BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The New York State Public Service Commission announced an additional area code overlay has been approved for the 716 region. This includes all or portions of Allegany, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Moving forward it will be easier to tell if someone is "old-school" Western New York, or if they're new. At least new in getting a phone number, that is. Get ready to call some of your ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York State Public Service Commission on Thursday approved an additional area code overlay within the current 716 area code in Western New York, in response to the North American ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Officials estimate that the 716 area code will run out of phone numbers soon, so Western New York is getting a new area code. Any changes have to be approved by the state, and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The New York State Public Service Commission has approved an additional area code for western New York. The reason? It’s looking like there could be a shortage of telephone ...

BUFFALO, NY (WKBW) — The way you make phone calls has now officially changed. Beginning Sunday, you will need to dial the 716 area code for local calls. This is because the FCC is adopting 988 as the ...

Area codes will be required for all outside calls—including to local “716” numbers—from UB Phones and other devices, due to a change made by Verizon. Calls to internal UB numbers will not be affected.

Starting next week, all telephone calls will need to include an area code. Beginning Sunday, users must dial 10 digits — area code and telephone number — for all local calls. On and after this date, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — It was just last year that we had to start dialing the 716 area code to make local phone calls, something we have never had to do before. Now, Western New York is getting a new ...