WKPD

WKPD

Satellite of WKLE, Lexington, Kentucky
Paducah, Kentucky United States
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 29
Branding	KET
Programming
Network	Kentucky Educational Television
Affiliations	29.1: KET/PBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Kentucky Authority for Educational Television
History
First air date	May 31, 1971 (53 years ago) (1971-05-31)
Former call signs	WDXR-TV (1971–1978)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 29 (UHF, 1971–2009) Digital: 41 (UHF, 2002–2019)
Former affiliations	Independent (1971–1975)
Call sign meaning	Kentucky Paducah
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65758
ERP	90 kW
HAAT	159 m (522 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°5′40″N 88°40′20″W / 37.09444°N 88.67222°W / 37.09444; -88.67222
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.ket.org

WKPD (channel 29) is a PBS member television station licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States. Owned by the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, the station is operated as part of the statewide Kentucky Educational Television (KET) network. WKPD's transmitter is located on Coleman Road off of KY 305 on the west side of Paducah, near the McCracken County Soccer Complex.^[2]