On September 11 , 2001 , the transmitter facilities of channel 31 , as well as six other New York City television stations and several radio stations , were destroyed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed the World Trade Center towers . When WPXN-TV returned to the air days later , channel 31 was broadcasting at low power from a temporary facility in West Orange , New Jersey . It has since moved its transmitter to the Empire State Building . On May 9 , 2017 , it was announced that WPXN-TV would return broadcasting from the new One World Trade Center
when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed
September 11 attacks
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