WYMT-TV

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WYMT-TV
Hazard, Kentucky
Branding	57 Mountain News
Slogan	Your Mountain Television
Channels	57 (UHF) analog, 12 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Gray Television
Founded	October 20, 1969
Call letters meaning	We're Your Mountain Television
Former callsigns	WKYH-TV (1969-86)
Former affiliations	NBC (1969-86)
Transmitter Power	2630 kW
Website	www.wymtnews.com (shared with WKYT-TV)

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

It signed on as WKYH-TV (meaning W KentuckY Hazard) on October 20, 1969 as an NBC affiliate. WKYH was founded by Bill Gorman, Hazard's 8 term mayor. WKYH was the first TV station in eastern Kentucky. In 1985, the station switched to CBS with new calls, 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."

Contents 1 Digital Programming 2 Newscasts 3 Sports Overtime 4 News Staff 5 Production Staff 6 Past Personalities 7 External Links

[edit] Digital Programming

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
12.1 / 57.1	WYMT
12.2 / 57.2	WKYT

[edit] 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.

Saturday-Sunday

• 57 Mountain News at 6 6:00-6:30 p.m.
• 57 Mountain News Night Watch 11:00-11:35 p.m.

[edit] 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.

• Friday Night (11:20 pm) Mid-August through March
• Saturday Night (11:20 pm) Mid August through March

[edit] 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.

• Jeff Allen (Cumberland Valley Bureau Chief)
• Jeff Archer (Sports Reporter)
• Jim Caldwell (Chief Weathercaster)
• Derek Forrest (Sports Reporter)
• Chasity Gayheart (Morning Anchor)
• Heather Haley (Reporter/Fill-in Anchor)
• Bobby Harrison (Sports Reporter)
• Brandon Hensley (Sports Director)
• Steve Hensley (6 & 11 pm Anchor/11 pm Producer)
• Rob Hopkins (Weekend Meteorologist)
• Julie Maloney (Reporter)
• Neil Middleton (News Director)
• Maggie Moore (AM Producer)
• Danielle Morgan (6 pm Anchor)
• Michael Phillips (6 pm Producer)
• Phil Pendelton (Somerset Bureau Chief)
• Jon Sonnheim (Reporter)
• Angela Sparkman (Big Sandy Bureau Chief)
• Amy Walker (Weekend Anchor)

[edit] Production Staff

The production staff at WYMT are the "behind the scenes" individuals that make airing WYMT news possible. Graphics opperators build informational full screen images. Studio camera opperators 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. (Except for Joel, he sits in his closet and makes Station Promo's!)

• Joel Brashear (Weekend Director/Promotions Manager)
• Devin J. Combs (Overnight Production/Cam/Audio/Editor)
• Tracy Hensley (Morning Graphics/Editor)
• Kevin C. Hill (Master Control)
• Marcus Hudson (6pm Director/ Editor)
• Chad Hurt (Morning Audio/Editor)
• Freddy Hunt (Studio Camera/Shooter)
• Crystal Lewis (Morning Director/Editor)
• Dwight Lewis (Master Control)
• Brian Risner (11pm Director/Editor)
• Steve Slone (Assignment Editor)
• Alton Stacy (Master Control)
• Johnny Turner (Master Control)
• Jon Wood (Studio Camera/Audio/Editor)
• Mike Sturgill (Studio Cam/ Audio)

[edit] 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.}

^{[edit] External Links}

• ^{Query the FCC's TV station database for WYMT}
• ^{WYMT Online}
• ^{Remembering WKYH-TV (Small website by London's WOBZ-LP)}