NYC Media

NYC Media
Agency overview
JurisdictionCity of New York
HeadquartersManhattan Municipal Building (25th–29th floors)
Agency executives
Parent agencyMayor's Office of Media and Entertainment
Websitewww.nyc.gov/media
Photo of a light grey rectangular building against a piercing blue sky, on top of the building there is a tower. In the foreground of the photo is the exit sign for FDR Drive and Pearl Street. The base of the building is surrounded by large green bushes.
The Manhattan Municipal Building, where NYC Media is located.

NYC Media is the official public radio, television, and online media network and broadcasting service of New York City, which has been called the media capital of the world.[1][2] The network oversees four public television channels, a public radio station, and an Internet video on demand service.[3]

Located in the Manhattan Municipal Building at 1 Centre Street, NYC Media occupies the tower portion, from the 25th floor to the 29th floor, as well as transmission facilities in the Empire State Building, in the Condé Nast Building in Times Square, and in Brooklyn.[4]

NYC Media is an amalgamation of channels, studios, distribution and production entities.[3] NYC Media was originally called NYC TV when it took over Crosswalks Television in 2003; it became NYC Media Group when it acquired control of broadcast stations WNYE (FM) and WNYE-TV as well.

In late 2009, it was announced that NYC Media Group would be split off from the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and merge with the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting to form the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment, in the aftermath of an embezzlement scandal that saw many of NYC Media Group's higher-ups resign or leave.

  1. ^ Felix Richter (March 11, 2015). "New York Is The World's Media Capital". Statista. Retrieved November 5, 2022.
  2. ^ Dawn Ennis (May 24, 2017). "ABC will broadcast New York's pride parade live for the first time". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved November 5, 2022. Never before has any TV station in the entertainment and news media capital of the world carried what organizer boast is the world's largest Pride parade live on TV.
  3. ^ a b "About NYC Media". NYC Media (City of New York). Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  4. ^ "DTV Reception Maps". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved 2018-06-13.