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WKYT-TV
Lexington, Kentucky
Branding	27 News First CWKYT
Slogan	Where Your News Comes First, In True HD
Channels	Analog: 27 (UHF) Digital: 13 (VHF)
Affiliations	CBS The CW (on DT2)
Owner	Gray Communications
Founded	September 30, 1957
Call letters meaning	W KentuckY Television
Former callsigns	WKXP-TV (1957-58)
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, 1957-68) UPN (on DT2, through 9/2006)
Transmitter Power	1510 kW (UHF) analog, 30 kW (VHF) digital
Website	www.wkyt.com www.cwkyt.com

WKYT-TV, channel 27, is the CBS station in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, serving the east-central part of Kentucky. Its transmitter is located in Lexington.

WKYT also operates a local CW affiliate, CWKYT on its digital signal, as well as Hazard's WYMT (which carries WKYT on their own digital feed).

WKYT regularly shows University of Kentucky Wildcats sports events which are popular in this market.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 3 CWKYT 4 Digital Programming 5 Locally Produced Programs 6 Staff 7 Past Station Logos 8 Past Personalitles 9 References 10 External links

WKYT signed on September 30, 1957 as WKXP-TV, owned by Community Broadcast Partners; Frederic Gregg, Charles Wright and Harry Feingold, principals. It was a primary CBS affiliate, sharing ABC programming with WLEX-TV.^[1]

In 1958, Taft Broadcasting Corporation bought the station, changed calls to WKYT-TV and became an affiliate of ABC. Kentucky Central Television 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 and bankruptcy of its parent, Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co., WKYT and WYMT were acquired by Gray Television.

WKYT's digital signal is transmitted on channel 13.

On Wednesday, April 11, WKYT aired 27 News First at 11 in HD, becoming the first news station in Kentucky to air the local news in HD. [1]

On August 21, WKYT broadcasts from its second digital channel and CWKYT started broadcasting also in HD.

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 at 12:30 PM in the Eastern Time Zone, WKYT airs it at 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 at 1:30 PM.

The CWKYT branding is a combination meaning of CW and WKYT. Until October 2006, Louisville WB affiliate and 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.

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
13.1 / 27.1	Main WKYT programming
13.2 / 27.2	CWKYT (CW Lexington)

• Behind the Blue
• Healthfirst Magazine
• Heart of Gold
• Kentucky Newsmakers
• Scholastic Ball Report
• The Billy Gillispie Show
• The John Cohen Show
• The Rich Brooks Show
• Transylvania Basketball with Brian Lane
• The Matthew Mitchell Show""

News Anchors:

• Barbara Bailey
• Bill Bryant
• Renee Charles
• Sam Dick
• Amber Philpot
• Deann Stephens
• Mark Kennedy

Meteorologists:

• T.G. Shuck (Chief)
• Chris Bailey
• Lauren Raymer

Sports:

• Dave Baker
• Rob Bromley
• Drew Deener
• Christi Thomas
• David Patrick
• Steve Moss

Reporters:

• Dave Spencer
• Miranda Combs
• Andy Cunningham
• Elizabeth Dorsett
• Mark Kennedy
• Phil Pendleton
• Sherelle Roberts
• Jerry Sander
• Jermont Terry
• Denny Trease

Photographers

• Dean Handy
• Ken Harvener
• Barton Bill
• Miles Jackson
• John Wilson
• Ray Brown
• Brandon Omahandro
• Darnell Crenshaw
• Joseph Mondelli
• Ryan Golden

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Ignite Operators

• Tom Vigneri
• Rob Pollock
• Jason Hardin
• Braxton Benningfield
• Jeffrey T. Ford
• John Neal
• Sean Patrick
• Joel Claes

Audio

• John Neal
• Sam Carlin

Prompter

• Christine Williams
• Justin Hisle

Editors

• Steve Canada
• Angie Bowen
• Todd Fenwick
• Miles Jackson

Webmaster

• Jason Goodwill

Early 90's Logo

WKYT's 40th anniversary logo from 1997. At the time, the station was known as "KYT", a nickname WKYT used from 1997 to 2003.

Current logo, used since 2003.

Old "UPN Lexington" logo.

• Karen Oddy
• Jacque Reid
• Akemi Takei
• Cindy Preszler
• Angela Davis

• WKYT website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WKYT

v • d • e Gray Television, Inc.
ABC Network Affiliate: KAKE · KOLO · WBKO · WHSV · WTOK · WVAW · TV3 Winchester (WHSV-DT3) (cable only) CBS Network Affiliates: KBTX · KKTV · KOLN/KGIN · KWTX · KXII · WCAV · WCTV · WIBW · WIFR · WKYT · WRDW · WSAW · WSWG · WTVY · WVLT · WYMT The CW Network Affiliates1: KBTX · KKCO · KWTX · WBKO · WJHG · WKYT · WTOK · WYMT Fox Network Affiliates: KXII1 · WAHU · WBKO1 · WHSV1 · WSYM2 · WTOK1 · WTAP1 Independent Television Station1: WOWT MyNetworkTV Affiliates1: KKTV (KKTV-DT2) · KOLN/KGIN · KXII · WAHU · WCTV · WHSV · WIBW · WJHG · WRDW · WSAW · WSAZ · WSWG · WTOK · WTVY · WTAP · WVLT NBC Network Affiliates: KKCO · WEAU · WILX · WITN · WJHG · WMTV · WNDU · WOWT · WSAZ · WTAP 1These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. 2Gray and Journal Broadcast Group entered into a "news share" agreement.
Annual Revenue: $332.1 USD (2006) · Employees: N/A · Stock Symbol: NYSE: GTN · Website: www.graycommunications.com

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Lexington market  (Nielsen DMA #64)

WLJC-DT 7 (TBN) - WLEX 18 (NBC) - WKYT 27 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WTVQ 36 (ABC) - WKLE 46 (PBS/KET) - WDKY 56 (Fox) - WBLU-LP 62 (RTN/MNTV) - WUPX 67 (ION) Outlying Areas: WOBZ-LP 9 (A1/JTV) - W10BM 10 (WSTV) - WKSO 29 / WKHA 35 / WKMR 38 / WKON 52 (PBS/KET) - WYMT 57 (CBS) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location WBKI 34 (The CW, Louisville)

v • d • e CBS Network Affiliates in the state of Kentucky
WKYT 27 (Lexington) - WLKY 32 (Louisville) - WNKY-DT 40.2 (Bowling Green) - WYMT 57 (Hazard)
See also: ABC, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Kentucky

v • d • e CW Network Affiliates in the state of Kentucky
WBKO-DT 13.3 (Bowling Green) - WAZE 19 (Madisonville) - WQTV-LP 24 / WQWQ-LP 9 (Murray/Paducah) - WKYT-DT 27.2 (Lexington) - WBKI 34/WBKI-CA 28 (Campbellsville/Louisville)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Kentucky