WAVE (TV)

WAVE, virtual channel 3 (UHF digital channel 47), is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. The station is owned by Raycom Media. WAVE maintains studio facilities located on South Floyd Street in downtown Louisville, and its transmitter in New Albany, Indiana (alongside the digital transmitter of CBS affiliate WLKY). Syndicated programs broadcast by WAVE (as of September 2015) include Crime Watch Daily, FABLife and Right This Minute. On cable, WAVE is available on Time Warner Cable channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 906.

History

The station first signed on the air on November 24, 1948, originally broadcasting on VHF channel 5. The station's transmitter originally broadcast at 24,100 watts. WAVE was the first television station to sign on in the state of Kentucky, and the 41st to debut in the United States. It was founded by the Norton family, who had signed on WAVE radio (970 AM, now WGTK) in 1932. The station has been a primary NBC affiliate since its debut, owing to its sister radio station's longtime affiliation with the NBC Red Network; however, it also initially carried secondary affiliations with ABC, CBS and the DuMont Television Network.