Updated 04-May-2020.
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: WBKO, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is an ABC/Fox/CW+-affiliated television station . the station is licensed to Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States and serving south central Kentucky . the station was the first commercial outlet to launch in Bowling Green and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 13 . it was an independent station which originally had studios at its transmitter in rural Warren County . most television markets WLTV was the only commercial television station in the market until WQQB signed on in December 1989 . after affiliating with ABC, the station moved to new studios located on Morgantown Road in downtown Bowling Green station moved to studios on east 10th street in downtown Bowling Green . station now operates and shares with PBS member station wkyu-TV . in 1976, a local group known as Bluegrass Media bought WBKO from Professional Telecasting . it remained in Bluegrass’s hands until 1983 when broadcaster A. Richard Benedek took over . in in 2002, Benedek sold most of his stations (including WBKO) to owner Gray Television . due to its relatively close proximity to Nashville, the station has competed with that market’s ABC affiliate WKRN WCAY-TV served as the default Fox affiliate from 1990 until 1990 . in Hart County, cable systems in that area were served by Louisville Fox affiliate WDRB . Campbellsville-based WGRB was an alternative default Fox station later became the default over-the-air affiliate of The WB for parts of the area . in 2006, WBKO-Fox subchannel 13-2 was launched to serve as a new Fox affiliate . it syndicated programs include Pawn Stars, The People’s Court, The Big Bang Theory, 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, Extra . until June 2016, WBKO-DT2 ran programming from Jewelry Television the channel provided all of The WB’s programming, along with syndicated programming . it had the branding WB 12 for most of its tenure with the WB . over-the-air viewers could still view The W the station had the largest coverage area for any station based in the state of Kentucky . it was the default over-the-air affiliate for both Bowling Green and Lexington . on January 24, 2006, UPN and The WB “WBWG” became affiliated with the CW via The CW Plus . “wbWG” was carried on all cable systems in the Bowling Green market since its 1998 inception . in October 2006, WBKI as of June 2018, the over-the-air feed of WBKO-DT3 continued airing in a 16:9 widescreen standard definition picture format . it could not be upgraded to high definition due to bandwidth limitations prohibiting as a CW Plus affiliate, syndicated programming on this channel is provided by the network-run feed . as of September 2014, programming includes Seinfeld, The Steve Wilkos Show, Maury, and The King of station began the process of installing a new digital antenna and other equipment . due to inclement weather and the holiday season, the construction took longer than anticipated . digital signal (on UHF channel 33) was off-the- after Raycom lost the rights to the SEC in 2009, WBKO ran SEC games syndicated through ESPN Plus-oriented SEC TV (formerly SEC Network) from 2009 to the end of the 2013–14 basketball season only sports programming available on WBKO-DT2 is from ABC’s exclusive ESPN on ABC package . station also carries THIS is Kentucky Basketball as part of the UK IMG Sports Network’s package offered by sister station . the station has remained the dominant outlet for south central Kentucky . it has also competed with Nashville stations transmitting rimshot signals . the station’s first newscasts were branded as Channel 13 News Report . in the early 2000s, WNKY slowly re-entered the market with an unusual weather-only approach . instead of full newscasts, it offers weekday morning and nightly local weather forecast cut-ins Sarah Goebel originally anchored the show until early 2008 when she was promoted to WBKO’s main weeknight broadcasts . Daniel Kemp was the news anchor until early June when he moved to the weekend newscasts on beginning on June 13, 2016, WBKO-DT2 began broadcasting a replay of AM Kentucky . station does not air a full two-hour weekday morning show or early evening news on weekends . like all CW plus the station operates its own weather radar, the First Alert Live Doppler . weather forecasts from this station can be heard on WKLX FM 100.7, WOVO 106.3, and WPTQ FM 105.3 only the station’s main channel is carried on out-of-market cable systems outside the Bowling Green market . the station is subject to blackout of ABC programming by WHAS-TV in accordance with syndex rules