WLNY-TV, channel 55, is an independent television station licensed to Riverhead, New York, with main studios in Melville, New York and transmitter in Middle Island, New York. WLNY's primary over-the-air signal serves most of Long Island, comprising Nassau and Suffolk counties. The station is owned by CBS Corporation, and is one-half of a television duopoly with WCBS-TV (channel 2).

Founded by Long Island businessman Michael Pascucci, the station went on the air April 28, 1985 as WLIG, with the on-air branding TV-55. It was the first Long Island-based independent television station since the demise of WSNL-TV (channel 67, now WFTY-TV), which was merged with Newark, New Jersey-based independent WWHT-TV (now WFUT-TV) several years earlier. During its first year of operations, WLIG employed a number of gimmicks to attract viewers, such as a Watch and Win Sweepstakes in which viewers were shown a "code word" on-screen during a particular show and had to send in a postcard with that word for the chance to win a prize, and offering 100,000 free loop antennas to non-cable viewers who couldn't receive the station clearly. The efforts paid off, as WLIG gradually became a solid ratings player.

David Caplan (born November 15, 1964) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and was a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty. He is not re-offering and will be retiring from the Ontario legislature at the October 6 provincial election.

Caplan is the son of Elinor Caplan, who served as a cabinet minister at the federal and provincial levels. His father, Wilfred Caplan, was also a politician. He is married to Leigh and has two sons, Benjamin and Jacob.

Caplan was born in Toronto, Ontario, and was educated at the University of Western Ontario. He worked as a commercial real estate agent with the firm of Ernest Goodman Ltd. from 1985 to 1989, and was Vice-President of Taurus Metal Trading Ltd. (a recycling company) between 1989 and 1992.

Caplan was elected as a trustee to the North York Board of Education in 1991 and served in this capacity for six years, becoming the Board's Vice-Chair in 1993. He also served on the Metro Toronto Board of Education from 1994 to 1997, becoming its Vice-Chair shortly before his departure for higher office.

Edward P. Mangano (born March 24, 1962) is the County Executive and was a county legislator in Nassau County, New York. He was elected in 1995 and served seven terms. He defeated incumbent Thomas R. Suozzi for Nassau County Executive in an election that was held on November 3, 2009.

Edward Mangano was raised in Bethpage, New York, one of three siblings born to Rachel and John Mangano. He began his professional career as a janitor to put himself though college. While earning undergraduate and law degrees from Hofstra University Mangano found the time to have a successful career in printing and publishing newspapers and, in 1988, was admitted to the New York State Bar. Additionally he went on to serve as counsel to a local law firm, Rivkin Radler, on Long Island. He and his wife, Linda, have two sons; Salvatore and Alexander.

As a legislator, Mangano represented the 17th legislative district of Nassau County as County Legislator. This district includes areas of Bethpage, Hicksville, Plainedge, South Farmingdale, Levittown, Island Trees, and Syosset. He was the first individual elected to serve in the position. He served on the Rules Committee, the Public Works Committee, the Recreation and Parks Committee, the Procedures Committee, and the Economic and Community Development Committee. He was replaced by fellow Republican Rose Marie Walker.