City Nacogdoches, Texas | ||
Branding MYTX
East Texas CW 19.2 Channels Digital: KYTX-DT 18.2 (UHF)
Virtual: 19.2 (PSIP) Affiliations The CW (via The CW Plus; 2012-present) Owner Tegna Media
(LSB Broadcasting, Inc.) First air date January 1, 2006; 11 years ago (2006-01-01) | ||
KYTX-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for East Texas that is licensed to Nacogdoches, part of The CW Plus, branded as either MYTX or East Texas CW 19.2, Owned by London Broadcasting Company, it operates as a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate KYTX and through this arrangement, it is also sister to Me-TV affiliate KCEB.
Over the air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 18.2 (or virtual channel 19.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter near Highway 110 in rural east-central Rusk County. It operates out of facilities located near Loop 323 in the southeastern portion of Tyler.
History
This subchannel's history began on January 1, 2006, when KYTX assumed the UPN affiliation for the Tyler-Longview market from KCEB (which KYTX owners, London Broadcasting, purchased in 2009) and low-power outlets KTPN-LP and KLPN-LP (KCEB became a WB affiliate, while KTPN and KLPN reverted to being independent stations); the subchannel was branded as "UPN 18", in reference to its Suddenlink cable channel slot.
Shortly after receiving the affiliation, CBS Corporation and Time Warner announced on January 24, 2006 that The WB and UPN would cease broadcasting and form a new broadcast network called The CW, whose programming would initially feature series from both networks along with some newer first-run series produced for the network. KCEB affiliated with The CW (through The CW Plus, a service that would serve the same capacity as The WB 100+ Station Group, which was affiliated with cable-only "KWTL" until the CW's September 18, 2006 launch, while KLPN and KTPN chose to join competing network MyNetworkTV.
This effectively rendered KYTX-DT2 as an independent station and on September 5, 2006, the subchannel was rebranded as "MYTX: My Texas TV" (not to be confused with MyNetworkTV). The subchannel offered a general entertainment programming schedule featuring sporting events, court and talk shows, sitcoms and drama series, along with simulcasts of KYTX newscasts and the CBS daytime series The Price Is Right and The Young and the Restless. In August 2008, KYTX signed a broadcast agreement with the Southland Conference to broadcast its basketball and football games from the conference's participating universities, the agreement included the carriage of the Stephen F. Austin University's weekly sports magazine program SFA Sports Weekly. In 2008, the subchannel added classic television series from the Retro Television Network, which was subsequently dropped on September 19, 2011 in favor of programming from Me-TV. In May 2012, KYTX swapped affiliations with sister station KCEB, obtaining that station's CW affiliation while KCEB acquired KYTX-DT2's Me-TV affiliation.