WYMT-TV
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WYMT channel 57 is the CBS affiliate in Hazard, Kentucky, serving the eastern part of the state and portions of neighboring Virginia and West Virginia. It signed on as WKYH-TV meaning (WKentuckY Hazard) on October 20 1969 as an NBC affiliate and in 1986, the station switched to CBS with new calls, WYMT, meaning "Your Mountain Television". The station broadcasts digital programming on channel 12; the digital signal also carries its parent station, Lexington's WKYT.
Digital Programming
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 12.1 / 57.1 | WYMT |
| 12.2 / 57.2 | WKYT |
Newscasts
The 12 Noon, 5PM and 5:30PM newscasts are simulcasts of WKYT's News First.
Monday-Friday
- 57 Mountain News This Morning 5:30-7:00 a.m.
- 57 Mountain News at 6 6:00-6:30 p.m.
- 57 Mountain News Night Watch 11:00-11:35 p.m.
- 57 Mountain News at 6 6:00-6:30 p.m.
- 57 Mountain News Night Watch 11:00-11:35 p.m.
Past Personalities
- Jay Crawford (Creator of "Sports Overtime" on WYMT) - Currently the host of ESPN2's "Cold Pizza"
External links
| Broadcast television in the Lexington market [(Nielsen DMA #63)] | ||
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| W07BY 7 / W10BM 10 (LeSEA) - WOBZ 9 (A1/AS) - WLEX 18 (NBC) - WKYT 27 (CBS) (UPN on DT2) - WKSO 29 / WKHA 35 / WKMR 38 / WKLE 46 / WKON 52 (PBS/KET) - WBKI 34 (WB/CW) - WTVQ 36 (ABC) - W39CK 39 (Ind) - WDKY 56 (Fox) - WYMT 57 (CBS) - WBLU-LP 62 (Ind/MNT) - WLJC 65 (TBN) - WUPX 67 (i) | ||
| Terrestrial television>Broadcast television in the Tri-Cities, TN/VA (Johnson City / Kingsport / Bristol) market [(Nielsen DMA #91)] |
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| WETP 2 (PBS) - WCYB 5 (NBC) - WOPI 9 (IND) - WJHL 11 (CBS) - WLOS 13 (ABC) - WKPT 19 (ABC) - WKPI 22 / WKHA 35 (PBS/KET) - WCYB-DT 28.2 (The WB/The CW) - WUNF 33 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WAPK 36 (UPN/My Network TV) - WEMT 39 (FOX) - WSBN 47 / WMSY 52 (PBS) - WYMT 57 (CBS) - WLFG 68 / WAGV 44 (IND) |