WBKI-TV (1983–2017)

WBKI-TV
CityCampbellsville, Kentucky
Channels
BrandingWBKI TV The CW
Programming
Subchannelssee § Subchannels
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerL.M. Communications, LLC
OperatorBlock Communications
WDRB, WMYO
History
First air date
July 27, 1983 (1983-07-27)
Last air date
  • October 25, 2017 (2017-10-25) (34 years, 90 days)
Former call signs
  • WGRB (1983–1999)
  • WWWB (1999–2000)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 34 (UHF, 1983–2009)
  • Ind. (1983–1992)
  • Fox (1992–1997)
  • The WB (1997–2006)
  • The CW (2006–2017)
Call sign meaning
"WB Kentuckiana"
Technical information
Facility ID25173
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT341 m (1,119 ft)
Transmitter coordinates37°31′51″N 85°26′45″W / 37.53083°N 85.44583°W / 37.53083; -85.44583

WBKI-TV (channel 34) was a television station licensed to Campbellsville, Kentucky, United States, which served the Louisville area. Last owned by LM Communications, LLC, it was most recently affiliated with The CW. LM Communications maintained a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Block Communications, owner of Fox affiliate WDRB (channel 41) and Salem, Indiana–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYO (channel 58), for the provision of certain services. WBKI-TV's transmitter was located in Raywick, Kentucky. In 2014, all of WBKI-TV's operations were consolidated at WDRB and WMYO's shared studio facility on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (near Route 150) in downtown Louisville. Previously, WBKI-TV maintained separate studios at the Wright Tower on Dutchmans Lane in Louisville's Bowman section (along I-264/US 60/Henry Watterson Expressway), while the WDRB/WMYO facilities only housed WBKI-TV's master control and some internal operations.

Even though WBKI-TV broadcast a digital signal of its own, the station's broadcasting radius did not reach the northern portions of the Louisville market, particularly on the Indiana side. Therefore, the station was simulcast over WMYO's digital subchannels in order to reach the entire market. Following the sale of WBKI-TV's spectrum in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s incentive auction, WBKI-TV ceased broadcasting on October 25, 2017 (with its license canceled on October 31); its channels are now broadcast solely through WMYO (which assumed the WBKI-TV call sign on February 12, 2018) on that station's license.