WKTV
   
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Utica/Rome, New York United States |
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| Branding | NewsChannel 2 CBS Utica (on DT2) Central New York's CW 11 (on DT3) MeTV Utica (on DT4) |
| Slogan |
Where the News Comes First TV Now (on DT3) |
| Channels |
Digital: 29 (UHF) Virtual: 2 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner |
Heartland Media (WKTV Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | December 1, 1949 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Kallet Television (original owner) |
| Former channel number(s) | 13 (VHF analog, 1949–1958) 2 (VHF analog, 1959–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DuMont (1949–1956) CBS (1949–1956) ABC (1949–1970) all secondary |
| Transmitter power | 708 kW |
| Height | 402 m |
| Facility ID | 60654 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°6′8.4″N 74°56′19″W / 43.102333°N 74.93861°W |
| Website | wktv.com |
WKTV is the NBC affiliate for the Mohawk Valley of Central New York, licensed to Utica. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 29.5 (or virtual channel 2.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in the Eatonville section of Fairfield and Herkimer. The station can also be seen on Charter Spectrum channel 4 and in high definition on digital channel 1203. Owned by Heartland Media, it has studios on Smith Hill Road in Deerfield (with a Utica postal address).
The station launched on December 1, 1949 as Utica's first television station, operating on VHF channel 13. It was the 93rd television station in the United States to sign-on. This made Utica one of the smallest cities in the nation with a television station. It was owned by Copper City Broadcasting Corporation, controlled by Myron Kallet, along with WKAL (1450 AM). As the only station in its area, it was affiliated with all four major networks at the time: NBC,DuMont,ABC, and CBS, with NBC being its primary affiliation. It lost DuMont in 1956 following the network's closure, and lost CBS soon afterward following a dispute with the network; after that, WHEN-TV/WTVH in Syracuse served as the default CBS affiliate for the Utica area until 2015.
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