WKCT-TV

WKCT-TV, virtual channel 5, is the Central Television Network STLMK-affiliated station serving Wakeport, Mushroom Kingdom. The station is owned by the Hearst Communications subsidiary Hearst Television.
== History ==
The station first signed on in May 8, 1947, as the first station in the Wakeport TV market and one of the first in the Mushroom Kingdom (WKCT signed on 2 years; 4 months and 2 days prior to CBS affiliate WKPA-TV's launch, 4 years prior to ABC O&O WGT-TV in Toad Harbor, signed on, and almost a decade before NBC affiliate WRBE). It was originally a Dumont affiliate owned by the now-defunct Bamberger Broadcasting Service (the broadcasting division of Macy's). When Dumont went off the air in 1956, it was sold to RKO Radio Pictures' then-broadcasting division RKO General, and thus became independent for the next 29 years, when the St. Lawrence and Mushroom Kingdom broadcasting division of the Montreal-based Central Television Network bought the station (in October 1985). Prior to that (2 months before), the station aired Central programming such as The Centralist, the award-winning drama series The Man from Vancouver). It ended its status as an O&O, in 1998, when Central gave WKCT to New York City-based Hearst Communications subsidiary Hearst Television (then called Hearst-Argyle). It adopted KTLA's "5" logo in 1999 (However, it first used WTTG's version of the logo).
== Digital Television ==
=== Digital Channel ===
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Video 	Aspect Ratio	PSIP Short Name	Programming
5.1 	1080p/720p	16:9 	WKCT-DT 	Main WKCT programming/Central STLMK
5.2 	1080p/720p	16:9 	NWLD 	NewsWorld
5.3 	1080p/720p	16:9 	FDC 	Free Documentary Channel
5.4 	480i 	4:3 	H&I 	Heroes & Icons
== Gallery ==
File:WKCT 1998.png|Logo from 1998, when it became owned by Hearst.
File:WKCT ID 1998.png|ID from 1998.
File:WKCT open 1998-2000.png|Pre-2000 version of the 1998-2005 news open
File:WKCT 2004.png|Logo from 2004 to 2017. It is actually a variation of the 1998 logo.
WKCT open 2000-2004.png|2000-2005 variant of the 1998 news open (2000-2004 version)
WKCT open 2004-05.png|2000-2005 variant of the 1998 news open (2004-2005 version)
File:News 5 WKCT.png|Current news logo.
WKCT open since 2018.png|News open used since 2018.
Category:Channel 5
Category:Wakeport
Category:Mushroom Kingdom
Category:Central Television Network
Category:Central affiliates
Category:Hearst Television
Category:NewsWorld network affiliates
Category:Heroes & Icons affiliated subchannel stations
Category:Former DuMont affiliates
Category:Former This TV affiliates
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1947
Category:Former owned-and-operated stations