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WKYT company history timeline

1957

WKYT signed on September 30, 1957, as WKXP-TV, owned by Community Broadcast Partners, a local group headed by Frederic Gregg, Charles Wright and Harry Feingold.

1967

Kentucky Central Insurance Company bought the station in 1967, returning the station to local ownership.

1990

At this stage, WKYT was branded 'KYT' instead of WKYT. When Louisville's WHAS-TV switched to ABC in September 1990, WKYT officially became the longest-tenured CBS affiliate in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

1993

In 1993, after a protracted fraud investigation forced Kentucky Central into bankruptcy, WKYT and WYMT were acquired by Gray Television.

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1957
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