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WYTV
Youngstown, Ohio
Branding	33 News
Slogan	Straight To The point
Channels	Analog: 33 (UHF) Digital: 36 (UHF)
Affiliations	ABC, MyNetworkTV/ABC/A1 on MY-YTV (DT.2)
Owner	Parkin Broadcasting (shared services agreement with New Vision Television)
Founded	April 4, 1953 (on channel 45, moved to channel 33 in 1964)
Call letters meaning	We're Youngstown's TeleVision
Former callsigns	WKST-TV (1957-64)
Former affiliations	FOX (1994-1998, secondary)
Transmitter Power	912 kw (analog) 50 kw (digital)
Website	www.wytv.com

WYTV Channel 33, is the ABC affiliate in Youngstown, Ohio.

WYTV is owned by Parkin Broadcasting, but is managed by New Vision Television (owner of WKBN-TV Channel 27, the local CBS affiliate and WYFX-LP Channel 62, the local Fox affiliate) via a shared services agreeement. WYTV's current studios are co-located with WKBN/WYFX's studios, located in Boardman Township, while WYTV's transmitter is located with their former studios on Shady Run Road on Youngstown's South Side.

WYTV broadcasts news at 5AM (Daybreak), 5PM, 5:30 PM, 6PM, and 11PM weekdays, and at 6PM & 11PM on weekends.

Contents 1 History 2 My Network TV subchannel 3 33 News Team 3.1 Anchors 3.2 Reporters 3.3 Skymax Doppler 33 Weather 3.4 Big Board Sports 4 Former Talent 5 External links

The station originated as WKST-TV on channel 45. The TV partner to WKST radio (which still exist in New Castle on AM 1200), it was licensed to New Castle, Pennsylvania and signed on April 4, 1953. 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.

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

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 also has produced the local quiz show YSU Academic Challenge, in which high school students from all over the area answer questions for prizes.

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 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 and was managed by Barrington Broadcasting [2]. On February 6, 2007 Chelsey Television filed an application with the FCC to sell WYTV to Parkin Broadcasting of California, which then leased out the station to WKBN/WYFX owner New Vision Broadcasting under a shared services agreement.

Part of the shared services agreement called for a consolidation of news departments between WYTV and WKBN/WYFX; this occurred on December 6, 2007. Over 40 people at WYTV were fired and 6 at WKBN/WYFX [3]; WYTV also moved from their Shady Run Drive studios over to the WKBN/WYFX facility in Boardman Township.

Main article: MY-YTV

MY-YTV is WYTV's MyNetworkTV affiliate, and also offers selected programming from America One, as well as uncleared shows from ABC. MY-YTV is available on local cable, as well as WYTV's digital signal on channel 33.2 / 36.2.

• Amy Radinovic, weekday mornings
• Len Rome, health reporter, anchors weekday mornings
• Angee Shaker, weekday evenings
• Eva Mastromatteo, reporter, weekends

• Patty Coller, fill-in meteorologist
• Jackie Preston
• Gerry Ricciutti
• Peggy Sinkovich, Trumbull County reporter

• Stan Boney, chief meteorologist
• Jim Loboy, weekday mornings
• Kristin Wedemeyer, weekend evenings

• Bill Castrovince, anchor/reporter
• Bob Hannon, sports director

• Vince Bevacqua
• Gina Marinelli

• WYTV Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WYTV
• tour of WYTV
• WYTV Weatherbug radar
• View from WYTV's tower

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Youngstown, Ohio / Warren, Ohio market  (Nielsen DMA #106)
WFMJ 21 (NBC) (The CW on DT2 "WBCB") - WKBN 27 (CBS,Fox/WYFX on DT.2) - WYTV 33 (ABC, MNTV/ABC/A1 on DT2 "My YTV") - WNEO 45 (PBS) - W52CX 52 (TBN) - WPCP-LP 56 (Ind) - WYFX-LP 62/WFXI-CA 17 (Fox) Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Cleveland: WKYC 3 (NBC) - WEWS 5 (ABC) - WJW 8 (Fox) - WOIO 19 (CBS) - WVPX 23 (ION) - WVIZ 25 (PBS) - WUAB 43 (MNTV) - WBNX 55 (The CW) - WQHS 61 (Univision) - WOAC 67 (S@H/JTV) Pittsburgh: KDKA 2 (CBS) - WPXI 11 (NBC) - WQED 13 (PBS) - WQEX 16 (AS) - WPCW 19 (The CW) - WPMY 22 (MNTV) - WPGH 53 (Fox) Erie: WQLN 54 (PBS)
See also: Broadcast television stations in the Wheeling-Steubenville market

v • d • e ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Ohio
WEWS 5 (Cleveland) - WSYX 6 (Columbus) - WCPO 9 (Cincinnati) - WTVG 13 (Toledo) - WLQP-LP 18 (Lima) - WKEF 22 (Dayton) - WYTV 33 (Youngstown)
See also: CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, MyNetworkTV, CW and Other stations in Ohio