WNED-TV

WNED-TV
CityBuffalo, New York
Channels
BrandingWNED PBS
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Buffalo Toronto Public Media
  • (Western NY Public Broadcasting Association)
WBFO, WNED-FM
History
First air date
March 30, 1959 (65 years ago) (1959-03-30)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 17 (UHF, 1959–2009)
  • Digital: 43 (UHF, until 2020)
NET (1959–1970)
Call sign meaning
Western New York Educational Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID71928
ERP175 kW
HAAT332 m (1,089 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°1′48.2″N 78°55′14.1″W / 43.030056°N 78.920583°W / 43.030056; -78.920583
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wned.org

WNED-TV (channel 17) is a PBS member television station in Buffalo, New York, United States. It is owned by the Western New York Public Broadcasting Association (doing business as Buffalo Toronto Public Media) alongside NPR member WBFO (88.7 FM) and classical music radio station WNED-FM (94.5). The three stations share studios in Horizons Plaza at 140 Lower Terrace in downtown Buffalo; WNED-TV's transmitter is located in Grand Island, New York.

More than half of WNED-TV's viewership is from Southern Ontario, Canada, where the main channel is included in cable and satellite packages by television service providers.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNED-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.