WNYT (TV)
 
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Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York United States |
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| City | Albany, New York |
| Branding | WNYT 13 (general) NewsChannel 13 (newscasts) MeTV Capital Region (on DT2) NewsChannel 13 Now (on DT3) |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Trust |
| Channels |
Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 13 () |
| Subchannels | 13.1 NBC 13.2 MeTV 13.3 Heroes & Icons |
| Translators | 18 Troy 21 W21CP-D Gloversville 28 W28DA-D Pittsfield, MA 38 W38DL-D Adams, MA 45 Glens Falls |
| Owner |
Hubbard Broadcasting (WNYT-TV, LLC) |
| First air date | February 17, 1954 |
| Call letters' meaning | W New York State Television |
| Sister station(s) | WNYA, WEPT-CA & WHEC-TV |
| Former callsigns | WTRI (1954–1958) WAST (1958–1981) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 35 (UHF, 1954–1958) 13 (VHF, 1958–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: ABC (1954–1977) CBS (1977–1981) DT2: NBC WX+ (2005–2008) DT3: local weather (2009–2013) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 435 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 73363 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°37′31.3″N 74°0′36.3″W / 42.625361°N 74.010083°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | http://wnyt.com/index.shtml |
WNYT is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Capital District of New York State and Western New England. Licensed to Albany, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 (or virtual channel 13.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on the Helderberg Escarpment west of New Salem, a hamlet of New Scotland. The station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting as part of a duopoly with Pittsfield, MA-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WNYA and the two outlets share studios at the WNYT Broadcast Center on North Pearl Street (along NY 32) in Menands (with an Albany postal address).
The station began broadcasting on February 17, 1954, as CBS affiliate WTRI, licensed to Troy. The station was co-owned by Troy Broadcasting Co., owner of WTRY radio 980 AM, (now WOFX) and Van Curler Broadcasting Corp., a unit of the Stanley Warner Theaters chain, which operated the station. The station originally operated on UHF channel 35. WTRI's studios and transmitter were east of Troy on Bald Mountain in the town of Brunswick, New York. When the station lost its CBS affiliation to Albany’s WROW-TV (now WTEN) in January 1955, Channel 35 went silent. Van Curler Broadcasting purchased the station and put WTRI back on the air in 1956, this time as an ABC affiliate.
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