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| Branding | WDRB |
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| WBKI | |
| History | |
First air date | February 28, 1971 |
Former call signs | WDRB-TV (1971–1997) |
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| Independent (1971–1986) | |
Call sign meaning | Derby |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 28476 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 390.4 m (1,281 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°21′1″N 85°50′57″W / 38.35028°N 85.84917°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | wdrb.com |
WDRB (channel 41) is a television station in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Block Communications alongside Salem, Indiana–licensed dual CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate WBKI (channel 58). The two stations share studios on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard (near US 150) in downtown Louisville; WDRB's transmitter is located in rural northeastern Floyd County, Indiana (northeast of Floyds Knobs).
WDRB went on the air in February 1971 as the first independent station in the Louisville market, being owned in turn by a Missouri consortium, the Minneapolis Star & Tribune Company, and Block. It affiliated with Fox at the network's launch in 1986 and began producing local newscasts in 1990. Initially starting with just one newscast at 10 p.m., in the 2000s and 2010s it expanded its news operation into morning and evening time slots.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WDRB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.