WEMT
Encyclopedia
WEMT is the Fox
-affiliated television station
for the Tri-Cities
area of Northeastern Tennessee
and Southwestern Virginia
licensed to Greeneville, Tennessee
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 38 (PSIP virtual channel
39) from a transmitter at Rye Patch Knob on Holston Mountain
. The transmitter was previously located at Camp Creek Bald on Viking Mountain on the Tennessee/North Carolina
border outside Greeneville. WEMT can be seen in Marion, Virginia
on repeater W43BO channel 43 from a transmitter north of town on Walker Mountain.
Owned by Esteem Broadcasting, the station is operated by the Bonten Media Group
through a local marketing agreement
(LMA) with NBC
affiliate WCYB-TV
, whose transmitter is co-located with WEMT. The two share studios on Lee Street in Bristol, Virginia
along the Tennessee
and Virginia
state line. The station can also be seen on Comcast
channel 9 and Charter
channel 10. There is a high definition signal offered on Comcast digital channel 434 and Charter digital channel 710. Syndicated
programming on this station includes: How I Met Your Mother
, Family Guy
, Don't Forget the Lyrics!
, and Judge Joe Brown.
as WETO-TV owned by East Tennessee's Own, Inc. It was the first Independent in the area and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter on Viking Mountain's Camp Creek Bald on the Tennessee and North Carolina
state line. Prior to WETO's sign-on, the channel allocation was occupied by a translator for ABC
affiliate WKPT-TV
. It had a general entertainment format consisting of cartoons, sitcoms, old movies, and religious programming.
In 1987, WETO was sold to the TVX Broadcast Group
and on May 3 of that year became an affiliate of Fox. The station was again sold in May 1988 to MT Communications a company named for and headed by Michael Thompson. On November 29, 1989, its call sign changed to WEMT which was originally used by ABC affiliate WVII-TV
in Bangor, Maine
. MT Communications also purchased WCAY-TV (renamed WXMT now WUXP-TV
) in Nashville
and WMKW-TV (renamed WLMT
) in Memphis
at the same time. All three MT stations were Fox affiliates but the network had a group deal with TVX stipulating any under-performing stations the company sold could lose the network affiliation. While WXMT and WLMT lost the Fox affiliation to competing stations in the respective markets
, the lack of competing Independent stations in the Tri-Cities area resulted in WEMT retaining its affiliation.
In 1992, Mass Media Communications acquired WEMT and WLMT which turned around and sold the two to Max Media
Properties, LLC in 1996. WEMT was acquired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group
in 2000 which partially reunited the station with WXMT that was sold separately in the early-1990s and by then was managed by Sinclair's WZTV
. WEMT's digital signal on UHF channel 38 began operations in 2001. On February 8, 2006, Sinclair sold the station to Aurora Broadcasting, Inc. In mid-December 2006 as a result of Bluestone Television's acquisition by the Bonten Media Group, Esteem Broadcasting acquired Aurora's stock in this station which counting as a sale. Esteem would then pay $
1.4 million in outstanding debt. WEMT then moved from its longtime studios on Hanover Road in Johnson City
to WCYB's facilities in Bristol, Virginia
.
On January 13, 2009, it was announced WEMT would be dropped from DirecTV
effective January 15 over a retransmission consent
dispute. That same day, an agreement was made public and the station continued to be provided on the system. After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion on June 12, 2009, the station remained on its current pre-transition channel number. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers display its virtual channel
as 39. On December 15, 2009, WEMT obtained an Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) construction permit
to move its transmitter from Camp Creek Bald to Holston High Point in order to be co-located WCYB's tower, which was completed in late November 2011. According to the construction permit, Greeneville continues to be the station's city of license
and secondary cities are Bristol (both TN and VA), Kingsport
, and Johnson City.
, WEMT is available on HCI Cable in Newport
and Zito Media in Sneedville
, which are part of the Knoxville
DMA
. The Fox affiliate for that DMA, WTNZ
, is not available on both systems.
In Kentucky
, WEMT is available on Evarts TV in Evarts
and Zito Media in Cawood
, which are also part of the Knoxville, TN DMA. WTNZ is not available in Cawood as well. WEMT is also available on Hazard TV Cable in Hazard
, which is part of the Lexington
DMA. The Fox affiliate for that DMA, WDKY
, is not available.
In North Carolina
, WEMT is available on Country Cablevision in Burnsville
, which is part of the Greenville, SC
DMA.
On September 12, 2005, WCYB began producing the area's first and only prime time newscast on WEMT from a secondary set at the shared studios. Known as Fox Tri-Cities 10 O'Clock News, it was originally seen every night for thirty minutes. This was expanded to an hour-long format on September 11, 2006. In October 2008, WEMT's newscast dropped WCYB's on-air look. Instead of using all blue graphics, this station now uses blue and red colors. The station also renamed the weather forecast segment and modified many other elements of the broadcast to distinguish itself from WCYB.
At some point in time, Paul Johnson (who was formerly Sports Director
and weeknight sports anchor for both stations) began appearing only on WEMT as a weeknight news and sports anchor. His weeknight news co-anchor Rebecca Pepin is not seen on WCYB either. On June 17, 2010, that station became the area's first to air local newscasts in high definition and the WEMT shows were included in the upgrade.
Reporters
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
-affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
for the Tri-Cities
Tri-Cities, Tennessee
In Tennessee and Virginia the name "Tri-Cities" refers to the region comprising the cities of Kingsport, Johnson City and Bristol and the surrounding smaller towns and communities in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia...
area of Northeastern Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
and Southwestern Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
licensed to Greeneville, Tennessee
Greeneville, Tennessee
Greeneville is a town in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 15,198 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greene County. The town was named in honor of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene. It is the only town with this spelling in the United States, although there...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 38 (PSIP virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
39) from a transmitter at Rye Patch Knob on Holston Mountain
Holston Mountain
Holston Mountain is a mountain ridge in Upper East Tennessee and southwest Virginia, in the United States. It is in the Blue Ridge Mountains part of the Appalachian Mountains...
. The transmitter was previously located at Camp Creek Bald on Viking Mountain on the Tennessee/North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
border outside Greeneville. WEMT can be seen in Marion, Virginia
Marion, Virginia
Marion is a town in Smyth County, Virginia, United States. The population was 5,968 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Smyth County. The town is named for American Revolutionary War officer Francis Marion.-Tourism:...
on repeater W43BO channel 43 from a transmitter north of town on Walker Mountain.
Owned by Esteem Broadcasting, the station is operated by the Bonten Media Group
Bluestone Television
Bonten Media Group, LLC is a New York City-based owner of television broadcast stations in the United States. It was formed by Randall D. Bongarten and Diamond Castle Holdings in November 2006. Its first acquisition was group of 14 stations from Bluestone Television on May 31, 2007. Bluestone had...
through a local marketing agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
(LMA) with NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate WCYB-TV
WCYB-TV
WCYB-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station serving the Tri-Cities area of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 5 from a transmitter on Rye Patch Knob of Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest...
, whose transmitter is co-located with WEMT. The two share studios on Lee Street in Bristol, Virginia
Bristol, Virginia
Bristol is an independent city in Virginia, United States, bounded by Washington County, Virginia, Bristol, Tennessee, and Sullivan County, Tennessee....
along the Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
and Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
state line. The station can also be seen on Comcast
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband Internet, and telephone service to both residential and commercial customers in 39 states and the...
channel 9 and Charter
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
channel 10. There is a high definition signal offered on Comcast digital channel 434 and Charter digital channel 710. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on this station includes: How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
, Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Don't Forget the Lyrics!
Don't Forget the Lyrics! is a game show that originally aired on Fox from July 11, 2007 to June 19, 2009, hosted by Wayne Brady and produced by RDF USA, part of RDF Media. The launch of this show prompted NBC to move up the launch of their similar game show The Singing Bee...
, and Judge Joe Brown.
Digital programming
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Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
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16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ... |
main WEMT programming/Fox (HD) |
| 39.2 | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
4:3 | This TV This TV This TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies.... |
History
This station has the historic distinction of having more owners (at eight) since it signed on-the-air than any other commercial television station in Tennessee. It began operations on November 8, 19851985 in television
The year 1985 involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1985.For the American TV schedule, see: 1985-86 United States network television schedule.-Events:*January 1 – VH1 launches in the United States....
as WETO-TV owned by East Tennessee's Own, Inc. It was the first Independent in the area and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 39 from a transmitter on Viking Mountain's Camp Creek Bald on the Tennessee and North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
state line. Prior to WETO's sign-on, the channel allocation was occupied by a translator for ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate WKPT-TV
WKPT-TV
WKPT-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Tri-Cities area of Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia that is licensed to Kingsport, Tennessee. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a transmitter at Holston High Point on Holston Mountain in...
. It had a general entertainment format consisting of cartoons, sitcoms, old movies, and religious programming.
In 1987, WETO was sold to the TVX Broadcast Group
TVX Broadcast Group
The TVX Broadcast Group was an American media company that owned a group of UHF television stations during the 1980s. Originally known as the Television Corporation, the company was headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, and was founded by a group of Norfolk-area businessmen led by Timothy McDonald...
and on May 3 of that year became an affiliate of Fox. The station was again sold in May 1988 to MT Communications a company named for and headed by Michael Thompson. On November 29, 1989, its call sign changed to WEMT which was originally used by ABC affiliate WVII-TV
WVII-TV
WVII-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for Central and Eastern Maine licensed to Bangor. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7 from a transmitter on Black Cap Mountain along the Penobscot and Hancock County line. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable...
in Bangor, Maine
Bangor, Maine
Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...
. MT Communications also purchased WCAY-TV (renamed WXMT now WUXP-TV
WUXP-TV
WUXP, channel 30 is the MyNetworkTV affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and is a sister station to Fox affiliate WZTV channel 17 and the CW affiliate WNAB channel 58. It is currently branded as My 30. Its transmitter is located in Whites Creek, Tennessee...
) in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
and WMKW-TV (renamed WLMT
WLMT
WLMT is the CW-affiliated television station for Western Tennessee licensed to Memphis. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 31 from a transmitter in Arlington's Brunswick section. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 9 and in high definition on digital channel...
) in Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
at the same time. All three MT stations were Fox affiliates but the network had a group deal with TVX stipulating any under-performing stations the company sold could lose the network affiliation. While WXMT and WLMT lost the Fox affiliation to competing stations in the respective markets
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
, the lack of competing Independent stations in the Tri-Cities area resulted in WEMT retaining its affiliation.
In 1992, Mass Media Communications acquired WEMT and WLMT which turned around and sold the two to Max Media
Max Media
Max Media is a company that owns radio and television stations throughout the United States. It is based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia.-History:Max Media was founded in 2001...
Properties, LLC in 1996. WEMT was acquired by the Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
in 2000 which partially reunited the station with WXMT that was sold separately in the early-1990s and by then was managed by Sinclair's WZTV
WZTV
WZTV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Nashville, Tennessee. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 15 from a transmitter on Knob Road north of downtown along I-24...
. WEMT's digital signal on UHF channel 38 began operations in 2001. On February 8, 2006, Sinclair sold the station to Aurora Broadcasting, Inc. In mid-December 2006 as a result of Bluestone Television's acquisition by the Bonten Media Group, Esteem Broadcasting acquired Aurora's stock in this station which counting as a sale. Esteem would then pay $
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
1.4 million in outstanding debt. WEMT then moved from its longtime studios on Hanover Road in Johnson City
Johnson City, Tennessee
Johnson City is a city in Carter, Sullivan, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Tennessee, with most of the city being in Washington County...
to WCYB's facilities in Bristol, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
.
On January 13, 2009, it was announced WEMT would be dropped from DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
effective January 15 over a retransmission consent
Retransmission consent
Retransmission consent is an option granted to US television stations as part of the law that granted such stations the option to elect must-carry rights. Under retransmission consent, a full-power US television station may elect to negotiate with a cable system operator for carriage of its...
dispute. That same day, an agreement was made public and the station continued to be provided on the system. After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion on June 12, 2009, the station remained on its current pre-transition channel number. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers display its virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as 39. On December 15, 2009, WEMT obtained an Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
(FCC) construction permit
Construction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
to move its transmitter from Camp Creek Bald to Holston High Point in order to be co-located WCYB's tower, which was completed in late November 2011. According to the construction permit, Greeneville continues to be the station's city of license
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
and secondary cities are Bristol (both TN and VA), Kingsport
Kingsport, Tennessee
Kingsport is a city located mainly in Sullivan County with some western portions in Hawkins County in the US state of Tennessee. The majority of the city lies in Sullivan County...
, and Johnson City.
Out-of-market cable coverage
In TennesseeTennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, WEMT is available on HCI Cable in Newport
Newport, Tennessee
Newport is a city in Cocke County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 7,242 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cocke County.-Geography:...
and Zito Media in Sneedville
Sneedville, Tennessee
Sneedville is a town in Hancock County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,387 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Hancock County.- History :...
, which are part of the Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
DMA
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
. The Fox affiliate for that DMA, WTNZ
WTNZ
WTNZ is the Fox-affiliated television station for Eastern Tennessee licensed to Knoxville. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter on Sharp's Ridge in the city's Arlington section. The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 11 and in high definition...
, is not available on both systems.
In Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, WEMT is available on Evarts TV in Evarts
Evarts, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,101 people, 428 households, and 299 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,828.0 people per square mile . There were 490 housing units at an average density of 813.6 per square mile...
and Zito Media in Cawood
Harlan County, Kentucky
Harlan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1819. As of 2000, the population was 33,200. Its county seat is Harlan...
, which are also part of the Knoxville, TN DMA. WTNZ is not available in Cawood as well. WEMT is also available on Hazard TV Cable in Hazard
Hazard, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,806 people, 1,946 households, and 1,266 families residing in the city. The population density was 684.6 people per square mile . There were 2,291 housing units at an average density of 326.4 per square mile...
, which is part of the Lexington
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 63rd largest in the US. Known as the "Thoroughbred City" and the "Horse Capital of the World", it is located in the heart of Kentucky's Bluegrass region...
DMA. The Fox affiliate for that DMA, WDKY
WDKY-TV
WDKY-TV, channel 56, is the Fox-affiliated television station for Lexington, Kentucky that is licensed to nearby Danville. Its transmitter is located southeast of the city. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station has studios on Euclid Avenue in downtown Lexington.-History:WDKY began...
, is not available.
In North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
, WEMT is available on Country Cablevision in Burnsville
Burnsville, North Carolina
Burnsville is a town in Yancey County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,623 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Yancey County.-Geography:Burnsville is located at ....
, which is part of the Greenville, SC
Greenville, South Carolina
-Law and government:The city of Greenville adopted the Council-Manager form of municipal government in 1976.-History:The area was part of the Cherokee Nation's protected grounds after the Treaty of 1763, which ended the French and Indian War. No White man was allowed to enter, though some families...
DMA.
Newscasts
At some point in time, Paul Johnson (who was formerly Sports Director
Sports Director
A sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
and weeknight sports anchor for both stations) began appearing only on WEMT as a weeknight news and sports anchor. His weeknight news co-anchor Rebecca Pepin is not seen on WCYB either. On June 17, 2010, that station became the area's first to air local newscasts in high definition and the WEMT shows were included in the upgrade.
News team
Anchors- Rebecca Pepin - weeknight news
- Paul Johnson - weeknight news and weeknight sports
- Sherrie Evans - weekend news and reporter
- Preston Ayres - weekend news and reporter
- Dave Dierks - Chief Meteorologist seen weeknights
- Donnie Cox (AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
Seal of Approval) - weekend meteorologist - David Boyd - fill-in meteorologist
- Casey Goetz - weekend sports and sports reporter (also "Player of the Week" segment producer)
Reporters
- Leslie Almaroad - Kingsport/Sullivan County, Tennessee
- Jim Conrad - "Region Focus" segment producer
- Melissa Gaona - multimedia journalist
- Katie Graham - multimedia journalist
- Angela Yingling