WDKA

WDKA

Paducah, Kentucky/ Harrisburg, Illinois/ Cape Girardeau, Missouri/ Jonesboro, Arkansas
City of license	Paducah
Branding	My 49 WDKA
Channels	Digital: 49 (UHF) & KBSI-DT 22.2 (UHF)
Affiliations	49.1 MyNetworkTV
Owner	WDKA Acquisition Corporation (operated through LMA by Sinclair Broadcast Group)
First air date	June 5, 1997
Call letters' meaning	PaDu(K)Ah
Sister station(s)	KBSI
Former channel number(s)	49 (UHF analog, 1997-2009) 50 (UHF digital, -2010)
Former affiliations	UPN (1997-2000) The WB (2000-2006)
Transmitter power	1,000 kW
Height	327 m
Facility ID	39561
Transmitter coordinates	37°23′42.6″N 88°56′23.3″W

WDKA is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for the Jackson Purchase area of Western Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Southeastern Missouri that is licensed to Paducah, Kentucky. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 50 from a transmitter in Vienna, Illinois. Locally-owned, the station is operated through a local marketing agreement (LMA) by the Sinclair Broadcast Group as sister to Fox affiliate KBSI. The two stations share studios on Enterprise Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Syndicated programing on WDKA includes: Frasier, Friends, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons.

Since the Jonesboro metropolitan area doesn't have a MyNetworkTV affiliate of its own, WDKA channel 49 also serves Northeast Arkansas by default.

It can also be seen on KBSI's second digital subchannel (UHF channel 22.2) from a transmitter north of Cape Girardeau in rural Cape Girardeau County. The channel began broadcasting on June 5, 1997. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 49 and was a UPN affiliate. In 2000, WDKA switched affiliations with low-powered WQTV-LP and became a WB affiliate. The station became a MyNetworkTV affiliate on September 5, 2006.

External links

• WDKA channel 50
• KBSI "Fox 23"
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WDKA