Hartford - New Haven Edition

Covers Hartford, New Haven and Central Connecticut

City:	Channel:	Calls:	Affiliation:	Home Edition:	Notes:
Hartford, CT	[3]	WFSB	CBS
Hartford, CT	[24]	WEDH	PBS		(1) Connecticut Public Television (2) Shows instructional shows on school days
Hartford, CT	[61]	WTIC	Fox		"WTIC" calls used by [3] until late-1970s
New Haven	[8]	WTNH	ABC
New Haven	[59]	WBNE	WB
New Haven	[65]	WEDY	PBS		(1) Satellite of [24] (2) Shows instructional shows on school days
New Britain	[30]	WVIT	NBC
Waterbury	[20]	WTXX	UPN
Springfield, MA	[22]	WWLP	NBC	Springfield - Chicopee - Holyoke
Springfield, MA	[40]	WGGB	ABC	Springfield - Chicopee - Holyoke
Springfield, MA	[57]	WGBY	PBS	Springfield - Chicopee - Holyoke	Shows instructional shows on school days
New York City	"2"	WCBS	CBS	New York Metro
New York City	"4"	WNBC	NBC	New York Metro
New York City	"5"	WNYW	Fox	New York Metro
New York City	"7"	WABC	ABC	New York Metro
New York City	"9"	WWOR	UPN	New York Metro	(1) Licensed in Secaucus, NJ (2) See below for special note
New York City	"11"	WPIX	WB	New York Metro
New York City	"13"	WNET	PBS	New York Metro	Shows instructional shows on school days
Boston	(38B)	WSBK	UPN	Boston

Channel mentioned in "Channels Listed", but not in main listings:

WTWS (26) New London -- religious & infomercials

Other channels in coverage area, but not mentioned in this TVG:

WRNN (62) Kingston, NY -- News, information & infomercials
WLNY (55) Riverhead, LI, NY -- independent

Special Close-Up -- A Tale of Two WWORs:

Until January 1997, this TVG (and one other one, Central Pennsylvania) featured not one, but two (2) listings for WWOR: the original, New York version (listed under "9") and the national, syndex-proof version (listed under (WOR) as "WWOR / Eastern Microwave"; editions that feature only the national WWOR list it as "WWOR, New York (ind.)"). In 1990, when the federal Syndex (Syndication Exclusivity) Law was passed, WWOR's distributor, Syracuse-based Eastern Microwave (EMI), created a national version that features programming that is not subject to Syndex. Such programming included old, off-network reruns (including seldom-seen ones like Laredo, Emergency, The Fugitive and It Takes A Thief) and current shows (including public-affairs programs by the "Christian Science Monitor", as well as Cinemattractions (movie trailers), Newsworthy (featuring Video Press Releases) and Rising Tide (a weekly program by the Republican party)). EMI's version of WWOR is, more or less, a separate network channel in itself, as most of WWOR's programming for the New York City market (including UPN) is removed from the national version, except for news, Mets baseball, and public affairs programming. In the middle of 1996, Tampa-based Intermedia purchased Eastern Microwave for its internet and networking services. EMI's television services (including WWOR and Boston UPN affiliate, WSBK) were spun off into another company, Advanced Entertainment Corporation (AEC). On New Years 1997, the national WWOR went dark, as AEC was no longer interested in carrying the channel (this announcement was made only a couple of days before, leaving TVG, newspapers, cable systems (some of them just picking up WWOR for 1997) and even the original WWOR off guard). Shortly thereafter, Indianapolis-based National Programming Services (NPS) picked WWOR up and returned it to the satellite, this time, in its original form (this is mainly for C-Band dish owners, as very few cable systems picked up the "new" WWOR). In the Spring, AEC got out of the Superstation business when it sold the broadcast rights for WSBK to Canadian satellite distributor, CANCOM (distribution in the US is handled by its new subsidiary, BOSCOM, while CANCOM distributed the channel for Canada).