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WCYB-TV Channel 5 is the NBC television affiliate serving the Tri-Cities of Tennessee and Virginia (Johnson City, Tennessee, Kingsport, Tennessee and Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia) with its signal reaching southeastern Kentucky, western North Carolina and southwestern West Virginia. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 5 from a transmitter located on Rye Patch Knob on Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest. It is owned by Bonten Media Group; its studios and offices are located on the Virginia side of Bristol, where it is licensed. It is the only commercial station licensed to the Virginia side of the market.

The station shares a local marketing agreement with Fox affiliate WEMT. It also operates a CW affiliate (Tri-Cities CW 4) on digital sub-channel 5.2 / 28.2; it became the market's CW affiliate following the shutdown of the WB network in September 2006.

History

The station began broadcasting on August 13, 1956. It has always been an NBC affiliate, though it carried a secondary ABC affiliation (shared with WJHL-TV) until 1969 when WKPT-TV began as the market's new ABC affiliate. In 1977 the station was sold to Starr Broadcasting Company; in 1982, it was purchased by Lamco Communications. In 2005 WCYB received The Ultimate Newscast Makeover, by RTNDA; they received news graphics, new music and a studio makeover. In 2006, WCYB was sold by its former owner (Bluestone Television) to the Bonten Media Group in a bulk sale for USD$230 million.

For the last 30 years, WCYB has been the dominant station in the Tri-Cities. This was largely due to the presence of Merrill Moore, the station's longtime anchorman. He joined the station in 1962 as 11 p.m. anchor, and added the 6 p.m. newscast in 1964. He remained the station's top anchorman until his retirement in 2000. At one point, WCYB claimed to be the highest-rated station in the United States.

WCYB-TV owns the title of having the most owners during its history, of any station in the state of Tennessee at five. As a Virginia station, only one other station, WTKR-TV, Norfolk, has had more owners in its history, at six.

The station branding is currently "Accurate. Reliable." Formerly, it was "Accurate. Reliable. To the Point." The latter phrase was dropped from the branding as of the Noon telecast on Tuesday, October 2, 2007. Starting with the 5 p.m. news on October 13, 2008, the NewsCenter 5 name was changed to News 5.

Analog-to-digital conversion

After the analog television shutdown scheduled for June 12, 2009 [1], WCYB-TV will move back to channel 5.

Past Programs

In the 1960s, the station produced a live weekday cartoon show called the Looney Tunes Club, hosted by Ed Spiegel. The show welcomed 50 youngsters each day to participate on the show, and was traditionally visited by children on their birthday. The show opened each show with a rousing "Hi boys and girls!" from Spiegel, with "Hi Ed!" shouted back from the kids.

The 1960's also saw two locally-produced quiz shows, Kiddle Kollege, which pitted students from different local schools against each other, as well as Klub Kwiz, which did the same using members of local civic and service clubs.

Under federal must-carry rules, broadcasters can either allow cable systems in their market to carry their signals for free or charge a fee under retransmission consent provisions. On November 24, 2008, TVS Cable, a cable operator which serves several counties in eastern Kentucky, notified its customers that it would "most likely" drop WCYB on January 1, 2009 due to a retransmission consent dispute.[2] The letter also stated that TVS Cable will replace WCYB with a MyNetworkTV affiliate if negotiations fail. However, NBC programming will not be affected because the system currently carries WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky and will intend to do so in the future. TVS Cable later notified customers through their bills stating that there was a 30-day extension granted through the month of January to carry WCYB.

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.[3] According to The Mountain Eagle, this dispute has caused concern among officials in the city of Fleming-Neon, where IMC holds the cable TV franchise there.[4] The city council in Fleming-Neon have stated that the removal of WCYB will violate IMC's franchise agreement.[4]

On January 13, it was announced that WCYB would be dropped from the DirecTV local channels lineup in the Tri-Cities market effective January 15 over a similar dispute. That same day, it was announced that an agreement had been reached and WCYB would continue to be provided on DirecTV.[citation needed]

News/Station Presentation

Newscast Titles

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WCYB's nightly 6 o'clock news open.
  • TV-5 Report (1956-1960)
  • The Channel 5 News (1960-1974)
  • NewsCenter 5 (1974-2008)
  • News 5 (2008-Present)

Station Slogans

  • TV-5's the Place (1977-1983)
  • The Tri-Cities' 24 Hour News Channel (early 1990s)
  • Accurate. Reliable. (2008-present)

News Personalities

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The station's weeknight 6 o'clock anchors.
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WCYB's Chief Meteorologist.

News Anchors

  • Johnny Wood
  • Steve Hawkins (News Director)
  • Garick Zikan
  • Ann Carter
  • Rebecca Pepin
  • Tarah Taylor
  • Preston Ayres
  • Sherrie Evans

Pinpoint Weather

  • Dave Dierks (Chief Meteorologist)
  • Marcus Lynch
  • David Boyd with sister station WEMT Fox Tri-Cities
  • Emily Sutton

Sports

  • Paul Johnson (Sports Director)
  • Jordan Conigliaro
  • Leah Rubertino

Reporters

  • Jim Conrad
  • Leslie Almaroad
  • Velden Linn
  • Angela Yingling
  • Sherrie Evans
  • Emily Sutton
  • Preston Ayres
  • Autumn Perry

Past Personalities

  • Merrill Moore, Anchor (1962-2000)
  • Walter Crockett, news director, editorialist (1963-1980, retired, died in 1981)
  • Libby Kirsch, Reporter (2000-2002, now at WDTN-TV, Dayton)
  • Joe Legge, Weekend Anchor/Reporter (1999-2006, now at WDEF-TV, Chattanooga)
  • Todd Summers, Weekend Sports (1999-2002, now at WSPA-TV, Spartanburg, SC)
  • Sonu Wasu, Reporter (2002-2006, now at WDTN-TV, Dayton)
  • Angela Andreae, Reporter (2004-2005), now public relations consultant
  • Rachel DePompa, Reporter (2002-2003, now at WWBT, Richmond, VA)
  • Amy Lynn, Noon and NewsCenter 5 at 5 Anchor, (1999-2007, now at WJHL-TV), Johnson City, TN
  • Karen Cole, Newscenter 5 @ 5 and Weekend Anchor, Reporter (1998-2003)
  • Harlow Sumerford, Reporter (2004-2007), now at WATE-TV, Knoxville
  • Karen Hillegass, News Anchor (1984-1986, now a college professor)
  • Travis Wells, Sports Anchor/Reporter (1999-2002) Now sports director at WDBJ-TV Roanoke.
  • Scott Fisher, meteorologist (1989-1993) now with KTBC-TV, Austin, TX
  • Cheryl Munn, Weekend Anchor (1985-1998) now Director of Marketing, Jacksonville Regional Chamber of Commerce[5]
  • Lee Ann Necessary [6],News Anchor (1989-1995)

References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
  2. ^ Letter from TVS Cable, November 24, 2008.
  3. ^ "WKPT, WCYB & WJHL Possible Programming Issue For 2009". Inter Mountain Cable. 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  4. ^ a b Farley, William (2009-01-14). "Neon council upset by threat of TV changes". The Mountain Eagle. p. 2. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  5. ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/6/994/836
  6. ^ http://www.johnbrownlee2009.com/aboutleeann.htm
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