WNGN-LP

WNGN-LP / WNGX-LD
Albany / Schenectady / Troy, New York
City	Troy, New York / Schenectady, New York
Channels	Analog: 35 (app. to move to 38)
Translators	42 WNGX-LD Troy 20 WNGJ-LP Ogdensburg
Affiliations	FamilyNet
Owner	Brian A. Larson
Founded	September 21, 1994
Call letters' meaning	Northeast Gospel Network
Former callsigns	W26BL (1994)
Former affiliations	None
Transmitter power	WNGN-LP: 50 kW (ERP below Horizontal Plane (Beam Tilt): 68.65 kW) WNGX-LD 1.02 kW
Height	WNGN-LP: 76 m WNGX-LD: 11 m
Class	Low-Power
Transmitter coordinates	42°47′8″N 73°37′45″W / 42.78556°N 73.62917°W / 42.78556; -73.62917Coordinates: 42°47′8″N 73°37′45″W / 42.78556°N 73.62917°W / 42.78556; -73.62917

WNGN-LP channel 35 and WNGX-LD channel 42 are low-power television stations in the Albany/Schenectady/Troy, New York market. The stations are owned by Brian A. Larson and carry FamilyNet programming. WNGN is licensed to Troy, while WNGX is licensed to Schenectady and is officially considered to be a WNGN translator.

WNGN-LP started as W04AT, then received the call-sign and channel W26BL on channel 26 on September 21, 1994, before receiving its current channel and call-sign on December 23, 1994. In 1992, Larson acquired WNGN-LP (then W26BL), a small TV translator in Hoosick Falls, that rebroadcast educational programming for the Hoosick Falls Central School District. He applied to switch the city of license (COL) to Troy, NY, and eventually moved the transmitter to its current site on Bald Mountain.

WNGX-LD started with an experimental license and callsign of 940414FX on January 18, 1996. It was upgraded to become W04DA on channel 4 later that same day. On July 13, 1998, the station was upgraded again to become WGNX-LP and gained its current channel allocation. On September 11, 2009, the station converted to digital broadcasting and its call sign changed to WNGX-LD.

Larson holds a construction permit to convert the station to a Low-power Digital (-LD) transmitter with an effective radiated power of only 0.14 kW. He will retain the analog channel number by using what is known as digital flash.

WTEN-DT has decided to use channel 35 for its digital home, thus displacing WNGN-LP from the dial. Under the Commission's rules, low power stations must surrender their channel to a full power applicant. On February 2, 2007, WNGN-LP applied to move its analog channel to 38. It is interesting to note that this is the second time WTEN has displaced WNGN-LP. For over ten years WNGN-LP broadcast on channel 26 until that was designated for WTEN to use for digital transmissions causing WNGN-LP to move to channel 35.

History

The table of allotments for the Albany-Schenectady-Troy metro originally designated channel 35 as a reserved non-commercial channel. Local public station WMHT had expressed interest in the allotment for years but switched focus to digital upgrades on channel 17. Prior to being reserved for noncommercial use, channel 35 originally signed on the air in 1952 as the first UHF station in the region. After only two years on the air the station failed because most television receivers were incapable of receiving UHF signals. The owners switched to VHF Channel 13 in Saratoga Springs which later moved to Albany, where today they still operate as NBC affiliate WNYT. WNGN-LP also transmits on channel 35 from the same tower and transmitter building as the original 35 used.

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Broadcast television in the Capital District of New York and Berkshire County, Massachusetts, including Albany and Pittsfield

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Local stations

WRGB (6.1 CBS, 6.2 This TV)
WTEN/WCDC (10.1/19.1 ABC, 10.2 AccuWX)
WNYT (13.1 NBC, 13.2 Me-TV, 13.3 Weather Radar)
WMHT (17.1 PBS, 17.2 Create, 17.3 World)
WXXA-TV (23.1 Fox, 23.2 Capital OTB TV)
WNGN-LP 35 / WNGX-LD 42 _Analog (FN)
WCWN (45.1 The CW, 45.2 Grit, 45.3 CBS)
WNYA (51.1 MNTV, 51.2 Antenna TV)

Outlying area stations

WYCX-CD (2.1 Outside, 2.2 Tuff TV, 2.3 Retro, 2.4 PBJ; Manchester, VT)
W04AJ 4 (PBS; Glens Falls, via WMHT)
W04BD 4 (PBS; Schoharie, via WMHT)
WNCE-CD (8.1 A1; Glens Falls)
WYBN-LD (14.1 BUZZR, 14.2 PBJ, 14.3 Tuff TV, 14.4 AMGTV, 14.5 Mexicanal, 14.6 QVC Over Air, 14.7 LATV; Cobleskill)
WEPT-CD (15.1 AMGTV, Newburgh)
WNYT 18 (NBC, Troy)
W21CP-D 21 (NBC, Gloversville, via WNYT)
W28DA-D 28 (NBC, Pittsfield, MA, via WNYT)
W38DL-D 38 (NBC, Adams, MA, via WNYT)
WVBG-LP 41 _Analog (Ind; Greenwich)
WNYT 45 (NBC, Glens Falls)
W47CM 47 _Analog (silent; Glens Falls)
WYPX (55.1 Ion, 55.2 qubo, 55.3 Life; Amsterdam)

Adjacent locals

Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh	WCAX-TV (3.1 CBS; Burlington, VT) WVER (28.1 PBS/VPBS, 28.2 PBS Plus, 28.3 Create, 28.4 World; Rutland)

New York City	WRNN-TV (48.1 Ind / AMGTV / JTV / News, 48.2 Blue Ocean Network, 48.3 Arirang TV, 48.4 GCN, 48.5 NHK World; Kingston)

Utica	WKTV (2.1 NBC, 2.2 CBS, 2.3 CW; Utica)

Cable-only stations

Defunct stations

WEDG-TV (UPN, cable-only)
W52DF 52 (TBN)

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Vermont Broadcast television: Albany/Schenectady; Boston, MA; Burlington/Plattsburgh

Massachusetts television: Albany; Boston; Providence; Springfield

Other television stations in the state of New York

Religious stations	WEBR-CD 17 (GCN, New York City/Manhattan) WNYB 26 (TCT, Jamestown) WNGN-LP 35 / WNGX-LP 42 (FamilyNet, Troy / Schenectady) WDTB-LP 39.1 (Daystar (TV network), Buffalo) WKOB-LD 42 (Daystar, New York City) W44CT-D 44 (3ABN, Albany) WBQM-LD 50 (COR, Brooklyn) WNYI 52 (Daystar, Ithaca) WTBY 54 (TBN, Poughkeepsie/New York City)

Spanish-language stations	WNYN-LD 39 (TeLe-Romántica, New York City) WXTV 41 (Univision, New York City) WNJU 47 (Telemundo, New York City) WFTY 67 (UniMás, Smithtown/New York City) WFUT 68 (UniMás, New York City)

Ethnic and/or public secular stations	WNYE 25 (Ind, New York City) WXNY-LD 32 (Ind, New York City) WNYX-LD 35 (Ind, New York City) WNXY-LD 43 (Ind, New York City) WMBC 63 (Ind, Newton, NJ/New York City)

Other stations	WEPT-CD 15 (AMGTV, Newburgh) WVTT-CD 25 (A1, Olean) WNCE-CD 31 (A1, Glens Falls) WNMN 40 (RTV / Antenna TV / MNTV / Tuff TV / A1 / AMGTV / Outside, Saranac Lake) W41DO-D 41 (HSN, New York City) WVBG-LP 41 (Ind, Greenwich) WRNN-TV 48 (JTV / News, FUNi on DT3, Kingston/New York City) WVVH-CD 50 (A1, Southampton) WLNY-TV 55 (Ind, Riverhead/New York City) WBXZ-LP 56 (HSN, Buffalo) WBBZ 67 (Me-TV, Springville)

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