WTVQ-DT
ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WTVQ-DT (channel 36) is a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with ABC and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Morris Multimedia, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on the outer loop of Man o' War Boulevard (KY 1425) in the Brighton section of Fayette County, across Winchester Road from the studios of unrelated station WKYT-TV.
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Branding | ABC 36; ABC 36 News; My KY (DT2) |
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First air date | June 2, 1968 (56 years ago) (1968-06-02) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 51597 |
ERP | 487 kW |
HAAT | 285 m (935 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°2′3″N 84°23′39″W |
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Website | www |
The station began broadcasting on channel 62 as WBLG-TV in 1968 and has been an ABC affiliate for its entire history. It changed its call letters to WTVQ in 1973 and moved to channel 36 in 1980. With the exception of most of the 1990s, the station's local newscasts have generally rated third out of the four main TV newsrooms in Lexington.