WAZE-TV

WAZE-TV
Madisonville, Kentucky; Evansville, Indiana; ; United States;
City	Madisonville, Kentucky
Channels	Digital: 20 (UHF); Virtual: 19;
Programming
Affiliations	Defunct (WEOA-LP, 2007–present; WAZE-TV, 2011–present; WJPS-LP & WIKY-LP, 2013–present; WAZE-LP, 2017-present)
Ownership
Owner	WAZE-LP: Ion Media Networks; (Ion Media License Company, LLC);
History
Founded	WAZE-TV: June 7, 1982; WJPS-LP: July 23, 1985; WIKY-LP: October 7, 1985; WEOA-LP: February 28, 1989; WAZE-LP: July 28, 1989;
First air date	WAZE-TV: October 15, 1983; WIKY-LP: February 27, 1987; WJPS-LP: June 15, 1987; WAZE-LP: February 4, 1991; WEOA-LP: August 18, 1995;
Last air date	WEOA-LP: August 14, 2007 (11 years, 361 days); WAZE-TV: March 24, 2011 (27 years, 160 days); WIKY-LP/WJPS-LP/WAZE-LP: January 3, 2013; (WIKY-LP: 25 years, 311 days); (WJPS-LP: 25 years, 202 days); (WAZE-LP: 21 years, 334 days);
Former call signs	WAZE-TV: WLCN (1983–1997), WWAZ-TV (1997–2000); WIKY-LP: W05BC (1987–1994); WJPS-LP: W04BV (1987–1994); WAZE-LP: W52AZ (1991–1997), WWAZ-LP (1997–2000); WEOA-LP: W67CB (1995–1996);
Former channel number(s)	Analog:; WAZE-TV: 19 (UHF, 1983–2009); WIKY-LP: 5 (VHF, 1987–2013); WJPS-LP: 4 (VHF, 1987–2013); WAZE-LP: 52 (UHF, 1991–1998), 17 (UHF, 1998–2017); WEOA-LP: 67 (UHF, 1995–1998), 50 (UHF, 1998–2007); Virtual: 19 (until 2013);
Former affiliations	WAZE-TV/WIKY-LP/WJPS-LP:; Independent (1983–1997); The WB (1997–2006); UPN (secondary, 1997–1998); The CW (2006–2013); WAZE-LP/WEOA-LP:; Independent (1991–1995); UPN (primary 1995–1997, secondary 1997–1998); The WB (secondary 1995–1997, primary 1997–2006); The CW (2006–2013); Dark (2013–2014); Ion Television (2014–2017);
Technical information
Facility ID	74592
ERP	1.1 kW
HAAT	216 m (709 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°24′56.6″N 87°31′29″W / 37.415722°N 87.52472°W
Translator(s)	WAZE-LP 17 (UHF) Evansville, IN; WEOA-LP 50 (UHF) Evansville, IN; WIKY-LP 5 (VHF) Evansville, IN; WJPS-LP 4 (VHF) Evansville, IN;

WAZE-TV (channel 19) is a defunct television station licensed to Madisonville, Kentucky, United States. It served the Evansville, Indiana, television market from 1983 to 2013, and was most recently affiliated with The CW. The station's transmitter was located in Hanson, Kentucky. On March 24, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) canceled WAZE's license for failure to construct its full-power digital facility.^[2]

The station continued to broadcast via low-power translators WAZE-LP (channel 17), WJPS-LP (channel 4) and WIKY-LP (channel 5), all licensed to Evansville, until January 2013, when all three were shut down.^[3] They served as in-town relays of the main signal. WAZE-TV's transmitter was located farther south than the other major Evansville stations because of FCC regulations requiring a station's transmitter to be no more than 15 miles (24 km) from the city of license—in this case, Madisonville, which is 50 miles (80 km) south of Evansville. As a result, despite its 2.7 million watt ERP, the channel 19 signal provided only grade B ("rimshot") coverage of Evansville itself, and was practically unviewable north and east of the city. The station relied on cable and satellite to reach most of its viewing area. However, many cable systems in the market (particularly on the Indiana side) did not carry it.

^ "503". Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
^ Harding, Kevin (March 24, 2011). "Re: WAZE-TV, Madisonville, Missouri". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
^ Jake's DTV Blog: "WAZE-TV translators shut down", January 3, 2013. Archived December 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[1] "503". Archived from the original on February 24, 2015. Retrieved November 20, 2014.

[fcc-wazegone-2] Harding, Kevin (March 24, 2011). "Re: WAZE-TV, Madisonville, Missouri". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 30, 2011.

[2013Close-3] Jake's DTV Blog: "WAZE-TV translators shut down", January 3, 2013. Archived December 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

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