WTVQ-DT2

WTVQ-DT2
Lexington, Kentucky United States

Branding	MyKentuckyTV (general) ^[1] MyKY (short branding) ABC 36 News (newscasts)
Channels	Digital: WTVQ-DT 40.2 (UHF) Virtual: 36.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations	MyNetworkTV (2009–present)^[2]
Owner	Morris Multimedia
Founded	December 1, 2005
First air date	December 1, 2005 (2005-12-01)
Call letters' meaning	see WTVQ
Former affiliations	WTVQ 24-hour Weather channel (2005–2009)
Transmitter power	635 kW
Height	286 metres (938 ft)
Facility ID	51597
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	WTVQ.com/MyKentuckyTV WTVQ.com

WTVQ-DT2, branded as MyKentuckyTV or MyKY, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station that is licensed to and serving the Lexington, Kentucky area. The station is a digital subchannel of ABC-affiliate WTVQ, which is owned by Morris Multimedia.^[3] It is broadcast over the air digitally on UHF channel 40.2 (Virtual channel 36.2 through the use of PSIP) from a transmitter located at WTVQ-DT2's parent station's studios on the Man o' War Boulevard (KY 1425) in the Brighton section of eastern Fayette County.^[4] It is within a mile of competing CBS-affiliate WKYT and its CW-affiliated subchannel, WKYT-DT2.

WTVQ-DT2 is carried on Insight digital cable channel 138 and in HD on digital channel 917 in the Lexington area.^[5]

History

The original MyNetworkTV affiliate in Lexington was the market's original UPN affiliate, the now-defunct WBLU-LP, which originally broadcast on analog channel 62. The original channel 62 designation was used by WTVQ (which was WBLG-TV at the time) from its 1968 inception until their move to channel 36 in 1980.

WBLU-LP carried MyNetworkTV programming, along with some RTV programming from MyNetworkTV's September 2006 inception until Halloween of 2008, which is about 30 days after the low-powered station spent some time off the air for over two months. After WBLU-LP's loss of MyNetworkTV, viewers of the Lexington area who were fans of WWE Friday Night Smackdown lost the program because channel 62 dropped the network that it was carried on.^[6] RTV remained on channel 62 until January 2009. WBLU-LP went permanently dark on March 4, 2009 before being sold at auction to the Daystar TV network.

Meanwhile, WTVQ-DT2 launched as a 24/7-weather channel on January 1, 2005, providing local weather forecasts anytime the viewer needs it. It was broadcast on the second subchannel for four years. On January 1, 2009, WTVQ-DT2 relaunched to become Lexington's new MyNetworkTV affiliate, and adopted the branding MyTVQ2, with the 24/7-weather channel moving to a newly created third subchannel.^[7] The ABC 36 Weather channel continued to simulcast overnight on WTVQ-DT2 until April 2009.

The 24/7-weather channel on channel 36.3 was discontinued on December 7, 2011 when it was replaced by the Antenna TV network.^[8] Also in 2011, WTVQ-DT2 began broadcasting in high definition.^[9]

On June 1, 2015, WTVQ-DT2 was rebranded as MyKentuckyTV.

Programming

Outside of the MyNetworkTV schedule, Syndicated programming on WTVQ-DT2 includes The Insider, The Doctors, and Seinfeld, among others.^[10]

References

↑ WTVQ - MyKentuckyTV
↑ Digital TV Market Listing for WTVQ
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for WTVQ
↑ Contact Us - WTVQ
↑ Time Warner Cable - Lexington channel lineup
↑ Sloan, Scott (October 10, 2008). "'Smackdown' fans peeved over WBLU" Kentucky.com Retrieved January 8, 2015.
↑ http://www.wrestling101.com/101/newsitem/6538/
↑ Antenna TV Affiliation: WTVQ AntennaTV.tv. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
↑ Sloan, Scott (June 20, 2011). "Notebook: WTVQ puts a second channel on HD" Kentucky.com. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
↑ WTVQ Programming Schedule (TitanTV.com)

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Broadcast television in Central Kentucky, including Lexington and Frankfort

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

WLEX-TV (18.1 NBC, 18.2 MeTV, 18.3 Bounce TV)
WKYT-TV (27.1 CBS, 27.2 The CW, 27.3 WX Radar)
WTVQ-DT (36.1 ABC, 36.2 MyNetworkTV, 36.3 Justice, 36.4 Laff, 36.5 Escape, 36.6 Antenna TV)
WKLE (46.1 PBS/KET, 46.2 PBS Encore/KET2, 46.3 KY Channel, 46.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids)
WDKY-TV (56.1 Fox, 56.2 Comet, 56.3 Grit)
WLJC-TV (65.1 TBN)
WUPX-TV (67.1 ION, 67.2 Qubo, 67.3 ION Life, 67.4 Ion Shop, 67.5 QVC, 67.6 HSN)

Outlying areas

Southeastern Kentucky	WOBZ-LD (9.1 RTV/JTV, 9.2 FGO, 9.3 Tuff TV - East Bernstadt/London KY) WKSO-TV 29 (Somerset)/WKHA 35 (Hazard) (xx.1 PBS/KET, xx.2 PBS Encore/KET2, xx.3 KY Channel, xx.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids) WVTN-LP (48.1 Religions independent - Corbin) WYMT-TV (57.1 CBS, 57.2 This TV - Hazard)

Morehead	W10BM 10 (AMGTV/WHT - Morehead WKMR-TV (38.1 PBS/KET, 38.2 PBS Encore/KET2, 38.3 KY Channel, 38.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids)

Owenton/Frankfort	WKON-TV (52.1 PBS/KET, 52.2 PBS Encore/KET2, 52.3 KY Channel, 52.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids)

Cable-only

Lexington	cn\|2 GTV3 UKTV

Winchester/Richmond	KRCC-TV

Other areas	FPB-TV (Frankfort)

Adjacent locals

Louisville: WAVE-TV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 Bounce, 3.3 Grit); WHAS-TV (11.1 ABC, 11.2 Justice, 11.3 Radar); WLKY (32.1 CBS, 32.2 MeTV); WBKI-TV (34.1 CW, 34.2 Movies!); WDRB (41.1 Fox, 41.2 Antenna TV)

Defunct stations

W06BC (6 A1 via W10BM, Mt. Sterling/Owingsville)

W20AS (FamilyNet, Corbin)

WBLU-LP 62 (UPN/WB/Ind./MNTV/RTV)

WLKT 62 (Ind., 1988-89)

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city: Bowling Green; Charleston, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Knoxville, TN; Lexington; Louisville; Paducah

MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the Commonwealth of Kentucky

Stations	WTVQ-DT 36.2 (Lexington) WDKA 49 (Paducah) WMYO 58 (Salem, IN / Louisville) WCZU-LD 39.1 (Bowling Green)

Defunct	WAPM-CA 9 (Benham / Lynch)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Kentucky

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