WMBC

Channel #20 on the box, #63 on the air
WMBC-TV was the place I use to watch Bloomberg News because I liked all the stock talk. Half the day was this then the rest paid programming then religious programming.
Now they have changed formats to mostly ethnic programs, which I also enjoy. Especially the Chinese news which is the least I understand. Trying to learn the language while watching TV is difficult.

5:00 PM	WMBC NEWS
6:00 PM	RAI - PARLIAMO ITALIANO
6:15 PM	RAI - ITALIA CHIAMA ITALIA
6:30 PM	RAI - ITALIA FOCUS
7:00 PM	RAI - TUTTI PAZZI PER AMORE
7:30 PM	RAI - NEWS FROM ITALY
8:00 PM	POWER IN THE WORD - KOREAN
8:30 PM
8:50 PM	YTN NEWS - KOREAN
9:00 PM	WMBC LOCAL NEWS - KOREAN
9:20 PM	THE ROAD HOME - KOREAN DRAMA
10:00 PM	NTDTV WORLD NEWS
10:30 PM	NTDTV - E-STAR
11:00 PM	SINOVISION NEWS/DOCUMENTARY CHINESE PROGRAMMING
11:30 PM

This was today. On other days they have Indian and Austrian programming.

History
Started in 1993.
One of a handful of independent station left in the New York area.
Switched from Bloomberg to Ethnic TV in 2002.

Highlights
News - This is New York based foreign news, so no direct feed from China, Italy, or Korea. Just New Yorkers of that culture giving the news from the mother/fatherland.

Soaps - Who doesn't love a good Korean drama? Intrigue, high fashion, money, and swords.

Lowlights
Infomercials to fill the down time.

Advertising
Logo sometimes but I haven't seen it lately. Lots of commercials in the shows native languages but for New York City and local businesses.