WNYB

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WNYB
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding =
analog = 26 (UHF)
digital = 27 (UHF, 234kW)
other_chs = WBNF-CA 15 Buffalo
W42CO Rochester
affiliations = Tri-State Christian Television
network =
founded =
airdate = January 10, 1997
location = Jamestown/Buffalo, New York
callsign_meaning = New York Buffalo (carried over calls from Channel 49)
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Tri-State Christian Television, Inc.
licensee = Faith Broadcasting Network, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = TBN (1997-2007)
effective_radiated_power = 5000 kW (analog)
213 kW (digital)
HAAT = 463 m (analog)
448 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 30303
coordinates = coord|42|23|35.6|N|79|13|42.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.tct-net.org/ www.tct-net.org]

WNYB Channel 26 is a religious television station owned by Tri-State Christian Television. It runs Christian programming 24 hours a day. It is licensed to Jamestown, New York, and serves the Buffalo television market. WNYB's main transmitter is located in Arkwright. It also operates repeaters in Buffalo (WBNF-CA channel 15) and Rochester (W42CO).

The Channel 26 license has been in existence since the 1960s, when it was utilized by an independent station called WNYP-TV circa 1966-1969, when the station went dark.

The license was re-issued to a new group years later, and Channel 26 signed on again as September 24, 1988 under the new calls WTJA. Part of the station's programming lineup duplicated those on the Buffalo stations. The station once again went dark in 1991 due to financial problems.

Grant Broadcasting purchased the license in 1995. Rather than immediately putting the station back on the air, Grant negotiated with Tri-State Christian Television, owner of WNYB Channel 49 (now WNYO), for the Channel 49 position, in exchange for the Channel 26 position, cash and a new broadcasting facility.

Tri-State accepted, and on January 10, 1997, it took over the Channel 26 position, moving its religious programming and the WNYB call letters to the new channel. (Grant in turn took over Channel 49, which became WB affiliate WNYO.).

External links

* [http://www.tct-net.org/ TCT]
*TVQ|WNYB
*TVQ|WBNF-CA
*TVQ|W42CO
*BIA|WNYB|TV|TV