WPIX - The Superstar Station

A Mid 80s Pitch for Channel 11

In 1978, the TV station WPIX, channel 11, began sending its signal up to satellite so cable systems outside New York could carry it. Viewers across the US were suddenly able to watch the same WPIX feed that aired locally, commercials included. That shift is what earned the station the label Superstation. Only a small number of stations ever fit that def…