Complex sentence: The move also allowed a new station on channel 9 to enter the Syracuse market; it signed-on as WNYS-TV (later WIXT and now WSYR-TV) the following day.
Split into simpler sentences: The move also allowed a new station on channel 9 to enter the Syracuse market. It signed-on as WNYS-TV (later WIXT and now WSYR-TV) the following day.