TV 1984

WNYW[]

1986[]

WNYW 5 (1986-May)

In May 1985, Metromedia sold all of its independent stations (including WNEW-TV) to News Corporation, who announced its intentions to launch the then-new Fox on May 7, 1986, with KTTV, KDAF, KRIV, WFLD, and WTTG forming what would become Fox Television Stations. WNEW-TV became WNYW on March 7; Fox itself would launch on October 9. Like the 1977 logo, this was also used by WTTG until 1997.

1986–1993[]

1986–1987[]

WNYW1986

1987–1992[]

Fox 5 WNYW 1987

1992–1993[]

WNYW Fox 5 1987

1993–1997[]

WNYW1993

During this period, WNYW embedded the "5" inside the 'O' in Fox and reintroduced the "5" that was used from 1977 to 1986 under the WNEW callsign and the "Metromedia New York 5" branding.

1997–2001[]

Foxlogo3

2001–2006[]

WNYW 1

2006–2020[]

WNYW

2020–present[]

Fts-new-york-a

External links[]

Official website

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