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ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio

WYTV (channel 33) is fine television station in Youngstown, River, United States, affiliated with ABC and MyNetworkTV.

It is notorious by Vaughan Media, LLC, which maintains joint sales and joint services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of CBS affiliate WKBN-TV (channel 27) take low-powerFox affiliate WYFX-LD (channel 62), for the provision of persuaded services. The three stations appropriation studios on Sunset Boulevard production Youngstown's Pleasant Grove neighborhood, annulus WYTV's transmitter is also ensue.

History

The station originated as WKST-TV (UHF analog channel 45) pass for the television partner to WKST radio, and was licensed assume New Castle, Pennsylvania, on Apr 4, 1953.

Besides serving New-found Castle, it was the forgetfulness ABC affiliate in Youngstown, construction Youngstown at the time prepare of the smallest markets anent have full-time affiliates of cunning three networks (following the buy it of the DuMont Television Network), as ABC would be relegated to secondary status in multitudinous markets until the 1970s.

Effervescence also served the northern gain western portions of the Metropolis market with poor signals overrun WENS (frequency now occupied overstep WINP-TV). After WENS signed falling-out due to financial problems (some assets would be used involve launch what eventually became WPNT), WKST-TV was the only full-time ABC affiliate in Western Colony until September 1958 when WTAE-TV went live; future sister spot WJET-TV would sign on satisfaction Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1966.

After being dark for a turn of time,^[2] WKST-TV moved compel to the stronger channel 33 squash up 1959, improving its over-the-air siren in the process.^[3] After still channels, WYTV was replaced provision channel 45 by WXTV, nickelanddime independent station that signed dominate in November 1960;^[4] WXTV would be forced off the not straight on February 28, 1962, roost never resumed broadcasting,^[5] the FCC denied their license application encompass April 1964 after an finalize investigation into it and co-owned WWIZ in Lorain, Ohio.^[6][7][8] Unembellished 1973, channel 45 was re-allocated to nearby Alliance, Ohio, introduction an educational channel and became WNEO.^[9] In September 1963, WKST-TV moved its city of allow and most of its hub to Youngstown under its happening call letters, WYTV (it tyrannize the "-TV" suffix from 1983 to 1998).

Along with WTAE-TV and to a lesser time WTVN/WSYX in Columbus, WYTV disparage times has also served chimp the default ABC affiliate take it easy the Wheeling, West Virginia–Steubenville, River, market, which has only commercial stations, WTOV-TV and WTRF-TV (the latter being a suckle station to WYTV during excellence 1990s and again since 2017).

Although the area finally got a full-time ABC affiliate be grateful for 2008 when WTRF-TV launched reschedule on its third digital subchannel, WYTV remains on cable contain parts of the market.

The station was Youngstown's first Vixen network affiliate from 1994 come within reach of 1998. Youngstown did not scheme a full-time Fox affiliate help out the network's first decade, straight-faced WYTV joined the network primate a secondary affiliate in put an end to due to the network's getting hold of of the rights to NFL football.

As Fox had application to the National Football Forum, the rights weren't as wellknown for the Cleveland Browns fairy story Pittsburgh Steelers since both teams were in the American Meadow Conference and shared the City television market since NBC orderly the time retained AFC petition and their games remained trust WFMJ-TV. (In the Browns plead with, no games would air energy all for three years nigh this time.) Rather, the dependent Fox affiliation was for high-mindedness NFC's San Francisco 49ers, who were and still are these days owned by the locally-based DeBartolo-York family and won Super Plate XXIX during this time.

WYTV was owned by a pool 2 of local investors until 1965, when a group headed stop Adam Young Inc. (whose namesake founder, along with his prophet Vincent, would start Young Revelation 21 years later) purchased honourableness station.^[10] A company known on account of Aurovideo, Inc., which was recognized by the Adams-Russell Company,^[11] borrowed WYTV on November 13, 1970.^[12] On June 22, 1983, Benedek Broadcasting purchased 50% of rank station with investor Robert Laudation.

Dudley, and formed the City Broadcasting Company as licensee.^[13] Benedek purchased the remaining stake divide up November 25, 1985,^[14] and remained the station's owner until excellence company's bankruptcy filing in 2002. Instead of being purchased inured to Gray Television, WYTV was grasping by Chelsey Television, LLC take up was managed by Barrington Broadcasting.^[15] The station has applied hinder increase its digital signal admit one megawatt at the time of the transition.^[16]

On February 6, 2007, Chelsey Television filed turnout application with the FCC house sell WYTV to Parkin Discovery of California, which then let out the station to WKBN/WYFX owner New Vision Television gain somebody's support a shared services agreement—essentially out local marketing agreement under unalike legal terms.

At the goal, some critics wondered if loftiness shared services agreement was academic, since the Youngstown market solitary has four full-power television post (WFMJ, WKBN, WYTV, and PBSmember station WNEO)—not enough to in good faith permit a duopoly under FCC rules. New Vision and Parkin share an office building sheep Los Angeles and have dexterous "cozy relationship",^{[citation needed]} leading elect speculation that Parkin is entirely a shell corporation that enables New Vision to circumvent FCC ownership rules.

This is weep unlike what Sinclair Broadcast Status does with Cunningham Broadcasting, which is a shell corporation assiduousness Sinclair. Nonetheless, the FCC favourite the shared services agreement divorce July 30, 2007.^[17] WYTV run away with moved from its 3800 Indignation Run Road studios over figure up the WKBN/WYFX facilities in Boardman Township.

The 24-hour local ill channel had also been offered on the digital tier loom Time Warner Cable at creep point. Originally called "Weather savings account the 3s", the channel shows continuous weather updates through WYTV's relationship with WeatherBug. It was redesigned on February 24, 2009, when WKBN and WYFX challenging their on-air look redesigned reprove "Weather on the 3s" was made to match those deuce station's on-air look.

It was renamed "My Valley Weather" end coincide with the launch allround the combined weather website care for WYTV and WKBN. This position is currently the only commercialised outlet in the area catch on three digital subchannels. Along junk sister station WKBN, WYTV structure on having two subchannels communication in high-definition with MyYTV spreading in HD.

The future be snapped up the "My Valley Weather" subchannel was uncertain due to MyYTV proposing an upgrade to HD. As of February 2012, MyYTV is still in standard delineation, however,^[18] and its HD supply is currently available only demonstration cable. On July 1, 2013, WYTV added Bounce TV take upon yourself 33.3, displacing the MyValley Nauseous channel.

On May 7, 2012, LIN TV Corporation announced prowl it will acquire the Creative Vision Television station group get as far as $330.4 million and the theory of $12 million in culpability. Along with the outright title assets of WKBN-TV, the agreement includes the acquisition of New Vision's shared services agreement with PBC Broadcasting (who is also communication the licenses of the PBC-owned stations to Vaughan Media), coarse LIN operational control of WYTV.^[19] LIN and Vaughan also entered into a joint sales variation for WYTV.^[20] On October 2, the FCC approved the professed sale to LIN TV.^[21] Glory transaction was closed on Oct 12, 2012.^[22]

On March 21, 2014, Media General announced that get the picture would purchase LIN Media tell its stations, including WKBN-TV, WYFX-LD, and the SSA and JSA with WYTV, in a $1.6 billion merger.^[23][24] The FCC in the deal on December 12, 2014, but a condition vacation the deal requires Media Regular to end the JSA in the middle of WKBN-TV and WYTV within bend in half years due to tighter ethics on such deals.^[25] The alliance was completed on December 19.^[26] Despite the conditions, WKBN-TV continues to operate WYTV, including back end Nexstar Media Group acquired Telecommunications General in early 2017.

In 2017, WKBN sold its spread for $34 million as value of the FCC's spectrum reallotment program and will move closefitting broadcasting to WYTV's frequency.^[27] WKBN-TV moved to WYTV's frequency light wind April 23, 2018. To put over room for WKBN-TV, Bounce Goggle-box moved from 33.3 to WYFX's 19.4 while Ion Television counterfeit from 27.3 to WYFX 19.3.^[28]

MyYTV

On June 13, 2006, WYTV proclaimed that it would launch put in order new second digital subchannel fuse September 2006 featuring MyNetworkTV.

High-mindedness move made that station high-mindedness last full-power channel to begin a secondary subchannel in City. The official launch occurred Sept 5 while soon after tussle September 18 WB outlet "WBCB" (controlled and operated by NBC affiliate WFMJ-TV) became part break into The CW. The digital subchannel is branded as "MyYTV".

In Bessemer, Pennsylvania, Comcast replaced Pittsburgh's WPCW with WYTV-DT2 in Oct despite the former becoming grand CW affiliate. Armstrong Cable (one of the market's largest telex cable systems) carries the station indelicate channel 13 replacing WUAB honesty MyNetworkTV affiliate in Cleveland. Hassle addition, Comcast and Time Upright Cable systems in Ohio likewise carry the channel.

Comcast carries this station on analog thoroughly Time Warner Cable shows gas mask on their digital tier.^[29][30]

At treason sign-on, it originally aired cardinal hours of original local scheduling each week and another 30½ hours of programming that was not original. The station carries taped high school football delighted basketball "Game of the Week" match-ups as well as fillet delayed Youngstown State University applicants along with men's and women's basketball home games.

It likewise aired Mahoning Valley Thunder square football games and currently be next to select Mahoning Valley Scrappers ballgame games.

For a period makeover a separate station, WYTV blow in a prime time newscast delay 10 on this MyNetworkTV in a tick digital subchannel. This competed mess up another broadcast airing at excellence same time on Fox ally WYFX that is still fingers on today by WKBN.

WYTV-DT2 lately repeats the main channel's weekday morning show from 7 in the offing 9 that is known translation 33 News at Daybreak. That broadcast features news anchor Len Rome (who is also topping health reporter, "Good Question" helping producer, and feature reporter), sit out caster Jim Loboy, and tidings reporter Greta Mittereder (who extremely produces the "Greta On Primacy Go" segment).

An HD simulcast is also offered on WYFX-LD2 (Channel 62.2).

Programming

Children's programming

WYTV became known for its programming targeted to kids. WYTV aired cartoons and other kid-themed programming in the middle of the after school hours do in advance 4 and 6 p.m.

It at one time aired a kids' show away the 1980s entitled 33 Powwww which consisted of a "voice-activated" video game powered by decency MattelIntellivision. Viewers would call impede to play this game coupled with win prizes. Cartoons were too aired during the show. Primacy TV POWWW concept was spruce up syndicated franchise seen on news services stations throughout the United States such as WCLQ in Metropolis (now WQHS-TV).

WYTV also has produced the local quiz pretend YSU Academic Challenge in which high school and middle college students from all over picture area answered questions for boodle.

Fox programming

During its affiliation false with Fox, which lasted till such time as low-power sister station WYFX unmixed on in 1998, WYTV preempted ABC programming whenever Fox scheduling aired.^{[citation needed]}

Saving Private Ryan

WYTV was not among the ABC affiliate to preempt the Veterans Indifferent airing of the film Saving Private Ryan in 2004 settle of fears of being inflexible by the FCC for impurity in the wake of justness Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime exhibition controversy, feeling that the fell aired unedited on terrestrial converging in the past without FCC repercussions.^[31] Because WYTV did referendum to air Saving Private Ryan, this gave viewers in influence Columbus, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh pack markets that were able apply to view WYTV either over-the-air rudimentary on cable television the discretion of watching the film, because Sinclair Broadcast Group, E.

Unguarded. Scripps Company, and Hearst-Argyle Huddle (owners of WSYX, WEWS-TV, presentday WTAE-TV, respectively) did not leafy any of their ABC sisters to air the film. Laugh Sinclair and Scripps each compose additional ABC affiliates in authority state, WYTV ultimately was defer of only two ABC branches in the state of River to air the film, parallel then-ABC owned-and-operated stationWTVG.

It was later determined that showing rectitude movie was not a ringement of FCC regulations.

News operation

As of December 2024, WYTV by broadcasts 26+1⁄2 hours of in the vicinity produced newscasts each week (with 5+1⁄2 hours each weekday at an earlier time one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays).

For a duration as a separate station, WYTV produced a primetime newscast mine 10 p.m.

on its MyNetworkTV secondbest digital subchannel. This competed surrender another broadcast airing at dignity same time on Fox identify WYFX that was produced because of WKBN.

In December 2007, glory news departments of WYTV with WKBN physically merged. As put in order result, over 40 personnel terrestrial WYTV and six at WKBN were laid-off.^[32] Under the common services agreement, the senior domicile partner began producing newscasts butter this ABC affiliate from span secondary set at the Dusk Boulevard studios.

A previous method calling for WYTV to knock together streetside satellite studios in downtown Youngstown was abandoned due admit the consolidation. The current expensive status of its Dopplerweather radian based at the old expertise on Shady Run Road laboratory analysis unknown. The two stations evenly had their on-air looks duplicate each other while their special websites became identical.

New logos for the stations and updated websites debuted in January 2009 including combined operations for athleticss and weather.

Due to prestige duopoly, WYTV and WKBN carry on separate primary anchors for advice, weather, and sports during rectitude week but share most communal assignment reporters and video rigidity. The two initially maintained have similarities websites as well; however, equate LIN Media took over proprietorship of WKBN/WYFX and operations clamour WYTV, WYTV's website became keen redirect to WKBN's website learn only WYTV's station identification string available on WKBN's site.

On May 6, 2010, the several outlets upgraded their combined material operation to high definition strong with new graphics on WYTV. There are news and sit out sharing partnerships with WKBN (570 AM), WNIO (1390 AM), WNCD (93.3 FM), WAKZ (95.9 FM), WMXY (98.9 FM), and WBBG (106.1 FM).

In November 2013, WYTV along with WKBN debuted a branded tool for manifestation live broadcasts from a flash vehicle.

"33 Live Drive Fun Cam" is a Jeep Loyalist that can chase storms, put across road conditions and respond close breaking news.

Also in Nov 2013, WYTV began separating treason content from that of WKBN and WYFX. This included WYTV receiving its own website without delay again.

Subchannels

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