WIYE-LD
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Parkersburg, West Virginia–Marietta, Ohio United States | |
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City | Parkersburg, West Virginia |
Branding |
CBS 47 My 5 (on LD2) |
Slogan | The NewsCenter |
Channels |
Digital: 47 (UHF) (to move to 26 (UHF)) Virtual: 47 (PSIP) |
Affiliations |
47.1: CBS 47.2: MyNetworkTV / MeTV |
Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
First air date | 2002 |
Call letters' meaning |
IYE ("eye") alludes to CBS logo |
Sister station(s) | WTAP-TV, WOVA-LD, WSAZ-TV |
Former callsigns |
W64CS (2002–2007) WWVX-LP (2007–2012) WIYE-LP (2012) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 64 (UHF, 2002–2012) |
Transmitter power | 15 kW |
Height |
191.9 m (630 ft) 184.3 m (605 ft) (application) |
Class | LD |
Facility ID | 130392 |
Transmitter coordinates | 39°20′59.8″N 81°33′55.4″W / 39.349944°N 81.565389°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website |
www www |
WIYE-LD is a low-powered, dual CBS/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States and serving the Mid-Ohio Valley. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on virtual and UHF channel 47 from a transmitter in Independence Township, Ohio. The station can also be seen on Suddenlink channel 5. Owned by Gray Television, WIYE is sister to NBC affiliate WTAP-TV (channel 15) and low-powered Fox affiliate WOVA-LD (channel 22). The three stations share studios on Market Street (official address is One Television Plaza) in downtown Parkersburg.
Although associated with WTAP's news department, there are currently no local newscasts produced exclusively for WIYE and/or any simulcasted from the NBC outlet.
History
On April 10, 2012, then-owner Wood Investments LLC announced it was selling WWVX-LP (the station's former callsign) and WVEX-LP (the former callsign of WOVA) to Gray Television for $66,000.[1][2] Gray changed the callsign of WWVX-LP to WIYE-LP on June 19, 2012, and changed its city of license from Marietta to Parkersburg.[3][4] On July 17, 2012, Gray Television signed an affiliation agreement with CBS for WIYE and two other low-power stations acquired by Gray around the same time period as its acquisition of WIYE.[5] As a result, WIYE-LP/LD became the CBS affiliate for the Mid-Ohio Valley on September 3, 2012.[5]
The station, along with WOVA-LD (which took the Fox affiliation from WTAP's second digital subchannel), became the second and third full-time commercial over-the-air network affiliates in the area; WTAP has had the market more or less to itself since it signed on in 1953 (the only other stations in the area being PBS member station WOUB-TV and two low-power stations). Before channel 47 signed on, WOWK-TV in Huntington had served as the default CBS affiliate for the West Virginia side of the market while WBNS-TV in Columbus served the Ohio side and was carried on the Parkersburg DirecTV feed. On October 1, 2012, the station changed its call sign to WIYE-LD.
Digital television
Digital channels
The stations' digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[6] |
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47.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | CBS | Main WIYE-LD programming / CBS |
47.2 | 480i | 4:3 | My5 | MyNetworkTV & MeTV |
See also
References
- ↑ Seyler, Dave (April 10, 2012). "Gray takes the low power road in Parkersburg-Marietta". Television Business Report. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ↑ "It's a Gray day for LPTV in Marietta OH". Television Business Report. April 20, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- ↑ "Federal Communications Commission Broadcast Station Construction Permit Digital Low Power Television/Television Translator" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. June 18, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2012.
- 1 2 "Three Gray Stations Sign CBS Affiliations". TVNewsCheck/NewsCheckMedia, LLC. July 17, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
- ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WIYE-LD