W2XAB
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New York, New York United States |
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| Branding | CBS 2 (general) CBS 2 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Expect more |
| Channels |
Digital: 33 (UHF) Virtual: 2 () |
| Translators | 22 (UHF) Plainview |
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| Owner |
CBS Corporation (CBS Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Founded | July 21, 1931 (as experimental station W2XAB) |
| First air date | July 1, 1941 |
| Call letters' meaning |
We're the Columbia Broadcasting System (former legal name of CBS) |
| Sister station(s) | WBMP, WCBS, WCBS-FM, WFAN, WFAN-FM, WINS, WLNY-TV, WNEW-FM |
| Former callsigns | WCBW (1941–1946) |
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| Transmitter power | 349 kW |
| Height | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
| Facility ID | 9610 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°WCoordinates: 40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | newyork |
WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS Television Network, located in New York City. WCBS-TV is owned by the CBS Television Stations division of CBS Corporation, and operates as part of a television duopoly with Riverhead, Long Island-licensed independent station WLNY-TV (channel 55). WCBS-TV's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is based at the Empire State Building, both in midtown Manhattan.
In the few areas of the eastern United States where a CBS station is not receivable over-the-air, WCBS is available on satellite via DirecTV (which also provides coverage of the station to Latin American and Caribbean countries and through major U.S. air carriers on LiveTV) and Dish Network (which carries the station as part of All American Direct's distant network package).
WCBS-TV's history dates back to CBS' opening of experimental station W2XAB on July 21, 1931, using the mechanical television system that had been more-or-less perfected in the late 1920s. Its first broadcast featured New York Mayor Jimmy Walker, Kate Smith, and George Gershwin. The station had the first regular seven-day broadcasting schedule in American television, broadcasting 28 hours a week. Among its early programming included The Television Ghost (1931–1933), Helen Haynes (1931–1932) and Piano Lessons (1931–1932).
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