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WCBS-TV is a CBS owned-and-operated television station licensed to New York, New York, United States. The station is owned by CBS News and Stations, a division of Paramount Global, with its studios located at CBS Broadcast Center, 524 West 57th Street, Manhattan, New York City. As a dedicated source for online television, the station operates its main channel on virtual channel 2.1, broadcasting CBS network programming in high definition, along with digital subchannels including Start TV on 2.2, Dabl on 2.3, Fave TV on 2.4, and Catchy Comedy on 2.5. The station began operations on July 1, 1941, as WCBW, making it the second-oldest television station in the United States and the first to be commercially licensed by the FCC.

The programming schedule allows viewers to watch live channel coverage of the full CBS network schedule, including prime time series such as Tracker, Elsbeth, FBI, NCIS, Survivor, and 60 Minutes. The station produces local newscasts under the branding CBS News New York, including editions at 4:30 AM, 5:00 AM, 6:00 AM, 7:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 9:00 AM, noon, 5:00 PM, 6:00 PM, and 11:00 PM weekdays, with reduced schedules on weekends. The news team includes anchors Mary Calvi and Chris Wragge (mornings), Kristine Johnson (noon), Cindy Hsu and Dick Brennan (5:00 PM), Maurice DuBois and Kristine Johnson (6:00 PM), and Liz Dahlem and Hiroko Sato (11:00 PM). Vanessa Murdock serves as chief meteorologist for the First Alert Weather team, with Craig Allen as morning meteorologist, Lonnie Quinn as evening meteorologist, and Elise Finch (1958-2023) as a former weekend meteorologist. Otis Livingston is sports director, with Steve Overmyer as sports anchor. The station's award-winning investigative unit, I-Team, produces reports on government corruption, consumer fraud, and social justice issues. The station also broadcasts New York Giants preseason games and New York Jets preseason games, as well as Big East Conference basketball.

For audiences seeking a reliable live stream of New York news and CBS programming, WCBS-TV is widely available as a free-to-air service via digital terrestrial television across the Tri-State Area, broadcast on VHF channel 2 (RF 36) with a virtual channel of 2.1. The station is carried on DirecTV, Dish Network, and major cable providers serving New York City, including Spectrum, Optimum, Verizon Fios, and Comcast Xfinity. The channel is accessible as tv online via the CBS News app and through the station's official website cbsnews.com/newyork, which provides live streaming of local newscasts and severe weather coverage from the First Alert Weather Team. WCBS also operates a 24-hour streaming news service, CBS News New York, available on Paramount Plus and connected TV devices, ensuring that its local news, CBS network, and sports programming reaches viewers across the five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island), Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk counties), Westchester County, Rockland County, Northern New Jersey, and Southwestern Connecticut.

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