WTVQ-DT

WTVQ-DT

Lexington, Kentucky United States
Channels	Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 36
Branding	ABC 36; ABC 36 News; My KY (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	36.1: ABC 36.2: MyNetworkTV for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Morris Multimedia (WTVQ-TV, LLC)
History
First air date	June 2, 1968 (56 years ago) (1968-06-02)
Former call signs	WBLG-TV (1968–1973) WTVQ-TV (1973–2009)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 62 (UHF, 1968–1980); 36 (UHF, 1980–2009) Digital: 40 (UHF, 2000–2019)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	51597
ERP	487 kW
HAAT	285 m (935 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°2′3″N 84°23′39″W / 38.03417°N 84.39417°W / 38.03417; -84.39417 (WTVQ-DT)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wtvq.com

WTVQ-DT (channel 36) is a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with ABC and MyNetworkTV. Owned by Morris Multimedia, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on the outer loop of Man o' War Boulevard (KY 1425) in the Brighton section of Fayette County, across Winchester Road from the studios of unrelated station WKYT-TV.

The station began broadcasting on channel 62 as WBLG-TV in 1968 and has been an ABC affiliate for its entire history. It changed its call letters to WTVQ in 1973 and moved to channel 36 in 1980. With the exception of most of the 1990s, the station's local newscasts have generally rated third out of the four main TV newsrooms in Lexington.