Updated 04-May-2020.
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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