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Soon after channel 5 received its commercial license, DuMont Laboratories began a series of experimental coaxial cable hookups between WABD and W3XWT, a DuMont-owned experimental station in Washington, D.C. now WTTG. These hookups were the beginning of the DuMont Television Network, the world’s first licensed commercial television network. DuMont began regular network service in 1946 with WABD as the flagship station. In 1954, WABD and DuMont moved into the 5 million DuMont Tele-Centre at 205 East 67th Street in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, inside the shell of the space formerly occupied by Jacob Ruppert’s Central Opera House. A half-century later, channel 5 is still headquartered in the same building, which was later renamed the Metromedia Telecenter, and is known today as the Fox Television Center.

By February 1955, DuMont realized it could not continue in network television, and decided to shut down network operations and operate WABD and its Washington sister station, WTTG also operating on channel 5, as independents. After DuMont aired its last network broadcast in August 1956, DuMont spun off WABD and WTTG as the “DuMont Broadcasting Corporation”, which changed its name in early 1958 to Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation. In 1958, Washington-based investor John Kluge acquired controlling interest in Metropolitan Broadcasting and installed himself as the company’s chairman. WABD’s operations were merged with WNEW radio 1130 AM, now WBBR and 102.7 FM, now WWFS, also owned by Kluge. Channel 5’s call letters were changed on September 7, 1958 to WNEW-TV to match its new radio sisters. Metropolitan Broadcasting would change its corporate name to Metromedia in 1961 however, the Metropolitan Broadcasting name was retained for Metromedia’s TV and radio properties until 1967.

In the 1960s, WNEW-TV ran on a low budget like the other two major New York independents, WOR-TV now WWOR-TV and WPIX. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, WNEW-TV’s local programs included a daily public affairs show eventually hosted by Gabe Pressman, and later Midday Live, a similar program hosted by Bill Boggs. Children’s shows included a local version of the Romper Room franchise which moved to WOR-TV in 1966, The Sandy Becker Show, The Soupy Sales Show, The Chuck McCann Show, and The Sonny Fox Show, which later became Wonderama. Bob McAllister took over hosting Wonderama in 1967 and by 1970, Wonderama was a once-weekly, three-hour program syndicated to Metromedia’s other stations. Channel 5 also originated the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in September 1966 it ran annually on the station until 1986.

The station is home to one of America’s longest-running primetime local newscasts. The 10 OClock News now Fox 5 News at Ten premiered on March 13, 1967, as New York’s first primetime newscast. Each night, The 10 O’Clock News was preceded by the simple, but now-famous announcement: “It’s 10:00 p.m. … Do you know where your children are”. While its exact origins are unknown,6 staff announcer Tom Gregory was one of the first people to say this famous line that WNEW pioneered. Other television stations in the country have adopted this for their own 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. slots which may depend on the start of the local youth curfew in each market. Celebrities were often used in the 1980s to read the slogan, and for a time in the late 1970s, the station added a warmer announcement earlier in the day: “It’s 6:00 p.m. … Have you hugged your child today”

In 2002, WNYW added a 90-minute block of newscasts from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, giving the station just under 40 hours of local news per week, which is the most of any television station in New York City. In 2004, two events occurred involving the WNYW news department. Longtime anchor John Roland, a 35-year veteran of channel 5, retired from the station on June 4, 2004. Len Cannon, a former NBC News correspondent who had joined WNYW as a reporter and anchor some time earlier, was initially named as Roland’s replacement. Then, several months later, veteran New York City anchorman Ernie Anastos signed a multi-year contract with WNYW, despite the fact that he was at the time anchoring at WCBS-TV. The signing would displace Cannon as lead anchor, and shortly after it was announced, he asked for, and was granted, a release from contractual obligations with the station. Anastos joined WNYW in July 2005, and Cannon joined KHOU-TV in Houston as its lead anchor in the spring of 2006.

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The New York Weather Authority keeps you up informed on the most current forecasts, radar images, storm warnings and weather information you need before you head out of the house. This Web site has interactive Doppler Radar, Severe Weather resources, and school closing information for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. We have current conditions, a daily forecast, 5 day forecast and detailed short term forecasts updated regularly. Look for regional conditions from Allentown, Pennsylvania to Wrightstown, New Jersey or you can enter any city in the United States to get up-to-the-minute conditions including temperature, wind chill, precipitation, barometric pressure, sunrise and sunset, dew point, humidity levels, wind speeds and visibility. When thunderstorm, flooding or other watches and warnings are posted for any county in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut you can find information from including a map that will highlight the affected counties for each type of watch or warning. Nick Gregory and Mike Woods have your most accurate forecast for the tri-state region. Chief meteorologist Nick Gregory has spent two decades giving accurate weather forecasting for Fox 5 News. Nick is one of the area’s most recognizable and popular meteorologists. Mike Woods is a popular member of the Good Day New York team. He delivers his forecasts several times an hour and loves to be part of the show. Mike has a lot of experience forecasting and reporting on hurricanes. Interactive maps from the New York Weather Authority can pinpoint UV index conditions nationally, marine weather, infrared and visible clouds along with current conditions. There are also time critical watches and warnings built into the page so that you get information when you need it. When the winter weather comes, the New York Weather Authority has everything you need in our special winter storm section. We also have a network of web cameras integrated into our Google Earth maps. The main image is provided by a camera mounted on the roof of the Fox 5 studios on East 67th Street on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. There are other cameras provided by other Fox stations across the United States. Make The New York Weather Authority your place to go for all of your weather needs. Bookmark the page, make it your homepage, and link to it from your blog or social networking site. The most powerful name in local news is now the most powerful name in local weather.

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