WWTI
 
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Watertown, New York United States |
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| Branding | ABC 50 (general) NewsChannel 9 (newscasts) The North Country CW (on DT2) |
| Slogan |
Start Here (general) The Local Station (newscasts) TV Now (on DT2) |
| Channels |
Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 50 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | ABC |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | February 1, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Wonderful Watertown/ Thousand Islands |
| Sister station(s) | WSYR-TV, WROC-TV, WIVT, WBGH-CD, WUTR, WFXV, WPNY-LP, WETM-TV, WFFF-TV, WVNY |
| Former callsigns | WJCK (1985–1986) WFYF (1986–1990) |
| Former channel number(s) | 50 (UHF analog, 1985–2009) Translators: 25 W25AB Watertown (1985–2000) 28 W28BC Massena (1985–2000) |
| Former affiliations |
NBC (1985–1995) Fox (1986–2000) both secondary |
| Transmitter power | 25 kW |
| Height | 331 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 16747 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°52′47″N 75°43′12″W / 43.87972°N 75.72000°W |
| Website | informnny.com |
WWTI is the ABC-affiliated television station for Upstate New York's North Country. Licensed to Watertown, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 (or virtual channel 50.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Hayes Road in Copenhagen (a village of Denmark). The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 889. Owned by the Nexstar Media Group, it has studios at Stateway Plaza (with an Arsenal Street/NY 3 postal address) in the town of Watertown. Syndicated programming on WWTI includes The Big Bang Theory, Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, and The Doctors among others.
Although technically operating as a separate station in its own right, WWTI is actually considered a semi-satellite of WSYR-TV in Syracuse. As such, this station clears all ABC programming and most local newscasts (see below) as provided by its parent but airs separate commercials and legal identifications. It simulcasts Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from WSYR weekday afternoons at 12:30 and airs The Dr. Oz Show weekday mornings at 9 (as opposed to the later airing at 4 on its parent outlet). Master control and some internal operations of WWTI are based at centralcasting facilities within WSYR's studios on Bridge Street in East Syracuse (a village of DeWitt).
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