WTVQ-DT
WTVQ-DT is the ABC-affiliated television station for Lexington, Kentucky. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 40 from a transmitter located at the station's studios on the outer loop of Man o' War Boulevard (a.k.a. KY 1425) in the Brighton section of Fayette County. By coincidence, competitor WKYT-TV's studios are just across Winchester Road from the Channel 36 facilities. WTVQ-DT is owned by Morris Multimedia. Syndicated programming on the station includes Judge Judy, Entertainment Tonight, and Extra.
WTVQ-DT is the official Louisville Cardinals sports carrier in Lexington, broadcasting live all local games taped by WHAS-TV in Louisville.
History
The station launched as WBLG-TV on September 7, 1968 and was located on channel 62. At the time, this was one of the highest full-power television channels assigned in the country. It was founded by Lexington area businessman Roy White and Reeves Broadcasting along with WBLG radio (AM 1300, now WLXG), and was the third commercial television station to begin broadcasting in the Lexington market.
WTVQ-DT2
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. 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. 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.
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.
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