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The station went on the air on July 31, 1955, as WHIS-TV. [4] It was named in honor of longtime West Virginia politician Hugh Ike Shott, who had died two years earlier.It was owned by the Shott family's Daily Telegraph Publishing Company, which owned the Bluefield Daily Telegraph along with WHIS radio (1440 AM and 98.7 FM, now WHAJ).
Area served City of license VC RF Callsign Network Notes Beckley/Bluefield: Oak Hill: 4 31 WOAY-TV: ABC: Bluefield: 6 17 WVVA: NBC: CW on 6.2, MeTV on 6.3, Court TV on 6.4, Start TV on 6.5, Circle on 6.6
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting (WVPB) is the public television and radio state network serving the U.S. state of West Virginia.It is owned by the West Virginia Public Broadcasting Authority, an agency of the state government that holds the licenses for all Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio member stations licensed in West Virginia.
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The full over-the-air lineup for WKYT will be WKYT CBS at 27.1, CW Lexington at 27.2, The Circle at 27.3, MeTV at 27.4, DABL at 27.5 and WKYT First Alert Weather Radar at 27.6.
When the station returned to the air in 1963, the transmitter was co-located with WVVA-TV (then WHIS-TV). The antenna was side-mounted on the TV tower. The transmitter was an RCA BTF-5D. WVVA's transmitter site is unique because the TV transmitter building is in the state of Virginia, but the TV tower and antenna are in West Virginia.
The affiliation agreement between WLEX and MeTV is ending Thursday.