WPIX

WPIX
Brand	PIX11
City of License	New York City, New York
Market	New York City, New York
Channel	11 digital 11.2 subcarrier (Antenna TV) 11.3 (This TV) Previous: 11 analog (1948-2009) 33 digital (1997-2009)
Network Affiliation	Current: The CW Antenna TV (DT2) This TV (DT3) Formerly: Independent (1948–1995) The WB (1995–2006)
Founded	June 15, 1948
Company	Mission Broadcasting
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows	Friends Family Guy Two and a Half Men Maury Entourage

WPIX is the East Coast flagship of the CW network, broadcasting on digital channel 11. Its subcarrier (11.2) carries Antenna TV, while 11.3 carries This TV.

WPIX opened in 1948 as an independent owned by the Tribune company, who still owns it today. It was a standard independent, known mainly in the early days for Officer Joe Bolton, whose weekday kids show screened shorts of The Three Stooges. Bill Britten was the show's local Bozo The Clown in the 1960s.

WPIX became a WB station in 1995 and was the station that introduced the Yule Log, a four-hour Christmas show consisting of a fireplace with an ongoing fire while holiday music played. Stations throughout the country have aired it each year.

In 2001, WPIX (along with several other stations) had its transmitter destroyed when two hijacked planes crashed into the World Trade Center, where the transmitter towers stood. The tower has since been reconstructed atop the Empire State Building.

In 2006, WPIX became a CW affiliate after the WB and UPN shut down and merged. In 2017, it was announced that Sinclair Broadcasting would buy Tribune’s TV stations and then divest nine stations to comply with ownership caps. On February 28, 2018, Sinclair filed to resell WPIX to Cunningham Broadcasting while maintaining control of newscasts and ad sales. The acquisition had been in question as the FCC had concerns about Sinclair's sidecars--stations owned by other companies and controlled by Sinclair. In markets where Sinclair already has a duopoly, this violated FCC regulations regarding ownerships. Tribune pulled out of the merger and filed a lawsuit against Sinclair for regulatory and ethics violations regarding the merger. WPIX has been bought by Scripps after Nexstar's ownership of Tribune was completed. Nexstar has sold off stations they and Tribune currently own to conform to ownership standards and to avoid market overlap. Nexstar has now reportedly transferred the option of buying WPIX to Mission Broadcasting, a firm with several LMAs with Nexstar, for $75 million plus accrued interest. Mission is exercising the purchase option with the sale closing New Year's Eve 2020.

Digital programming

Virtual	Physical	Name	Programming
11.1	11.1	WPIX-DT	Main WPIX (The CW)
11.2	11.2	WPIX-DT2	Antenna TV
11.3	11.3	WPIX-DT3	This TV

Current Prime-Time Schedule

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	Two and a Half Men	Two and a Half Men	Ride		Wild Cards		PIX11 News at 10		Seinfeld
Tuesday			Crime Nation
Wednesday			Wild Cards		Family Law
Thursday			The Conners	The Conners	Son of a Critch	Children Ruin Everything
Friday			Penn & Teller Fool Us		Totally Funny Kids	Totally Funny Animals
Saturday			Pawn Stars		Pawn Stars				The Honeymooners
Sunday	CW Movie					The Conners			Seinfeld

External Links

Official Site