The NBC affiliate is bringing CBS to the Utica market
http://www.wktv.com/news/business/WKTV_bringing_CBS_affiliation_to_Utica.html
Utica, NY viewers are about to have their own CBS affiliate for the first time in more than 50 years. Heartland Media, owners of WKTV, CW11, and MeTV-Utica, will launch the local, Utica-based CBS Utica 2 from its Deerfield studios next month.
Now, the Utica market, which includes residents in Herkimer, Oneida, and Otsego counties, will be able to receive the latest news, weather, traffic, and school closing bulletins while they are watching the CBS network. They’ll also have direct access to news broadcasts from the Utica market’s #1 news operation, WKTV.
Adding a powerhouse network like CBS to our already market-leading lineup of networks is a huge win for our station, but more importantly our viewers and advertisers,” said Heartland Media CEO Bob Prather. “We’re providing CBS programming for the first time in more than 5 decades to nearly 10,000 viewers in the Utica area who weren’t cable or satellite subscribers. It’s just another example of our commitment to the area.”
The last time that CBS had a Utica market presence was also on WKTV. WKTV carried programming from four networks when it signed on in 1949, but since the mid-1950’s, CBS wasn’t broadcast from Utica and was only available from stations outside the market.
http://www.wktv.com/news/business/WKTV_bringing_CBS_affiliation_to_Utica.html
Utica, NY viewers are about to have their own CBS affiliate for the first time in more than 50 years. Heartland Media, owners of WKTV, CW11, and MeTV-Utica, will launch the local, Utica-based CBS Utica 2 from its Deerfield studios next month.
Now, the Utica market, which includes residents in Herkimer, Oneida, and Otsego counties, will be able to receive the latest news, weather, traffic, and school closing bulletins while they are watching the CBS network. They’ll also have direct access to news broadcasts from the Utica market’s #1 news operation, WKTV.
Adding a powerhouse network like CBS to our already market-leading lineup of networks is a huge win for our station, but more importantly our viewers and advertisers,” said Heartland Media CEO Bob Prather. “We’re providing CBS programming for the first time in more than 5 decades to nearly 10,000 viewers in the Utica area who weren’t cable or satellite subscribers. It’s just another example of our commitment to the area.”
The last time that CBS had a Utica market presence was also on WKTV. WKTV carried programming from four networks when it signed on in 1949, but since the mid-1950’s, CBS wasn’t broadcast from Utica and was only available from stations outside the market.
