WNYO-TV

WNYO-TV

ATSC 3.0 station
Buffalo–Niagara Falls, New York United States
City	Buffalo, New York
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF) Virtual: 49
Branding	MyTV Buffalo
Programming
Affiliations	49.1: MyNetworkTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (New York Television, Inc.)
Sister stations	WUTV
History
First air date	September 1, 1987 (36 years ago) (1987-09-01)
Former call signs	WNYB-TV (1984–1996)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 49 (UHF, 1987–2009) Digital: 34 (UHF, 2004–2009); 49 (UHF, 2009–2020)
Former affiliations	Independent (1987–1989) Fox (1989–1990) TBN/TCT (1990–1996) The WB (1996–2006)
Call sign meaning	Western New York and Ontario[1]
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	67784
ERP	575 kW
HAAT	329 m (1,079 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	43°1′32.2″N 78°55′42.1″W / 43.025611°N 78.928361°W / 43.025611; -78.928361
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	mytvbuffalo.com

WNYO-TV (channel 49) is a television station in Buffalo, New York, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fox affiliate WUTV (channel 29). The two stations share studios on Hertel Avenue near Military Road in Buffalo; WNYO-TV's transmitter is located on Whitehaven Road (near I-190) in Grand Island, New York.

The construction permit for channel 49 was issued in 1984 and changed hands twice before the station went on the air on September 1, 1987, as WNYB-TV. While TVX Broadcast Group handled much of the station's construction, the company made another purchase that forced it to sell the unbuilt WNYB-TV to remain under national ownership limits. Channel 49's first owner was Aud Enterprises, a division of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team; channel 49 aired Sabres road games and served as the Fox affiliate from 1989 to 1990. It also lost an average of $1 million a year. In 1990, under a deal brokered the previous year, the Sabres games, Fox programming, and syndicated shows on WNYB-TV moved to WUTV, with Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) buying channel 49 to broadcast Christian programming.

TCT sold WNYB-TV to Grant Broadcasting in 1996; the deal included TCT's acquisition of a dormant station on channel 26 in Jamestown, which became the new WNYB. In October 1996, Grant relaunched channel 49 as WNYO-TV, the Buffalo affiliate of The WB. Sinclair purchased the station in 2000, forming a duopoly with WUTV. The station produced its own local newscast from 2004 to 2006 as part of Sinclair's News Central service and then aired local news programming produced by Buffalo NBC affiliate WGRZ from 2006 to 2013. WNYO-TV is Buffalo's ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) station; in reciprocal arrangements, other Buffalo TV stations broadcast its subchannels on its behalf while it carries them in the new format.