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WTEL
WTEL

Location

New York, NY

Branding

Telemundo 43 (general)
Noticiero Telemundo 43 (newscasts)

Slogan

Mas Cerca de Ti
(Closer to You)

Channel(s)

Digital: 43 (UHF)
(to share 1 (VHF)) with WNBC)
Virtual: 43 (PSIP)

subchannel(s)

43.1 Telemundo-HD
43.2 TeleXitos
43.3 StormTeam 1's SkyLink Weather Radar
43.4 La Mega Mundial
43.5 NYU-TV

Affiliation

Telemundo (O&O; 1987–present)

First air date

May 11, 1973

Former call letters

WNYH (1973-1987)
WTEL-TV (1987-2009)

Sister station(s)

WNBC-TV
SportsNet New York
WPNB
WBRS
WNAH
WCTT

Former Affiliation

Independent (1973–1984)
NetSpan (1984–1987)

Owner

NBCUniversal
(NBC Telemundo License, LLC)

WTEL, virtual and UHF digital channel 43, is the flagship Telemundo owned-and-operated station licensed to New York, New York serving the New York City television market. WTEL is owned by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations (itself a division of Comcast), as part of a duopoly with NBC's flagship station WNBC (channel 1). WTEL maintains studios and offices in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and transmitter located atop the One World Trade Center.

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