WNYW, channel 5, is the flagship television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City.
WNYW is owned by the Fox Television Stations subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, and operates as part of a duopoly with Secaucus, New Jersey-based MyNetworkTV flagship station WWOR-TV (channel 9). WNYW maintains studio facilities located at the Fox Television Center in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, and its transmitter is located atop the Empire State Building inMidtown Manhattan.
The station is available on satellite to DirecTV subscribers in the few areas of the Eastern United States that do not have an over-the-air Fox affiliate and on Dish Network as part of All American Direct's distant network package; DirecTV also carries WNYW on its Latin American service, and on JetBlue's LiveTV inflight entertainment system. WNYW is also available on cable providers in the Caribbean.