WSYR-TV

WSYR-TV

Syracuse, New York United States
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 9
Branding	NewsChannel 9
Programming
Affiliations	9.1: ABC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.)
History
First air date	September 9, 1962 (62 years ago) (1962-09-09)
Former call signs	WNYS-TV (1962–1978) WIXT (1978–1982) WIXT-TV (1982–2005)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 9 (VHF, 1962–2009)
Call sign meaning	Syracuse; adopted from WSYR radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73113
ERP	105 kW 285 kW (CP)
HAAT	402 m (1,319 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°56′42″N 76°1′27″W / 42.94500°N 76.02417°W / 42.94500; -76.02417
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.localsyr.com

WSYR-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Syracuse, New York, United States, affiliated with ABC. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on Bridge Street (off NY 290) in East Syracuse (a village of DeWitt), and its transmitter is located on Sevier Road in Pompey, New York.

WWTI (channel 50) in Watertown operates as a semi-satellite of WSYR-TV. As such, it clears all network programming as provided by its parent and simulcasts most of WSYR-TV's newscasts, but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate station identifications and commercial inserts. WWTI maintains its own studios on Court Street in downtown Watertown.