WCYB-TV

WCYB-TV
Bristol, Virginia–; Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, Tennessee; United States;
City	Bristol, Virginia
Channels	Digital: 35 (UHF); Virtual: 5;
Branding	WCYB-TV 5 (general); News 5 (newscasts); Tri-Cities CW HD (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: NBC; 5.2: The CW; 5.3: Comet
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group; (Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WEMT
History
First air date	August 13, 1956
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; 5 (VHF, 1956–2009); Digital:; 28 (UHF, 1996–2009); 5 (VHF, 2009–2022)
Former affiliations	Both secondary:; ABC (1956–1969); The WB (1996–2006)
Call sign meaning	City of Bristol
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	2455
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	755 m (2,477 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	36°26′58.2″N 82°6′28.7″W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	wcyb.com

WCYB-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Bristol, Virginia, United States, serving the Tri-Cities area as an affiliate of NBC and The CW. It is one of two commercial television stations in the market that are licensed in Virginia (alongside religious station WLFG, channel 68, in Grundy). WCYB-TV is owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which also provides certain services to Greeneville, Tennessee–licensed Fox affiliate WEMT (channel 39) under a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Cunningham Broadcasting. However, Sinclair effectively owns WEMT as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. Both stations share studios on Lee Street on the Virginia side of Bristol (straddling the Virginia–Tennessee line), while WCYB-TV's transmitter is located at Rye Patch Knob on Holston Mountain in the Cherokee National Forest.

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