MyNetworkTV affiliate in Paducah, Kentucky
WDKA
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City
| Paducah, Kentucky
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Channels
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Branding
| My 49 WDKA
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Affiliations
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Owner
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| KBSI
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Founded
| October 2, 1989
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First air date
| June 5, 1997
(26 years ago)
(
1997-06-05
)
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Former channel number(s)
| - Analog:
49 (UHF, 1997?2009)
- Digital:
50 (UHF, 2000?2010), 49 (UHF, 2010?2019)
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| Paducah (soundalike "K" substituting for "C")
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Licensing authority
| FCC
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Facility ID
| 39561
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ERP
| 1,000
kW
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HAAT
| 327 m (1,073 ft)
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Transmitter coordinates
| 37°23′42″N
88°56′23″W
/
37.39500°N 88.93972°W
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37.39500; -88.93972
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Translator(s)
| KBSI-DT
23.2 (22.2 UHF) Cape Girardeau, MO
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Public license information
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Website
| kbsi23
.com
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WDKA
(channel 49) is a
television station
licensed to
Paducah, Kentucky
, United States, serving as the
MyNetworkTV
affiliate for
Western Kentucky
's
Purchase
region,
Southern Illinois
and Southeastern
Missouri
, and
Northwest Tennessee
. It is owned by the Community News Media subsidiary of
Standard Media
alongside
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
?licensed
Fox
affiliate
KBSI
(channel 23). Both stations share studios on Enterprise Street in Cape Girardeau, while WDKA's transmitter is located in
Vienna, Illinois
.
In addition to its own digital signal, WDKA is
simulcast
in
standard definition
on KBSI's second
digital subchannel
(23.2) from a transmitter north of Cape Girardeau in
unincorporated
Cape Girardeau County
.
History
[
edit
]
WDKA began broadcasting on June 5, 1997. It was a
UPN
affiliate broadcasting an
analog
signal on UHF channel 49.
[3]
In 2000, WDKA switched affiliations with
low-powered
station
WQTV-LP
(licensed to
Murray, Kentucky
) and repeater WQWQ-LP to become an affiliate of
The WB
. In September 2006, The WB and UPN merged to become
The CW
, and WQTV-LP was announced to become The CW affiliate for Paducah in advance of the merger. As a result, WDKA became affiliated with MyNetworkTV when it launched on September 5.
On August 30, 2014, WDKA became a charter affiliate of Sinclair's ad-hoc syndicated television network, the
American Sports Network
. ASN provided
Ohio Valley Conference
basketball
and
Conference USA
football
and basketball games to the station's viewers.
[4]
[5]
The ASN's programming content replaced
Southeastern Conference
football and basketball broadcasts from
ESPN Plus
-oriented
SEC TV
, which was run from 2009 until 2014, which was discontinued because of the launch of the pay TV-exclusive
SEC Network
.
On March 3, 2016, WDKA Acquisition Corporation (owned by Paul T. Lucci
[6]
) filed to sell WDKA to Sinclair's subsidiary WDKA Licensee, LLC.
[7]
Sinclair bought the station for $1.9 million.
[8]
The sale was completed on September 1, 2017.
[9]
Technical information
[
edit
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Subchannels
[
edit
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The station's signal is
multiplexed
:
Analog-to-digital conversion
[
edit
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WDKA shut down its analog signal, over
UHF
channel 49, on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to
transition from analog to digital broadcasts
under federal mandate (which was pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 50,
[11]
using
virtual channel
49.
Spectrum reallocation
[
edit
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In October 2019, WDKA reallocated its digital signal onto UHF channel 25 as a result of the station's participation in the FCC's spectrum incentive auction.
References
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edit
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- ^
"Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License"
.
CDBS Public Access
.
Federal Communications Commission
. November 12, 2020
. Retrieved
November 16,
2020
.
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"Facility Technical Data for WDKA"
.
Licensing and Management System
.
Federal Communications Commission
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"WDKA-Channel 49 on air with UPN programming"
.
The Paducah Sun
. June 7, 1997. p. 5A
. Retrieved
September 16,
2023
– via Newspapers.com.
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"Sinclair Broadcasting Launches the American Sports Network"
. Baltimore Business Journal.
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"Sinclair Launches Sports Network"
. TVTechnology. July 17, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
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Ownership Report for Commercial Broadcast Stations - Federal Communications Commission
- ^
"Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License"
.
CDBS Public Access
.
Federal Communications Commission
. March 3, 2016
. Retrieved
March 3,
2016
.
- ^
Asset Purchase Agreement - Federal Communications Commission
- ^
Consummation Notice
,
CDBS Public Access
,
Federal Communications Commission
, Retrieved September 6, 2017.
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RabbitEars TV Query for WDKA
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"DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds"
(PDF)
. Retrieved
March 24,
2012
.
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Paducah, KY
|
- WPSD-TV
(6.1
NBC
, 6.2
Cozi
, 6.3
ANT
)
- WQWQ-LD
(9.1
TMD
)
- WKMU
21 /
WKPD
29 (xx.1
KET
/
PBS
, xx.2
KET2
, xx.3 KY Channel, xx.4
PBS Kids
)
- WDKA
(49.1
MNTV
, 49.2
Charge!
, 49.3
TBD
, 49.4
Nest
, 49.5
Dabl
, 49.6
Court
)
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Cape Girardeau
/
Poplar Bluff, MO
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- K10KM-D 3 / KPOB-TV 15
(xx.1
ABC
, xx.2
H&I
, xx.3
Crime
, xx.4
Court
, xx.5
Ion
)
- KFVS-TV
(12.1
CBS
, 12.2
CW
, 12.3
Outlaw
,
12.4
MeTV
, 12.5
Grit
, 12.6
Oxygen
)
- KDKZ-LD
(18.1 AMGTV,
Farmington
)
- KBSI
(23.1
Fox
,
23.2
MNTV
, 23.3
Comet
, 23.4
Defy
, 23.5
Bounce
, 23.6
Scripps
)
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Harrisburg
/
Carbondale, IL
|
- WSIL-TV
(3.1
ABC
, 3.2
H&I
, 3.3
Crime
, 3.4
Court
, 3.5
Ion
)
- WSIU-TV
(8.1
PBS
, 8.2
World
, 8.3
Create
, 8.4
PBS Kids
, 8.5
WSIU-FM
)
- W15BU-D
(15.1
3ABN
, 15.2
3ABN Latino
, 15.3
3ABN Radio
, 15.4
Radio 74 Internationale
)
- WTCT
(27.1
TCT
, 27.2
SBN
, 27.3
Grio
, 27.4
Laff
, 27.6
Bounce
, 27.7
Quest
, 27.8/9
[Blanks]
, 27.10
Shop LC
)
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Outlying areas
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ABC
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CBS
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Fox
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NBC
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The CW
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MyNetworkTV
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Ion Television
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PBS
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Other
|
- WPXS 13 / KUMO-LP 51
(
Daystar
,
St. Louis
/
Mount Vernon, IL
)
- KXVO 15
ATSC 3.0
(
TBD
,
Omaha, NE
)
- KTAJ-TV 16
(
TBN
,
Kansas City
/
St. Joseph
)
- WTJR 16
(
CTN
,
Quincy, IL
)
- WQWQ-LD 18
(
TMD
,
Paducah, KY/Cape Girardeau
)
- KUKC-LD 20
(
UNI
,
Kansas City
)
- KNPG-LD 21.3
(
TMD
,
St. Joseph
)
- WTWV 23
(
Rel.
Ind.
,
Memphis, TN
)
- KNLC 24
(
MeTV
,
St. Louis
)
- KFDR 25
(
CTN
,
Jefferson City
)
- WTCT 27
(
TCT
,
Marion, IL
)
- KDNL-TV 30
(.2
TBD
, .3
Charge!
, .4
Nest
,
St. Louis
)
- KWBM 31
(
Daystar
,
Harrison, AR
)
- KBNS-CD 36
(
Ind.
,
Branson
)
- KMCI-TV 38
ATSC 3.0
(
Ind.
,
Lawrence, KS
)
- KGKC-LD 39
(
TMD
,
Lawrence, KS
)
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Primary*
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Secondary**
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(*) ? indicates station is in one of Illinois' primary
TV markets
(**) ? indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Illinois
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Primary*
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Secondary**
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Defunct
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(*) ? indicates station is in one of Kentucky's primary
TV markets
(**) ? indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Kentucky
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Primary*
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Secondary**
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(*) ? indicates station is in one of Tennessee's primary
TV markets
(**) ? indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Tennessee
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