WIYE-LD


WIYE-LD, virtual and UHF digital channel 26, is a low-powered, dual CBS/MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States and serving the Mid-Ohio Valley. Owned by Gray Television, it is sister to NBC affiliate WTAP-TV and low-powered Fox affiliate WOVA-LD. The three stations share studios on Market Street in downtown Parkersburg; WIYE-LD's transmitter is located in Independence Township, Ohio. On cable, the station is available on Suddenlink channel 5. There is no separate website for WIYE-LD; instead, it is integrated with that of sister station WTAP-TV.
Although associated with WTAP-TV's news department, there are currently no local newscasts produced exclusively for WIYE-LD and/or any simulcast from the NBC outlet.

History

On April 10, 2012, then-owner Wood Investments LLC announced it was selling WWVX-LP and WVEX-LP to Gray Television for $66,000. Gray changed the callsign of WWVX-LP to WIYE-LP on June 19, 2012, and changed its city of license from Marietta to Parkersburg.
On July 17, 2012, Gray Television signed an affiliation agreement with CBS for WIYE-LP and two other low-powered stations WECP-LD in Panama City, Florida, and WSVF-LD in Harrisonburg, Virginia. As a result, WIYE-LP became the CBS affiliate for the Mid-Ohio Valley on September 3, 2012.
The station, along with WOVA-LD, became the second and third full-time commercial over-the-air network affiliates in the area; WTAP has had the market more or less to itself since it signed on in 1953. Before channel 47 signed on, WOWK-TV in Huntington had served as the default CBS affiliate for the West Virginia side of the market while WBNS-TV in Columbus served the Ohio side and was carried on the Parkersburg DirecTV feed. On October 1, 2012, the station changed its call sign to WIYE-LD.

WIYE-LD2 ([MyNetworkTV] & [MeTV])

WIYE-LD2 is the dual MyNetworkTV/MeTV-affiliated second digital subchannel of WIYE-LD, broadcasting in standard definition on virtual and UHF channel 47.2. It can also be seen on Suddenlink and CAS Cable channel 5.
Syndicated programming on WIYE-LD2 includes The Office, How I Met Your Mother, Two and a Half Men, and The Big Bang Theory among others. Overnight, it airs a live Doppler weather radar feed seen during weather forecasting segments on WTAP's newscasts. It from MeTV.
On April 10, 2006, WTAP launched a third digital subchannel to serve as the area's first locally based UPN affiliate. This could be seen on UHF channel 47.3. To make the service possible, WTAP underwent a technical transformation. It carved out a new digital control rooms from space previously used for storage. The station also installed entirely digital production and master control rooms. After UPN merged with The WB to form The CW in September 2006, WTAP-DT3 transitioned from UPN to Fox's new sister network, MyNetworkTV. On September 3, 2012, the station moved to a new second subchannel of WIYE.

Digital television

Digital channels

The stations' digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
26.11080iCBSMain WIYE-LD programming / CBS
26.2480iMy5MyNetworkTV & MeTV