WIYD

WIYD is a MyTV affiliate serving Panama City, FL, and it's surrounding areas. Broadcasting on channel 4, WIYD is owned and operated by Fisher Communications.
== History ==
=== As WPFL, then WTSI ===
WIYD first signed on the air on March 2, 1968 as independent WPFL and was owned by the Panama City Baptist Association, airing religious programming from the time the signed on at 5 AM to the time they signed off at 12 AM. WPFL was on channel 69, and had poor reception, since most people during the 60s doesn't get numbers that high without antennas. In 1969, the station was sold to TSIN (short for The Station Ident Network) Group, and they changed the call letters to WTSI. although they began to make improvements on the station, the ratings were still lacking because the reception was poor. It wasn't until the 1980s when WTSI finally saw their ratings picked up as more people in Panama City were signing up for cable.
=== New Owners and a change in direction ===
By the 2010s. TSIN was starting to lose money. And by 2016, they finally gave up and announced plans of shutting down by the beginning of 2017. After selling off Denver affiliate KNUS (to Tribune) and Houston affiliate KHTV (to Adelphia), TSIN Group was having a little bit of a hard time selling off WTSI. It wasn't until Young Broadcasting, who owned and operated WAKT, made the purchase and made the announcement that they would change the call letters and become the new home of MyTV. Before this point, WAQZ was a dual affiliate of MyTV and MyNetworkTV. WAQZ's owners (Journal Media) had no problem with the station being a MyTV affiliate and on Jan. 4, 2017, the switch was made as WTSI became WIYD and moved up the dial to take their cable channel number 4 and became the new MyTV affiliate as WAQZ became a full time MyNetworkTV affiliate.
Category:Panama City, Florida
Category:Florida
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1968
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Channel 4
Category:Former MyTV affiliates
Category:Fisher Communications