WNKY

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WNKY

Bowling Green, Kentucky United States
Channels	Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 40
Branding	WNKY NBC 40 WNKY CBS 40 (on DT2) WNKY MeTV 40 (on DT3) WNKY News 40
Programming
Affiliations	40.1: NBC 40.2: CBS 40.3: MeTV
Ownership
Owner	Marquee Broadcasting (Marquee Broadcasting Kentucky, Inc.)
Sister stations	WNKY-LD, WDNZ-LD
History
First air date	December 17, 1989 (34 years ago) (1989-12-17)
Former call signs	WQQB (1989–1992) WKNT (1992–2001)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 40 (UHF, 1989–2009) Digital: 16 (UHF, 2003−2019)
Former affiliations	Independent (1989–1992) Fox (1992–2001)[1] Shop at Home Network (overnights, c. 1993–2005) ABC (NYPD Blue only, 1994–1997) UPN (Disney's One Too only, 1999–2003)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	61217
ERP	90 kW
HAAT	204.8 m (672 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°2′5.6″N 86°10′41″W / 37.034889°N 86.17806°W / 37.034889; -86.17806
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wnky.com

WNKY (channel 40) is a television station in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with NBC and CBS. It is owned by Marquee Broadcasting alongside two low-power stations: Ion Television affiliate WNKY-LD (channel 35) and Glasgow-licensed Country Network affiliate WDNZ-LD (channel 11). The three stations share studios on Chestnut Street in downtown Bowling Green; WNKY's transmitter is located on Pilot Knob near Smiths Grove, Kentucky.