While some stations , such as WPIX and WCBS-TV , continued broadcasting over relay translators by moving to lower channels , WNEW-TV ultimately decide to shut down channel 64 . The allocation remained inactive for eighteen years , until channel 11 WPIX temporarily used channel 64 as a translator station in 2001 , following the September 11 attacks . Within a few weeks , WPIX service over channel 11 was fully restored . The channel 64 allocation was once again deleted by the end of 2001
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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