WYTV

'WYTV' Channel 33, is the ABC affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio.
Channel 33's studios and transmitter are co-located on Shady Run Road on Youngstown's South Side. The station broadcasts news at 5AM (Daybreak), 5PM, 5:30 PM, 6PM, and 11PM weekdays, and at 6PM & 11PM on weekends.

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History

Facts

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History

The station originated as WKST-TV on channel 45 licensed to New Castle, Pennsylvania and signed on October 30, 1957 [1] . 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.
==My Network TV subchannel==
:''Main article: MY-YTV''

'MY-YTV' is WYTV's MyNetworkTV channel, offering MNTV's lineup of telenovelas, plus local programs and repeats of WYTV's shows. MY-YTV also offers a 10PM newscast, as well as selected programming from America One, and uncleared shows from ABC. MY-YTV is available on local cable, as well as WYTV's digital signal on channel 33.2 / 36.2.

Facts

★ 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. [2] In 1975, channel 45 was re-allocated to nearby Alliance, Ohio as an educational channel and became WNEO.

★ The WKST calls still exist in New Castle on AM 1200, and for a time were also on FM 92.1 (now WKPL-FM) until Clear Channel Communications moved the WKST-FM calls to Pittsburgh's Kiss FM on 96.1 (the former WTAE-FM) in 2000.

★ 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 is Youngstown's current preseason home of the Cleveland Browns NFL football team. They have been carrying the games since 2005.

★ WYTV also provides WQXK-FM with weather updates from its skymax weather lab. WQXK was once owned by cross town rival WFMJ-TV in the early 50's.

★ WYTV also produces the local quiz show Academic Challenge, in which high school students from all over the area answer questions for prizes.

★ 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 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. Currently, the station is managed by Barrington Broadcasting.[3]

★ On February 6, 2007 Chelsey Television filed an application with the FCC to sell WYTV to Parkin Broadcasting of California.

External links

★ WYTV Homepage

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★ tour of WYTV

★ WYTV Weatherbug radar

★ View from WYTV's tower