WHAS-TV channel 11 is the ABC affiliated station in Louisville, Kentucky. Owned by Belo Corporation, the station's transmitter is located in Floyd County, Indiana, near the community of Floyds Knobs.
The station began broadcasting on March 27, 1950 on channel 9 as Kentucky's second television station. It was owned by the Bingham family, publishers of the The Courier-Journal newspaper, along with WHAS-AM, Kentucky's first radio station. The statio...
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WHAS-TV channel 11 is the ABC affiliated station in Louisville, Kentucky. Owned by Belo Corporation, the station's transmitter is located in Floyd County, Indiana, near the community of Floyds Knobs.
The station began broadcasting on March 27, 1950 on channel 9 as Kentucky's second television station. It was owned by the Bingham family, publishers of the The Courier-Journal newspaper, along with WHAS-AM, Kentucky's first radio station. The station was a primary CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. It moved to its current location on channel 11 on February 7, 1953, after an increase in effective radiated power caused interference with WCPO-TV, Cincinnati. When WLKY-TV signed on in 1961, WHAS-TV became a sole CBS affiliate.
Family patriarch Barry Bingham, Sr. handed over control to his son, Barry, Jr. in 1971. A 15-year family dispute culminated in a decision to split up the family's media holdings. WHAS-TV was sold to The Providence Journal Company in 1986, while WHAS-AM...
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