WKYT-TV
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| WKYT-TV | |
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| Lexington, Kentucky | |
| Branding | 27 Newsfirst CWKYT (DT2) |
| Slogan | Where Your News Comes First |
| Channels | Analog: 27 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS The CW (DT2) |
| Owner | Gray Television, Inc. (Gray Television Licensee, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 30, 1957 |
| Call letters’ meaning | KentuckY Television |
| Former callsigns | WKXP-TV (1957-1958) |
| Former affiliations | Secondary: ABC (1957-1968) DT2: UPN (until 2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 1510 kW (analog) 30 kW (digital) |
| Height | 300 m (analog) 282.3 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 24914 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.wkyt.com www.cwkyt.com |
WKYT-TV, channel 27, is the CBS station in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, serving the east-central part of Kentucky. Its transmitter is located in Lexington, east of the intersection of I-75 and US 60.
WKYT also operates a local CW affiliate, CWKYT on its digital signal.
WKYT regularly shows University of Kentucky Wildcats sports events which are popular in this market.
Its newscasts are also carried in the areas of northern Kentucky near Cincinnati on Insight Cable channel 6 weekdays at 6am, noon, 5-6:30pm and 11pm and weekends 6pm and 11pm (although some newscasts, especially at 6pm and 11pm, may be delayed or not seen, due to sporting events carried on CBS, which are carried on WKRC-TV in that area).
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[edit] History
WKYT signed on September 30, 1957 as WKXP-TV, owned by Community Broadcast Partners; Frederic Gregg, Charles Wright and Harry Feingold, principals. It was a primary CBS affiliate, sharing ABC programming with WLEX-TV.[1]
In 1958, Taft Broadcasting Corporation bought the station and changed its calls to WKYT-TV. Kentucky Central Life Insurance bought the station in 1967. It lost ABC when WBLG-TV (channel 62, now WTVQ-TV, channel 36) signed on in 1968.
In 1993, after a protracted fraud investigation and bankruptcy of its parent, Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co., WKYT and WYMT were acquired by Gray Television.
WKYT's digital signal is transmitted on channel 13.
On Wednesday, April 11, WKYT aired 27 News First at 11 in HD, becoming the first news station in Kentucky to air the local news in HD. [1]
On August 21, WKYT broadcasts from its second digital channel in HD and CWKYT started broadcasting also in HD.
[edit] Programming
As a CBS affiliate, WKYT clears the entire CBS schedule in addition to its syndicated programming. But while most CBS affiliates air 'The Young and the Restless at 12:30 PM in the Eastern Time Zone, WKYT airs it at 9 AM instead. This, in part, owes to the fact that the Noon newscast airs for an entire hour; the 1 PM timeslot is filled in with syndicated programming, then resumes airing of the rest of the CBS Soap Operas at 1:30 PM.
[edit] CWKYT
The CWKYT branding is a combination meaning of CW and WKYT. Until October 2006, Louisville WB affiliate and future CW affiliate WBKI was available on Lexington cable systems; WBKI was later dropped from Insight systems in the Lexington area, to accommodate for the new CWKYT.[2] CWKYT can now be seen on Direct TV on channel 14. Baltimore CW station WNUV was the formerly designated WB/CW station for Direct TV in the Lexington market.
Previously, CWKYT was a UPN affiliate under the name "UPN Lexington."
[edit] Digital Television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Virtual Channel |
Physical RF Channel |
Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 27.1 | 13.1 | 720p | 16:9 | Main WKYT programming / CBS HD |
| 27.2 | 13.2 | 720p | 16:9 | CWKYT / The CW Television Network HD |
[edit] Locally Produced Programs
- Behind the Blue
- Care Central
- Heart of Gold
- Kentucky Newsmakers
- Scholastic Ball Report
- The Billy Gillispie Show
- The Rich Brooks Show
- Transylvania Basketball with Brian Lane
- The Matthew Mitchell Show
[edit] On-Air Personalities
News Anchors:
- Barbara Bailey - 27 Newsfirst This Morning, Newsfirst at Noon
- Bill Bryant - 27 Newsfirst This Morning, Newsfirst at Noon
- Sam Dick - 27 Newsfirst at 5:00,5:30,6:00,11:00
- Amber Philpott - 27 Newsfirst at 5:00,5:30,6:00,11:00
- Mark Kennedy - 27 Newsfirst Weekend
Meteorologists:
- T.G. Shuck (Chief) - 27 Newsfirst at 5:00,5:30,6:00,11:00
- Chris Bailey - 27 Newsfirst This Morning, 27 Newsfirst at Noon, who will leave WKYT at the end of June. [2]
- Lauren Raymer - 27 Newsfirst Weekend
Sports:
- Dave Baker
- Rob Bromley - 27 Newsfirst at Noon and 5:30, will be anchoring the 6pm sports segment beginning June 23
- Drew Deener, who will leave WKYT on June 20. [3]
- Christi Thomas
- David Patrick
- Ryan Lemond (Fill In)
Reporters:
- Dave Spencer
- Miranda Combs
- Andy Cunningham
- Elizabeth Dorsett
- "Officer Don" Evans (LiveDrive Traffic)
- Mark Kennedy
- Phil Pendleton
- Sherelle Roberts
- Denny Trease
- Stacy Ellison (Morning Extra)
[edit] Past Station Logos
 Early 90's Logo |
 WKYT's 40th anniversary logo from 1997. At the time, the station was known as "KYT", a nickname WKYT used from 1997 to 2003. |
 Logo 2003 to 2006. |
 Old "UPN Lexington" logo. |
[edit] Music
- In Touch - Copeland Music - 1997 to 2001
- Third Cost - Stephen Arnold Music - 2001 to 2002
- PowerWatch V1 - Copeland Music - 2002 to 2007
- PowerWatch V1 + V2 - Copeland Music - 2007 to now
[edit] External links
- WKYT website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WKYT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WKYT-TV
[edit] References
- ^ Station history page
- ^ An e-mail query from a Wikipedia member to WBKI Chief Operating Officer Carol LaFever led to news that, due to a condition of WBKI's affiliation agreement, that station must vacate the channel on Insight Lexington for CWKYT. WBKI can still be seen over the air in much of the Lexington DMA and on about 20 other cable systems in that market, but not on Insight in Lexington.
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