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Branding | WBKO 13; WBKO News |
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First air date | June 3, 1962[1] |
Former call signs | WLTV (1962–1971) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 4692 |
ERP | 46.5 kW |
HAAT | 220.5 m (723 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°3′49.4″N 86°26′6.7″W / 37.063722°N 86.435194°W |
Translator(s) | WBGS-LD 34.2 Bowling Green[4] |
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Website | www |
WBKO (channel 13) is a television station in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with ABC, Fox, and The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Television alongside Telemundo affiliate WBGS-LD (channel 34). The two stations maintain studios on Russellville Road (US 68/KY 80) near its junction with Interstate 165 on the west side of Bowling Green. The transmitter facility is located along Kentucky Route 185 (Richardsville Road) in unincorporated northern Warren County.
WBKO went on the air in 1962 as WLTV; after five years without a network affiliation, it has been aligned with ABC since 1967. In 1969, WLTV's tower was blown off its base in a dynamiting incident. The station was sold the next year and new transmission facilities built, emerging as the only source of television news and information for much of south-central Kentucky for most of its history. It has been owned by Gray since 2002.
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