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{{short description|PBS member station in Louisville, Kentucky}}
{{short description|PBS member station in Louisville, Kentucky}}
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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WKMJ-TV
| callsign = WKMJ-TV
| atsc3 = yes
| city =
| branding = [[Kentucky Educational Television|KET]]2
| logo =
| digital = 34 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| branding = [[Kentucky Educational Television|KET]]2
| virtual = 68
| slogan =
| network = Kentucky Educational Television
| digital = 34 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''68.1:''' KET2/[[PBS]]<ref name=KETNexGen/>|'''68.2:''' KET|''for others, see {{section link||WKMJ digital channels}}''}}
| virtual = 68 ([[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]])
| location = [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| affiliations = {{unbulleted list
| country = United States
|68.1: [[PBS]]
| owner = Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
|68.2: [[Kentucky Channel]]
| airdate = {{start date and age|1970|9|2|p=y|br=yes}}
|68.3: [[World (TV network)|World]]
| callsign_meaning = Kentucky Media and Journalism
}}
| translators = [[WKPC-TV|WKPC-DT]] 15.2 (17.2 UHF) Louisville
| sister_stations = [[WKPC-TV]]
| former_callsigns = WKMJ (1970–1983)
| location = [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[National Educational Television|NET]] (via KET, 1970)|[[PBS]] (via KET, 1970–1997)|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (1997)}}
| country = United States
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 68 (UHF, 1970–2009)|'''Digital:''' 38 (UHF, 2003-2019)}}
| owner = Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
| erp = 40 kW
| licensee =
| haat = {{convert|257|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| founded =
| facility_id = 34195
| airdate = {{start date and age|1970|08|31|p=y}}
| coordinates = {{coord|38|22|1|N|85|49|54|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
| callsign_meaning = '''W''' '''K'''entucky '''M'''edia and '''J'''ournalism
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| sister_stations = [[Kentucky Educational Television|KET]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.ket.org/}}
| former_callsigns =
| former_affiliations = {{unbulleted list
|Analog/DT1:
|[[National Educational Television|NET]] (September–October 1970)
|[[PBS]] (via KET, October 1970–July 1997)
|[[Dark (broadcasting)|Dark]] (July–August 1997)
|DT3:
|[[KET ED]] (2009)<br />Dark (2009–2013)
}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{unbulleted list
|Analog:
|68 (UHF, 1970–2009)
}}<br>'''Digital:'''<br>38 (UHF, 2009-2019)
| erp = {{unbulleted list
|61.6 [[Kilowatt|kW]]
|40 kW ([[construction permit|CP]])
}}{{citation needed lead|date=January 2020}}
| haat = {{unbulleted list
|{{convert|218|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|{{convert|251.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} (CP)
}}{{citation needed lead|date=January 2020}}
| facility_id = 34195
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|38|22|1|N|85|49|54|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.ket.org/}}
}}
}}


'''WKMJ-TV''', [[virtual channel]] 68 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 34), is a Public Broadcasting Service ([[PBS]]) [[network affiliate#Member stations|member]] [[television station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], [[Kentucky]], United States. It is the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] for '''KET2''', the second television service of [[Kentucky Educational Television]] (KET), which is owned by the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television.
'''WKMJ-TV''' (channel 68) is a [[PBS]] member [[television station]] in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], United States. It is the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship station]] for '''KET2''', the second television service of [[Kentucky Educational Television]] (KET), which is owned by the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television.


The station's [[master control]] and internal operations are located at KET's main studios at the [[O. Leonard Press]] Telecommunications Center in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]].{{citation needed lead|date=January 2020}} WKMJ's transmitter, like those of several other Louisville stations including main KET transmitter [[WKPC-TV]], is located at the [[Kentuckiana]] Tower Farm at [[Floyds Knobs, Indiana|Floyds Knobs]], in [[Floyd County, Indiana|Floyd County]], [[Indiana]].{{citation needed lead|date=January 2020}} WKMJ and WKPC are the only KET-owned stations whose transmitters are outside Kentucky's borders.{{citation needed lead|date=January 2020}}
The station's [[master control]] and internal operations are located at KET's main studios at the [[O. Leonard Press]] Telecommunications Center in [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]].{{not verified in body|date=January 2020}} WKMJ's transmitter, like those of several other Louisville stations including main KET transmitter [[WKPC-TV]], is located at the [[Kentuckiana]] Tower Farm at [[Floyds Knobs, Indiana|Floyds Knobs]], in [[Floyd County, Indiana]].{{not verified in body|date=January 2020}} WKMJ and WKPC are the only KET-owned stations whose transmitters are outside Kentucky's borders.{{not verified in body|date=January 2020}}


==History==
==History==
===As KET's original Louisville station===
When Kentucky Educational Television began broadcasting in 1968, it was built to provide the widest statewide coverage with the fewest transmitters possible.<ref name="get">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68610727/|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68610619/ A28]|first=James|last=Doussard|work=Courier-Journal|title=Louisville to Get New Educational Television Station|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=March 30, 1969}}</ref> Network officials expected that the transmitters at Elizabethtown (WKZT-TV) and Owenton (WKON-TV) would provide sufficient service in the Louisville area. Reception, however, was poorer than expected, prompting KET in March 1969 to announce plans to file for channel 68 and strike a deal with [[WAVE-TV]] for a new tower, which would also house a stronger [[WKPC-TV]].{{r|get}} Tests began August 17, 1970,<ref name="air">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68610020/|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=August 17, 1970|title=Channel 68 Begins Air Tests Today|page=B2|first=James|last=Doussard|work=Courier-Journal}}</ref> and full service began two weeks later.<ref>{{cite web|title=WKMJ-TV|work=Broadcasting Yearbook|date=1974|page=A-24|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1974/A-1-1974-YB.pdf#page=22|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> Channel 68 originally went off the air when the rest of KET was airing the same programming as WKPC-TV.{{r|air}} Duplication remained low, and at the end of 1982, an agreement was reached for WKPC-TV to be the primary PBS outlet in Louisville.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68611156/|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=December 31, 1982|title=Changing their image: Channels 15, 68 agree to end duplicate programs|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|page=C5}}</ref>
When Kentucky Educational Television began broadcasting in 1968, it was built to provide the widest statewide coverage with the fewest transmitters possible.<ref name="get">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68610727/|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68610619/ A28]|first=James|last=Doussard|work=Courier-Journal|title=Louisville to Get New Educational Television Station|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=March 30, 1969}}</ref> Network officials expected that the transmitters in Elizabethtown (WKZT-TV, channel 23) and Owenton (WKON-TV, channel 54) would provide sufficient service in the Louisville area. Reception, however, was poorer than expected, prompting KET in March 1969 to announce plans to file for UHF channel 68 and strike a deal with [[NBC]] affiliate [[WAVE-TV]] for a new tower, which would also house a stronger [[WKPC-TV]].{{r|get}} The station, with the callsign WKMJ (the -TV suffix was added in 1983), began test broadcasts on August 17, 1970,<ref name="air">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68610020/|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=August 17, 1970|title=Channel 68 Begins Air Tests Today|page=B2|first=James|last=Doussard|work=Courier-Journal}}</ref> and full service began two weeks later.<ref>{{cite web|title=WKMJ-TV|work=Broadcasting Yearbook|date=1974|page=A-24|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1974/A-1-1974-YB.pdf#page=22|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> Channel 68 originally went off the air when the rest of the stations of KET was airing the same programming as WKPC-TV.{{r|air}} Duplication remained low, and at the end of 1982, an agreement was reached for WKPC-TV to be the primary PBS outlet in Louisville.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68611156/|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=December 31, 1982|title=Changing their image: Channels 15, 68 agree to end duplicate programs|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|page=C5}}</ref>


However, after this arrangement, duplication returned. In 1995, after WKPC-TV experienced a series of financial reversals caused by for-profit ventures intended to bolster station income,<ref>{{cite news|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68613908/ A7]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68613786/|date=September 28, 1996|title=How Channel 15's grand plans went bust|first=John|last=Voskuhl|work=Courier-Journal|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> talks began to merge the two stations, with channel 15—with its stronger signal—becoming the primary KET station.<ref>{{cite news|page=A1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68612046/|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=August 25, 1996|title=KET, WKPC move toward merger}}</ref> An agreement was reached in December 1996,<ref>{{cite news|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68614602/ A7]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68614562/|title=KET will run PBS station in Louisville|date=December 12, 1996|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> by which KET acquired certain technical assets, including the land to the Floyds Knobs tower it still shared with WKPC-TV, and the license.<ref name="day">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68615767/|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=August 2, 1997|title=A new day for public TV|first=Virginia G.|last=Fox|work=Courier-Journal|page=A7}}</ref>
However, after this arrangement, duplication returned. In 1995, after WKPC-TV experienced a series of financial reversals caused by for-profit ventures intended to bolster station income,<ref>{{cite news|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68613908/ A7]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68613786/|date=September 28, 1996|title=How Channel 15's grand plans went bust|first=John|last=Voskuhl|work=Courier-Journal|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> talks about intending to merge the two stations began, with channel 15—with its stronger signal—becoming the primary KET station.<ref>{{cite news|page=A1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68612046/|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=August 25, 1996|title=KET, WKPC move toward merger}}</ref> An agreement was reached in December 1996,<ref>{{cite news|pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68614602/ A7]|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68614562/|title=KET will run PBS station in Louisville|date=December 12, 1996|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> by which KET acquired certain technical assets, including the land to the Floyds Knobs tower it still shared with WKPC-TV, and the license.<ref name="day">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68615767/|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=August 2, 1997|title=A new day for public TV|first=Virginia G.|last=Fox|work=Courier-Journal|page=A7}}</ref>


===The launch of KET2===
On July 1, 1997, KET's main programming moved to WKPC-TV. WKMJ-TV simultaneously suspended operations for a transmitter overhaul;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68614787/|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=June 11, 1997|title=Public-TV station WKPC becomes history July 1|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|page=D1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68614947/ D2]}}</ref> it returned a month later at increased power, carrying a new service called KET2, which initially featured additional children's programs, adult education programming and local productions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68615927/|date=July 31, 1997|title=KET2, too|page=C1|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> Outside of Louisville, KET2 was seen on cable systems statewide.{{r|day}}
On July 1, 1997, KET's main programming moved to WKPC-TV. WKMJ-TV simultaneously suspended operations for a transmitter overhaul;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68614787/|access-date=January 26, 2021|date=June 11, 1997|title=Public-TV station WKPC becomes history July 1|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|page=D1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68614947/ D2]}}</ref> it returned a month later at increased power, carrying a new service called KET2, which initially featured additional children's programs, adult education programming and local productions.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68615927/|date=July 31, 1997|title=KET2, too|page=C1|first=Tom|last=Dorsey|work=Courier-Journal|access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref> Outside of Louisville, KET2 was seen on cable systems statewide;{{r|day}} it also replaced the cable-only KET Etc. service in Lexington, an earlier attempt in launching a second programming service.<ref name="Lexi970729">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114426127/ket-rechannels-part-of-lineup-cable/|date=July 29, 1997|page=Today 3|first=Heather|last=Svokos|title=KET rechannels part of lineup: Cable offspring will have younger, more urban flavor|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader|location=Lexington, Kentucky|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=December 11, 2022|archive-date=December 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211015751/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114426127/ket-rechannels-part-of-lineup-cable/|url-status=live}}</ref><!-- Tue -->


===Digital subchannel history===
In 2009, WKMJ-DT2 began broadcasting the [[Kentucky Channel]], simulcasting the DT3 subchannel of all other KET stations.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Also in 2009, [[KET ED]] became available on WKMJ-DT3, on a 24-hour-a-day basis until September&nbsp;2009, when WKMJ-DT3 went silent for four years.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} In 2013, WKMJ-DT3 began broadcasting the [[World (TV channel)|World]] network by [[American Public Television]] (APT).{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} As the only KET station broadcasting that service, Louisville was the only major market in Kentucky to receive that channel.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} In late 2020, the KET2 subchannel was upgraded to 720p HD, with KETKY on 68.2 upgraded to widescreen standard definition. This upgrade also took place on the DT2 and DT3 feeds of all other KET satellites.
In 2009, WKMJ-DT2 began broadcasting the [[Kentucky Channel]], simulcasting the DT3 subchannel of KET's other stations.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} At the same time, [[KET ED|KET ED, the Education Channel]] became available on WKMJ-DT3 on a 24-hour-a-day basis; this ended in September&nbsp;2009, when WKMJ-DT3 went silent for four years following that linear service's discontinuation.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} In 2013, WKMJ-DT3 began broadcasting the [[World (TV channel)|World]] network by [[American Public Television]] (APT).{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} As the only KET station broadcasting that network, Louisville was the only major market in Kentucky to receive that channel until 2023, when the network began offering it on WCVN-TV's ATSC 3.0 signal in [[Covington, Kentucky|Covington]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} In late 2020, WKMJ-TV's main channel was upgraded to 720p HD, with KETKY on 68.2 upgraded to widescreen standard definition. This upgrade also took place on the DT2 and DT3 feeds of all other KET satellites.


==Programming==
==Programming==
{{main|List of programs broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television|Kentucky Educational Television#Programming}}
{{main|List of programs broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television|Kentucky Educational Television#Programming}}
As the second service of KET, WKMJ-TV broadcasts the national PBS schedule from the [[PBS Satellite Service]] along with additional [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] programs from [[American Public Television]] (including how-to programs, documentaries, and imported comedy and drama series), Kentucky-focused public affairs programs, and some local programming focusing on the Louisville area. {{As of|2021}}, WKMJ-TV does not air children’s programming broadcast by PBS or through independent distributors; this is despite that FCC [[Regulations on children's television programming in the United States|Children’s Television Act regulations]] (which require television stations to air a minimum of three hours of educational children’s programming per week) apply to WKMJ, as it transmits the KET2 schedule locally. (While KET2 is simulcast on the DT2 subchannel of KET’s other stations, exemptions to Children’s Television Act enforcement—as implemented in January 2020—only apply to services transmitted exclusively through subchannels.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ket.org/watch/stations_ket3.htm |title=KET Channels : KET3 |publisher=Kentucky Educational Television |access-date=January 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928065058/http://www.ket.org/watch/stations_ket3.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
As the second service of KET, WKMJ-TV broadcasts the national PBS schedule from the [[PBS Satellite Service]] along with additional [[Broadcast syndication|syndicated]] programs from [[American Public Television]] (including how-to programs, documentaries, and imported comedy and drama series), Kentucky-focused public affairs programs, and some local programming focusing on the Louisville area. {{As of|2023}}, WKMJ-TV does not air children's programming broadcast by PBS or through independent distributors; this is despite that FCC [[Regulations on children's television programming in the United States|Children's Television Act regulations]] (which require television stations to air a minimum of three hours of educational children's programming per week) apply to WKMJ, as it transmits the KET2 schedule locally. (While KET2 is simulcast on the DT2 subchannel of KET's other stations, exemptions to Children's Television Act enforcement—as implemented in January 2020—only apply to services transmitted exclusively through subchannels.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ket.org/watch/stations_ket3.htm |title=KET Channels : KET3 |publisher=Kentucky Educational Television |access-date=January 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928065058/http://www.ket.org/watch/stations_ket3.htm |archive-date=September 28, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Availability==
==Availability==
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{{Off topic|date=November 2019|Kentucky Educational Television|Kentucky Educational Television#Merger proposal|reason=Even if this is the flagship station for KET2, this section is talking about the network availability which logically belongs in the article [[Kentucky Educational Television]]}}


The KET2 service became available over-the-air statewide via the [[digital terrestrial television|digital television]] signals of all KET stations broadcasting the statewide feed in the early 2000s, through a second [[digital subchannel]]. The 15 principal KET satellites and 3 accompanying digital [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] translators provide KET2 on their respective DT2 subchannels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rabbitears.info/search.php?request=owner_search&owner=Kentucky+Authority+for+Educational+Television |title=query on Kentucky Authority for Educational Television |publisher=Rabbitears.info |date=2011-08-26 |access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227153535/https://rabbitears.info//search.php?request=owner_search&owner=Kentucky+Authority+for+Educational+Television |archive-date=2018-02-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>
KET2 was originally available exclusively in the Louisville market over-the-air upon its launch in 1997; some cable systems elsewhere in Kentucky, including systems in Lexington, began to carry the service. The over-the-air statewide relaunch of KET2, via the [[digital terrestrial television|digital television]] signals of all KET stations broadcasting the statewide feed, occurred in 2002 by making it available through a second [[digital subchannel]]. The 15 principal KET satellites and 3 accompanying digital [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] translators presently provide KET2 on their respective DT2 subchannels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rabbitears.info/search.php?request=owner_search&owner=Kentucky+Authority+for+Educational+Television |title=query on Kentucky Authority for Educational Television |publisher=Rabbitears.info |date=2011-08-26 |access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227153535/https://rabbitears.info//search.php?request=owner_search&owner=Kentucky+Authority+for+Educational+Television |archive-date=2018-02-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>


KET2's cable carriage covers roughly 62% of all subscribers in the state. This includes most [[Spectrum (cable service)|Charter Spectrum]] systems, including all of the state's major cities and several rural areas. It is also available on [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]] [[satellite television]] in the Louisville market.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ket.org/content/uploads/2014/05/cable-guide-2015.pdf |title=KET Cable and Satellite Company Channel Listings |access-date=2017-01-17 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20160605105923/http://www.ket.org/content/uploads/2014/05/cable-guide-2015.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> KET2 is also available on cable in Louisville's southern Indiana suburbs.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
Currently, KET2's cable carriage covers roughly 62% of all subscribers in the state. This includes most [[Spectrum (cable service)|Charter Spectrum]] systems, including all of the state's major cities and several rural areas. It is also available on [[DirecTV]] and [[Dish Network]] [[satellite television]] in the Louisville market.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ket.org/content/uploads/2014/05/cable-guide-2015.pdf |title=KET Cable and Satellite Company Channel Listings |access-date=2017-01-17 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20160605105923/http://www.ket.org/content/uploads/2014/05/cable-guide-2015.pdf |archive-date=2016-06-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ketcable2022>[https://portal.ketcloud.ket.org/20220811185204/Cable-Guide-2022-2023-bulleted-FINAL-DOCUMENT.pdf "KET - Cable and Satellite Company Channel Listings".] [[Kentucky Educational Television]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221109044131/https://portal.ketcloud.ket.org/20220811185204/Cable-Guide-2022-2023-bulleted-FINAL-DOCUMENT.pdf Archived] from the original November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.</ref> KET2 is also available on cable in Louisville's southern Indiana suburbs.<ref name=ketcable2022/>


==Digital television==
==Digital television==

===WKMJ-DT===
===WKMJ-DT===
WKMJ-TV began broadcasting its digital television companion signal, WKMJ-DT, in 2003, making it the last KET-affiliated television station to do so.<ref>"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting Yearbook 2003-2004''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2004. p. B-38. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2003-04/B-TV-BC-YB-2003-04.pdf]</ref>
WKMJ-TV began broadcasting its digital television companion signal, WKMJ-DT, in 2003, making it the last television station in the KET system to do so.<ref>"Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". ''Broadcasting Yearbook 2003-2004''. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2004. p. B-38. [https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2003-04/B-TV-BC-YB-2003-04.pdf]</ref>


===Analog-to-digital conversion===
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
{{main|Kentucky Educational Television#Digital television}}
{{main|Kentucky Educational Television#Subchannels}}

On April 16, 2009, WKMJ-TV shut down its analog signal on UHF channel 68 in compliance with the federally-mandated [[Digital television transition in the United States|digital television transition]]. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 38. Digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as 68, its former UHF analog channel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Calls come after KET, WKYT digital TV transition|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2009/04/17/763776/calls-come-after-ket-wkyt-digital.html#storylink=cpy|newspaper=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|date=April 17, 2009|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224636/http://www.kentucky.com/2009/04/17/763776/calls-come-after-ket-wkyt-digital.html#storylink=cpy|archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url = http://www.ket.org/about/macwall.htm|title = The Digital Transition: The Malcolm (Mac) Wall Years|access-date = 2017-01-13|website = KET|publisher = Kentucky Educational Television|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150625033501/http://www.ket.org/about/macwall.htm|archive-date = 2015-06-25|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |date=2012-03-24 |access-date=2017-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
On April 16, 2009, WKMJ-TV shut down its analog signal on UHF channel 68 in compliance with the federally-mandated [[Digital television transition in the United States|digital television transition]]. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 38. Digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as 68, its former UHF analog channel, which was one of the upper-band UHF channels (52–69) that was discontinued for broadcast television use with that transition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Calls come after KET, WKYT digital TV transition|url=http://www.kentucky.com/2009/04/17/763776/calls-come-after-ket-wkyt-digital.html#storylink=cpy|newspaper=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|date=April 17, 2009|access-date=January 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508224636/http://www.kentucky.com/2009/04/17/763776/calls-come-after-ket-wkyt-digital.html#storylink=cpy|archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url = http://www.ket.org/about/macwall.htm|title = The Digital Transition: The Malcolm (Mac) Wall Years|access-date = 2017-01-13|website = KET|publisher = Kentucky Educational Television|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150625033501/http://www.ket.org/about/macwall.htm|archive-date = 2015-06-25|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |date=2012-03-24 |access-date=2017-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


===Spectrum incentive auction results===
===Spectrum incentive auction results===
As of July 2017, WKMJ-TV currently holds a construction permit to move its digital signal to UHF channel 34 as part of the network's participation in the {{nowrap|2016–17 FCC}} [[Spectrum reallocation|Spectrum incentive]] auction. WKMJ's digital signal is scheduled to be reallocated to its new position in late 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rabbitears.info/phasemap.php?maptype=s&phase=6 |title=RabbitEars.Info |publisher=RabbitEars.Info |date=2011-08-26 |access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082054/https://www.rabbitears.info/phasemap.php?maptype=s&phase=6 |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=FCC |url=http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/ |title=Post Incentive Auction Television Data Files |publisher=Data.fcc.gov |access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209080107/http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/ |archive-date=2018-02-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{update inline|date=November 2019}}
In July 2017, WKMJ-TV held a construction permit to move its digital signal to UHF channel 34 as part of the network's participation in the {{nowrap|2016–17 FCC}} [[Spectrum reallocation|Spectrum incentive]] auction. WKMJ's digital signal was reallocated to its new position in October 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rabbitears.info/phasemap.php?maptype=s&phase=6 |title=RabbitEars.Info |publisher=RabbitEars.Info |date=2011-08-26 |access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082054/https://www.rabbitears.info/phasemap.php?maptype=s&phase=6 |archive-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=FCC |url=http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/ |title=Post Incentive Auction Television Data Files |publisher=Data.fcc.gov |access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209080107/http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/ |archive-date=2018-02-09 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{update inline|date=November 2019}}

===ATSC 3.0===
On September 19, 2022, at 11 a.m. [[Eastern time zone|Eastern Daylight Time]], the signal of WKMJ was upgraded to become the first [[ATSC 3.0]] station in the KET system, and the second ATSC 3.0 station in the Louisville market after [[WBKI (TV)|WBKI]].<ref name=KETNexGen/>


===WKMJ digital channels===
===WKMJ digital channels===
WKMJ is the only KET-network station whose subchannels are not configured the same way as the other satellites. The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]] in this manner:
WKMJ is the only KET-network station whose subchannels are not configured the same way as the other satellites. The station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]] in this manner:
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{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of WKMJ-TV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WKMJ#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WKMJ|website=RabbitEars.info}}</ref><ref name="KETNexGen">{{cite web|url=https://www.ket.org/nextgen/|title=NextGen TV|website=KET|access-date=December 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230728053326/https://ket.org/nextgen/|archive-date=July 28, 2023}}</ref>
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | Short name
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.1
|rowspan="2"|[[720p]]|| rowspan="5" |[[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]]|| KET2 || Main WKMJ-TV programming / PBS ("KET2")
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.2
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
| KET || KET
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! [[Program and System Information Protocol#What PSIP does|PSIP Short Name]]
! Programming<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WKMJ |title=Digital TV Market Listing for WKMJ-TV |publisher=Rabbitears.info |access-date=2018-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227035214/https://rabbitears.info//market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WKMJ |archive-date=2018-02-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.3
| 68.1 ||[[720p]]|| rowspan="3" |[[16:9 aspect ratio|16:9]]|| KET2 || Main WKMJ-TV programming / KET2 / PBS
| rowspan="3" |[[480i]]|| KETKY || Kentucky Channel
|-
|-
| 68.2
! scope = "row" | 68.4
| KETKIDS ||[[PBS Kids]]
| rowspan="2" |[[480i]]|| KETKY || [[Kentucky Channel]] (via WKPC-DT3)
|-
|-
! scope = "row" | 68.5
| 68.3 || KETWRLD || [[World (TV network)|World]]
| KETWRLD ||[[World Channel|World]]
|}
|}<section end=wkmjtable />


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Kentucky Educational Television]]
* [[Kentucky Educational Television]]
* [[List of ATSC 3.0 television stations in the United States]]


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WKMJ-TV
ATSC 3.0 station
Channels
BrandingKET2
Programming
NetworkKentucky Educational Television
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerKentucky Authority for Educational Television
WKPC-TV
History
First air date
September 2, 1970
(54 years ago) (1970-09-02)
Former call signs
WKMJ (1970–1983)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 68 (UHF, 1970–2009)
  • Digital: 38 (UHF, 2003-2019)
  • NET (via KET, 1970)
  • PBS (via KET, 1970–1997)
  • Dark (1997)
Call sign meaning
Kentucky Media and Journalism
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID34195
ERP40 kW
HAAT257 m (843 ft)
Transmitter coordinates38°22′1″N 85°49′54″W / 38.36694°N 85.83167°W / 38.36694; -85.83167
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.ket.org

WKMJ-TV (channel 68) is a PBS member television station in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is the flagship station for KET2, the second television service of Kentucky Educational Television (KET), which is owned by the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television.

The station's master control and internal operations are located at KET's main studios at the O. Leonard Press Telecommunications Center in Lexington.[not verified in body] WKMJ's transmitter, like those of several other Louisville stations including main KET transmitter WKPC-TV, is located at the Kentuckiana Tower Farm at Floyds Knobs, in Floyd County, Indiana.[not verified in body] WKMJ and WKPC are the only KET-owned stations whose transmitters are outside Kentucky's borders.[not verified in body]

History

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As KET's original Louisville station

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When Kentucky Educational Television began broadcasting in 1968, it was built to provide the widest statewide coverage with the fewest transmitters possible.[3] Network officials expected that the transmitters in Elizabethtown (WKZT-TV, channel 23) and Owenton (WKON-TV, channel 54) would provide sufficient service in the Louisville area. Reception, however, was poorer than expected, prompting KET in March 1969 to announce plans to file for UHF channel 68 and strike a deal with NBC affiliate WAVE-TV for a new tower, which would also house a stronger WKPC-TV.[3] The station, with the callsign WKMJ (the -TV suffix was added in 1983), began test broadcasts on August 17, 1970,[4] and full service began two weeks later.[5] Channel 68 originally went off the air when the rest of the stations of KET was airing the same programming as WKPC-TV.[4] Duplication remained low, and at the end of 1982, an agreement was reached for WKPC-TV to be the primary PBS outlet in Louisville.[6]

However, after this arrangement, duplication returned. In 1995, after WKPC-TV experienced a series of financial reversals caused by for-profit ventures intended to bolster station income,[7] talks about intending to merge the two stations began, with channel 15—with its stronger signal—becoming the primary KET station.[8] An agreement was reached in December 1996,[9] by which KET acquired certain technical assets, including the land to the Floyds Knobs tower it still shared with WKPC-TV, and the license.[10]

The launch of KET2

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On July 1, 1997, KET's main programming moved to WKPC-TV. WKMJ-TV simultaneously suspended operations for a transmitter overhaul;[11] it returned a month later at increased power, carrying a new service called KET2, which initially featured additional children's programs, adult education programming and local productions.[12] Outside of Louisville, KET2 was seen on cable systems statewide;[10] it also replaced the cable-only KET Etc. service in Lexington, an earlier attempt in launching a second programming service.[13]

Digital subchannel history

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In 2009, WKMJ-DT2 began broadcasting the Kentucky Channel, simulcasting the DT3 subchannel of KET's other stations.[citation needed] At the same time, KET ED, the Education Channel became available on WKMJ-DT3 on a 24-hour-a-day basis; this ended in September 2009, when WKMJ-DT3 went silent for four years following that linear service's discontinuation.[citation needed] In 2013, WKMJ-DT3 began broadcasting the World network by American Public Television (APT).[citation needed] As the only KET station broadcasting that network, Louisville was the only major market in Kentucky to receive that channel until 2023, when the network began offering it on WCVN-TV's ATSC 3.0 signal in Covington.[citation needed] In late 2020, WKMJ-TV's main channel was upgraded to 720p HD, with KETKY on 68.2 upgraded to widescreen standard definition. This upgrade also took place on the DT2 and DT3 feeds of all other KET satellites.

Programming

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Main articles: List of programs broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television and Kentucky Educational Television § Programming

As the second service of KET, WKMJ-TV broadcasts the national PBS schedule from the PBS Satellite Service along with additional syndicated programs from American Public Television (including how-to programs, documentaries, and imported comedy and drama series), Kentucky-focused public affairs programs, and some local programming focusing on the Louisville area. As of 2023, WKMJ-TV does not air children's programming broadcast by PBS or through independent distributors; this is despite that FCC Children's Television Act regulations (which require television stations to air a minimum of three hours of educational children's programming per week) apply to WKMJ, as it transmits the KET2 schedule locally. (While KET2 is simulcast on the DT2 subchannel of KET's other stations, exemptions to Children's Television Act enforcement—as implemented in January 2020—only apply to services transmitted exclusively through subchannels.)[14]

Availability

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See also: Kentucky Educational Television § Stations

KET2 was originally available exclusively in the Louisville market over-the-air upon its launch in 1997; some cable systems elsewhere in Kentucky, including systems in Lexington, began to carry the service. The over-the-air statewide relaunch of KET2, via the digital television signals of all KET stations broadcasting the statewide feed, occurred in 2002 by making it available through a second digital subchannel. The 15 principal KET satellites and 3 accompanying digital low-powered translators presently provide KET2 on their respective DT2 subchannels.[15]

Currently, KET2's cable carriage covers roughly 62% of all subscribers in the state. This includes most Charter Spectrum systems, including all of the state's major cities and several rural areas. It is also available on DirecTV and Dish Network satellite television in the Louisville market.[16][17] KET2 is also available on cable in Louisville's southern Indiana suburbs.[17]

Digital television

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WKMJ-DT

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WKMJ-TV began broadcasting its digital television companion signal, WKMJ-DT, in 2003, making it the last television station in the KET system to do so.[18]

Analog-to-digital conversion

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Main article: Kentucky Educational Television § Subchannels

On April 16, 2009, WKMJ-TV shut down its analog signal on UHF channel 68 in compliance with the federally-mandated digital television transition. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 38. Digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as 68, its former UHF analog channel, which was one of the upper-band UHF channels (52–69) that was discontinued for broadcast television use with that transition.[19][20][21]

Spectrum incentive auction results

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In July 2017, WKMJ-TV held a construction permit to move its digital signal to UHF channel 34 as part of the network's participation in the 2016–17 FCC Spectrum incentive auction. WKMJ's digital signal was reallocated to its new position in October 2019.[22][23][needs update]

ATSC 3.0

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On September 19, 2022, at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, the signal of WKMJ was upgraded to become the first ATSC 3.0 station in the KET system, and the second ATSC 3.0 station in the Louisville market after WBKI.[1]

WKMJ digital channels

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WKMJ is the only KET-network station whose subchannels are not configured the same way as the other satellites. The station's signal is multiplexed in this manner:

Subchannels of WKMJ-TV[24][1]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
68.1 720p 16:9 KET2 Main WKMJ-TV programming / PBS ("KET2")
68.2 KET KET
68.3 480i KETKY Kentucky Channel
68.4 KETKIDS PBS Kids
68.5 KETWRLD World

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "NextGen TV". KET. Archived from the original on July 28, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WKMJ-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ a b Doussard, James (March 30, 1969). "Louisville to Get New Educational Television Station". Courier-Journal. pp. A1, A28. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Doussard, James (August 17, 1970). "Channel 68 Begins Air Tests Today". Courier-Journal. p. B2. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "WKMJ-TV" (PDF). Broadcasting Yearbook. 1974. p. A-24. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  6. ^ Dorsey, Tom (December 31, 1982). "Changing their image: Channels 15, 68 agree to end duplicate programs". Courier-Journal. p. C5. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Voskuhl, John (September 28, 1996). "How Channel 15's grand plans went bust". Courier-Journal. pp. A1, A7. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  8. ^ Dorsey, Tom (August 25, 1996). "KET, WKPC move toward merger". Courier-Journal. p. A1. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  9. ^ Dorsey, Tom (December 12, 1996). "KET will run PBS station in Louisville". Courier-Journal. pp. A1, A7. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Fox, Virginia G. (August 2, 1997). "A new day for public TV". Courier-Journal. p. A7. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  11. ^ Dorsey, Tom (June 11, 1997). "Public-TV station WKPC becomes history July 1". Courier-Journal. p. D1, D2. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  12. ^ Dorsey, Tom (July 31, 1997). "KET2, too". Courier-Journal. p. C1. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
  13. ^ Svokos, Heather (July 29, 1997). "KET rechannels part of lineup: Cable offspring will have younger, more urban flavor". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. Today 3. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "KET Channels : KET3". Kentucky Educational Television. Archived from the original on September 28, 2006. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  15. ^ "query on Kentucky Authority for Educational Television". Rabbitears.info. 2011-08-26. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  16. ^ "KET Cable and Satellite Company Channel Listings" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  17. ^ a b "KET - Cable and Satellite Company Channel Listings". Kentucky Educational Television. Archived from the original November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  18. ^ "Directory of Radio Stations in the United States and Canada". Broadcasting Yearbook 2003-2004. Washington, DC: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 2004. p. B-38. [1]
  19. ^ "Calls come after KET, WKYT digital TV transition". Lexington Herald-Leader. April 17, 2009. Archived from the original on May 8, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2017.
  20. ^ "The Digital Transition: The Malcolm (Mac) Wall Years". KET. Kentucky Educational Television. Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  21. ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds" (PDF). 2012-03-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2017-01-16.
  22. ^ "RabbitEars.Info". RabbitEars.Info. 2011-08-26. Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  23. ^ FCC. "Post Incentive Auction Television Data Files". Data.fcc.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  24. ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for WKMJ". RabbitEars.info.
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