WTVY (TV)
    
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Dothan, Alabama United States |
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| Branding | WTVY News 4 My 4 (DT2) Dothan's CW (DT3) WRGX (DT4) |
| Slogan | Your Hometown News Leader |
| Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 4 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
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Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | February 12, 1955 |
| Sister station(s) | WRGX-LD, WJHG-TV, WECP-LD, WCTV/WSWG |
| Former channel number(s) | 9 (VHF analog, 1955–1960?) 4 (VHF analog, 1960–2009) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (DT2, 2005–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 573 m (1,879 feet) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 4152 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°55′11.7″N 85°44′29.5″W / 30.919917°N 85.741528°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wtvy.com |
WTVY is the CBS-affiliated television station for the Wiregrass Region of Southeastern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. Licensed to Dothan, Alabama, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 (or virtual channel 4.1) from a transmitter in Bethlehem, Florida. Owned by Gray Television, WTVY is sister to low-powered NBC affiliate WRGX-LD. The two outlets share studios on North Foster Street in Downtown Dothan.
WTVY's first broadcast was on February 12, 1955, originally on channel 9, as a CBS affiliate. During the late-1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. In a massive reallocation of signals in Alabama and Georgia mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to minimize signal interference, the station moved to channel 4 around 1960.
At the time of the reallocation, WTVY also moved to new studios with a 1,209 ft (368.5 m) tower in Webb, five miles (8 km) east of Dothan. At the time, the tower was the tallest structure in the state of Alabama. WTVY-FM still utilizes the tower to transmit its signal. In the early-1970s, WTVY became one of the first stations in the country to broadcast 24 hours a day.
In 1978, WTVY moved to its current 2,035 ft (ASL) tower in Bethlehem (28 miles/45 km southwest of Dothan). The tower is the tallest structure in the state of Florida and one of the tallest broadcasting towers in North America. The tower is so tall that on clear nights the strobe warning lights on the tower have been seen as far as 50 miles away in certain locations. The move was made in part to improve its signal in Panama City and along the Florida Gulf Coast, where it had been the default CBS affiliate since 1961.
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