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Full-power digital · channel 14 · LOUISVILLE, KY
| Facility ID | 53939 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | HEARST PROPERTIES INC. |
| Community of licence | LOUISVILLE, KY
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 38.36900, -85.82989 |
| Effective radiated power | 710 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 582.6 m above average terrain · directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-23.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
| Website | https://www.wlky.com/ |
| AI crawlers blocked by name | 19
|
Publishes /llms.txt | no |
Publishes /.well-known/ai | no |
| Structured data on the homepage | yes |
Checked 2026-09-11 by fetching robots.txt
and the homepage once each. A robots.txt entry is evidence that a line exists in a file. It is not
evidence of intent, and there are sound reasons a publisher may choose it.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 795311 | 7 | LPD | |
| WBNA | 8 | DTV | WORD BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC. |
| facility 795526 | 9 | LPD | |
| facility 795528 | 10 | LPD | |
| WHAS-TV | 11 | DTV | SANDER OPERATING CO. I LLC D/B/A WHAS TE |
| facility 795531 | 12 | LPD | |
| facility 795540 | 13 | LPD | |
| WDYL-LD | 15 | LPD | WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC. |
| WMYO-CD | 18 | DCA | NEW ALBANY BROADCASTING CO. INC. |
| facility 795266 | 19 | LPD | |
| W21EZ-D | 21 | LPD | |
| W22FW-D | 22 | LPD |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/WLKY | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=WLKY | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.