WCYB-TV
 
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Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia United States |
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| City | Bristol, Virginia |
| Branding | WCYB-TV 5 (general) News 5 (newscasts) Tri-Cities CW 4 (on DT2) |
| Slogan | Accurate. Reliable. Getting the facts right. |
| Channels |
Digital: 5 (VHF) Virtual: 5 () |
| Subchannels | 5.1 NBC 5.2 The CW 5.3 Decades |
| Translators | 29 (UHF) Bristol, VA |
| Affiliations | NBC (Secondary through 1969) |
| Owner |
Bonten Media Group (BlueStone License Holdings, Inc.) |
| First air date | August 13, 1956 |
| Call letters' meaning | CitY of Bristol |
| Sister station(s) | WEMT |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 5 (VHF, 1956–2009) Digital: 28 (UHF, 1996–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Both secondary: ABC (1956–1969) The WB (1996–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 29.9 kW |
| Height | 743 m |
| Facility ID | 2455 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°26′58.2″N 82°6′28.8″W / 36.449500°N 82.108000°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WCYB-TV, channel 5, is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, USA and serving the Tri-Cities area of northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. WCYB is owned by Bonten Media Group and has its studio/office facility located in Downtown Bristol. The station's transmitter is based on Rye Patch Knob of Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest.
Although WCYB-TV is the only commercial station in the Tri-Cities that is licensed to the Virginia side of the market, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requires it to include Kingsport and Johnson City, Tennessee in its legal station identification.
By way of a local marketing agreement, WCYB-TV operates the Tri-Cities' Fox affiliate, Greeneville, Tennessee-licensed WEMT (channel 39), owned by Esteem Broadcasting, LLC.
The station began broadcasting on August 13, 1956. It has always been a primary NBC affiliate although it carried a secondary ABC affiliation (shared with WJHL-TV) until 1969 when WKPT-TV signed on and took the ABC affiliation.
WCYB was originally owned by Appalachian Broadcasting, a consortium of four Bristol businessmen—Robert Smith, J. Fey Rogers, Charles M. Gore, and Harry M. Daniel—along with WCYB radio (AM 690, now WZAP). In 1969, the group sold WCYB to Starr Broadcasting. Starr's president and chief stockholder was William F. Buckley of National Review fame. Starr sold Appalachian Broadcasting to the DGH Company/Lamco Communications (former publisher of the GRIT newspaper) in 1977. It was sold again to Bluestone Television in 2004, who then merged with Bonten Media Group for $230 million in 2007.
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