WMYT-TV

{{Short description|Television station in Rock Hill, South Carolina}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox television station

| callsign = WMYT-TV

| city = Rock Hill, South Carolina

| logo = WMYT 2010.png

| logo_upright = 0.9

| logo_alt = A rounded rectangle divided into blue and gray parts with the word "my" in white and a black "12" in the lower right

| branding = My 12

| digital = 25 (UHF), shared with WJZY

| virtual = 55

| affiliations = MyNetworkTV

| owner = Nexstar Media Group

| licensee = Tribune Media Company

| location = {{ubl|Rock Hill, South Carolina|Charlotte, North Carolina}}

| country = United States

| founded = December 3, 1992

| airdate = {{start date and age|1994|10|21|p=y}}

| last_airdate =

| callsign_meaning = MyNetworkTV

| sister_stations = WJZY

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WFVT (1994–2001)|WWWB (2001–2006)}}

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 55 (UHF, 1994–2009)|Digital: 39 (UHF, 1999–2018), 47 (UHF, 2018–2019)}}

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|Independent (1994–1995)|The WB (1995–2006)}}

| erp = 1,000 kW

| haat = {{convert|589|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| facility_id = 20624

| coordinates = {{coord|35|21|44.5|N|81|9|18.3|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}

| licensing_authority = FCC

| website = {{URL|https://www.qcnews.com/my12/|qcnews.com/my12/}}

}}

WMYT-TV (channel 55) is a television station licensed to Rock Hill, South Carolina, United States, serving the Charlotte, North Carolina, area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside Fox affiliate WJZY (channel 46), licensed to Belmont, North Carolina. The stations broadcast from studios on Performance Road in Charlotte and from the same transmitter at Dallas, North Carolina. WMYT-TV is branded as My 12, in reference to its channel location on most Charlotte-area cable providers.

Channel 55 spent nearly a decade in applications and hearings. Twelve applicants competed for the channel, and different levels of FCC review awarded the construction permit to three different applicants in three consecutive years. After the last winning applicant was unable to build the station, it sold the permit to Family Fifty Five Inc., which put WFVT on the air on October 21, 1994. WJZY, then owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, supplied WFVT's programming under a local marketing agreement before Capitol acquired it outright in 1999. The station affiliated with The WB upon its launch in January 1995, changing its call sign to WWWB in 2001 to promote its affiliation, and aired a local 10 p.m. newscast between 2000 and 2002.

When The WB and UPN merged to form The CW in 2006, the network affiliated with WJZY, leaving WWWB to affiliate with MyNetworkTV under new WMYT-TV call letters. Fox acquired WJZY and WMYT in 2013 and sold them in 2019 to Nexstar.

History

=Application process and construction=

Channel 55 at Rock Hill, South Carolina, had been used since January 1969 by a translator for the South Carolina Educational Television network.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-etv-is-coming-to-rock-hill-st/173862485/|date=January 4, 1969|page=1|title=ETV is coming to Rock Hill starting Monday|first=Nancy|last=Wilstack|newspaper=Evening Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} This facility was superseded in 1978 by the launch of WNSC-TV (channel 30).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-rock-hill-etv-to-debut-tuesda/173862548/|date=January 2, 1978|page=10|first=Andy|last=Sidden|title=Rock Hill ETV to debut Tuesday|newspaper=Evening Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

In 1981, the York County Television Corporation, a subsidiary of the Hi-Ho Television Group, applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to build a new commercial TV station on channel 55, which remained assigned to Rock Hill.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-group-asks-for-tv-channel-55/173753743/|date=June 20, 1981|page=1|first=Beth|last=Rudowske|title=Group asks for TV channel 55|newspaper=Evening Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} However, the group had to change its application to channel 30—challenging the renewal of WNSC-TV—because of an unusual quirk. Channel 55 was a reserved non-commercial allocation, but the non-commercial WNSC-TV had instead built on the non-reserved channel 30, which had a lower frequency and better signal reach.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-commercial-tv-firm-applies-fo/173753406/|date=December 11, 1981|page=10|first=Beth|last=Rudowske|title=Commercial TV firm applies for channel 30|newspaper=Evening Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} Two other companies had also expressed interest in building a new commercial station in Rock Hill, and in December 1983, the FCC un-reserved channel 55, opening it to use by a commercial TV station.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-commercial-tv-channel-availabl/173753781/|date=December 23, 1983|page=6-C|agency=UPI|title=Commercial TV Channel Available|newspaper=The State|location=Columbia, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

By 1985, twelve applicants had filed seeking channel 55, with the FCC placing their proposals into comparative hearing. While each proposed some amount of programming aimed at York County, South Carolina, which contains Rock Hill, observers expected the process to produce an independent station competing for the Charlotte TV market.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-12-corporations-s/173753946/|date=April 10, 1985|pages=York 1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-local-tv-station/173753912/ 12]|first=Retha|last=Hill|title=12 Corporations Seek License For TV Station: But Most Programming Likely To Be Aimed At Charlotte|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} In alphabetical order by company name, the applicants were:{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-fcc-postpones-decision-on-cha/173753427/|date=November 14, 1985|page=5|first=Darrell|last=Johnson|title=FCC postpones decision on Channel 55|newspaper=Evening Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

In May 1987, FCC administrative law judge John Frysiak awarded the permit to Neisler Limited Partnership because Janice Neisler had the most control of any applicant. By this time, the field had narrowed from twelve applicants to seven; three others were either dismissed on technical or financial grounds, while Catawba lost because its general manager did not plan to move to Rock Hill; Wells had too litle control of Family 55 TV and Byrd too much; and Koontz Communications had flaws in its limited partnership structure. However, several of the losing applicants disputed Frysiak accepting the claim that Scott Neisler, Janice's husband and 49% owner of their limited partnership, would not be involved. An attorney for Family 55 TV called the idea that a husband-and-wife limited partnership could be run that way "a fantasy".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-channel-challenge/173754181/|date=July 19, 1987|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-rock-hill-tv-batt/173754228/ 23A]|title=Channel Challenges: Woman's Permit To Build Rock Hill TV Station Still In The Air|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-woman-to-continue-quest-for-t/173754295/|date=July 20, 1987|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-appeal/173754317/ 10A]|first=Chris|last=Handal|title=Woman to continue quest for TV station|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} With almost all losing applicants appealing, the case went to the FCC review board, which in February 1988 rendered its decision. It selected Koontz Communications as the best of a bad crop of proposals, noting that it avoided the "questions as to bona fides ... that are unavoidably raised by the machinations of the other applicants".{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-fcc-gives-permit-to-charlotte/173754372/|date=February 18, 1988|page=3A|first=Chris|last=Handal|title=FCC gives permit to Charlotte man|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-rock-hill-tv-stat/173754432/|date=February 18, 1988|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-tv-station-permit/173754404/ 4B]|title=Rock Hill TV Station Permit Overturned|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

The matter came before the full commission in 1989, and the commission rendered a third ruling in three years, overturning the 1988 review board decision in favor of Koontz and awarding the permit to Family 55 TV. The ruling was foreseen as having favored Wells for her minority and female status and as a Rock Hill resident.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-wells-wins-rock-h/173754491/|date=July 21, 1989|pages=1B, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-fcc-reverses-ruli/173754518/ 2B]|first=Clifford|last=Glickman|first2=David|last2=Perlmutt|title=Wells Wins Rock Hill TV Permit|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} However, the commission's action did not clear the field. Wells was one of six parties with pending applications in January 1990, when George Shinn, owner of the Charlotte Hornets basketball team, announced he had bought out the interests of all six to obtain the channel 55 permit. The Hornets broadcast their games on WCCB-TV (channel 18), but Shinn and WCCB-TV owner Cy Bahakel were in litigation over the latter's stake in the team.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-shinn-tv-sports-mogul-buys-o/173754610/|date=January 23, 1990|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-tv/173754626/ 7A]|title=Shinn TV? Sports mogul buys out 5 others seeking to start UHF station here|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} The Shinn proposal met with opposition from Bahakel and the United Church of Christ, which sent separate petitions to deny the transfers in May 1990. The Bahakel petition to deny questioned the qualifications of Shinn in his prior business dealings with the Rutledge College group of business schools and with regard to one of his associates, Spencer Stolpen, who was disbarred and had previously given false testimony. The United Church of Christ expressed disfavor with Shinn being allowed to act as a "third-party white knight". The FCC's Mass Media Bureau concurred with Bahakel and the United Church of Christ, recommending the commission deny the application.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-battle-lines-drawn-in-shinn-t/173754825/|date=June 1, 1990|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-shinn/173754836/ 10A]|first=Cal|last=Harrison|title=Battle lines drawn in Shinn TV war|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} In November 1990, Shinn withdrew the application because the settlement had been delayed by the petitions to deny; the move came amid reports Shinn was trying to buy another Charlotte-market TV station, WJZY (channel 46).{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-shinn-appears-to/173754914/|date=November 9, 1990|page=6E|first=Tim|last=Funk|title=Shinn Appears To Be Close To TV Deal|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-shinn-still-seeking-tv-deal/173754940/|date=November 13, 1990|page=5A|first=Doug|last=Mauldin|title=Shinn still seeking TV deal: Spokesman refutes conflicting reports about license|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

=Early years and WB affiliation=

After the Shinn deal fell apart, Koontz Communications reached a deal to merge with Family 55 TV and Neisler Limited Partnership as part of a settlement agreement. However, Koontz was unable to come up with the $175,000 necessary to buy out the other two applicants after a dispute over attorney fees.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-tv-station-merger/173754959/|date=February 16, 1991|page=5B|first=Tim|last=Funk|title=TV Station Merger Deal Prepared|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-deal-for-rock-hil/173755052/|date=June 1, 1991|page=3B|first=Tim|last=Funk|title=Deal for Rock Hill TV station off, but permit keeps prospects alive|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-newsman-drops-out-of-channel/173753668/|date=June 4, 1991|page=3A|first=Chris|last=Handal|title=Newsman drops out of Channel 55 quest: Remaining groups to continue negotiations|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} Unable to finance the deal, in 1993, Koontz sold the channel 55 permit{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-head-of-rock-hill-broadcastin/173755161/|date=January 17, 1993|page=5D|first=Geoffrey|last=Wilcox|title=Head of Rock Hill Broadcasting forced to sell construction permit|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} to Family Fifty Five Inc., headed by Fundamentalist minister Gene Hood. {{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-stay-tuned-rock-hill-to-get/173755198/|date=June 11, 1994|pages=1A, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-tv/173755179/ 6A]|first=Laura J.|last=Perricone|title=Stay tuned: Rock Hill to get first commercial television station in November|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} Several companies approached Family Fifty Five about providing programming. Jefferson-Pilot Communications, owner of Charlotte CBS affiliate WBTV, was interested in producing a 10 p.m. newscast, but the company insisted on a more intensive local marketing agreement. In June 1994, it reached such a deal with Capitol Broadcasting Company, owner of WJZY, to run channel 55 (now with the call sign WFVT). WFVT would be mostly programmed by Capitol from the WJZY studios (in Charlotte{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hickory-daily-record-cable-tv-adds-new-s/173864789/|date=July 22, 1987|page=17A|title=Cable TV Adds New Station|newspaper=Hickory Daily Record|location=Hickory, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}), and broadcast from that station's tower in Gastonia, though Family Fifty Five would produce limited public-affairs programming.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-new-tv-station-in/90804827/|date=June 11, 1994|pages=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-charlotte-in-runn/90804858/ 6D]|first=Tim|last=Funk|title=New TV station in Charlotte?|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

WFVT began broadcasting on October 21, 1994, as an independent station.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-channel-55-takes-to-the-airwa/173755443/|date=October 22, 1994|page=1B|title=Channel 55 takes to the airwaves|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} Its programming included older movies, classic TV series, and a syndicated package of Southeastern Conference sporting events. Capitol intended that WFVT would be a movies-and-sports outlet, much as WJZY had been positioned; however, WJZY was affiliating with the new UPN network for January 1995.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-2-new-stations-si/90804887/|date=October 13, 1994|pages=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-tv/90804897/ 2D]|title=2 new stations signing on in Charlotte|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} When The WB started up that same month, WFVT became its Charlotte-area affiliate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-rock-hill-cable-to-pick-up-wf/173755667/|date=January 7, 1995|page=1B|first=Ken|last=Elkins|title=Rock Hill Cable to pick up WFVT|newspaper=The Herald|location=Rock Hill, South Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

WFVT was sold in 1996 from Family Fifty Five to TV 55 LLC, a company owned by H. Wharton Winstead Jr.{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|work=Broadcasting & Cable|page=25|date=May 27, 1996|id={{pq|1014771816}} }} In December 1999, one month after the FCC began permitting television station duopolies,{{Cite news|first=Elizabeth A.|last=Rathbun|id={{ProQuest|225314807}}|pages=4–6|work=Broadcasting & Cable|date=November 15, 1999|title=Groups look to lasso LMAs}} Capitol purchased WFVT from TV 55 LLC for $4.5 million, creating a legal duopoly with WJZY.{{cite news|title=Changing Hands|work=Broadcasting & Cable|page=60|date=December 20, 1999|id={{pq|1014773488}} }} The next year, the station began airing a 10 p.m. newscast produced by Charlotte's NBC affiliate, WCNC-TV (channel 36). It was the third such newscast in the market after broadcasts by WCCB and WAXN-TV;{{Cite news|pages=20–22|first=Gilbert|last=Nicholson|title=Outbreak of 10 P.M. local newscasts|work=Mediaweek|date=September 25, 2000|id={{pq|213663302}} }} it was intended to be compatible with The WB's female-skewing audience by focusing on lifestyle and health segments. It was not successful in the ratings and was canceled effective March 31, 2002.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-wwwb-kills-its-10/65565560/|date=March 28, 2002|pages=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-wwwb-kills-10-pm/65565517/ 10D]|first=Mark|last=Washburn|title=WWWB kills its 10 p.m. newscast|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} By that time, the station was no longer WFVT; it changed its call sign to WWWB in August 2001 as a tie-in to its network.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-wb-affiliate-wfvt/173864282/|date=August 7, 2001|page=1D|first=Mark|last=Washburn|title=WB affiliate WFVT changes call letters to WWWB|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

=MyNetworkTV affiliation=

In 2006, The WB and UPN merged to form The CW. WJZY was among the first stations to commit to the network in early March,{{Cite news|title=CW, My Network TV Win Affils|first=Allison|last=Romano|date=March 3, 2006|page=3|work=Broadcasting & Cable|id={{pq|225316170}} }} and shortly after, Capitol committed WWWB to MyNetworkTV,{{Cite news|title=The Distribution Derby|date=March 13, 2006|id={{pq|225315933}}|page=14|first=Allison|last=Romano|work=Broadcasting & Cable}} set up by Fox Television Stations to serve its own ex-UPN outlets and other displaced stations.{{Cite news |date=February 22, 2006 |title=News Corp. Unveils MyNetworkTV |work=Broadcasting & Cable |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php |access-date=September 24, 2012 |archive-date=April 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417165134/http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/102922-News_Corp_Unveils_My_Network_TV.php |url-status=live }} Ahead of the change, WWWB changed its call sign to WMYT-TV on April 28, 2006, and began branding as "My TV12", using its common channel number on most local cable systems.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-tv-stations-retoo/173864383/|date=April 4, 2006|page=2D|first=Mark|last=Washburn|title=TV stations retool logos, call letters|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}} That same year, over-the-air broadcasts of Charlotte Bobcats basketball moved from WJZY to WMYT, with 15 telecasts a season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90805428/bobcats-over-air-station-is-wmyt/|date=August 11, 2006|page=7C|first=David|last=Scott|title=Bobcats' over-air station is WMYT|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 19, 2021|archive-date=December 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219061922/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90805428/bobcats-over-air-station-is-wmyt/|url-status=live}} All local television rights to the team were acquired by Fox Sports Carolinas for the 2008–09 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-time-warner-wins/173864491/|date=April 9, 2008|pages=1D, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-deal-gives-time-w/173864486/ 4D]|first=Jefferson|last=George|first2=Rick|last2=Bonnell|title=Time Warner wins arena naming rights: Deals widen Bobcats' TV reach|newspaper=The Charlotte Observer|location=Charlotte, North Carolina|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=June 5, 2025}}

WMYT began airing a newscast again on April 9, 2012. On that date, the 10 p.m. newscast that WBTV had been producing for WJZY since 2003 moved to WMYT due to a perception that channel 55's audience was more compatible with a newscast. The WBTV News at Ten on My TV 12 ran for 30 minutes, unlike the hourlong format used on WJZY.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wbtv.com/story/17352522/wbtv-news-at-10-to-change-stations|title=WBTV News at 10 to change stations|website= WBTV|date=April 6, 2012}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wjyzs-10-p-m-newscast-moving-to-wmyt_b44819|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426142428/http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/wjyzs-10-p-m-newscast-moving-to-wmyt_b44819|archive-date=April 26, 2012|url-status=dead|title=WJZY's 10 p.m. Newscast Moving to WMYT|work=TVSpy|date=April 9, 2012|first=Merrill|last=Knox}}

The WBTV newscast moved back to WJZY when it became a Fox owned-and-operated station on July 1, 2013, before being discontinued altogether the day prior to the January 1, 2014, launch of WJZY's own news department.[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/13/4104671/a-new-radio-generation-at-cbs.html A new radio generation at CBS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231032/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/13/4104671/a-new-radio-generation-at-cbs.html |date=October 4, 2013 }}, Charlotte Observer, June 14, 2013.{{cite web|title=Fox Takes Different Tack To Local News In NC|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/73436/fox-takes-different-tack-to-local-news-in-nc|work=TVNewsCheck|date=January 21, 2014 |access-date=January 21, 2014}} Currently, WMYT airs syndicated programming in the 10 p.m. hour.

On January 14, 2013, Fox Television Stations entered into an agreement to acquire WJZY and WMYT from Capitol Broadcasting for $18 million.{{cite web | url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65069/fox-buying-charlotte-duo-of-wjzywmyt | title=Fox Buying Charlotte Duo Of WJZY-WMYT | date=January 28, 2013 | access-date=January 28, 2013 | archive-date=September 23, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923084044/http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/65069/fox-buying-charlotte-duo-of-wjzywmyt | url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/29/3820822/charlotte-tv-deal-should-be-windfall.html|title=Charlotte TV deal should be windfall for Fox; 'a lot of extra value'|first=Mark|last=Washburn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923032931/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/01/29/3820822/charlotte-tv-deal-should-be-windfall.html |archive-date=September 23, 2013|work=The Charlotte Observer|date=January 29, 2013}} The sale resulted in the Fox affiliation in Charlotte moving from WCCB to WJZY. Since WJZY was not ready to go with its own news department, the WBTV-produced newscast moved back to channel 46 on July 1, when the affiliation switch occurred.{{cite news|url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/13/4104671/a-new-radio-generation-at-cbs.html|title=A new radio generation at CBS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004231032/http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/06/13/4104671/a-new-radio-generation-at-cbs.html |archive-date=October 4, 2013|work=Charlotte Observer|first=Mark|last=Washburn|date=June 14, 2013}}

Fox Television Stations sold the spectrum of WMYT in the 2017 broadcast incentive spectrum auction and received $46.4 million for the station's channel. Beginning June 6, 2018, WJZY began broadcasting from its transmitter.{{cite web|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|title=FCC Broadcast Television Spectrum Incentive Auction|page=1|url=https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-17-314A2.pdf|access-date=April 13, 2017|date=April 13, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fox46charlotte.com/about-us/rescan-your-tv-to-see-my12-wmyt|title=Rescan your TV to see My12 WMYT|work=Fox46Charlotte.com|publisher=Fox Television Stations|access-date=May 15, 2018}}

In 2019, Fox agreed to sell WJZY and WMYT to Nexstar Media Group in a $45 million acquisition.{{cite web|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/article/top-news/240879/nexstar-fox-buy-sell-five-stations/|title=Nexstar, Fox Buy/Sell Five Stations|last=Miller|first=Mark K.|work=TVNewsCheck|publisher=NewsCheckMedia|date=November 5, 2019|access-date=November 5, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Lafayette |first1=Jon |title=Fox Buys Affiliates in Seattle, Milwaukee From Nexstar |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/fox-buys-affiliates-in-seattle-milwaukee-from-nexstar |access-date=November 5, 2019 |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=November 5, 2019 |language=en-us}}

Subchannels

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See also

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