WENY-TV

WENY-TV (channel 36) is a television station in Elmira, New York, United States, affiliated with ABC, CBS and The CW Plus.

Owned by Lilly Broadcasting, the station has studios on Old Ithaca Road in Horseheads, and its transmitter is located on Higman Hill in Corning.

The station signed on November 19, 1969, after Howard Green, owner of WENY radio (1230 AM, now WMAJ and 92.7 FM, now WCBF) and WCMC-AM-TV in Wildwood, New Jersey, was awarded analog UHF channel 36 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Green and Taylor brought the equipment into a space on the ground floor of the Mark Twain Hotel in Downtown Elmira which had been a restaurant.

Engineers were able to remove a small amount of equipment to the Hawley Hill site where the station managed a limited broadcasting schedule of news and emergency announcements until the studios could be reoccupied.

In July 2014, WENY became the subject of criticism when it cut away from the closing minutes of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final to broadcast coverage of a tornado warning affecting the area.

On October 20, 2008, CBS signed an affiliation agreement with WENY to air the network on a new second digital subchannel with a proposed launch date of January 1, 2009.

The original anchor team featured news director Bill Miller, long-time WENY disc jockey Steve Christy with weather, and sports by Dick Ireland.

Another traditional news time slot currently lacking a program on WENY's channels includes a newscast weeknights at 5 p.m.

Weeknights at 6 and 11 pm, the ABC and CBS subchannels simulcast local news although there can sometimes be a delay or preemption on one service due to network obligations.

WENY shares resources with sister stations WSEE and WICU in Erie to cover the Western Twin Tiers region.

The WENY-TV news opening with logo in 1990.