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#REDIRECT [[Kentucky Educational Television]]
{{distinguish|WKOM|WKON}}
{{short description|PBS member station in Owensboro, Kentucky}}
{{more citations needed|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WKOH
| above = {{nowrap|[[Broadcast relay station#Satellite stations|Satellite]] of [[WKLE]], [[Lexington, Kentucky]]}}
| city = [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]<!--city of license-->
| logo = [[file:Kentucky Educational Television logo.svg|150px]]
| branding = [[Kentucky Educational Television|KET]] (general)<br />KET: The Kentucky Network (secondary){{citation needed lead|date=November 2019}}
| slogan = ''Where Learning Comes to Life''{{citation needed lead|date=November 2019}}
| digital = 17 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual = 31 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]])
| subchannels =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{KET DTV/text|31}}{{citation needed lead|date=November 2019}}
| location = <!--The name of the municipality in which the station's programming originates. That is, the primary studio and office location. Not stated in article, so leave blank. -->
| country = <!-- The name of the country in which the station's programming originates. That is, the primary studio and office location. Not stated in article, so leave blank. -->
| owner = Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
| licensee =
| founded =
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1979|03|01|p=y}}<ref name=bc84>"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1984''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1984. p. C-23. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1984/C-TV-BC-YB-1984.pdf]</ref>
| callsign_meaning = W Kentucky Owensboro Henderson{{citation needed lead|date=November 2019}}
| sister_stations =
| former_callsigns =
| former_affiliations =
| former_channel_numbers = {{unbulleted list
|'''Analog:'''
|31 (UHF, 1979–2009)
|'''Digital:'''
|30 (UHF, 2002–2019)
}}
| erp = {{unbulleted list
|63.3 [[Kilowatt|kW]]
|37.3 kW ([[construction permit|CP]]){{citation needed lead|date=November 2019}}
}}
| haat = {{unbulleted list
|{{convert|124|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|139.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (CP){{citation needed lead|date=November 2019}}
}}
| facility_id = 34205
| coordinates = {{coord|37|51|7|N|87|19|44|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website = {{url|https://www.ket.org/}}
}}


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'''WKOH''', [[virtual channel]] 31 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 17), is a Public Broadcasting Service ([[PBS]]) [[network affiliate#Member stations|member]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Owensboro, Kentucky]], United States. Owned by the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, the station is operated as part of the [[state network|statewide]] [[Kentucky Educational Television]] (KET) network. WKOH's transmitter is located near [[Reed, Kentucky|Reed]], in eastern [[Henderson County, Kentucky|Henderson County]].{{citation needed lead|date=November 2019}}

==History==

===Early proposals for television in Owensboro===
In 1953, the owners of [[AM broadcasting|AM radio]] station [[WVJS]] had a [[construction permit]] to bring a television station onto UHF channel&nbsp;14, broadcasting from Owensboro, Kentucky. WVJS surrendered the permit at some point in September&nbsp;1953, due to economic feasibility as few people had UHF tuners to receive the station.<ref name=UHF-history>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uhftelevision.com/14-25.html |title=History of UHF Television -- Channels 14-25 |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017001801/http://www.uhftelevision.com/14-25.html |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 1961, [[WFIE]] in [[Evansville, Indiana]], took over the channel&nbsp;14 frequency after broadcasting on UHF channel&nbsp;62 for several years.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

In the 1960s, [[Daviess County, Kentucky|Daviess County]] All Channel Cablevision held a construction permit for television station in the Owensboro area, WDCL on UHF channel&nbsp;31.<ref>"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1968''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1968. p. A-22. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1968/Section%20A%20TV%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201968-9.pdf]</ref> The permit expired and the launch of WDCL was canceled in 1969.<ref>"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1969''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1969. p. A-28. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1969/Secton%20A%20TV%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201969-9.pdf]</ref> In 1966, WVJS was granted another construction permit for WVJS-TV on UHF channel&nbsp;19, but this attempt also failed and the permit was canceled in 1970.<ref name=UHF-history/>

===Kentucky Educational Television===
[[Kentucky Educational Television]] (KET) network launched in September 1968. While the network's stations were strategically located to maximize coverage of Kentucky, Owensboro could only receive a low-quality KET signal from [[Madisonville, Kentucky|Madisonville]]-licensed [[WKMA-TV]], which had a transmitter near [[St. Charles, Kentucky|St. Charles]]. This signal barely reached the southern outskirts of Owensboro,{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} while the pre-existing [[National Educational Television|NET]]/PBS member station [[WNIN (TV)|WNIN-TV]] in Evansville provided a better signal.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

On March 1, 1979, to provide a better quality signal, KET launched WKOH Owensboro on UHF channel&nbsp;31.<ref name=bc79>"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting Yearbook 1979''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1979. p. B-103. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1979/Section%20B%20TV%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201979-11.pdf]</ref> WKOH became the network's fifteenth and last full-power television station,{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} after [[WKPD]] [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]] was converted into a relay station in 1978. This made WKOH the sixteenth educational television station in Kentucky. WKOH's transmitter is located near [[Reed, Kentucky|Reed]], in eastern [[Henderson County, Kentucky|Henderson County]], along [[U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky|US 60]],{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} and produces the most powerful signal within the NET network.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

===Translators===
From the 1980s until sometime before 1998, WKOH had repeated its analog signal over UHF channel&nbsp;55 via translator W55AJ, licensed to [[Hawesville, Kentucky|Hawesville]]. W55AJ's signal covered much of Hancock and western [[Breckinridge County, Kentucky|Breckinridge Counties]] in Kentucky, and parts of [[Perry County, Indiana]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oldtvguides.com/DXPhotos/TVDXLOG_CH-STATE.xls |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308082835/http://www.oldtvguides.com/DXPhotos/TVDXLOG_CH-STATE.xls |archive-date=2016-03-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Digital television==
The station's digital television companion signal, WKOH-DT, began broadcasting in May&nbsp;2002, as with the other KET network stations.<ref name=ket-dt>"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting Yearbook 2003-2004''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2003-04.pp. B37-B39. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2003-04/B-TV-BC-YB-2003-04.pdf]</ref>

{{KET DTV|31}}
<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WKOH |title=Digital TV Market Listing for WKOH |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017083608/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WKOH |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
On April 16, 2009, WKOH shut down its analog signal (on UHF channel&nbsp;31) as part of the mandatory [[Digital television transition in the United States|analog-to-digital television transition of 2009]], as did the other KET network stations.<ref>{{cite news|title=Calls come after KET, WKYT digital TV transition|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2009/04/17/763776/calls-come-after-ket-wkyt-digital.html#storylink=cpy|newspaper=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|date=April 17, 2009|accessdate=May 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224636/http://www.kentucky.com/2009/04/17/763776/calls-come-after-ket-wkyt-digital.html#storylink=cpy|archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> WKOH's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel&nbsp;30. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as channel&nbsp;31.

===Spectrum incentive auction results===
As part of KET's participation in the 2016–17 FCC [[Spectrum reallocation|Spectrum incentive]] auction, WKOH moved its digital signal to UHF channel&nbsp;17 on October&nbsp;18, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rabbitears.info/phasemap.php?maptype=s&phase=6 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082054/https://www.rabbitears.info/phasemap.php?maptype=s&phase=6 |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/ |title=Post Incentive Auction Television Data Files |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209080107/http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/ |archive-date=2018-02-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Programming==
{{main|List of programs broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television}}

===Station IDs===
Despite its proximity to the Evansville [[media market]], the station ID does not include the out-of-state city. Although Owensboro is the city of license for WKOH, its legal station ID originally identified itself as "Channel 31, WKOH, Owensboro/Henderson, Kentucky".{{cite quote|date=November 2019}} Henderson is included in the legal ID since WKOH's transmitter is located on the Henderson County side of the [[Green River (Kentucky)|Green River]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} This practice, of including the city of license and the closest city to the transmitter, is also used by KET stations [[WKLE]] and [[WKMU]], and most [[Georgia Public Broadcasting]] television affiliates.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==Availability==

===Over-the-air coverage===
WKOH's digital signal covers areas from [[Morganfield, Kentucky|Morganfield]] to near [[Cloverport, Kentucky|Cloverport]], and from Madisonville and [[Central City, Kentucky]], to near [[Princeton, Indiana|Princeton]] and [[Jasper, Indiana]]. WKOH's over-the-air signal coverage partially overlaps with KET stations [[WKGB-TV]] [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]] and WKMA-TV Madisonville. [[McLean County, Kentucky|McLean County]] is completely covered by the signals of both WKOH and WKMA.<ref>[http://www.fcc.gov/dtv/markets/maps_current/Evansville_IN.pdf Maps of the coverage areas of all Full-power stations in the Evansville, Indiana market] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527234921/http://www.fcc.gov/dtv/markets/maps_current/Evansville_IN.pdf |date=2010-05-27 }}. [[Federal Communications Commission]] (2009).</ref> WKGB-TV and PBS affiliate [[WKYU-TV]] also provide Grade-B coverage in the southeasternmost areas of the media market (i.e. [[Muhlenberg County, Kentucky|Muhlenberg]] and [[Ohio County, Kentucky|Ohio]] counties).{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

===Cable carriage===
KET's statewide cable carriage in the Evansville market include several [[Charter Communications|Charter/Spectrum]] cable systems in Owensboro, Henderson, [[Calhoun, Kentucky|Calhoun]], the [[Hartford, Kentucky|Hartford]]/[[Beaver Dam, Kentucky|Beaver Dam]] area, and in [[Newburgh, Indiana|Newburgh]], [[Rockport, Indiana|Rockport]] and the [[Cannelton, Indiana|Cannelton]]/[[Tell City, Indiana]], areas, the Vital Communications cable system in [[Whitesville, Kentucky|Whitesville]], and Crystal Broadband Networks in the [[Hawesville, Kentucky|Hawesville]]/[[Lewisport, Kentucky]], area.

Both WKOH<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ketorg.cdn.ket.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Cable-Guide-201711.pdf |title=KET Cable and Satellite Company Channel Listings |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711224323/https://ketorg.cdn.ket.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Cable-Guide-201711.pdf |archive-date=2017-07-11 |url-status=live }}</ref> and WNIN-TV are uplinked to the [[satellite television]] systems of both [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]] in the entire Evansville market, making the network also available in parts of southern [[Illinois]] within the Evansville and [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]] television markets (through WKPD) via satellite television.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

==See also==
*[[Kentucky Educational Television]]
**[[List of programs broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Evansville TV}}
{{PBS Kentucky}}
{{Kentucky Educational Television}}


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