Five Louisville Stations Launch NextGen TV Broadcasts

By George Winslow
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A sixth station, PBS affiliate WKMJ, will launch on Sept. 19

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LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Five local stations in the Louisville area have launched NextGen TV (aka, ATSC 3.0) broadcasts, with a sixth expected to be on the air next week. 

For the launch Block Communications’ CW affiliate WBKI is hosting NextGen TV broadcasts for five stations, which include WDRB (Block’s Fox affiliate), WAVE (Gray Television's NBC affiliate), WHAS (Tegna's ABC affiliate) and WBNA (a independent station owned by Word).

Kentucky Educational Television’s WKMJ PBS affiliate will launch NextGen TV signals on Sept. 19. 

Louisville viewers can find five channels over-the-air on channel 16 with a NextGen TV set. KET’s WKMJ, (PBS) will be available on channel 34 when it launches. 

The launches mean that NextGen TV broadcasts are now available to more than 660,000 viewers in the metro and outlying areas of Louisville. 

TV Tech has been following the launch of NextGen TV broadcasts around the country. Our exclusive list of where the broadcasts have been launched is available here.  

George Winslow
George Winslow

George Winslow is the senior content producer for TV Tech. He has written about the television, media and technology industries for nearly 30 years for such publications as Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and TV Tech. Over the years, he has edited a number of magazines, including Multichannel News International and World Screen, and moderated panels at such major industry events as NAB and MIP TV. He has published two books and dozens of encyclopedia articles on such subjects as the media, New York City history and economics.