WDKA

WDKA
Paducah, Kentucky; Harrisburg, Illinois; Cape Girardeau, Missouri; ; United States;
City	Paducah, Kentucky
Channels	Digital: 25 (UHF); Virtual: 49;
Branding	My 49 WDKA
Programming
Affiliations	49.1: MyNetworkTV; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Community News Media; (Paducah Television License LLC);
Sister stations	KBSI
History
Founded	October 2, 1989
First air date	June 5, 1997
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 49 (UHF, 1997–2009); Digital: 50 (UHF, 2000–2010), 49 (UHF, 2010–2019);
Former affiliations	UPN (1997–2000); The WB (2000–2006);
Call sign meaning	Paducah (soundalike "K" substituting for "C")
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	39561
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	327 m (1,073 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	37°23′42″N 88°56′23″W
Translator(s)	KBSI-DT 23.2 (22.2 UHF) Cape Girardeau, MO
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	kbsi23.com

WDKA (channel 49) is a television station licensed to Paducah, Kentucky, United States, serving as the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Western Kentucky's Purchase region, Southern Illinois and Southeastern Missouri, and Northwest Tennessee. It is owned by the Community News Media subsidiary of Standard Media alongside Cape Girardeau, Missouri–licensed Fox affiliate KBSI (channel 23). Both stations share studios on Enterprise Street in Cape Girardeau, while WDKA's transmitter is located in Vienna, Illinois.

In addition to its own digital signal, WDKA is simulcast in standard definition on KBSI's second digital subchannel (23.2) from a transmitter north of Cape Girardeau in unincorporated Cape Girardeau County.

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