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8 unusual facts about WYTV


Farrell, Pennsylvania

Because of Farrell's location near the Pennsylvania/Ohio border, it is served by WKBN-TV (CBS), WFMJ-TV (NBC), WYTV (ABC), WYFX-LD (Fox) and WBCB (CW), all broadcast from nearby Youngstown, OH.

WFMJ-DT2

With digital subchannels more common by this point, ABC affiliate WYTV launched a second digital subchannel affiliated with MyNetworkTV (under the branding "MY-YTV") that fall.

WYTV

WYTV was not among the ABC affiliates to pre-empt the Veterans Day airing of the film Saving Private Ryan in 2004 out of fears of being fined by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for indecency in the wake of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy, feeling that the film aired unedited on terrestrial television in the past without FCC repercussions.

Licensed to Youngstown, Ohio, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 (or virtual channel 33.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Shady Run Road in the city along East Midlothian Boulevard/OH 170.

WYTV-DT2

The official launch occurred September 5 while soon after on September 18 WB outlet "WBCB" (controlled and operated by NBC affiliate WFMJ-TV) became part of The CW television network.

In Bessemer, Pennsylvania, Comcast replaced Pittsburgh's WPCW with WYTV-DT2 in October despite the former becoming a CW affiliate.

YSU Academic Challenge

Two teams of four students representing different high schools across the WYTV viewing area compete in a game similar to that of the format of College Bowl.

YTV

WYTV, an ABC affiliated television station in Youngstown, Ohio


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Brad Wyman

Wyman also produces a variety of webcasts, under the WyTV banner, on Ustream.tv, including Fleischer's Universe hosted by comedian Charles Fleischer, Those Video Guys on WyTV, Global Soul TV, Down The Rabbit Hole With Duchess Rebecca and Sheen's Korner, hosted by Charlie Sheen.

Pittsburgh Penguins Confidential

A sampling of the stations that aired the show included WPXI in Pittsburgh, WYTV in Youngstown, Ohio, and WTOV in Steubenville, Ohio.


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