WFTY-DT is one of two TeleFutura network-Owned stations for the New York City market, along with WFUT-DT. Owned by the Univision Broadcast Group, the station is licenced to Smithtown, New York and serves Long Island.
WFTY first signed on November 18, 1973 as WSNL-TV, transmitting on channel 67 out of Patchogue. The station was begun on the premise of there being over three million people living on Long Island who got little local television news coverage; with all the network affiliates based in Manhattan, it was rare to see more than one or two news stories a day about Long Island.
WSNL went on the air with a half-hour early evening newscast and a full hour at 10pm, in addition to coverage of high school sports, along with some off-network reruns and first-run syndicated programming. One of the more noteworthy series among this batch was the Phil Donahue Show, which had been in national syndication since 1972, but had gone unseen in the crucial New York market until that point, and after the station's demise, would not find another outlet until WNBC picked it up in 1977. The station also carried the games of the short-lived New York Stars of the World Football League in 1974.
Need to gather all the pieces and to center my thoughts
Visualize you close to me
Cos you know baby I can't see you through a dark night
Such a fine line that you walk
Rain keeps pouring acid on my skin
And my soul turns into metal
She has turned this bed into a tomb
And brought death right through to me
I have stayed in your solar lights
Stayed so long that I'm too blind
Way too blind to see myself
Way too weak that I could tell
I have never felt a rain like this before
Never thought that I could drown in you
Stayed too long in your solar lights
Such a beautiful shade in a beautiful lie
All the city lights and answers in the halos they form
Such a sad sad sight to see
I have seen her in a portrait of a dark light
Such a fine line that she walks
I have shattered pages but remembered
Thanks to her I'm made of metal
She has took this soul for a ride
But it's way too late for me
Drops of pain rain down
Don't let me drown
I have stayed in your solar lights
Stayed so long that I'm too blind
Way too blind to see myself
Way too weak that I could tell
I have never felt a rain like this before
Never thought that I could drown in you
Stayed too long in your solar lights
Such a beautiful shade in a beautiful
Why don't you kill me?
Take a little more
Why don't you scream when I drown in you?
(Oh God I've) stayed too long in your solar lights
Verse I • Is it six o'clock again? • It's time to get out
of bed • But I want to stay inside instead • I struggle
into my car • To face the world another day • Put on a
very brave face • I watch the clock all day • My boss is
yelling out to me • As my mind drifts into space • When
both hands move to twelve • Just get out my way • Every
day is the same • Chorus • Every day is the same day •
The same way • Over and over • Every day we go on like
this • It's just a dull life • Over and over • Verse II •
When five o'clock arrives • We all race to the doors and
make our burst for freedom • Then comes the rat race home
• We all crowd in our cars • To be stuck in traffic • I'm
finally out of there • But can't stop thinking about • My
stupid day at work • No sooner than I hit my bed • I'm up
at it all again • Every day is the same • Repeat Chorus •
Every day is the same • Every day is the same • Every day
is the same • Every day is the same • Every day is the
