WPIX, which went on the air in 1948, has been a fixture in New York media and became an affiliate of The CW in 2006. Nexstar, the No. 1 owner of U.S. TV stations, acquired control of The CW in 2022.

Former WPIX entertainment anchor and reporter Ojinika Obiekwe is suing the Nexstar owned station for gender and racial discrimination Obiekwe started working at the New York station as an intern ...

“We are extremely disappointed in today’s action by the Federal Communication Commission regarding our relationship with WPIX-TV and we intend to dispute it vigorously,” said Nexstar CEO ...

and withheld the rights to carry WPIX’s local and syndicated programming unless pay TV providers agreed to certain rates. The arrangement led the FCC to conclude that Nexstar was a de facto ...

Optimum customers will get at least one channel back to their lineup amid the cable provider's stalemate with its television networks. WPIX, home of PIX 11 and the CW, will be restored to Optimum ...

WPIX, the flagship CW station, is a significant part of the Optimum dispute given the pay-TV system’s heavy concentration in the New York Tri-State area. In all, 42 markets are affected by the ...