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.[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 & 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, 2008, WKYT aired 27 News First @ 11 in HD, becoming the first news station in Kentucky to air the local news in HD. [1]
On August 21, 2008, 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.[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."
Digital Television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
Locally Produced Programs
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)
Past Station Logos
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WKYT's 40th anniversary logo from 1997. At the time, the station was known as "KYT", a nickname WKYT used from 1997 to 2003.
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Old "UPN Lexington" logo.
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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 V1 + V2 - Copeland Music - 2007 to now
External links
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 & on about 20 other cable systems in that market, but not on Insight in Lexington.
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