WYMT-TV

This article is about the station formerly known as WKYH-TV. For the radio station licensed to nearby Paintsville, see WKYH.

WYMT-TV
Channels
BrandingYour Mountain Television WYMT; WYMT Mountain News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WKYT-TV
History
First air date
October 20, 1969 (54 years ago) (1969-10-20)
Former call signs
WKYH-TV (1969–1985)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 57 (UHF, 1969–2009)
Call sign meaning
"We're Your Mountain Television"
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID24915
ERP
HAAT
  • 397.6 m (1,304.5 ft)
  • 478 m (1,568 ft) (CP)[1]
Transmitter coordinates37°11′38″N 83°10′52″W / 37.19389°N 83.18111°W / 37.19389; -83.18111
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wymt.com

WYMT-TV (channel 57) is a television station licensed to Hazard, Kentucky, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield region. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on Black Gold Boulevard off the KY 15 bypass in Hazard, and its transmitter is located south of the city in the Perry County community of Viper.

Although identifying as a separate station in its own right, WYMT is actually considered a semi-satellite of WKYT-TV (channel 27) in Lexington. As such, it clears all network programming as provided through its parent station but airs a separate offering of syndicated programming; there are also separate local newscasts, commercial inserts and legal station identifications. Master control and some internal operations are based at WKYT's facilities on Winchester Road in Lexington.

  1. ^ a b c "Channel Substitution/Community of License Change". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. September 1, 2021. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "Report and Order", Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission, January 27, 2022, Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WYMT-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.