WDKY-TV

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WDKY-TV
Danville / Lexington, Kentucky
Branding Fox 56
Channels Analog: 56 (UHF)

Digital: 4 (VHF)
Affiliations Fox
Owner Sinclair Broadcast Group
(WDKY Licensee, LLC)
First air date February 10, 1986
Call letters’ meaning Danville, KentuckY
Former affiliations Independent (1986)
Transmitter Power 5,000 kW (analog)
26.5 kW (digital)
Height 351 m (analog)
327.4 m (digital)
Facility ID 64017
Transmitter Coordinates 37°47′17.8″N, 84°40′48.5″W
Website wdky56.com

WDKY-TV, channel 56, is the Fox-affiliated television station for Lexington, Kentucky, licensed to Danville. Its transmitter is located southeast of the city. Owned by the Sinclair Broadcast Group, the station has studios on Euclid Avenue in downtown Lexington. The station began broadcasting on February 10, 1986 as an independent station. Seven months later WDKY, became a charter Fox affiliate. In 1995, CBS affiliate WKYT began producing a nightly 10 o'clock newscast.

Sinclair acquired WDKY from Max Media in 2001. On March 12, 2007, WDKY began airing an hour of news weekday mornings at 7 A.M. This newscast is produced by WKYT as well. Weeknights at 10:45, there is a 15-minute sports replay show called the WDKY Blue Sports Extra. All news programs originate from WKYT's studios on Winchester Road. WDKY has been broadcasting the newscasts in high definition since April 11, 2008. That making WDKY the third Lexington station producing news in high definition. This is the first Sinclair station to be producing local news in high definition.


[edit] Newscasts

Fox 56 Morning Edition
(Weekday Mornings 7 to 8 A.M.)

  • Anchor:
    • Jennifer Nime Palumbo
  • Weather:
    • Chris Bailey, who will leave WDKY at the end of June. [1]

Fox 56 Ten O'Clock News (10 to 11 P.M.)
Weeknights

  • Anchors:
    • Marvin Bartlett
    • Miranda Combs
  • Weather:
    • T.G. Shuck
  • Sports:
    • Drew Deener, who will leave WDKY on June 20. [2]

Weekends

  • Anchors:
    • Mark Kennedy
  • Weather:
    • Lauren Raymer
  • Sports:
    • TBD

WDKY features additional news personnel from WKYT. See that article for a complete listing.

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Broadcast television in the Lexington market  (Nielsen DMA #64)

WLJC-DT 7 (TBN) - WLEX 18 (NBC) - WKYT 27 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WTVQ 36 (ABC) - WKLE 46 (PBS/KET) - WDKY 56 (Fox) - WBLU-LP 62 (RTN/MNTV) - WUPX 67 (ION)
Outlying Areas:
WOBZ-LP 9 (A1/JTV) - W10BM 10 (WSTV) - WKSO 29 / WKHA 35 / WKMR 38 / WKON 52 (PBS/KET) - WYMT 57 (CBS)
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WBKI 34 (The CW, Louisville)
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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