CUNY TV

City University Television (CUNY TV)
Picture format SDTV NTSC / HDTV 720p
Slogan Intelligent Television
Country USA
Broadcast area New York City - cable
DTV 25.3 - Digital
Headquarters New York, New York
Website http://www.cuny.tv
CUNY Television Studios located at the Graduate Center.

CUNY TV /ˈkjuːni/ is a non-commercial Educational-access television cable station in New York City, part of The City University of New York's university system. It provides tele-course programming varying from mathematics, physics and biology to history, art and social studies. It also provides cultural programming with shows in German, Spanish and French. The station re-broadcasts Amy Goodman's Democracy Now! twice a day, as well as daily world news in English from Deutsche Welle. It was established in 1985.

It also shows many old films and foreign films, especially from Poland in Prof. Jerry Carlson's and City College film studies program's weekly City Cinematheque. Public affairs shows include the Baruch College's forums. Michael Stoler's The Stoler Report airs a panel discussion on the state of the Tri-State real estate market. Stoler also does the one on one interview show Building NY.

In 2010, the station transitioned to HDTV. Although it is airing on cable in SD, digital channel DTV 25.3 transmits in HD 720p.

In 2012 television and radio studios at CUNY TV have been renamed as The Himan Brown TV & Radio Studios, after Himan Brown, an American radio producer and director. Since 1999, the station has won numerous television industry awards, including 9 New York Emmy Awards, a number of Telly Awards and Communicator Awards for its variety of series and program specials.

Original programming

The station produces and co-produces a number of original series at its studios in New York City. After original airing on cable the shows are archived and uploaded to station's YouTube channel.[1] Some series currently in production are:[2]

Past CUNY TV series include:

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