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WDKA
Paducah, Kentucky
Branding My49
Channels Analog: 49 (UHF)

Digital: 50 (UHF)
Affiliations MyNetworkTV
Owner WDKA Acquisition Corporation (Paul T. Lucci)
(LMA with Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.)
First air date June 5, 1997 [1]
Call letters’ meaning PaDuC(K)Ah
(WDCA was already taken)
Sister station(s) KBSI
Former affiliations UPN (1997-2000)
The WB (2000-2006)
Transmitter Power 2450 kW (analog)
195 kW (digital)
Height 327 m (both)
Facility ID 39561
Transmitter Coordinates 37°23′42.6″N, 88°56′23.3″W
Website www.mywdka.com

WDKA (My49) is the MyNetworkTV affiliate serving Paducah, Kentucky.

It is in a local marketing agreement with the Sinclair Broadcast Group. It is sister station to KBSI in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It became an affiliate of MyNetworkTV on September 5, 2006. WDKA has been serving the area since 1997. Its transmitter is located in Vienna, Illinois. Prior to 2000, the station was an affiliate of UPN then an affiliate of The WB between 2000-2006.

[edit] Logos

The former "WB 49" logo

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Broadcast television in the Paducah (KY) / Cape Girardeau (MO) / Harrisburg (IL) market  (Nielsen DMA #79)

WSIL 3 / KPOB 15 (ABC) - WPSD 6 (NBC) - WSIU 8 (PBS) - WQWQ-LP 9 / WQTV-LP 24 (The CW) - KFVS 12 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WPXS 13 (RTN) - W15BU 15 (3ABN) -
WKMU 21 / WKPD 29 (PBS / KET) - KBSI 23 (FOX) - WUWT-CA 26 (A1) - WTCT 27 (TCT / TBN) - WDKA 49 (MNTV)
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MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the state of Kentucky
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Kentucky
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Sinclair Broadcast Group
Corporate Staff
David D. Smith (COB and President & CEO) · Frederick G. Smith · J. Duncan Smith · Robert E. Smnith · Daniel C. Keith · Martin R. Leader · Lawrence E. McCanna · Basil A. Thomas · David B. Amy · Lucy A. Rutishauser · Barry M. Faber · David R. Bochenek · Nat S. Ostroff · Donald H. Thompson · Thomas I. Waters III · Darren Shapiro · Gregg Siegel · Jeff Sleete · M. William Butler · Steven M. Marks · Delbert R. Parks III · Joe DeFeo
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KMYS · KVMY · WABM · WCGV · WDKA · WFGX · WMMP · WMYA² · WMYV · WNYO · WNYS · WPMY · WRDC · WRLH · WSTR · WSYX · WTTA · WTVZ · WUXP
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1: Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting. Sinclair (SBGI) is seeking an FCC "failed station" waiver to purchase this station. — 2: Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by SBGI under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of SBGI's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock. – 3: Operated by Nexstar under an LMA. 4: Sale pending from Second Generaton Ltd.
Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI · Website: www.sbgi.net