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WYMT channel 57 is the CBS affiliate in Hazard, Kentucky, serving primarily southeastern Kentucky, but also the eastern part of the Lexington market and portions of neighboring Virginia and West Virginia. It also appears on the local cable television service in Claiborne County, Tennessee.

It began broadcasting as WKYH-TV (meaning W KentuckY Hazard) on October 20, 1969 as an NBC affiliate. Prior to its inception, some counties in southeastern Kentucky were among the last remaining parts of the U.S. not to be served at all by commercial television. That condition was occasioned in part by the highly mountainous terrain of the region, but also by many residents' extreme poverty, which did not allow many families the luxury of owning sets. This, in turn, made the region very undesirable for potential outside corporate broadcasters to start a station in. Instead, WKYH was founded by local businessman Bill Gorman, who has served eight terms as mayor of Hazard.

Not surprisingly, given the strong cultural and religious tastes and predilections of its audience, traditional country, bluegrass and Southern Gospel music, local church broadcasts and paid religious programming figured very prominently in the station's early years. These programs remained a staple of WKYH-TV long after similar shows began disppearing somewhat from other Southern TV stations later in the 1970s.

In 1985, the station switched to the CBS network and adopted the new callsign WYMT, meaning "We're Your Mountain Television". The station broadcasts digital programming on channel 12; the digital signal also carries its parent station, Lexington's WKYT-TV.

Although it identifies as a station in its own right, WYMT is considered a semi-satellite of WKYT. It clears some of WKYT's syndicated programming, and the two stations share a Web site. The two stations occasionally co-brand as "Kentucky Television."

Digital Programming

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels
Channel Programming
12.1 / 57.1 WYMT
12.2 / 57.2 WKYT

Sports Overtime

Sports Overtime is a twice weekly sports broadcast originally airing on Friday nights and covering high school athletics. The program begain airing on Saturdays in the fall of 2006. The Saturday show focuses on local and state college athletics as well as the fan favorite package "The High School Fast Break," a recap of high profile high school games from Friday Night. The current shows are anchored by Brian Milam and Brandon Hensley on Friday nights and Jeff Archer and Brandon Hensley on Saturday nights.

News Staff

The WYMT Newsroom staff are responsible for the content of our shows. Producers organize and edit stories while reporters interview and shoot footage. The anchors read the news and link stories together. Our weather team uses the latest in Live Pinpoint Doppler Radar to track and monitor storm activity. The sports staff shoot local athletic events and report on the latest happenings.

Mountain News Anchors

  • Neil Middleton (News Director)
  • Steve Hensley (6pm-11pm)
  • Danielle Morgan (6pm)
  • Chas Gayheart (Morning)
  • Bobby Harrison (Morning)
  • Heather Haley (Fill In)

Sky Alert Weather

  • Jim Caldwell (Chief Weathercaster)
  • Rob Hopkins (Weekend Meteorologist)

Mountain Sports Anchors

  • Brandon Hensley (Sports Director)
  • Jeff Archer (Weekend, Sports O.T.)
  • Bobby Harrison (Morning, Sports O.T.)
  • Brian Milam (Friday Sports O.T.)

Bureau Chiefs

  • Jeff Allen (Cumberland Valley)
  • Phil Pendelton (Somerset)
  • Angela Sparkman (Big Sandy)

Producers

  • Michael Phillips (6pm)
  • Steve Hensley (11pm)
  • Maggie Moore (Morning)

Reporters

News

  • Danielle Morgan
  • Heather Haley

Sports

  • Brandon Hensley
  • Jeff Archer
  • Bobby Harrison
  • Derek Forrest

Production Staff

The production staff at WYMT are the "behind the scenes" individuals that make airing WYMT news possible. Most of the members of the staff have a set position for each newscast, however each team member is capable of operating virtually all parts of a newscast "from a production standpoint". Graphics operators build informational full screen images. Studio camera operators set shots of the on air talent. Audio engineers adjust and monitor the music and microphones. Master Control manages the rolling of tapes and commercial breaks during a newscast, while directors over see the entire show. The majority of this crew also edit the commercials that run on WYMT. Nearly all graphics for WYMT news, sports and special programming are made in house, some of which are made with 3D modeling software.

Promotions

Morrison Stepp morrison.stepp@wymtnews.com

  • Joel Brashear (Manager)

Directors

  • Crystal Lewis (Morning)
  • Marcus Hudson (6pm)
  • Brian Risner (11pm)
  • Joel Brashear (Weekend)
  • Mike Sturgill (Weekend)

Audio

  • Chad Hurt (Morning)
  • Brian Risner (6pm)
  • Devin J. Combs (11pm)
  • Jon Wood (Weekends)

Graphics

  • Tracy Hensley (Morning)
  • Brandon Robinson(6pm)
  • Derek Forrest (11pm)
  • Mike Sturgill (weekends)

Studio Cameras

  • Freddy Hunt (Chief Camera Operator "On Call")
  • Devin J. Combs (Morning)
  • Jon Wood (6-11pm)
  • Mike Sturgill (6-11pm)
  • Daniel Combs (Weekends)

Master Control

  • Kevin C. Hill (Chief Master Control - 6-11pm)
  • Dwight Lewis (Morning)
  • Alton Stacy (Weekends - 6-11pm)
  • Johnny Turner (Morning)

Other Directors

  • Tracy Hensley (Friday Morning)
  • Devin J. Combs (Overnight - Mountain Sports Update)

Past Personalities

  • Jay Crawford (Creator of "Sports Overtime" on WYMT) - Currently the host of ESPN2's "Cold Pizza".
  • Tony Turner (WYMT news anchor) - Died back in 2002 in a tragic car accident.
  • Steve Crabtree (first WYMT news anchor) - Now VP News-Station Operations at co-owned WVLT in Knoxville.
  • Darwin Singleton - Now host of "Here's Darwin" at Mobile, AL's WPMI.[1]
  • Dave Shuffett (Last WKYH News Anchor) - Now host of KET's "Kentucky Life". [2]
  • Joey Kesler (First Full-Time WKYH Weatherman) - Co-Owner of WOBZ-LP and WJJA-FM.
  • Jim Freeman (recent co-host of the WYMT morning show) - Now News anchor for sister station WVLT
  • DeAnn Stephens (Past Mountain News This Morning Anchor) - Now Reporter/ Anchor at WKYT
  • Scott Burchett (Former Fill-In Weather Anchor) - Now working in the medical field
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