WTVQ-TV

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WTVQ-TV 36 is the ABC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky, serving the East Central Kentucky region. It signed on as WBLG-TV on June 2, 1968 on channel 62, from studios and transmitter facilities on Man O' War Boulevard (formerly Bryant Road). WBLG-TV was founded by Lexington area businessman Roy White, owner of Starr Broadcasting (which also owned WBLG radio), and was the third commercial television station to begin broadcasting in Lexington. Since the first day of operation, the station has been the ABC affiliate for Central Kentucky. In 1974, the station changed its call letters from WBLG-TV to WTVQ-TV, after Starr sold off WBLG radio.

In 1978, Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc. purchased WTVQ-TV from Mr. White. In 1980, Shamrock installed a new 1.5 million watt transmitter and moved WTVQ-TV from channel 62 to channel 36. The station underwent a major renovation in 1985, which doubled the existing office space and created all new technical facilities. (Channel 62 is now the home of WBLU-LP.)

On January 30, 1992, Park Broadcasting purchased WTVQ-TV from Shamrock Broadcasting, Inc.

In July 1995, Park Communications, Inc. was sold to Gary B. Knapp and Donald R. Tomlin, Jr. under the name Park Acquisitions, Inc.

Media General purchased Park Acquisitions and its properties (including WTVQ) in January 1997.

Sometime in 2002, WTVQ-DT signed on as Lexington's first commerical HDTV channel, on channel 40.

On December 1, 2005, WTVQ launched the only station in Central Kentucky to provide local weather information 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week, 365-a-year on WTVQ-DT (36.2) or on Insight Cable in Lexington on channel 247.

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
40.1 / 36.1	Main WTVQ programming
40.2 / 36.2	24/7 Weather

Newscasts

Monday-Friday

• Action News 36-Good Morning Kentucky (5:00-7:00AM)
• Action News 36 at Noon
• Action News 36 at 5
• Action News 36 at 6
• Action News 36 at 11 at 11

Saturday & Sunday

• Action News 36 Weekend Edition (6:00-6:30PM & 11:00-11:35PM)

News Anchors

• Don Hudson - Lead Anchor
• Megan Newquist - Lead Anchor
• Kristi Runyon - Mornings/Noon
• Tom Kenny - Mornings/Noon
• Janis Edmon - Weekends

Weather

• John James - Chief Meteorologist
• Christie Dutton - Morning Meteorologist
• Brad James - Weekend Meteorologist

Sports

• Greg Hammond
• Kent Spencer

News Reporters

• Heather MacWilliams
• Tony Hensley
• Greg Hammond
• Michelle Rauch
• Melinda Roeder
• Greg Stotelmyer
• Bennett Haeberle
• David Zimmerman
• Erika Harsh
• Carla Wade

Past Station Logos

Image:36_TVQ.jpg |Logo used from 1993-1997 Image:WTVQ_2.jpg|Logo used when Media General took over, from 1997-Sept 2002 Image:WTVQ_3.jpg|"On Your Side" Logo used from Sept 2002-Late 2003 Image:WTVQ_NC.jpg|"Newschannel" Logo used from Late 2003-Nov 2004

External links

• [WTVQ website]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WTVQ]

Broadcast television in the Lexington market  [(Nielsen DMA #63)]
W07BY 7 / W10BM 10 (LeSEA) - WOBZ 9 (A1/AS) - WLEX 18 (NBC) - WKYT 27 (CBS) (UPN on DT2) - WKSO 29 / WKHA 35 / WKMR 38 / WKLE 46 / WKON 52 (PBS/KET) - WBKI 34 (WB/CW) - WTVQ 36 (ABC) - W39CK 39 (Ind) - WDKY 56 (Fox) - WYMT 57 (CBS) - WBLU-LP 62 (Ind/MNT) - WLJC 65 (TBN) - WUPX 67 (i)

 

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