WLKY-TV

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WLKY-TV
Louisville, Kentucky
Branding	Newschannel 32
Slogan	Live. Local. Late Breaking.
Channels	32 (UHF) analog, 26 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS (since 1990)
Owner	Hearst-Argyle Television
Founded	September 16, 1961
Call letters meaning	W Louisville KentuckY
Former affiliations	ABC (1961-1990)
Transmitter Power	4270.0 kW/384.0 m (analog) 600.0 kW/392.0 m (digital)
Website	WLKY website

WLKY-TV, "WLKY 32" is a local CBS station in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. It is owned by Hearst-Argyle Television. Its transmitter is located in Floyds Knobs, Indiana at 38° 22' 8.00 " N Latitude, 85° 49' 48.00" W Longitude.

Diane Sawyer, co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America", got her start at this station, working there from 1967 to 1970.

Contents 1 History 2 Programming 2.1 Weekdays 2.2 Weekends 2.3 Reporters 3 External links

[edit] History

The station signed on September 16, 1961 as a full-time ABC affiliate. Previously, the ABC affiliation in Louisville was shared between NBC affiliate WAVE-TV and then-CBS affiliate WHAS-TV. Combined Communications became the owners of WLKY by the 1970s. In 1979, Combined Communications merged with Gannett.

In 1983, Gannett sold WLKY, along with WPTA in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Pulitzer after it purchased WLVI-TV in Boston (currently owned by Tribune Broadcasting, but is pending sale to Sunbeam Television) from Field Communications. Pulitzer kept WLKY but sold WPTA to Granite Broadcasting in 1986.

In 1990, WLKY and WHAS (by then owned by the Providence Journal Company, now owned by Belo) swapped network affiliations, with WLKY taking the CBS affiliation and WHAS becoming the ABC affiliate. WLKY, which was a distant third in the Louisville television viewership ratings for most of the time prior to the network affiliation switch, has become much more competitive with WAVE and WHAS since becoming the CBS affiliate.

Hearst-Argyle Television bought all of Pulitzer's stations, including WLKY, in 1999.

From 1977 until 1986, WLKY was known as "32 Alive." At the time, Combined Communications was using the "Alive" moniker on four of its stations; in addition to WLKY, there were KOCO "5 Alive" in Oklahoma City, WXIA "11 Alive" in Atlanta, and WPTA "21 Alive" in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Gannett-owned WXIA still uses the "Alive" moniker, as does WPTA, although that station is no longer owned by Gannett.

WLKY is one of the few CBS affiliates that show The Young and the Restless 4-5 PM, leading into the 5 PM local news. In 1993, after losing Oprah to WHAS, they tried The Bertice Berry Show (which was cancelled nationally after one season) in the timeslot which was a disaster and eventually moved The Young and the Restless to 4pm where it remains today. Other CBS affiliates WAFB in Baton Rouge, LA; WRAL in Raleigh, NC; and KMOV in St. Louis also run The Young and the Restless in the 4pm timeslot.

In the November 2006 sweeps period, WLKY had the highest-rated morning and 11 p.m. newscasts in the Louisville market, while its other newscasts were second to WHAS. [1]

[edit] Programming

[edit] Weekdays

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 Mornings - 5-8am
  • Paul Moses
  • Abby Miller
  • Kim Stevens – Weather
  • Jim Bulleit – Features
  • Monica Hardin – Traffic

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 at Noon - 12-1pm
  • John Boel
  • Ann Bowdan
  • Kim Stevens – Weather

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 at 5 - 5-5:30pm
  • Rick Van Hoose
  • Vicki Dortch
  • Jay Cardosi - Weather

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 at 5:30 - 5:30-6pm
  • Rick Van Hoose
  • Carissa Lawson
  • Jay Cardosi - Weather
  • Fred Cowgill - Sports

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 at 6 - 6-6:30pm
  • John Boel
  • Vicki Dortch
  • Jay Cardosi - Weather
  • Fred Cowgill - Sports

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 at 11 - 11-11:35pm
  • Rick Van Hoose
  • Vicki Dortch
  • Jay Cardosi - Weather
  • Fred Cowgill - Sports

[edit] Weekends

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 Mornings - 6-8am Saturdays, 6-9am Sundays
  • Bill Alexander
  • Matt Milosevich - Weather

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 at Noon - 12-12:30pm
  • Bill Alexander
  • Matt Milosevich - Weather

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 at 6, 6:30 - 6-6:30pm Saturdays, 6:30-7pm Sundays
  • Steve Burgin
  • Natasha Collins
  • Bob Symon - Weather
  • Keith Farmer - Sports

• WLKY NewsChannel 32 at 11 - 11-11:35pm
  • Steve Burgin
  • Natasha Collins
  • Bob Symon - Weather
  • Keith Farmer - Sports

[edit] Reporters

• Andy Alcock
• Kate Cornell
• Mark Flores
• Julia Harding
• Ben Jackey
• Mike Petchenik
• Stephanie Segretto

[edit] External links

• WLKY website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WLKY-TV