Bristol, Virginia-Bristol-Kingsport-Johnson City, Tennessee United States |
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City | Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee |
Branding | Tri-Cities CW HD |
Slogan | Dare to Defy |
Channels |
Digital: WCYB-DT 5.2 (VHF) Virtual: 5.2 (PSIP) |
Affiliations | The CW (2006–present) |
Owner |
Bonten Media Group, LLC (BlueStone License Holdings, Inc.) |
First air date | January 3, 2000 |
Call letters' meaning | see WCYB |
Sister station(s) | WEMT |
Former callsigns | CYB-WB (2000–2003) THE Tri-Cities WB 4 (2003–2006) The Tri-Cities CW 4 (2006–2009) |
Former affiliations | The WB (via The WB 100+ 2000–2006) |
Transmitter power | 29.9 kW (digital) |
Height | 743 m (digital) |
Facility ID | 2455 (digital) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°26′58.2″N 82°6′28.8″W / 36.449500°N 82.108000°W (digital) |
Licensing authority | FCC (digital) |
Website | www.wcyb.com/cw4 |
WCYB-DT2 is The CW-affiliated television station for the Tri-Cities area of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia. WCYB-DT2 is a second digital subchannel of the area's NBC affiliate WCYB-TV which is owned by the Bonten Media Group. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a digital signal on VHF channel 5.2 from a transmitter on Rye Patch Knob of Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest. WCYB-DT2's parent station has its own studios is located on the intersection of Lee & Cumberland Streets in Downtown Bristol near the Tennessee and Virginia state line.
At one point, WCYB-DT2 aired an hour-long extension of the main channel's weekday morning show at 8. This has since been dropped.