WTVQ-TV

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WTVQ-TV
Lexington, Kentucky
Branding	Action News 36
Channels	36 (UHF) analog, 40 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Media General
Founded	June 2, 1968 (on ch. 62; moved to ch.36 in 1980)
Call letters meaning	We're TeleVision Quality
Former callsigns	WBLG-TV (1968 to 1974)
Former affiliations	None
Website	www.wtvq.com/

WTVQ-TV 36 is the ABC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky, serving the East Central Kentucky region.

Contents 1 History 2 Digital Programming 3 Newscasts 3.1 News Anchors 3.2 Weather 3.3 Sports 3.4 News Reporters 3.5 Photographers 4 External links

[edit] History

WTVQ signed on as WBLG-TV on June 2, 1968 on channel 62, from studios and transmitter facilities on Man O' War Boulevard (formerly Bryant Road). WBLG-TV was founded by Lexington area businessman Roy White, owner of Starr Broadcasting (which also owned WBLG radio), and was the third commercial television station to begin broadcasting in Lexington. Since the first day of operation, the station has been the ABC affiliate for Central Kentucky, replacing WKYT, which continues to this day as the CBS affiliate. In 1974, the station changed its call letters from WBLG-TV to WTVQ-TV, after Starr sold off WBLG radio.

In 1978, Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc. purchased WTVQ-TV from White. In 1980, Shamrock installed a new 1.5 million-watt transmitter and moved WTVQ-TV from channel 62 to channel 36. The station underwent a major renovation in 1985, which doubled the existing office space and created all new technical facilities. (Channel 62 is now the home of WBLU-LP.)

On January 30, 1992, Park Broadcasting purchased WTVQ-TV from Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc.

In July 1995, Park Communications, Inc. was sold to Gary B. Knapp and Donald R. Tomlin, Jr. under the name Park Acquisitions, Inc.

Media General purchased Park Acquisitions and its properties (including WTVQ) in January 1997.

On February 26, 2002, WTVQ became Central Kentucky 's first commercial television station to broadcast a digital television signal. WTVQ-DT, digital channel 40, officially hit the airwaves, broadcasting WTVQ's programming in crisp, clean digital television. Soon afterward, WTVQ-DT became Central Kentucky 's first commercial digital television channel to broadcast programming in High Definition TV. Now, WTVQ-DT offers the full line of HDTV programs available on the ABC television network.

On December 1, 2005, WTVQ launched its 24-hour weather channel on WTVQ-DT (36.2) and on Insight Cable in Lexington on digital channel 247.

[edit] Digital Programming

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
40.1 / 36.1	Main WTVQ programming
40.2 / 36.2	24/7 Weather

[edit] Newscasts

Monday-Friday

• Action News 36-Good Morning Kentucky (5:00-7:00AM)
• Action News 36 at Noon
• Action News 36 at 5
• Action News 36 at 5:30
• Action News 36 at 6
• Action News 36 at 11 at 11

Saturday & Sunday

• Action News 36 Weekend Edition (6:00-6:30PM & 11:00-11:35PM)

[edit] News Anchors

• Don Hudson - Lead Anchor
• Megan Newquist - Lead Anchor
• Kristi Runyon - Mornings/Noon
• Tom Kenny - Mornings/Noon
• Carla Wade - Weekends
• Chris Dietz - Weekends

[edit] Weather

• Jon James - Chief Meteorologist
• Christie Dutton - Morning Meteorologist
• Brad James - Weekend Meteorologist

[edit] Sports

• Greg Hammond
• Kent Spencer

[edit] News Reporters

• Chris Casquejo
• Heather MacWilliams
• Tony Hensley
• Michelle Rauch
• Melinda Roeder
• Greg Stotelmyer
• David Zimmerman
• Erika Harsh
• Janis Edmon

[edit] Photographers

• Charles Watson
• Jason Candy
• Steve Kaufmann
• Jon Smith
• Ryan Watts
• Chris Woosley
• Paul Mojonnier
• Nick Goldring
• Ryan Kendall

[edit] External links

• WTVQ website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTVQ