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Kentucky Educational Television

March 17, 2024

"KET" redirects here. For other uses, see KET (disambiguation).

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) is a state network of PBS member television stations serving the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is operated by the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, an agency of the Kentucky state government, which provides more than half of its annual funding. KET is the dominant public broadcaster in the commonwealth, with transmitters covering the vast majority of the state as well as parts of adjacent states; the only other PBS member in Kentucky is WKYU-TV (channel 24) in Bowling Green. KET is the largest PBS state network in the United States; the broadcast signals of its sixteen stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. The network's offices, network center, and primary studio facilities are located at the O. Leonard Press Telecommunications Center on Cooper Drive in Lexington; KET also has production centers in Louisville and at the Kentucky State Capitol Annex in Frankfort.

Kentucky Educational Television
Programming
Subchannels
  • .1: KET
  • .2: KET2
  • .3: Kentucky Channel
  • .4: PBS Kids
AffiliationsPBS, APT
Ownership
OwnerKentucky Authority for Educational Television
History
First air date
September 23, 1968 (55 years ago) (1968-09-23)
Links
Websitewww.ket.org

The plan for a statewide educational broadcaster was first conceived in 1959 by O. Leonard Press, who served as the founding director for the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television when it was established in 1962 and remained with KET for three decades. Broadcasting began on September 23, 1968, and the network grew into a force in educational, cultural, and public affairs broadcasting in the state. Some of its educational programs, such as distance learning and adult education, attracted national interest. In 1997, KET took over WKPC-TV, which had formerly been a separate public television station in Louisville; in the years that followed, KET became the first digital broadcaster in Kentucky. In addition to offering national programming from PBS and American Public Television, KET produces programs on Kentucky public affairs and culture as well as educational content. One of its four channels is the Kentucky Channel, which covers the Kentucky General Assembly.

History edit

 
The KET tower in New Albany, Indiana, broadcasts WKPC-TV and WKMJ-TV to the Louisville area.

Creation of the network edit

Interest in educational television in Kentucky existed but was later compared to some other states. In 1953, an educational figure in Louisville told Bill Ladd of The Courier Journal, "I just hope that Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee don't get so far ahead of us that we can't ever catch up. I hope that Kentucky doesn't start off 48th in educational television."[1] While Jefferson County, home to Louisville, began the process to build what became WFPK-TV (now WKPC-TV) on channel 15 in 1957, and the station signed on the next year,[2][3] the impetus for what became KET came on July 22, 1959, when O. Leonard Press, the director of the radio department at the University of Kentucky (UK)—owner of educational radio station WBKY, on air since 1940—proposed a statewide educational television network that would include studios at the university, interconnection with other universities, and a transmitter system to deliver educational programs to schools. This service was conceived along the lines of Alabama Educational Television, which had started in 1955 as the first statewide educational network.[4] Press touted a system incorporating WFPK-TV as well as complete coverage of the Commonwealth with the capacity to "stamp out illiteracy" and ensure universal teaching of basic school subjects.[5] He also pushed for the entire network to be built at once to ensure that rural areas, which most needed such a service, were just as well-served as Kentucky's population centers.[6]

The network took an important step forward when the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) agreed to designate 10 new UHF television channels in the state for non-commercial educational use in August 1961; the original design did not include the transmitters at Elizabethtown or Owenton (as the existing WFPK-TV was included), though it did provide for programs to originate from Lexington, Louisville, or Murray.[7] The plan gained the support of governor Bert T. Combs,[8] and the 1962 Kentucky General Assembly passed a trio of bills to set up the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television, enable the State Board of Education to lease facilities, and allow the state to issue revenue bonds to finance construction.[9] It was hoped to begin KET broadcasts by December 1963,[10] but difficulties mounted, including the refusal of the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction (MPATI) to sign a contract to furnish programs until schools enrolled in its service.[11] In October 1963, the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television applied for the first construction permits to build the network after clarifying grant rules that initially seemed to make the state government ineligible for funding from the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[12]

However, a two-year setback was experienced in 1964 when the General Assembly—which budgets on a biennial basis—refused to fund construction of the transmitters.[13] Other state needs were prioritized: in education, these included issues in Jefferson County, low teacher pay, and transportation problems.[14] Planning activities continued during the period. The Elizabethtown transmitter had been added to the proposed network by 1965, when a feature article in the Sunday Herald-Leader noted that Kentucky's plan for transmitter construction had been adopted by other states, notably Georgia.[15] Schools, meanwhile, continued to depend on sources such as MPATI and commercial stations in bordering states, such as WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia. However, MPATI increased its fees,[15] and WSAZ-TV dropped the mathematics program it was carrying due to scheduling difficulties, affecting 2,700 students in eastern Kentucky.[16] Schools in south-central Kentucky continued to utilize educational programs from WDCN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee;[17][18][19] Glasgow had been among the charter users of WDCN educational programming when it began in 1962,[20] and Bowling Green followed suit in 1964.[21]

The 1966 General Assembly budget provided the necessary funds to start work on building KET by including a $359,000 appropriation.[22] Another impetus was given by the Stuart Blazer Foundation, set up by Ashland Oil founder Paul G. Blazer in memory of his deceased son. The foundation began buying and deeding transmitter sites to the state, beginning with the Somerset site in April 1966.[23][24] Federal matching funds were applied for and received from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and the Appalachian Regional Commission,[25] while the FCC granted the 12 construction permits later in the year.[26][27] After awarding WCVN-TV in Covington in late September,[28] the commission awarded the remaining construction permits in November, the largest single award of permits to one applicant in its history.[29] Ground was broken on the Lexington production center in June 1967,[30] followed by bids for the equipment needed at the studios and transmitters.[31]

By May 1968, work on the Lexington and Somerset transmitters had been completed,[32] and KET had announced its initial array of 19 in-school programs, mostly for elementary school students.[33][34] However, site problems snarled work in Covington. Ashland Oil had provided property in the Taylor Mill area, though the city of Covington also provided sites.[35] However, Taylor Mill met with citizen protest despite being approved by the city council, while sites in Covington would interfere with a new instrument landing system for the Greater Cincinnati Airport.[36][37] As a result, KET opted to return to Taylor Mill, in spite of opposition whipped up by a local housewife who fretted the facility would be a hazard to aviation and generate interference to reception of other TV stations.[38]

The O. Leonard Press years (1968–1992) edit

KET finally went on the air for the first time on September 23, 1968,[39] at 7:30 a.m. Eastern Time (6:30 a.m. Central Time).[40] The first broadcast started with Governor Louie B. Nunn speaking at the network's dedication ceremony;[41][42] Nunn himself turned the dial to officially put the network on the air.[40] That first day, eight transmitters opened, at Ashland, Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, Lexington, Madisonville, Morehead, Owenton, Somerset, plus two dependent translators at Hopkinsville and Owensboro.[40] Initially unable to produce its own programs, the original set of courses broadcast by KET were leased or purchased from other producers.[43][44][45]

The Hazard, Murray and Pikeville transmitters, construction of which was delayed by weather, were not ready in time for the start of the network; Murray went into service on October 7,[46] and the Hazard and Pikeville transmitters went on the air near the end of the year. WCVN-TV in Covington began broadcasting on September 8, 1969.[47] Approximately 72 percent of the state's school districts were equipped to utilize KET programs at launch, a figure that grew to 85 to 90 percent within a year.[48] After exclusively providing programs for schools, KET initiated evening broadcasting utilizing programs from National Educational Television on January 6, 1969, a delay that allowed time to train personnel and complete the studio setup.[49][50][51] KET transitioned to become a member station of PBS in 1970 upon its creation.[52] That same year, it debuted its first instructional series, the 17-lesson Kentucky Is My Land for use in 7th-grade history classes.[53]

After the initial twelve-transmitter network was completed, three more stations were added between 1970 and 1980. Network reception turned out to be poor in the Louisville area,[54] prompting the network to launch WKMJ-TV channel 68 on August 31, 1970.[52] In Paducah, unsuccessful commercial station WDXR-TV was donated to the network; it was rebuilt and returned as WKPD in 1979,[55] and a full-power Owensboro transmitter, WKOH-TV channel 31,[56] started operating on February 14, 1980.[57] After the sign-on of WKOH, the network was broadcasting over a total of 15 transmitters throughout the state and on eight low-power translator stations, primarily in eastern Kentucky.[58] By this time, however, the production of programs from studios at the state universities had ceased except for taped content, with Lexington serving as KET's only studio site.[59] KET began to receive PBS programming via satellite on April 15, 1978.[60]

During the 1970s, KET also matured in the area of programming and structure. Friends of KET, a non-profit volunteer organization supporting KET's fundraising, was incorporated in 1971.[61] Three years later, Comment on Kentucky, one of KET's flagship public affairs shows, debuted.[62] In March 1975, KET broadcast the network's first telethon, dubbed Festival '75, a 10-day-long programming schedule that temporarily converted the network to an alternative channel to commercial outlets; this was done in hopes for the network's regular programming schedule to expand to a seven-day schedule.[63] Three months later, KET began broadcasting seven days a week with the debut of a Saturday schedule.[64] In 1978, KET initiated nightly coverage during the sessions of the Kentucky General Assembly.[61] In expanding its public affairs remit, KET had to deal with political controversy, notably around its legislative coverage.[65]

These increased public affairs and other programs did not detract from KET's educational mission. By 1977, 75 percent of Kentucky schools used KET programming, primarily in elementary classes, including 99.3 percent of the state's special needs students. The network produced a GED adult education series sold to stations in 25 states and the Department of Defense.[66] The nationally regarded GED program in several iterations has continued to be a part of KET. In 1989, country musician Waylon Jennings earned his GED by watching tapes of the KET programs on his tour bus.[67]

The early 1980s were a time of budget cuts for many public broadcasters, including KET. The network was in part insulated by a timing quirk: federal construction credits from the new facilities in Paducah and Owensboro accrued to KET in 1980 and 1981 and offset most of the state's budget cuts.[68] Despite this environment, Press continued to push for ambitious expansion. KET etc. began broadcasting on Lexington's new cable system in 1981 with adult education programs as well as replays of KET programming.[69][70] In order to make the service more widely available in Lexington and statewide on translators, KET applied for the then-open commercial channel 62 in the area,[71][72] but after three commercial groups also sought the channel,[73] KET withdrew its proposal in June 1982.[74] Despite budget cuts, Press was reluctant to cede to commercializing inroads. KET did not air regular annual pledge drives until 1981,[75] and underwriting announcements were modest and did not use company logos.[76]

I think of us as an educational institution that uses television as its method of reaching its clientele. Our business is education, not broadcasting. Broadcasting is just our means of accomplishing our mission.

O. Leonard Press[77]

Later in the decade, Press proposed that KET begin satellite delivery of its in-school programming directly to schools.[77] This system began to take shape in 1988 under the name KET Star Channels. Schools were outfitted with satellite dishes as well as keypads designed to provide two-way communication between instructors in Lexington and students throughout the state, inspired by a football play predictor game at a Lexington sports bar;[78] KET reached an agreement with the maker, NTN Communications, to use its technology.[79] Additionally, ground was broken on an expansion to the KET facility.[80] The first Star Channels course, on statistics and probability, was taught in January 1989 to 24 Kentucky high schools and another 41 high schools in 16 states.[81][82] The program was then rolled out statewide in the wake of the Kentucky Supreme Court finding the state's education system unconstitutional.[83] Star Channels attracted international attention, including delegations from China and Kuwait.[78]

In 1990, the General Assembly established the KET Fund for Independent Productions, a grant program to support the development of independent films in Kentucky.[84]

Press announced his retirement from KET effective June 30, 1992.[85] He would be replaced by Virginia Gaines Fox of Campbellsville, whom Press had hired to KET at the network's launch in 1968.[86] By his retirement, Press had been honored as national public television manager of the year[87] and had also served as chair of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters and the PBS board of directors and the vice chair of the National Association of Public Television Stations.[88] That October, KET opened a 67,000-square-foot (6,200 m2) expansion of its Lexington facility, which was dedicated as the O. Leonard Press Telecommunications Center in this honor.[87]

Acquisition of WKPC-TV and digitalization edit

Main article: WKPC-TV

Since opening WKMJ-TV in 1970, KET had competed with Louisville's WKPC-TV for viewers and supporters in that market. Attempts in the 1980s to reduce the duplication of programming between WKPC and KET had been largely unsuccessful.[89][90] However, WKPC's owner, locally based Fifteen Telecommunications, Inc., had suffered a series of financial mishaps in the 1990s.[91] As a result, in April 1996, the WKPC-TV board of directors opted to begin pursuing a merger into KET.[91]

An agreement was reached between WKPC-TV and the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television in December 1996,[92] by which KET acquired certain technical assets, including the land on which their shared transmission tower in New Albany, Indiana, sat, and the license.[93] On July 1, 1997, KET's main programming moved to WKPC-TV. WKMJ-TV simultaneously suspended operations for a transmitter overhaul;[94] it returned a month later at increased power, carrying a new service called KET2, which was designed with the Louisville metropolitan area in mind and initially featured additional children's programs, adult education programming and local productions.[95] Outside of Louisville, KET2 was seen on cable systems statewide,[93] and it replaced the former KET Etc. channel in Lexington.[96] The state network also added to its schedule several programs that WKPC-TV had aired in the Louisville area but not KET in the rest of the state.[94]

KET was the first Kentucky television station to begin digital broadcasts, with WKPC-DT in Louisville being activated on August 19, 1999, by governor Paul E. Patton as part of the opening day festivities of the Kentucky State Fair.[97] This transition also placed KET among the first 10 public broadcasters to begin digital broadcasts.[98] By late 2002, KET had completed digital rollout from all of its main transmitters and had begun multicasting four channels.[99]

Gaines Fox retired at the end of 2002, having led KET through its digital television deployment and increased private support for the broadcaster. Local programming funding had tripled from 1989 to 2002, and the Kentucky independent film program ranked among the national leaders; 11,000 Kentucky high school students were enrolled in KET's distance learning classes.[100] Fox was replaced by Malcolm "Mac" Wall, the executive director of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority.[101] Wall sought to improve engagement with Louisville by hiring a director of Louisville operations, the network's first executive based in the city, and opening an office there in addition to sharing studios with the Jefferson County school system.[102] The network ceased analog broadcasting from all main transmitters on April 16, 2009.[103] Later that year, KET opened a high-definition TV production center in Lexington.[104] However, KET was one of the harder-hit PBS members by the Great Recession; in 2008, it lost $1.8 million in funding from the state of Kentucky and cut its staff by 18 percent.[105]

Shae Hopkins leadership edit

To replace Wall, KET tapped Shae Hopkins, who had been a senior executive for the network and had been a staff member since 1986; unlike with Wall, executives opted not to conduct a national search in order to save money during major state budget cuts.[106][107]

KET consolidated its separate Louisville offices and studios in 2011, adding the second streetside studio in American public television to its Main Street facility.[108]

On January 29, 2014, the United States Department of Agriculture awarded KET a grant worth $357,700, as part of its Public Television Digital Transition Grant program, to upgrade 20 analog microwave relays for WKSO, WKMR, WKHA and WKPI to digital, in order to provide digital television service to rural areas of Kentucky.[109]

KET's distance learning offerings transitioned to online-only delivery before being discontinued in 2018 after 30 years due to state budget cuts in Kentucky. Enrollment had dwindled to 648 students; four full-time and 14 part-time employees lost their jobs as a result.[110]

On September 18, 2018, the Kentucky Historical Society dedicated a historical marker at the network's studio facility in observance of the network's 50th anniversary.[39]

Funding edit

In fiscal year 2022–23, KET raised $32.5 million in operating revenue, 52% of which was represented by $16.8 million in funding from the Kentucky state government. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting accounted for another 12% of revenue, with the remainder split between grants (15%) and private donations (21%).[111] KET had 35,883 members in fiscal year 2021–22.[112]

Programming edit

Main article: List of programs broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television
 
Bill Goodman interviews chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen on KET's One on One in 2008

KET's local programs generally center around one of three topics: Kentucky public affairs, Kentucky history and culture, and education.

Public affairs edit

On November 15, 1974, KET debuted Comment on Kentucky, a weekly public affairs program and political roundtable hosted by Al Smith, a newspaper publisher from Russellville.[62] Smith hosted the program from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1982 to 2007, taking leave from KET when he was named to co-chair the Appalachian Regional Commission.[113] By the time of his retirement, Smith was the longest-tenured host of a public affairs program on public television. The program was credited with bringing the state together, utilizing KET's statewide reach to discuss Kentucky issues.[114] After Smith's retirement, Ferrell Wellman hosted Comment on Kentucky until 2013;[115] he was replaced, first on an interim and then on a permanent basis, by Bill Bryant, news anchor for Lexington commercial station WKYT-TV.[116]

Comment on Kentucky was joined in 1994 by Kentucky Tonight, which originally was a nightly statewide newscast before being retooled into an interview program.[117][118] In addition to Kentucky Tonight, KET public affairs director Renee Shaw hosts Connections, a community affairs and interview program that began production in 2005,[119] and Kentucky Edition, a new nightly news program that premiered in 2022.[120]

KET also organizes political debates. Its first gubernatorial debate took place in 1975 and was moderated by Smith.[121][122] In each gubernatorial election year from 1979 through 1995, KET organized and broadcast two gubernatorial debates; in 1999, incumbent governor Paul E. Patton faced weak opposition, and no debate was organized.[123]

History and culture edit

In 1985, KET began airing Kentucky Afield, an outdoors show produced by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The program had been on the air for more than 30 years and was previously syndicated for air by local commercial stations around the commonwealth.[124]

1995 saw the debut of Kentucky Life, a feature magazine originally hosted by Byron Crawford of The Courier-Journal and later by Dave Shuffett from 1999 to 2015.[125] From 2015 to 2022, former baseball player Doug Flynn was host;[126] he was replaced by Chip Polston, a frequent on-air volunteer during KET's pledge drives, starting with season 28 in January 2023.[127]

Other KET productions over the years have covered diverse aspects of Kentucky culture. In 2020, KET debuted The Farmer and the Foodie, an educational food show with hosts traveling the state.[128]

Education edit

While most of KET's educational content is now delivered outside of television, its production continues at KET. The network was one of the first PBS LearningMedia partners when the service was created in its present form in 2011;[129] KET content on PBS LearningMedia generated 3.5 million views, more than half outside of Kentucky, in KET's 2020–21 fiscal year. KET also continues to offer GED education services under the brand FastForward.[130]

In 1987, the KET Enterprises unit began syndicating Learn to Read, an adult literacy program produced by commercial station WXYZ-TV in Detroit for people with a fourth-grade education or less, to public television stations.[131]

Stations edit

KET broadcasts from 16 main transmitters and three low-powered translators on the ultra high frequency (UHF) band. In the Louisville area, KET has two transmitters: WKPC-TV (channel 15) and WKMJ-TV (channel 68), a legacy of when WKPC-TV was a separate station before being bought by KET in 1997. The latter converted to ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) operation on September 19, 2022. WCVN-TV in Covington began ATSC 3.0 broadcasts on June 5, 2023, as part of a partnership with Public Media Connect, the public broadcaster serving the Cincinnati area; KET provides transmission capacity in 3.0 format for WCET and WPTO (as well as datacasting capabilities for both organizations) and vice versa in 1.0 format, with fiber delivering signals between Lexington and Dayton, Ohio. This was the first partnership between separately owned public broadcasters.[132]

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Kentucky Educational Television transmitters
Station City of license
Facility ID ERP HAAT Transmitter coordinates First air date Public license information
WCVN-TV Covington 54 (22) 34204 39.9 kW 132 m (433 ft) 39°1′51″N 84°30′23″W / 39.03083°N 84.50639°W / 39.03083; -84.50639 (WCVN-TV) September 8, 1969
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WKAS Ashland 25 (36) 34171 63.2 kW 156 m (512 ft) 38°27′44″N 82°37′12″W / 38.46222°N 82.62000°W / 38.46222; -82.62000 (WKAS) September 23, 1968
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WKGB-TV Bowling Green 53 (29) 34177 32.4 kW 248.3 m (814.6 ft) 37°5′23″N 86°38′5″W / 37.08972°N 86.63472°W / 37.08972; -86.63472 (WKGB-TV) September 23, 1968
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WKHA Hazard 35 (33) 34196 55.9 kW 384.8 m (1,262.5 ft) 37°11′35″N 83°11′17″W / 37.19306°N 83.18806°W / 37.19306; -83.18806 (WKHA) 1968
  • Public file
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WKLE Lexington 46 (35) 34207 35.8 kW 268 m (879.3 ft) 37°52′45″N 84°19′33″W / 37.87917°N 84.32583°W / 37.87917; -84.32583 (WKLE) September 23, 1968
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  • LMS
WKMA-TV Madisonville 35 (31) 34212 36.7 kW 316 m (1,037 ft) 37°11′21″N 87°30′49″W / 37.18917°N 87.51361°W / 37.18917; -87.51361 (WKMA-TV) September 23, 1968
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WKMJ-TV Louisville 68 (34) 34195 40 kW 257 m (843 ft) 38°22′1″N 85°49′54″W / 38.36694°N 85.83167°W / 38.36694; -85.83167 (WKMJ-TV) September 2, 1970
  • Public file
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WKMR Morehead 38 (30) 34202 60.5 kW 297.2 m (975.1 ft) 38°10′38″N 83°24′17″W / 38.17722°N 83.40472°W / 38.17722; -83.40472 (WKMR) September 23, 1968
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  • LMS
WKMU Murray 21 (17) 34174 32.7 kW 199.8 m (655.5 ft) 36°41′34″N 88°32′11″W / 36.69278°N 88.53639°W / 36.69278; -88.53639 (WKMU) October 7, 1968
  • Public file
  • LMS
WKOH Owensboro 31 (17) 34205 37.3 kW 142 m (466 ft) 37°51′7″N 87°19′44″W / 37.85194°N 87.32889°W / 37.85194; -87.32889 (WKOH) February 14, 1980
  • Public file
  • LMS
WKON Owenton 52 (24) 34211 28.7 kW 231 m (758 ft) 38°31′32″N 84°48′39″W / 38.52556°N 84.81083°W / 38.52556; -84.81083 (WKON) September 23, 1968
  • Public file
  • LMS
WKPC-TV Louisville 15 (30) 21432 58 kW 266.1 m (873.0 ft) 38°22′1″N 85°49′54″W / 38.36694°N 85.83167°W / 38.36694; -85.83167 (WKPC-TV) September 8, 1958[a]
  • Public file
  • LMS
WKPD Paducah 29 (23) 65758 90 kW 159 m (522 ft) 37°5′40″N 88°40′20″W / 37.09444°N 88.67222°W / 37.09444; -88.67222 (WKPD) May 31, 1971[b]
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WKPI-TV Pikeville 22 (23) 34200 45.1 kW 427.7 m (1,403.2 ft) 37°17′6″N 82°31′28″W / 37.28500°N 82.52444°W / 37.28500; -82.52444 (WKPI-TV) 1968
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WKSO-TV Somerset 29 (17) 34222 49.1 kW 452 m (1,483 ft) 37°10′3″N 84°49′30″W / 37.16750°N 84.82500°W / 37.16750; -84.82500 (WKSO-TV) September 23, 1968
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WKZT-TV Elizabethtown 23 (23) 34181 33.7 kW 192.8 m (632.5 ft) 37°40′55″N 85°50′31″W / 37.68194°N 85.84194°W / 37.68194; -85.84194 (WKZT-TV) September 23, 1968
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  1. ^ As a separate non-commercial educational station. WKPC-TV joined KET on July 1, 1997.
  2. ^ As commercial independent station WDXR-TV, which operated until October 22, 1975. The license was sold to KET and the facility rebuilt and returned to service as WKPD on September 9, 1979.[55]

Translators edit

KET also operates three translator stations:[133]

KET translators
City of license Call sign Channel Facility ID ERP HAAT Transmitter coordinates First air date Translating
Augusta W16EB-D 16 167571 0.8 kW −18.2 m (−59.7 ft) 38°46′4.2″N 84°0′34.7″W / 38.767833°N 84.009639°W / 38.767833; -84.009639 (W16EB-D) October 11, 2007 WKMR
Falmouth W23DM-D 23 167570 0.8 kW 26.7 m (87.6 ft) 38°40′9.2″N 84°19′34.7″W / 38.669222°N 84.326306°W / 38.669222; -84.326306 (W23DM-D) January 12, 2007 WKON
Louisa W32FD-D 32 167569 0.12 kW 21.8 m (71.5 ft) 38°6′36.3″N 82°36′34.5″W / 38.110083°N 82.609583°W / 38.110083; -82.609583 (W32FD-D) January 12, 2007 WKAS

KET previously had translators in other communities throughout the state. The original network design included translators at Hopkinsville and Owensboro.[134] Another four were added by 1973, including Barbourville, Cowan Creek, Pineville, and Whitesburg.[135] The Owensboro translator was taken out of service in 1974 when its location, the Daviess County Vocational School, was demolished; no good local KET signal was available there until WKOH-TV was built in 1979.[56]

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Map of all of KET's satellites in Kentucky

Subchannels edit

KET's transmitters broadcast four subchannels in most areas:[136]

  • The main KET channel;
  • KET2, a secondary service created in 1997 in the wake of the Louisville merger, with an emphasis on how-to and travel programs and replays of PBS programs;
  • The Kentucky Channel (KET KY), established in 2008,[137] which covers the Kentucky General Assembly and broadcasts programs about Kentucky topics and independently produced programs;
  • and KET PBS Kids, which was introduced in 2017.[138]

The ATSC 3.0 transmitters at Louisville and Covington also make available the World Channel as subchannel 5.

KET multiplex[139]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
xx.1 720p 16:9 KET Main KET programming / PBS
xx.2[A] KET2 KET2
xx.3 480i KETKY Kentucky Channel
xx.4 KETKIDS PBS Kids
  1. ^ In Louisville, 68.1 instead of 15.2

In northern Kentucky, WCET broadcasts subchannels 54.1 and 54.3 of WCVN-TV in ATSC 1.0 format, while WPTO broadcasts subchannels 54.2 and 54.4.[132]

Subchannels of WKMJ-TV[140][141]
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
Subchannels of WCVN-TV[132][142]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
54.1 720p 16:9 KET
54.2 KET2
54.5 World
14.1 WPTO 14.1
48.1 WCET 48.1

From 2007 to 2010, KET broadcast KET ED, the Education Channel, which provided professional development and instructional programming.[143] Until 2008, dedicated KET5 and KET6 subchannels carried live coverage of the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate.[144][145]

Bibliography edit

Books edit

  • Press, O. Leonard (2008). The KET Story: A Personal Account. Lexington, Kentucky: The Clark Group. ISBN 978-1-883589-89-9.
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kentucky, educational, television, redirects, here, other, uses, disambiguation, state, network, member, television, stations, serving, commonwealth, kentucky, operated, kentucky, authority, educational, television, agency, kentucky, state, government, which, . KET redirects here For other uses see KET disambiguation Kentucky Educational Television KET is a state network of PBS member television stations serving the U S Commonwealth of Kentucky It is operated by the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television an agency of the Kentucky state government which provides more than half of its annual funding KET is the dominant public broadcaster in the commonwealth with transmitters covering the vast majority of the state as well as parts of adjacent states the only other PBS member in Kentucky is WKYU TV channel 24 in Bowling Green KET is the largest PBS state network in the United States the broadcast signals of its sixteen stations cover almost all of the state as well as parts of Illinois Indiana Missouri Ohio Tennessee Virginia and West Virginia The network s offices network center and primary studio facilities are located at the O Leonard Press Telecommunications Center on Cooper Drive in Lexington KET also has production centers in Louisville and at the Kentucky State Capitol Annex in Frankfort Kentucky Educational TelevisionProgrammingSubchannels 1 KET 2 KET2 3 Kentucky Channel 4 PBS KidsAffiliationsPBS APTOwnershipOwnerKentucky Authority for Educational TelevisionHistoryFirst air dateSeptember 23 1968 55 years ago 1968 09 23 LinksWebsitewww wbr ket wbr orgThe plan for a statewide educational broadcaster was first conceived in 1959 by O Leonard Press who served as the founding director for the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television when it was established in 1962 and remained with KET for three decades Broadcasting began on September 23 1968 and the network grew into a force in educational cultural and public affairs broadcasting in the state Some of its educational programs such as distance learning and adult education attracted national interest In 1997 KET took over WKPC TV which had formerly been a separate public television station in Louisville in the years that followed KET became the first digital broadcaster in Kentucky In addition to offering national programming from PBS and American Public Television KET produces programs on Kentucky public affairs and culture as well as educational content One of its four channels is the Kentucky Channel which covers the Kentucky General Assembly Contents 1 History 1 1 Creation of the network 1 2 The O Leonard Press years 1968 1992 1 3 Acquisition of WKPC TV and digitalization 1 4 Shae Hopkins leadership 2 Funding 3 Programming 3 1 Public affairs 3 2 History and culture 3 3 Education 4 Stations 4 1 Translators 4 2 Network map 5 Subchannels 6 Bibliography 6 1 Books 7 References 8 External linksHistory edit nbsp The KET tower in New Albany Indiana broadcasts WKPC TV and WKMJ TV to the Louisville area Creation of the network edit Interest in educational television in Kentucky existed but was later compared to some other states In 1953 an educational figure in Louisville told Bill Ladd of The Courier Journal I just hope that Arkansas Mississippi and Tennessee don t get so far ahead of us that we can t ever catch up I hope that Kentucky doesn t start off 48th in educational television 1 While Jefferson County home to Louisville began the process to build what became WFPK TV now WKPC TV on channel 15 in 1957 and the station signed on the next year 2 3 the impetus for what became KET came on July 22 1959 when O Leonard Press the director of the radio department at the University of Kentucky UK owner of educational radio station WBKY on air since 1940 proposed a statewide educational television network that would include studios at the university interconnection with other universities and a transmitter system to deliver educational programs to schools This service was conceived along the lines of Alabama Educational Television which had started in 1955 as the first statewide educational network 4 Press touted a system incorporating WFPK TV as well as complete coverage of the Commonwealth with the capacity to stamp out illiteracy and ensure universal teaching of basic school subjects 5 He also pushed for the entire network to be built at once to ensure that rural areas which most needed such a service were just as well served as Kentucky s population centers 6 The network took an important step forward when the Federal Communications Commission FCC agreed to designate 10 new UHF television channels in the state for non commercial educational use in August 1961 the original design did not include the transmitters at Elizabethtown or Owenton as the existing WFPK TV was included though it did provide for programs to originate from Lexington Louisville or Murray 7 The plan gained the support of governor Bert T Combs 8 and the 1962 Kentucky General Assembly passed a trio of bills to set up the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television enable the State Board of Education to lease facilities and allow the state to issue revenue bonds to finance construction 9 It was hoped to begin KET broadcasts by December 1963 10 but difficulties mounted including the refusal of the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction MPATI to sign a contract to furnish programs until schools enrolled in its service 11 In October 1963 the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television applied for the first construction permits to build the network after clarifying grant rules that initially seemed to make the state government ineligible for funding from the United States Department of Health Education and Welfare 12 However a two year setback was experienced in 1964 when the General Assembly which budgets on a biennial basis refused to fund construction of the transmitters 13 Other state needs were prioritized in education these included issues in Jefferson County low teacher pay and transportation problems 14 Planning activities continued during the period The Elizabethtown transmitter had been added to the proposed network by 1965 when a feature article in the Sunday Herald Leader noted that Kentucky s plan for transmitter construction had been adopted by other states notably Georgia 15 Schools meanwhile continued to depend on sources such as MPATI and commercial stations in bordering states such as WSAZ TV in Huntington West Virginia However MPATI increased its fees 15 and WSAZ TV dropped the mathematics program it was carrying due to scheduling difficulties affecting 2 700 students in eastern Kentucky 16 Schools in south central Kentucky continued to utilize educational programs from WDCN TV in Nashville Tennessee 17 18 19 Glasgow had been among the charter users of WDCN educational programming when it began in 1962 20 and Bowling Green followed suit in 1964 21 The 1966 General Assembly budget provided the necessary funds to start work on building KET by including a 359 000 appropriation 22 Another impetus was given by the Stuart Blazer Foundation set up by Ashland Oil founder Paul G Blazer in memory of his deceased son The foundation began buying and deeding transmitter sites to the state beginning with the Somerset site in April 1966 23 24 Federal matching funds were applied for and received from the Department of Health Education and Welfare and the Appalachian Regional Commission 25 while the FCC granted the 12 construction permits later in the year 26 27 After awarding WCVN TV in Covington in late September 28 the commission awarded the remaining construction permits in November the largest single award of permits to one applicant in its history 29 Ground was broken on the Lexington production center in June 1967 30 followed by bids for the equipment needed at the studios and transmitters 31 By May 1968 work on the Lexington and Somerset transmitters had been completed 32 and KET had announced its initial array of 19 in school programs mostly for elementary school students 33 34 However site problems snarled work in Covington Ashland Oil had provided property in the Taylor Mill area though the city of Covington also provided sites 35 However Taylor Mill met with citizen protest despite being approved by the city council while sites in Covington would interfere with a new instrument landing system for the Greater Cincinnati Airport 36 37 As a result KET opted to return to Taylor Mill in spite of opposition whipped up by a local housewife who fretted the facility would be a hazard to aviation and generate interference to reception of other TV stations 38 The O Leonard Press years 1968 1992 edit KET finally went on the air for the first time on September 23 1968 39 at 7 30 a m Eastern Time 6 30 a m Central Time 40 The first broadcast started with Governor Louie B Nunn speaking at the network s dedication ceremony 41 42 Nunn himself turned the dial to officially put the network on the air 40 That first day eight transmitters opened at Ashland Bowling Green Elizabethtown Lexington Madisonville Morehead Owenton Somerset plus two dependent translators at Hopkinsville and Owensboro 40 Initially unable to produce its own programs the original set of courses broadcast by KET were leased or purchased from other producers 43 44 45 The Hazard Murray and Pikeville transmitters construction of which was delayed by weather were not ready in time for the start of the network Murray went into service on October 7 46 and the Hazard and Pikeville transmitters went on the air near the end of the year WCVN TV in Covington began broadcasting on September 8 1969 47 Approximately 72 percent of the state s school districts were equipped to utilize KET programs at launch a figure that grew to 85 to 90 percent within a year 48 After exclusively providing programs for schools KET initiated evening broadcasting utilizing programs from National Educational Television on January 6 1969 a delay that allowed time to train personnel and complete the studio setup 49 50 51 KET transitioned to become a member station of PBS in 1970 upon its creation 52 That same year it debuted its first instructional series the 17 lesson Kentucky Is My Land for use in 7th grade history classes 53 After the initial twelve transmitter network was completed three more stations were added between 1970 and 1980 Network reception turned out to be poor in the Louisville area 54 prompting the network to launch WKMJ TV channel 68 on August 31 1970 52 In Paducah unsuccessful commercial station WDXR TV was donated to the network it was rebuilt and returned as WKPD in 1979 55 and a full power Owensboro transmitter WKOH TV channel 31 56 started operating on February 14 1980 57 After the sign on of WKOH the network was broadcasting over a total of 15 transmitters throughout the state and on eight low power translator stations primarily in eastern Kentucky 58 By this time however the production of programs from studios at the state universities had ceased except for taped content with Lexington serving as KET s only studio site 59 KET began to receive PBS programming via satellite on April 15 1978 60 During the 1970s KET also matured in the area of programming and structure Friends of KET a non profit volunteer organization supporting KET s fundraising was incorporated in 1971 61 Three years later Comment on Kentucky one of KET s flagship public affairs shows debuted 62 In March 1975 KET broadcast the network s first telethon dubbed Festival 75 a 10 day long programming schedule that temporarily converted the network to an alternative channel to commercial outlets this was done in hopes for the network s regular programming schedule to expand to a seven day schedule 63 Three months later KET began broadcasting seven days a week with the debut of a Saturday schedule 64 In 1978 KET initiated nightly coverage during the sessions of the Kentucky General Assembly 61 In expanding its public affairs remit KET had to deal with political controversy notably around its legislative coverage 65 These increased public affairs and other programs did not detract from KET s educational mission By 1977 75 percent of Kentucky schools used KET programming primarily in elementary classes including 99 3 percent of the state s special needs students The network produced a GED adult education series sold to stations in 25 states and the Department of Defense 66 The nationally regarded GED program in several iterations has continued to be a part of KET In 1989 country musician Waylon Jennings earned his GED by watching tapes of the KET programs on his tour bus 67 The early 1980s were a time of budget cuts for many public broadcasters including KET The network was in part insulated by a timing quirk federal construction credits from the new facilities in Paducah and Owensboro accrued to KET in 1980 and 1981 and offset most of the state s budget cuts 68 Despite this environment Press continued to push for ambitious expansion KET etc began broadcasting on Lexington s new cable system in 1981 with adult education programs as well as replays of KET programming 69 70 In order to make the service more widely available in Lexington and statewide on translators KET applied for the then open commercial channel 62 in the area 71 72 but after three commercial groups also sought the channel 73 KET withdrew its proposal in June 1982 74 Despite budget cuts Press was reluctant to cede to commercializing inroads KET did not air regular annual pledge drives until 1981 75 and underwriting announcements were modest and did not use company logos 76 I think of us as an educational institution that uses television as its method of reaching its clientele Our business is education not broadcasting Broadcasting is just our means of accomplishing our mission O Leonard Press 77 Later in the decade Press proposed that KET begin satellite delivery of its in school programming directly to schools 77 This system began to take shape in 1988 under the name KET Star Channels Schools were outfitted with satellite dishes as well as keypads designed to provide two way communication between instructors in Lexington and students throughout the state inspired by a football play predictor game at a Lexington sports bar 78 KET reached an agreement with the maker NTN Communications to use its technology 79 Additionally ground was broken on an expansion to the KET facility 80 The first Star Channels course on statistics and probability was taught in January 1989 to 24 Kentucky high schools and another 41 high schools in 16 states 81 82 The program was then rolled out statewide in the wake of the Kentucky Supreme Court finding the state s education system unconstitutional 83 Star Channels attracted international attention including delegations from China and Kuwait 78 In 1990 the General Assembly established the KET Fund for Independent Productions a grant program to support the development of independent films in Kentucky 84 Press announced his retirement from KET effective June 30 1992 85 He would be replaced by Virginia Gaines Fox of Campbellsville whom Press had hired to KET at the network s launch in 1968 86 By his retirement Press had been honored as national public television manager of the year 87 and had also served as chair of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters and the PBS board of directors and the vice chair of the National Association of Public Television Stations 88 That October KET opened a 67 000 square foot 6 200 m2 expansion of its Lexington facility which was dedicated as the O Leonard Press Telecommunications Center in this honor 87 Acquisition of WKPC TV and digitalization edit Main article WKPC TV Since opening WKMJ TV in 1970 KET had competed with Louisville s WKPC TV for viewers and supporters in that market Attempts in the 1980s to reduce the duplication of programming between WKPC and KET had been largely unsuccessful 89 90 However WKPC s owner locally based Fifteen Telecommunications Inc had suffered a series of financial mishaps in the 1990s 91 As a result in April 1996 the WKPC TV board of directors opted to begin pursuing a merger into KET 91 An agreement was reached between WKPC TV and the Kentucky Authority for Educational Television in December 1996 92 by which KET acquired certain technical assets including the land on which their shared transmission tower in New Albany Indiana sat and the license 93 On July 1 1997 KET s main programming moved to WKPC TV WKMJ TV simultaneously suspended operations for a transmitter overhaul 94 it returned a month later at increased power carrying a new service called KET2 which was designed with the Louisville metropolitan area in mind and initially featured additional children s programs adult education programming and local productions 95 Outside of Louisville KET2 was seen on cable systems statewide 93 and it replaced the former KET Etc channel in Lexington 96 The state network also added to its schedule several programs that WKPC TV had aired in the Louisville area but not KET in the rest of the state 94 KET was the first Kentucky television station to begin digital broadcasts with WKPC DT in Louisville being activated on August 19 1999 by governor Paul E Patton as part of the opening day festivities of the Kentucky State Fair 97 This transition also placed KET among the first 10 public broadcasters to begin digital broadcasts 98 By late 2002 KET had completed digital rollout from all of its main transmitters and had begun multicasting four channels 99 Gaines Fox retired at the end of 2002 having led KET through its digital television deployment and increased private support for the broadcaster Local programming funding had tripled from 1989 to 2002 and the Kentucky independent film program ranked among the national leaders 11 000 Kentucky high school students were enrolled in KET s distance learning classes 100 Fox was replaced by Malcolm Mac Wall the executive director of the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority 101 Wall sought to improve engagement with Louisville by hiring a director of Louisville operations the network s first executive based in the city and opening an office there in addition to sharing studios with the Jefferson County school system 102 The network ceased analog broadcasting from all main transmitters on April 16 2009 103 Later that year KET opened a high definition TV production center in Lexington 104 However KET was one of the harder hit PBS members by the Great Recession in 2008 it lost 1 8 million in funding from the state of Kentucky and cut its staff by 18 percent 105 Shae Hopkins leadership edit To replace Wall KET tapped Shae Hopkins who had been a senior executive for the network and had been a staff member since 1986 unlike with Wall executives opted not to conduct a national search in order to save money during major state budget cuts 106 107 KET consolidated its separate Louisville offices and studios in 2011 adding the second streetside studio in American public television to its Main Street facility 108 On January 29 2014 the United States Department of Agriculture awarded KET a grant worth 357 700 as part of its Public Television Digital Transition Grant program to upgrade 20 analog microwave relays for WKSO WKMR WKHA and WKPI to digital in order to provide digital television service to rural areas of Kentucky 109 KET s distance learning offerings transitioned to online only delivery before being discontinued in 2018 after 30 years due to state budget cuts in Kentucky Enrollment had dwindled to 648 students four full time and 14 part time employees lost their jobs as a result 110 On September 18 2018 the Kentucky Historical Society dedicated a historical marker at the network s studio facility in observance of the network s 50th anniversary 39 Funding editIn fiscal year 2022 23 KET raised 32 5 million in operating revenue 52 of which was represented by 16 8 million in funding from the Kentucky state government The Corporation for Public Broadcasting accounted for another 12 of revenue with the remainder split between grants 15 and private donations 21 111 KET had 35 883 members in fiscal year 2021 22 112 Programming editMain article List of programs broadcast by Kentucky Educational Television nbsp Bill Goodman interviews chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen on KET s One on One in 2008KET s local programs generally center around one of three topics Kentucky public affairs Kentucky history and culture and education Public affairs edit On November 15 1974 KET debuted Comment on Kentucky a weekly public affairs program and political roundtable hosted by Al Smith a newspaper publisher from Russellville 62 Smith hosted the program from 1974 to 1979 and again from 1982 to 2007 taking leave from KET when he was named to co chair the Appalachian Regional Commission 113 By the time of his retirement Smith was the longest tenured host of a public affairs program on public television The program was credited with bringing the state together utilizing KET s statewide reach to discuss Kentucky issues 114 After Smith s retirement Ferrell Wellman hosted Comment on Kentucky until 2013 115 he was replaced first on an interim and then on a permanent basis by Bill Bryant news anchor for Lexington commercial station WKYT TV 116 Comment on Kentucky was joined in 1994 by Kentucky Tonight which originally was a nightly statewide newscast before being retooled into an interview program 117 118 In addition to Kentucky Tonight KET public affairs director Renee Shaw hosts Connections a community affairs and interview program that began production in 2005 119 and Kentucky Edition a new nightly news program that premiered in 2022 120 KET also organizes political debates Its first gubernatorial debate took place in 1975 and was moderated by Smith 121 122 In each gubernatorial election year from 1979 through 1995 KET organized and broadcast two gubernatorial debates in 1999 incumbent governor Paul E Patton faced weak opposition and no debate was organized 123 History and culture edit In 1985 KET began airing Kentucky Afield an outdoors show produced by the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources The program had been on the air for more than 30 years and was previously syndicated for air by local commercial stations around the commonwealth 124 1995 saw the debut of Kentucky Life a feature magazine originally hosted by Byron Crawford of The Courier Journal and later by Dave Shuffett from 1999 to 2015 125 From 2015 to 2022 former baseball player Doug Flynn was host 126 he was replaced by Chip Polston a frequent on air volunteer during KET s pledge drives starting with season 28 in January 2023 127 Other KET productions over the years have covered diverse aspects of Kentucky culture In 2020 KET debuted The Farmer and the Foodie an educational food show with hosts traveling the state 128 Education edit While most of KET s educational content is now delivered outside of television its production continues at KET The network was one of the first PBS LearningMedia partners when the service was created in its present form in 2011 129 KET content on PBS LearningMedia generated 3 5 million views more than half outside of Kentucky in KET s 2020 21 fiscal year KET also continues to offer GED education services under the brand FastForward 130 In 1987 the KET Enterprises unit began syndicating Learn to Read an adult literacy program produced by commercial station WXYZ TV in Detroit for people with a fourth grade education or less to public television stations 131 Stations editKET broadcasts from 16 main transmitters and three low powered translators on the ultra high frequency UHF band In the Louisville area KET has two transmitters WKPC TV channel 15 and WKMJ TV channel 68 a legacy of when WKPC TV was a separate station before being bought by KET in 1997 The latter converted to ATSC 3 0 NextGen TV operation on September 19 2022 WCVN TV in Covington began ATSC 3 0 broadcasts on June 5 2023 as part of a partnership with Public Media Connect the public broadcaster serving the Cincinnati area KET provides transmission capacity in 3 0 format for WCET and WPTO as well as datacasting capabilities for both organizations and vice versa in 1 0 format with fiber delivering signals between Lexington and Dayton Ohio This was the first partnership between separately owned public broadcasters 132 Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Kentucky Educational Television transmitters Station City of license ChannelTV RF Facility ID ERP HAAT Transmitter coordinates First air date Public license informationWCVN TV Covington 54 22 34204 39 9 kW 132 m 433 ft 39 1 51 N 84 30 23 W 39 03083 N 84 50639 W 39 03083 84 50639 WCVN TV September 8 1969 Public fileLMSWKAS Ashland 25 36 34171 63 2 kW 156 m 512 ft 38 27 44 N 82 37 12 W 38 46222 N 82 62000 W 38 46222 82 62000 WKAS September 23 1968 Public fileLMSWKGB TV Bowling Green 53 29 34177 32 4 kW 248 3 m 814 6 ft 37 5 23 N 86 38 5 W 37 08972 N 86 63472 W 37 08972 86 63472 WKGB TV September 23 1968 Public fileLMSWKHA Hazard 35 33 34196 55 9 kW 384 8 m 1 262 5 ft 37 11 35 N 83 11 17 W 37 19306 N 83 18806 W 37 19306 83 18806 WKHA 1968 Public fileLMSWKLE Lexington 46 35 34207 35 8 kW 268 m 879 3 ft 37 52 45 N 84 19 33 W 37 87917 N 84 32583 W 37 87917 84 32583 WKLE September 23 1968 Public fileLMSWKMA TV Madisonville 35 31 34212 36 7 kW 316 m 1 037 ft 37 11 21 N 87 30 49 W 37 18917 N 87 51361 W 37 18917 87 51361 WKMA TV September 23 1968 Public fileLMSWKMJ TV Louisville 68 34 34195 40 kW 257 m 843 ft 38 22 1 N 85 49 54 W 38 36694 N 85 83167 W 38 36694 85 83167 WKMJ TV September 2 1970 Public fileLMSWKMR Morehead 38 30 34202 60 5 kW 297 2 m 975 1 ft 38 10 38 N 83 24 17 W 38 17722 N 83 40472 W 38 17722 83 40472 WKMR September 23 1968 Public fileLMSWKMU Murray 21 17 34174 32 7 kW 199 8 m 655 5 ft 36 41 34 N 88 32 11 W 36 69278 N 88 53639 W 36 69278 88 53639 WKMU October 7 1968 Public fileLMSWKOH Owensboro 31 17 34205 37 3 kW 142 m 466 ft 37 51 7 N 87 19 44 W 37 85194 N 87 32889 W 37 85194 87 32889 WKOH February 14 1980 Public fileLMSWKON Owenton 52 24 34211 28 7 kW 231 m 758 ft 38 31 32 N 84 48 39 W 38 52556 N 84 81083 W 38 52556 84 81083 WKON September 23 1968 Public fileLMSWKPC TV Louisville 15 30 21432 58 kW 266 1 m 873 0 ft 38 22 1 N 85 49 54 W 38 36694 N 85 83167 W 38 36694 85 83167 WKPC TV September 8 1958 a Public fileLMSWKPD Paducah 29 23 65758 90 kW 159 m 522 ft 37 5 40 N 88 40 20 W 37 09444 N 88 67222 W 37 09444 88 67222 WKPD May 31 1971 b Public fileLMSWKPI TV Pikeville 22 23 34200 45 1 kW 427 7 m 1 403 2 ft 37 17 6 N 82 31 28 W 37 28500 N 82 52444 W 37 28500 82 52444 WKPI TV 1968 Public fileLMSWKSO TV Somerset 29 17 34222 49 1 kW 452 m 1 483 ft 37 10 3 N 84 49 30 W 37 16750 N 84 82500 W 37 16750 84 82500 WKSO TV September 23 1968 Public fileLMSWKZT TV Elizabethtown 23 23 34181 33 7 kW 192 8 m 632 5 ft 37 40 55 N 85 50 31 W 37 68194 N 85 84194 W 37 68194 85 84194 WKZT TV September 23 1968 Public fileLMS As a separate non commercial educational station WKPC TV joined KET on July 1 1997 As commercial independent station WDXR TV which operated until October 22 1975 The license was sold to KET and the facility rebuilt and returned to service as WKPD on September 9 1979 55 Translators edit KET also operates three translator stations 133 KET translators City of license Call sign Channel Facility ID ERP HAAT Transmitter coordinates First air date TranslatingAugusta W16EB D 16 167571 0 8 kW 18 2 m 59 7 ft 38 46 4 2 N 84 0 34 7 W 38 767833 N 84 009639 W 38 767833 84 009639 W16EB D October 11 2007 WKMRFalmouth W23DM D 23 167570 0 8 kW 26 7 m 87 6 ft 38 40 9 2 N 84 19 34 7 W 38 669222 N 84 326306 W 38 669222 84 326306 W23DM D January 12 2007 WKONLouisa W32FD D 32 167569 0 12 kW 21 8 m 71 5 ft 38 6 36 3 N 82 36 34 5 W 38 110083 N 82 609583 W 38 110083 82 609583 W32FD D January 12 2007 WKASKET previously had translators in other communities throughout the state The original network design included translators at Hopkinsville and Owensboro 134 Another four were added by 1973 including Barbourville Cowan Creek Pineville and Whitesburg 135 The Owensboro translator was taken out of service in 1974 when its location the Daviess County Vocational School was demolished no good local KET signal was available there until WKOH TV was built in 1979 56 Network map edit nbsp nbsp Louisville nbsp Lexington nbsp Cincinnati nbsp Huntington nbsp Nashville nbsp Evansville nbsp Bowling Green nbsp Knoxville nbsp Cape Girardeau nbsp W16EB D nbsp W23DM D nbsp W32FD D nbsp WCVN nbsp WKAS nbsp WKGB nbsp WKHA nbsp WKLE nbsp WKMA nbsp WKMR nbsp WKMU nbsp WKOH nbsp WKON nbsp WKPC TV WKMJ TV nbsp WKPD nbsp WKPI nbsp WKSO nbsp WKZTclass notpageimage Map of all of KET s satellites in KentuckySubchannels editKET s transmitters broadcast four subchannels in most areas 136 The main KET channel KET2 a secondary service created in 1997 in the wake of the Louisville merger with an emphasis on how to and travel programs and replays of PBS programs The Kentucky Channel KET KY established in 2008 137 which covers the Kentucky General Assembly and broadcasts programs about Kentucky topics and independently produced programs and KET PBS Kids which was introduced in 2017 138 The ATSC 3 0 transmitters at Louisville and Covington also make available the World Channel as subchannel 5 KET multiplex 139 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programmingxx 1 720p 16 9 KET Main KET programming PBSxx 2 A KET2 KET2xx 3 480i KETKY Kentucky Channelxx 4 KETKIDS PBS Kids In Louisville 68 1 instead of 15 2 In northern Kentucky WCET broadcasts subchannels 54 1 and 54 3 of WCVN TV in ATSC 1 0 format while WPTO broadcasts subchannels 54 2 and 54 4 132 Subchannels of WKMJ TV 140 141 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming68 1 720p 16 9 KET2 Main WKMJ TV programming PBS KET2 68 2 KET KET68 3 480i KETKY Kentucky Channel68 4 KETKIDS PBS Kids68 5 KETWRLD WorldSubchannels of WCVN TV 132 142 Channel Res Aspect Short name Programming54 1 720p 16 9 KET54 2 KET254 5 World14 1 WPTO 14 148 1 WCET 48 1From 2007 to 2010 KET broadcast KET ED the Education Channel which provided professional development and instructional programming 143 Until 2008 dedicated KET5 and KET6 subchannels carried live coverage of the Kentucky House of Representatives and Senate 144 145 Bibliography editBooks edit Press O Leonard 2008 The KET Story A Personal Account Lexington Kentucky The Clark Group ISBN 978 1 883589 89 9 Nash Francis M 1995 Towers Over Kentucky A History of Radio and TV in the Bluegrass State PDF Host Communications Inc ISBN 978 1 879688 93 3 Archived PDF from the original on April 27 2022 Retrieved December 10 2022 References edit Ladd Bill December 6 1953 A Quick Jump Around The Dial The Courier Journal Louisville Kentucky p 5 19 Archived from the original on December 9 2022 Retrieved December 9 2022 via Newspapers com Ladd Bill May 16 1957 County Likely To Seek Educational TV Permit The Courier Journal Louisville Kentucky pp 1 16 Archived from 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