KYES-TV
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Anchorage, Alaska United States |
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| Branding | My KYES 5 |
| Channels |
Digital: 5 (VHF) Virtual: 5 () |
| Subchannels | 5.1 MyNetworkTV 5.2 Antenna TV 5.3 This TV |
| Translators | 14 (UHF) Anchorage KYEX-LP 18 Anchorage K22HN-D 22 Anchorage K06MF 6 Kenai K09XO-D 9 Homer |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | January 21, 1990 |
| Call letters' meaning | YES-TV |
| Sister station(s) | KTUU-TV |
| Former callsigns | KYES (1990–2007) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1990–2009) Digital: 6 (VHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1990–1993) PTEN (1993–1995) UPN (1995–2006) The WB (secondary, 1995–1998), HDNet RTN Wealth TV |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 277 m |
| Facility ID | 21488 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 61°20′8.9″N 149°30′55.9″W / 61.335806°N 149.515528°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.ktuu.com/station/kyes |
KYES-TV is a MyNetworkTV affiliated television station serving Anchorage, Alaska. The station is owned by Gray Television of Atlanta, Georgia as part of a duopoly with NBC affiliate KTUU-TV (channel 2). The station is broadcast over the air on digital channel 5. Its over-the-air transmitter is located in the city's Eagle River district, while its studios are located on East 40th Avenue in Anchorage.
KYES signed on the air in 1990 as an independent before joining UPN in 1995. It also had a secondary affiliation with The WB until that network launched The WB 100+ Station Group in 1998 in order to shift to cable-only distribution in smaller markets. In January 2006 it was announced that the WB and UPN were to merge operations in September 2006 to form The CW. The station was expected to become a CW affiliate, but on April 24 it was announced that The CW would be carried on a digital subchannel on ABC's Anchorage affiliate KIMO. KYES instead became an affiliate of MyNetwork TV and one of only two in Alaska (sister station K17HC 17 in Juneau is the other); KFXF, the Fox affiliate in Fairbanks, declined an offer to run it as their secondary network.
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