WYTV
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| WYTV | |
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| Youngstown, Ohio | |
| Branding | 33 News MyYTV (DT2) |
| Slogan | We Believe in this Valley |
| Channels | Analog: 33 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | ABC MyNetworkTV (DT2) WeatherBug (DT3) |
| Owner | Parkin Broadcasting, LLC (LMA with New Vision Television, Inc.) (Parkin Broadcasting of Youngstown License, LLC) |
| First air date | April 4, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Youngstown TeleVision |
| Former callsigns | WKST-TV (1953-1964) |
| Former channel number(s) | 45 (1953-1964) |
| Former affiliations | Fox secondary (1994-1998) |
| Transmitter Power | 912 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 177 m (analog) 148 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 4693 |
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| Website | www.wytv.com |
WYTV Channel 33, is the ABC affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio.
WYTV is owned by Parkin Broadcasting, but is managed by New Vision Television (owner of WKBN-TV Channel 27, the local CBS affiliate and WYFX-LP Channel 62, the local Fox affiliate) via a shared services agreement. WYTV's current studios are co-located with WKBN/WYFX's studios, located in Boardman Township, while WYTV's transmitter is located with their former studios on Shady Run Road on Youngstown's South Side.
WYTV broadcasts news at 5AM (Daybreak), 5PM, 5:30 PM, 6PM, and 11PM weekdays, and at 6PM & 11PM on weekends.
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[edit] History
The station originated as WKST-TV on channel 45. The TV partner to WKST radio (which still exist in New Castle on AM 1200), it was licensed to New Castle, Pennsylvania and signed on April 4, 1953. At that time, it was the only full-time ABC affiliate in Western Pennsylvania, as WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh did not sign on until September 1958. WKST-TV moved to channel 33, was re-licensed to Youngstown and became WYTV in 1964.
After moving to channel 33, WYTV was replaced on channel 45 by non-network independent station WXTV, which moved from channel 73. WXTV remained on the air until the late 1962. The station had scheduled programming from 6pm to 11 pm and they repeated the same programs multiple times within a given week. [1] In 1975, channel 45 was re-allocated to nearby Alliance, Ohio as an educational channel and became WNEO.
WYTV once aired a kids' show during the 1980s entitled "33 Powwww" which consisted of a 'voice-activated' video game powered by the Mattel Intellivision. Viewers would call in to play this game and win prizes. Cartoons were also aired during this show. The "TV POWWW" concept was a syndicated franchise, seen on television stations throughout the US, such as WCLQ in Cleveland (now WQHS). WYTV also has produced the local quiz show YSU Academic Challenge, in which high school and middle school students from all over the area answer questions for prizes.
WYTV was Youngstown's first FOX network affiliate from 1994 to 1998. WYTV carried Fox programming in addition to the station's primary ABC network programming. Youngstown did not have a full time Fox affiliate, and WYTV joined the network as a secondary affiliate in part due to Fox's acquisition of the rights to NFL football. In 1998, Youngstown got its own full-time FOX network affiliate when WKBN-TV launched sister low power station WYFX.
WYTV was owned by Benedek Broadcasting until the company's bankruptcy filing in 2002. Instead of being purchased by Gray Television, WYTV was purchased by Chelsey Television LLC and was managed by Barrington Broadcasting [2]. On February 6, 2007 Chelsey Television filed an application with the FCC to sell WYTV to Parkin Broadcasting of California, which then leased out the station to WKBN/WYFX owner New Vision Broadcasting under a shared services agreement.
Part of the shared services agreement called for a consolidation of news departments between WYTV and WKBN/WYFX; this occurred on December 6, 2007. Over 40 people at WYTV were fired and 6 at WKBN/WYFX [3]; WYTV also moved from their Shady Run Drive studios over to the WKBN/WYFX facility in Boardman Township.
Just Recently WYTV Has changed their website to look just like WKBN's Website
[edit] Subchannels
[edit] MY-YTV
- Main article: MY-YTV
MY-YTV is WYTV's MyNetworkTV affiliate, and also offers selected programming from America One, as well as uncleared shows from ABC. MY-YTV is available on local cable, as well as WYTV's digital signal on channel 33.2 / 36.2.
[edit] Weather
WYTV also has a 24-hour weather channel, unofficially dubbed Weather on the 3's, broadcasting on digital subchannel 33.3, and also available on local cable. The channel shows continuous weather updates through WYTV's relationship with WeatherBug. This currently makes WYTV the only television station in Youngstown with two digital subchannels.
[edit] Slogans
- 24 Hour News Source (1980s-1997)
- 33 Eyewitness News (1990s-1997)
- On your side (1997-2002)
- What Everybody Wants to Know (2002)
- Straight to the Point News (2002-2003)
- Straight to the Point (2003-December 28, 2007)
- We Believe in this Valley (December 31, 2007-present)
[edit] 33 News Team
[edit] Anchors
- Amy Radinovic, daybreak anchor
- Len Rome, health reporter, anchors weekday mornings
- Niki Weirich, replaced Angee Shaker as evening anchor
- Stan Boney, will anchor weekday evenings and will continue to do Skymax Doppler weather
- Jennifer Jefcoat, weekend anchor
[edit] Reporters
- Jackie Preston
- Gerry Ricciutti
- Peggy Sinkovich, Trumbull County reporter
[edit] Skymax Doppler 33 Weather
- Stan Boney, chief meteorologist (also anchors the evening newscasts)
- Jim Loboy, weekday mornings
- Kristin Wedemeyer, weekend evenings
[edit] Big Board Sports
- Bill Castrovince, anchor/reporter
- Bob Hannon, sports director
[edit] Former Talent
- Vince Bevacqua
- Gina Marinelli
- Patty Coller
- Angee Shaker
- Eva Mastromatteo
- Dave Malkoff
[edit] External links
- WYTV HomepageNow Looks identical to WKBN
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WYTV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WYTV-TV
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