WKYT-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WKYT-TV
city = Lexington, Kentucky
station_
station_slogan = Where Your News, Comes First.
station_branding = 27 Newsfirst
analog = 27 (UHF)| digital = 13 (VHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = CBS
The CW (DT2)
network =
founded =
airdate = September 30, 1957
location = Lexington, Kentucky
callsign_meaning = KentuckY Television
former_callsigns = WKXP-TV (1957-1958)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Gray Television, Inc.
licensee = Gray Television Licensee, Inc.
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Secondary:
ABC (1957-1968)
DT2:
UPN (until 2006)
effective_radiated_power = 1510 kW (analog)
30 kW (digital)
HAAT = 300 m (analog)
282.3 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 24914
coordinates = coord|38|2|22.6|N|84|24|10.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.wkyt.com/ www.wkyt.com]
[http://www.cwkyt.com/ www.cwkyt.com]

WKYT-TV, channel 27, is the CBS station in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, serving the east-central part of Kentucky. Through cable, the station also reaches much of eastern, southern & northern Kentucky. Its transmitter is located in Lexington, east of the intersection of I-75 & 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, as part of CBS' contracts with the Southeastern Conference and through Raycom Sports.

Its newscasts are also carried in the areas of northern Kentucky near Cincinnati on Insight Cable channel 6 weekdays @ 6 AM, noon, 5-6:30, 11 PM & weekends @ 6 & 11 PM (although some newscasts, especially @ 6 & 11 PM, may be delayed or not seen, due to sporting events carried on CBS, which are carried on WKRC-TV in that area).

History

WKYT signed on September 30, 1957 as WKXP-TV, owned by Community Broadcast Partners; Frederic Gregg, Charles Wright & Harry Feingold, principals. It was a primary CBS affiliate, sharing ABC programming with WLEX-TV. [ [http://www.wkyt.com/station/misc/3574137.html Station history page] ]

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 & bankruptcy of its parent, Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co., WKYT & WYMT were acquired by Gray Television. At this stage WKYT became on air as 'KYT' instead of WKYT. It also was 27 Newsfirst on 'KYT.

WKYT's digital signal is transmitted on channel 13.

On Wednesday, April 11, 2007, WKYT aired 27 News First @ 11 in HD, becoming the first news station in Kentucky to air the local news in HD. [http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/7011232.html]

On August 21, 2007, WKYT broadcasts from its second digital channel in HD & CWKYT started broadcasting also in HD.

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" @ 12:30 PM in the Eastern Time Zone, WKYT airs it @ 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 @ 1:30 PM.

CWKYT

The CWKYT branding is a combination meaning of "CW" & "WKYT". Until October 2006, Louisville WB affiliate & 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. [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 & on about 20 other cable systems in that market, but not on Insight in Lexington.] CW"KYT" can now be seen on DirecTV on channel 14. Baltimore CW station WNUV was the formerly designated WB/CW station for DirecTV in the Lexington market.

Previously, CWKYT was a UPN affiliate under the name "UPN Lexington."

Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

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"

On-Air Personalities

News Anchors:
*Barbara Bailey - 27 Newsfirst This Morning & Newsfirst @ Noon
*Bill Bryant - 27 Newsfirst This Morning & Newsfirst @ Noon
*Sam Dick - 27 Newsfirst @ 5, 5:30, 6 & 11
*Amber Philpott - 27 Newsfirst @ 5, 5:30, 6 & 11
*Mark Kennedy - 27 Newsfirst Weekend

Meteorologists:
*T.G. Shuck (Chief) - 27 Newsfirst @ 5, 5:30, 6 & 11
*Lauren Raymer - 27 Newsfirst Weekend
*Todd Borek - 27 Newsfirst This Morning & Noon

Sports:
*Dave Baker
*Rob Bromley - 27 Newsfirst @ Noon, 5:30 & 6
*Brandon Fisher - 27 Newsfirst @ 11
*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
*Janet Kim
*Wendy Enneking
*Tamara Evans
*Stacy Ellison (Morning Extra)

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

*"WKXP News" (1957-1958)
*"The Six O'Clock Report/The Eleven O'Clock Report" (1958-1967)
*"Eyewitness News" (1967-1970)
*"Action News" (1970-1974)
*"27 News Service" (1974-1977)
*"NewsCenter 27" (1977-1982)
*"News 27" (1982-1985)
*"27 Newsfirst" (1985-present)

tation Slogans

*"Your 24 Hour News Source"
*"Where Local News Comes First"
*"Your News. First." (2004-present)

Past Station Logos

Music

*In Touch - Copeland Music - 1997 to 2001
*Third Cost - Stephen Arnold Music - 2001 to 2002
*WKYT 2002 News Theme - Copeland Music - 2002 to 2007
*PowerWatch - Copeland Music - 2007 to now

External links

* [http://www.wkyt.com/ WKYT website]
*TVQ|WKYT
*BIA|WKYT|TV|TV

References