KYST

KYST is an ABC-affiliated station licensed to Fort Morgan, CO serving the Sterling market. It broadcasts on digital and Virtual channel 47 and is owned and operated by East Coast Broadcasting Company.
== History ==
KYST signed on for the first time on September 15, 1988 as Sterling's first independent station since 1964, after KVUH switched to ABN. It carried the standard fare of content that was found on UHF independents earlier in the decade: westerns, sitcoms, dramas, older movies, religious programms, cartoons, high school sports games, and any ABC programs rejected or preempted by KXTI. By the 1990's KYST began showing more syndicated talk and reality programs as well as recent off-network reruns.
In 2011, KYST picked up the ABC affiliation after KXTI dropped it for RDN. Around the same time, East Coast Broadcasting Company bought the station.
The station was known for being one of the last independent station to run cartoons and non E/I children's programming (though it did run E/I programming on weekdays) on Saturday mornings into the 2010's.
== Digital Television ==
Channel	Picture Format	Aspect Ratio	PSIP Short Name	Programming
47.1 	1080i 	16:9 	KYST-AB 	Main Programming/ABC
47.2 	1080i 	16:9 	KYST-FX 	KYST-DT2/Sterling's Fox
47.3 	480i 	16:9 	TBA 	Color bars
KYST broadcasts in 1080i rather than ABC's native 720p format. KYST was the first station in Sterling to broadcast a digital signal, signing on March 19, 1999 on channel 58. It was moved t 47 on June 11, 2009.
KYST was the only ECBC station to not multiplex it's signal for a long time. In 2012, East Coast Broadcasting Company signed an affiliation agreement with TheCoolTV, allowing that network to be carried on ECBC's stations. However, Cool Music Network (owners of TheCoolTV) backed out of the deal for unknown reasons. Had this deal gone through, it was expected to save the station.
On February 24, 2017, KYST finally began multiplexing its signal with the addition of Fox on KYST-DT2. On the same day, it created a 3rd subchannel. 47.3 currently only broadcasts color bars. It's unknown what will become of KYST-DT3
KYST shut down its analog signal on Novemer 7, 2008
== Previous logos ==
KYST 1988.png|First logo (1988-1997)
KYST 1997.png|Last logo as an independent (1997-2001)
KYST 2008.png|Previous logo (2011-2014)
Category:Colorado
Category:Sterling, CO
Category:ABC network affiliates
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1988
Category:Channel 47
Category:Berfield/Willis Broadcast Corporation