WKBN-TV

WKBN-TV

Youngstown, Ohio United States
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF), shared with WYTV Virtual: 27
Branding	WKBN 27; WKBN 27 First News
Programming
Affiliations	27.1: CBS 27.2: Fox
Ownership
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.)
Sister stations	WYFX-LD, WYTV
History
First air date	January 11, 1953 (71 years ago) (1953-01-11)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 27 (UHF, 1953–2009) Digital: 41 (UHF, 2004–2018), 36 (UHF, 2018–2019)
Former affiliations	Both secondary: ABC (January−April 1953) DuMont (1953–1956)
Call sign meaning	derived from former sister station WKBN radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	73153
ERP	703 kW
HAAT	437.1 m (1,434 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°3′23.4″N 80°38′43″W / 41.056500°N 80.64528°W / 41.056500; -80.64528
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wkbn.com

WKBN-TV (channel 27) is a television station in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside low-power Fox affiliate WYFX-LD (channel 62); Nexstar also provides certain services to ABC affiliate WYTV (channel 33) through joint sales and shared services agreements (JSA/SSA) with Vaughan Media, LLC. The three stations share studios on Sunset Boulevard in Youngstown's Pleasant Grove neighborhood, where WKBN-TV's transmitter is also located.