WBKI (TV)

WBKI
ATSC 3.0 station
	Salem, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; ; United States;
City	Salem, Indiana
Channels	Digital: 16 (UHF); Virtual: 58;
Branding	WBKI; MyTV 58 (58.3);
Programming
Affiliations	58.1: The CW; 58.3: MyNetworkTV; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	Block Communications; (sale to Gray Media pending); ; (Independence Television Company);
Sister stations	WDRB
History
First air date	March 15, 1994
Former call signs	WFTE (1994–2006); WMYO (2006–2018); WBKI-TV (February 12–19, 2018);
Former channel numbers	Analog: 58 (UHF, 1994–2009); Digital: 51 (UHF, 2002–2019);
Former affiliations	Independent (1994–1995); UPN (1995–2006); MyNetworkTV (2006–2018; now on 58.3);
Call sign meaning	"Warner Bros. in Kentucky and Indiana", from the original WBKI-TV on channel 34
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	34167
ERP	860 kW
HAAT	390.4 m (1,281 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	38°21′1″N 85°50′57″W / 38.35028°N 85.84917°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	www.wdrb.com/wbki/

WBKI (channel 58) is a television station licensed to Salem, Indiana, United States, serving the Louisville, Kentucky, area as an affiliate of The CW and MyNetworkTV. WBKI is owned by Block Communications alongside Fox affiliate WDRB (channel 41). Both stations share studios on West Muhammad Ali Boulevard in downtown Louisville, while WBKI's transmitter is located northeast of Floyds Knobs innortheastern Floyd County, Indiana.

Channel 58 began broadcasting as WFTE on March 15, 1994. It was owned by Salem farmer Tom Ledford and put on the air under a local marketing agreement with WDRB owner Block Communications, which provided programming and facilities. It was an independent station for its first year but affiliated with UPN when that network began in 1995. Block was allowed to purchase the station outright in 2001. UPN and The WB merged in 2006 to form The CW, but that network opted to affiliate with WBKI-TV (channel 34), and WFTE instead became a MyNetworkTV affiliate under a new call sign of WMYO. In 2012, WBKI-TV was sold, and the new owner entered into an agreement with Block to provide services. That station sold its spectrum in 2017, and its CW affiliation and call sign moved to channel 58 in stages between 2017 and 2018. WBKI is the broadcast home of Louisville City FC soccer.