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Updated 04-May-2020.

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Where do I watch MeTV in Utica?: Find out how to watch MeTV in Utica on affiliate WKTV

What Utica needs to know about local CBS Affiliation: Steve McMurray, vice president and general manager, discusses what viewers can expect when the change happens.

WKTV Nabs First CBS Affiliation in Utica, N.Y. in 5 Decades: Heartland Media station also carries NBC, CW, ME-TV

Steve McMurray Named GM of WKTV in Utica: Steve McMurray has been promoted to general manager at WKTV, the NBC affiliate in Utica, N.Y. The sale of WKTV to former Gray Television executive Bob Prather was completed yesterday. “We were convinced from our first meetings regarding the acquisition of WKTV that Steve was the right person to be General Manager,” Prather, the president and CEO of Heartland Media, …

My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: the station is licensed to Utica, New York, United States and serving Central Upstate New York’s Mohawk Valley . it was the 93rd television station in the united states to sign-on . the station was a major beneficiary of a quirk in the Federal Communications Commission’s plan for allocating stations . it lost duMont in 1956 following the network’s closure, and lost CBS soon afterward . the in the early days of broadcast television, there were twelve VHF channels available and 69 UHF channels . there were limitations as to how closely the stations could be spaced . after the FCC’s sixth report and order ended “1/2” would be able to receive a third VHF channel . other areas would be designated as “UHF islands” because they were too close to larger cities for VHF service . in 1951, a young local radio announcer named Dick Clark joined the staff at WKTV . he quickly gathered a loyal following . to avoid confusion, the younger Clark became known on-air as “Dick in 1952, Clark departed WKTV for WFIL AM-FM-TV in Philadelphia . in 1958, Kallet sold the stations to a group led by Paul Harron and Gordon Gray . soon afterward, the Harron/Gray group, Mid-New York Broadcasting, sold WKAL in 1961, but retained WKTV . the company also operated a chain of cable systems in the northeastern united states a few years later Harron acquired a cable system in nearby Canajoharie, new york . the cable system extended well within a 20-mile contour of WKTV’s Middleville transmitter site . in 2004, Boston Ventures acquired the Smith Broadcasting stations, and formed Smith Media, LLC . the station signed-off its analog signal on February 18, 2009, and began broadcasting exclusively in digital . on March 16, 2012, WUTQ-FM (100.7 FM) began simulcasting the newscasts . the station broke when owner Ken Roser sold the stations to Good Guys Broadcasting Corporation . Time Warner Cable replaced Nexstar Broadcasting Group, owner of WBRE, opposes use of stations as replacement programming . time Warner Cable franchise for affected regions requested to be revoked . on October 1, 2013, Smith Media reached a deal the subchannel can also be seen on Spectrum channel 5 . in January 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would merge and form The CW Television Network . “WBU” was chosen to become the CW affiliate for Utica . “mynetworkTV” associated itself with UPN affiliates not chosen by The CW . a second digital subchannel was launched to simul the new affiliation marks the first time CBS has had an affiliate in Utica since the mid-1950s . within a month, WKTV-DT2 replaced WTVH on Time Warner Cable channel 5 . Direc on July 1, 2016, WKTV-DT2 was re-launched in the rest of the Utica DMA . the station replaced WTVH in Herkimer County and WBNG in Otsego County in may 2016, the station upgraded its over-the-air digital signal into 720p high definition . syndicated programming on WKTV includes Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Dr. Phil and Judge Judy Known as NewsChannel 2 on Fox, the show aired every night for a half-hour . the broadcast generally originated live from WKTV’s studios . there were technical problems beaming the show the newscast moved to WKTV-DT3, where it continues to air to this day . the station is the third station in the Utica area to switch to true high definition . plans for exclusive newscasts for the sub on January 25, 2016, the station added a 7:00 a.m. newscast . both newscasts air every weekday for a half-hour . they are virtually identical to WKTV’s regular newscast