WKBN-TV
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Youngstown, Ohio United States |
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| Branding | WKBN 27 (general) WKBN 27 First News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | Investigative. In-Depth. In the Valley. |
| Channels |
Digital: 41 (UHF) Virtual: 27 () |
| Subchannels | 27.1 CBS 27.2 Fox 27.3 Ion Television |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 11, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | derived from former sister station WKBN radio |
| Sister station(s) | WYFX-LD, WYTV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 27 (UHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Both secondary: ABC (1953–1957) DuMont (1953–1956) |
| Transmitter power | 650 kW |
| Height | 440 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 73153 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°3′24″N 80°38′44″W / 41.05667°N 80.64556°W |
| Website | wkbn.com |
WKBN-TV, UHF digital channel 41 (virtual channel 27), is a television station licensed to Youngstown, Ohio, United States. An affiliate of the CBS Television Network, WKBN-TV is owned by Nexstar Media Group, which operates it as part of a duopoly with low-powered Fox affiliate WYFX-LD (channel 19). WKBN-TV also operates Youngstown's ABC affiliate, Vaughan Media-owned WYTV (channel 33) through shared services and joint sales agreements. The studios and offices for all three stations, and transmitter facilities for WKBN-TV and WYFX, are co-located in the Pleasant Grove neighborhood of Youngstown.
The station went on-the-air January 11, 1953 as the first UHF station in Ohio and the sixth in the nation, beating WFMJ-TV to the air by 56 days. It was owned by the Williamson family along with WKBN radio (AM 570 and FM 98.9, now WMXY). The radio station was a CBS Radio affiliate, and out of loyalty, the television station has been a primary CBS affiliate from the beginning. It also had secondary affiliations with ABC and DuMont. Shortly afterward, WKST-TV in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania (now WYTV) signed-on and took the ABC affiliation. With DuMont off-the-air three years later, WKBN was solely affiliated with CBS by the end of 1956.
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