WKAG-CA is a Class A low power television station in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, broadcasting locally on air as channel 43. WKAG is also on cable on NewWave Communications in Christian and Mulenburg counties in Kentucky and on CDE Lightband in Montgomery County (Clarksville), Tennessee. The station is owned by NewWave Communications.
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Founded December 9, 1983, the station went on the air in July 1984 as W43AG under the ownership of the publisher of the Kentucky New Era newspaper.[1] It was branded on-air as "TV-43." The call letters were changed to WKAG-LP in 1994 (after the Federal Communications Commission allowed low-power stations to use traditional call signs with an "-LP" suffix, instead of a translator-style call sign), and to WKAG-CA in 2002 (reflecting its Class A status). The New Era sold the station to Owen Broadcasting, controlled by station manager Eddie Owen, in mid-2004;[1] in 2010, NewWave purchased the station from NewWave and rebranded the station as "Source16", after the station's new cable slot (before the acquisition, WKAG was instead seen on cable channel 3).[2]
For most of its history, WKAG produced local newscasts; these were discontinued on August 5, 2011, amid uncertainty about its future (the station is not included in the sale of NewWave's area cable systems to Time Warner Cable).[2] It still rebroadcasts news programming from Lexington's WKYT-TV.
On Friday, August 5, 2011, at 3 pm, Source16 employees were informed that the station would be shut down. No warning was given to employees prior to the shutdown.
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Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television |
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- WKRN (2.1 ABC, 2.2 Nashville WX Channel)
- WSMV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Off Air)
- WTVF (5.1 CBS, 5.2 NewsChannel 5+, 5.3 This TV)
- WRTN-LP 6 / WRTN-LD 6.1 (Daystar, 6.2 RTV, 6.3 Ind, 6.4 Ind, 6.5 Tuff TV)
- WNPT (8.1 PBS, 8.2 NPT2)
- WETV-LP 11 (Ind)
- WZTV 17 (FOX)
- WIIW-LP 19 (IND)
- WCTE 22 (PBS)
- WJDE-LP 24 (Ind)
- WNTU-LP 26 (DAY)
- WNPX 28 / WNPX-LP 20 (28.1 ION, 28.2 qubo, 28.3 ION Life)
- WUXP (30.1 MNTV, 30.2 theCoolTV)
- WJNK-LP 34 (Ind)
- WHTN (39.1 CTN, 39.2 CTNi)
- WLLC-LP 42 (TFA)
- WPGD (50.1 TBN, 50.2 Church, 50.3 JCTV, 50.4 Enlace, 50.5 Smile)
- WNAB (58.1 CW, 58.2 The Country Network)
- WJFB (66.1 Jewelry TV, 44.2 America One)
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Other Television Stations in the Commonwealth of Kentucky |
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Louisville market stations:
WLCU-CA 4 (Religious independent, Campbellsville) - WBXV-CA 13 (MTV2, Louisville) - WBNA 21 (ION, Louisville) - WKYI-CD 24 (JTV, Louisville)
Lexington market stations:
WOBZ 9 (A1/JTV, East Bernstadt/London) - W10BM 10 (AMGTV/WHTV, Morehead) - WLJC 65 (TBN, Beattyville) - WUPX 67 (ION, Morehead)
Other markets:
WPBM-LP 31 (FN, Scottsville) - WKAG-CA 43 (A1, Hopkinsville) - WAGV 44 (Religious independent, Harlan) - W54AE 54 (TCT, Paducah) - WTSF 61 (Daystar, Ashland)
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