WKYI-CD
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| Louisville, Kentucky United States | |
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| Branding | This 24 Louisville |
| Slogan | Bringing Kentuckiana Together |
| Channels |
Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 24 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | This TV |
| Owner | (New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc.) |
| First air date | March 1, 1996 |
| Call letters' meaning | W-KentuckY & Indiana |
| Former callsigns | W24BW (1994–2010) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: MuchUSA (late 1990s–2003) America One (2003–2010) Secondary: JTV (2010–2013) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 204 metres (669 ft) |
| Class | Class A |
| Facility ID | 25078 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°21′55.0″N 85°50′24.0″W / 38.365278°N 85.840000°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.wkyitv.com |
WKYI-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 24, is an independent station in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Since January 2015, the station now affiliates with the This TV network after WAVE-TV dropped that network as a subchannel. It does not air all of the network feed and also continues to air other programming it carries in syndication, as well as local and paid programming. The station is owned by New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc. WKYI-CD maintains offices located on Potters Lane in Clarksville, Indiana, and its transmitter is located in rural northeastern Floyd County (northeast of Floyds Knobs).
On cable, the station is available on Charter Spectrum digital channel 138 (viewable only through either a digital converter or an adapter through a QAM-compatible television set) and on AT&T U-verse channel 24, and over the air antenna at 24.1. The channel has re-branded itself as thisTV Louisville - using this branding and logo also during times when they are local and syndicated programming which does not come from the network feed.
History
The station was founded on June 22, 1994 as W24BW, and first signed on the air on March 1, 1996. It was founded by Greater Louisville Communications, Inc. (owned by local businessmen Jerome Hutchinson, Sr. and Jerome Hutchinson, Jr.). From the late 1990s until 2003, the station carried music video programming from MuchUSA (now Fuse TV), the U.S. counterpart of the Canadian music video network MuchMusic. In 2003, the station switched its affiliation to America One, and began airing community and regional programming as well as sporting events. Channel 24's first chief engineer, Virgil Baldon, Jr.,(1995-1997) had the foresight to install a forward-compatible Acrodyne analog-to-digital convertible solid-state transmitter when W24BW began operations, over ten years ahead of the 2009 digital television transition.
In 2007, the Cascade Broadcasting Group, then-owners of Campbellsville-based WBKI-TV (channel 34), began operating W24BW under a local marketing agreement; the station moved its operations into WBKI's studio facility off Blankenbaker Parkway in Jeffersontown. The LMA also included a purchase option to buy the station. Cascade tried to rebrand channel 24 as the "Louisville Network" (or "LouNET"), and aired locally produced programs that were geared primarily towards the market's African American and Hispanic community.[1] The station also began to brand under the fictional "WYCS" call letters (standing for "Your Community Station"), to avert confusion with other local translator stations which just transmitted completely automated content straight from their network's satellites.
Greater Louisville Broadcasting later sold channel 24 to New Albany Broadcasting Co., Inc. On May 20, 2010, the station changed its call sign to WKYI-CD, denoting its status as a class A digital television station.
In January 2015, WKYI-CD took over the affiliation of This TV on 24.2 in place of WAVE, which was required by a company-wide agreement to offer the new male-focused subchannel Grit instead. This programming is mainly carried in the mornings, primetime and overnights on the station rather than the full 24/7 service.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.1 | 480i | 4:3 | WKYI-TV | This TV |
| 24.2 | LAFF | Laff | ||
| 24.3 | ESCAPE | Escape | ||
| 24.4 | LATV-24 | LATV | ||
| 24.5 | WNDA-TV | "WNDA-TV" (Indepdnent) | ||
| 24.6 | INFO-TV | Infomercials | ||
Programming
Syndicated programs broadcast on WKYI-CD have previously included Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns, Tyler Perry's House of Payne Bridezillas, OK! TV, Cold Squad, The Better Show and The Daily Buzz. It still airs some of these same programs though fewer due to carrying much of thisTV's network programming, but also has picked up different syndicated shows to its lineup such as Dog the Bounty Hunter and Judge Faith.
References
- ↑ Dorsey, Tom (2007-07-07). "Resurrected WYCS aims to be both local and diverse". The Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
- ↑ "RabbitEars.Info".