WCYB-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 5, is a dual NBC/CW-affiliated television station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area of southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee. Join to Connect. At one point, WCYB-DT2 aired an hour-long extension of the main channel's weekday morning show at 8. Letter from TVS Cable, November 24, 2008.
During his tenure with the company, he maintained the highest market ratings for his television performance as a solo anchor, and he elevated the ratings lead for the late evening news program by 150 percent as a producer. Communications professional Garick Zikan formerly anchored the evening newscast at WCYB-TV, located in Bristol, Virginia.
On April 21, 2017, Sinclair announced its intent to purchase the Bonten stations for $240 million. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. It has always been a primary NBC affiliate although it carried a secondary ABC affiliation (shared with WJHL-TV) until 1969 when WKPT-TVsigned on and took the ABC affiliation. On June 17, 2010, WCYB's newscasts became the first in the Tri-Cities market to broadcast in high definition. It operates on channel 29 and is licensed to Bristol, Virginia with a transmitter with the main channel 5 signal on Holston Mountain. Merrill joined the station in 1962 as weeknight 11 o'clock anchor and added the weeknight 6 p.m. broadcast in 1964.
That includes cable systems within the Bluefield market in Virginia, the Lexington market in Kentucky, and the Asheville and Charlotte markets in North Carolina. News 5 (newscasts) Television station in Tennessee, United States, Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with, Television Factbook #49, 1980 Edition, page 882-B. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 28 to VHF channel 5. The two stations share studios on Lee Street on the Virginia side of Bristol (straddling the Virginia–Tennessee line) and transmitter facilities at Rye Patch Knob on Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest. That same day, it was announced that an agreement had been reached and WCYB would continue to be provided on DirecTV. This will help viewers alleviate some signal reception issues on VHF-low channel 5. In the 1960s, News Director Walter Crockett also delivered editorials at 6:25 p.m. daily and Evelyn Booher was one of the first woman newscasters in the Tri-Cities at that time. Another Eastern Kentucky cable operator, Inter Mountain Cable (IMC), has also stated that it would remove WCYB from their lineup unless an agreement was reached. On July 29, 2014, it was announced that the noon newscast on WCYB would be shortened to a 30-minute segment, followed by an episode of Judge Judy with anchors Preston Ayres and Samantha Kozsey rotating positions each week. shouted back from the kids. WCYB logo of NBC's "Come on Home" campaign from 1987-88. Esteem would then pay $1.4 million in outstanding debt.
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He joined the station in 1962 as weeknight 11 o'clock anchor and added the weeknight 6 P.M. broadcast in 1964. High Definition.
That station also renamed the weather forecasting and modified many other elements of the broadcast. That station is carried in Newport instead of WTNZ, the Fox affiliate out of Knoxville. [citation needed], On February 20, 2015, it was announced that Meteorologist Donnie Cox would be moving to WCTI-TV.[20][21]. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. On cable, WCYB-TV is available on channel 5 on both Comcast Xfinity and Charter Spectrum. Formerly, it was "Accurate. During his tenure with the company, he maintained the highest market ratings for his television performance as a solo anchor, and he elevated the ratings lead for the late evening news program by 150 percent as a producer. In the 1960s, this station produced a live weekday cartoon show called the Looney Tunes Club hosted by Ed Spiegel. Unlike Tennessee, WCYB is the NBC station on cable systems in Northwestern North Carolina primarily due to WCNC-TV in Charlotte, WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, and WYFF in Greenville, South Carolinabeing further away and not popular with viewers. [citation needed]. An avid traveler, he has visited Europe on several occasions and enjoys viewing classic artwork and historical sights. [4] Both translators will serve the immediate part of the Tri-Cities area and some of the surrounding areas. from Spiegel with "Hi Ed!" For most of the time from the 1980s to the early 2000s, WCYB claimed to be the highest-rated television station in the United States. 28 (UHF, 1996-2009), Although WCYB-TV is the only commercial station in the Tri-Cities that is licensed to the Virginia side of the market, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires it to include Kingsport and Johnson City, Tennessee in its legal station identification.[1]. WCYB took over WEMT's operations in February 2006 in a deal with WEMT's new owner, Aurora Broadcasting. WCYB also produces Fox Tri-Cities News @ 10 on sister station WEMT. [16], During the 1970s and 1980s through CATV, WCYB was once carried in Pikeville, Kentucky, Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and McDowell County, West Virginia. In North Carolina, WCYB is carried in several counties.
[2] It was sold again to Bluestone Television in 2004, who then merged with Bonten Media Group for $230 million in 2007.
After Smith's retirement, Joe Conway became General Manager in 1981. Instead of using all blue graphics, WEMT now uses blue and red. Full purchase is currently pending. At one point in time, WCYB-DT2 aired an hour long extension of the main channel's weekday morning show at 8. Getting The Facts Right." ( Log Out / Their branding is currently "Accurate. He has developed a passion for mountain biking and has frequently ridden on an old railroad trail. (on DT2), 5 (VHF, 1956-2009)
TVS Cable later notified customers through their bills stating that there was a thirty-day extension granted through the month of January to carry WCYB. One repeater will operate on channel 29 licensed to Bristol, Virginia with a transmitter with the main channel 5 signal on Holston Mountain. At the same time, NBC became the top-rated network with hits like The Cosby Show and Cheers, and WCYB secured top-rated syndicated programs such as Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! This has since been dropped and that station continues to air the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz on weekdays from 6 to 9. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account.