Complex sentence: Originally, this station began operations on channel 59 as W59AT and was licensed to Plainview, NY, becoming the third TV station in Long Island, and the second independent station since WSNL now WFTY-TV first went on the air 7 years earlier.
Split into simpler sentences: Originally, this station began operations on channel 59 as W59AT and was licensed to Plainview, NY. Becoming 3rd TV station in Long Island, and the second independent station since WSNL now WFTY-TV first went on the air 7 years earlier.