WEMT
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Greeneville-Kingsport-Johnson City-Bristol, Tennessee-Bristol, Virginia United States |
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| City | Greeneville, Tennessee |
| Branding | Fox Tri-Cities (general) News 5 (during WCYB-TV-produced newscasts) |
| Slogan | Accurate. Reliable. Getting the Facts Right. |
| Channels |
Digital: 38 (UHF) Virtual: 39 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 39.1 Fox 39.2 Movies! |
| Translators | 43 W43BO Marion, VA |
| Owner | Esteem Broadcasting, LLC (sale to Cunningham Broadcasting pending) (Esteem License Holdings, Inc.) |
| Operator |
Bonten Media Group (to be operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group thereafter) |
| First air date | November 8, 1985 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Eastern and Mid-Tennessee or Former owner MT Communications, founded by Michael Thompson |
| Sister station(s) | WCYB-TV |
| Former callsigns | WETO (1985–1989) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 39 (UHF, 1985–2009) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1985–1987) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 721 m |
| Facility ID | 40761 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°26′58.2″N 82°6′28.7″W / 36.449500°N 82.107972°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | WEMT Online |
WEMT is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Tri-Cities area of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia licensed to Greeneville, Tennessee, United States. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 38 (PSIP virtual channel 39) from a transmitter at Rye Patch Knob on Holston Mountain. The transmitter was previously located at Camp Creek Bald on Viking Mountain on the Tennessee/North Carolina border outside Greeneville. WEMT can be seen in Marion, Virginia on repeater W43BO channel 43 from a transmitter north of town on Walker Mountain.
Owned by Esteem Broadcasting, the station is operated by the Bonten Media Group through a local marketing agreement (LMA) with NBC affiliate WCYB-TV, whose transmitter is co-located with WEMT. The two share studios on Lee Street in Bristol, Virginia along the Tennessee and Virginia state line. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 9 and Charter channel 10. There is a high definition signal offered on Comcast digital channel 434 and Charter digital channel 710.
This station has the historic distinction of having more owners (at eight) since it signed on-the-air than any other commercial television station in Tennessee. It began operations on November 8, 1985 as WETO, under the ownership of East Tennessee's Own, Inc. It was the first Independent in the area and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter on Viking Mountain's Camp Creek Bald on the Tennessee and North Carolina state line. The station first operated from studios located on Industrial Road in Greenville. Prior to WETO's sign-on, the channel allocation was occupied by a translator for ABC affiliate WKPT-TV. It had a general entertainment format consisting of cartoons, sitcoms, old movies, and religious programming.
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