Because of the delay in receiving the construction permit , channel 25 was the last of the three stations to go on the air ; W39CE ( later renamed WVBX-LP ; now WEPT-CD channel 15 in Newburgh ) signed on in December 1997 , and W49BU ( later renamed WVBK-LP ; now WYCX-CD channel 2 ) went on in March 1998 , with WVBG itself debuting on August 27 , 1998 . Initially an independent station , WVBG and its satellites became a UPN affiliate on October 5 , 1998 ; it already carried the UPN Kids block , but the network 's primetime programming had previously been seen in the Capital District through secondary affiliations with Fox affiliate WXXA-TV ( channel 23 ) and Pax station WYPX ( channel 55 ) , as well as cable carriage of WSBK-TV from Boston . However , from its inception , the station could not get carriage on Time Warner Cable , which chose to continue its carriage of WSBK ; this was despite acquiring several sports packages , including Big East football and basketball , the Boston Red Sox ( the telecasts of which were dropped following a territorial complaint by the New York Yankees ) , and the Boston Celtics
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
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