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WDKA

callsign	WDKA
city	Paducah, Kentucky
branding	My 49 WDKA
digital	25 (UHF)
virtual	49
translators	KBSI 23.2 Cape Girardeau, MO
affiliations	49.1: Independent with MyNetworkTV for others, see
country	United States
founded	October 2, 1989
airdate	June 5, 1997
location	Paducah, Kentucky Harrisburg, Illinois Cape Girardeau, Missouri
callsign meaning	Paducah (soundalike "K" substituting for "C")
former channel numbers	Analog: 49 (UHF, 1997–2009) Digital: 50 (UHF, 2000–2010), 49 (UHF, 2010–2019)
owner	Rincon Broadcasting Group
licensee	Paducah Television License LLC
operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group via SSA
sister stations	KBSI
former affiliations	UPN (1997–2000) The WB (2000–2006)
erp	1,000 kW
haat	327 m
facility id	39561
coordinates	37.395°N, -88.93972°W
licensing authority	FCC
website	https://kbsi23.com/

WDKA (channel 49) is an independent television station licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States, serving as the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Western Kentucky's Purchase region, Southern Illinois and Southeastern Missouri, and Northwest Tennessee, and also having a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group alongside Cape Girardeau, Missouri–licensed Fox affiliate KBSI (channel 23); Sinclair Broadcast Group operates the two stations under a shared services agreement (SSA). WDKA and KBSI share studios on Enterprise Street in Cape Girardeau; WDKA's transmitter is located in Vienna, Illinois.

In addition to its own digital signal, WDKA is simulcast in standard definition on KBSI's second digital subchannel (23.2) from a transmitter north of Cape Girardeau in unincorporated Cape Girardeau County.

History

WDKA began broadcasting on June 5, 1997. It was a UPN affiliate broadcasting an analog signal on UHF channel 49.[1]

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