List of television stations in Kentucky

This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Full-power

• Stations are arranged by media market served and channel position.

List of full-power television stations in Kentucky

Media market	Station	Channel	Primary affiliation(s)	Notes
Ashland	WKAS	25	PBS/KET	[a]
Bowling Green	WBKO	13	ABC, Fox on 13.2, The CW on 13.3
	WKYU-TV	24	PBS
	WNKY	40	NBC, CBS on 40.2
	WKGB-TV	53	PBS/KET	[a]
Covington	WCVN-TV	54	PBS/KET	[a]
Elizabethtown	WKZT-TV	23	PBS/KET	[a]
Harlan	WAGV	44	Religious independent	[b]
Hazard	WKHA	35	PBS/KET	[a]
	WYMT-TV	57	CBS	[c]
Lexington	WLEX-TV	18	NBC
	WKYT-TV	27	CBS, The CW on 27.2
	WTVQ-DT	36	ABC, MyNetworkTV on 36.2
	WKLE	46	PBS/KET
	WDKY-TV	56	Fox	[d]
	WLJC-TV	65	Cozi TV	[e]
	WUPX-TV	67	Ion Television	[f]
Louisville	WAVE	3	NBC
	WHAS-TV	11	ABC
	WKPC-TV	15	PBS/KET	[a]
	WBNA	21	Independent
	WLKY	32	CBS
	WDRB	41	Fox
	WKMJ-TV	68	PBS/KET2
Madisonville	WKMA-TV	35	PBS/KET	[a]
Morehead	WKMR	38	PBS/KET	[a]
Murray	WKMU	21	PBS/KET	[a]
Owensboro	WKOH	31	PBS/KET	[a]
Owenton	WKON	52	PBS/KET	[a]
Paducah	WPSD-TV	6	NBC
	WKPD	29	PBS/KET	[a]
	WDKA	49	MyNetworkTV
Pikeville	WKPI-TV	22	PBS/KET	[a]
Somerset	WKSO-TV	29	PBS/KET	[a]
~Cincinnati, OH	WXIX-TV	19	Fox	[g]
~Huntington, WV	WTSF	61	Daystar	[h]

Low-power

Low-power television stations in Kentucky

Media market	Station	Channel	Network	Notes
Bowling Green	WDNZ-LD	11	The Country Network	[i]
	WKUT-LD	25	Various
	W26FM-D	26	Silent
	WPBM-CD	31	Religious independent	[j]
	WBGS-LD	34	Telemundo, ABC on 34.2
	WCTZ-LD	35	Various	[k]
	WNKY-LD	35	Ion Television
	WCZU-LD	39	Various
Corbin	WVTN-LD	48	Religious independent
Richmond	WBON-LD	9	Independent
Louisville	WLCU-CD	4	Educational independent	[l]
	WMYO-CD	24	Various
	WDYL-LD	28	Daystar
	WBNM-LD	50	Buzzr

Translators

List of translator television stations in Kentucky

Media market	Station	Channel	Translating	Notes
Paducah	WQWQ-LD	9	KFVS-TV
~Cincinnati, OH	W16EB-D	38	WKMR	[m]
~Huntington, WV	W32FD-D	25	WKAS	[n]

Defunct

• WAZE-TV Madisonville/Evansville, Indiana (1983–2011)
• WKLO-TV Louisville (1953–1954)
• WBKI-TV Campbellsville (1983–2017)

See also

• Kentucky media
  • List of newspapers in Kentucky
  • List of radio stations in Kentucky
  • Media of cities in Kentucky: Bowling Green, Lexington, Louisville

Notes

1. Satellite of WKLE.
2. Satellite of WLFG.
3. Semi-satellite of WKYT.
4. Licensed to Danville, Kentucky.
5. Licensed to Beattyville, Kentucky.
6. Licensed to Richmond, Kentucky.
7. Licensed to Newport, Kentucky.
8. Licensed to Ashland, Kentucky.
9. Licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky.
10. Licensed to Scottsville, Kentucky.
11. Nominally licensed to Bowling Green, signal is aimed at the Nashville market.
12. Licensed to Campbellsville, Kentucky.
13. Licensed to Augusta, Kentucky.
14. Licensed to Louisa, Kentucky.

Bibliography

• "United States TV Stations: Kentucky", Yearbook of Radio and Television, New York: Radio Television Daily, 1964, OCLC 7469377 – via Internet Archive
• John E. Kleber, ed. (1992). "Kentucky Broadcasters Association". Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 491. ISBN 0-8131-2883-8.
• Frances M. Nash (1992). "Broadcasting". In John E. Kleber (ed.). Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 125–126. ISBN 0-8131-2883-8.

External links

• "State: Kentucky". TV Query Broadcast Station Search. Washington DC: Federal Communications Commission.
• Kentucky Broadcasters Association