WK&T Sports

WK&T Sports Channel
Mayfield/Murray, Kentucky United States
Branding	WK&T Sports
Channels	Analog: 68 (WK&T Telecommunications Cable)^[1] 18 (Murray Electric System) Digital: WK&T Sports UStream Feed
Affiliations	Independent / Local Sports
Owner	WK&T Telecommunications, Inc.
Website	WKTSports.com

WK&T Sports is an American public access television station based in Mayfield, Kentucky.^[2] It is owned and operated by WK&T Telecommunications, a unit of the West Kentucky Rural Telephone Cooperative.

Programming format and history

The station is the only sports channel that exclusively cablecasts local sports involving local high school sport teams in the lower Jackson Purchase region of far Western Kentucky. High school athletic programs showcased on the station include those of Calloway County, Murray, Graves County, Mayfield, and Carlisle County high schools. The station often broadcasts replays of most football and basketball games. Some select KHSAA district basketball tournament games may also be run on the station. WK&T Sports also runs Murray State University Racers football and basketball, except for those that are run by the American Sports Network as part of their Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball package, which would be carried by over-the-air MyNetworkTV affiliates WDKA in Paducah, WUXP in Nashville, and Jackson, Tennessee's NBC outlet WNBJ-LD.

In 2014, WK&T Sports added high school baseball and softball games involving Graves County and Mayfield High Schools.^[3]

Syndicated programming on WK&T Sports include Tennessee's Wild Side, produced by WNPT-TV in Nashville, and KET's Kentucky Afield.^[4]Raceline, the only syndicated program devoted to NASCAR racing, is also offered on the channel.^[5]

Other sports programming includes coverage of auto racing at the Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway.^[6]

Coverage area

All cable television customers of Murray Electric System and WK&T Telecommunications have access to the WK&T Sports Channel. This includes the western Kentucky counties of Carlisle, Graves, Marshall,^[7] and Calloway,^[8] along with the northwest Tennessee counties of Dyer,^[9] Gibson,^[10] Henry,^[11] Obion, and Weakley.^[12] WK&T Telecommunications distributes this and all of their offered channels on devices manufactured under the Flite label.

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Television stations in Southeast Missouri, Western Kentucky, and Southern Illinois

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable or satellite television

Paducah, KY

WPSD-TV (6.1 NBC, 6.2 This TV, 6.3 Antenna TV)
WQTV-LP/WQWQ-LP (9/24 The CW/Me-TV)
WKMU 21/WKPD 29 (xx.1 KET/PBS, xx.2 PBS Encore/KET2, xx.3 KY Channel, xx.4 Test pattern → PBS Kids)
WDKA (49.1 MyNetworkTV, 49.2 GetTV, 49.3 The Country Network)

Cape Girardeau, MO

K10KM-D (10.1 ABC, 10.2 Local WX)
KFVS-TV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW/Me-TV, 12.3 Grit)
KBSI (23.1 Fox, 23.2 MNTV, 23.3 Comet)

Harrisburg-Carbondale

WSIL-TV (3.1 ABC, 3.2 Local WX)
WSIU-TV (9.1 PBS, 9.2 World, 9.3 Create
W15BU-D (15.1 3ABN)
WTCT (27.1/27.2 TCT, 27.3 TCT Family/TCT Kids, 27.4 ABN)

Outlying areas

Illinois	WPXS (13.1 Daystar, 13.2 Retro TV - Mount Vernon)

Missouri	KPOB (15.1 ABC, 15.2 Local WX - Poplar Bluff) KDKZ-LD (18.1 Retro TV - Farmington) K39CP 39 (Independent - Poplar Bluff)

Northwest Tennessee	WUWT-CD (26.1 Retro TV, 26.2 Family Channel - Union City)

Cable-only

Southeast Missouri	CG993 (Cape Girardeau) Poplar Bluff City Cable 2 (Poplar Bluff)

Western Kentucky	MSU-TV11 (Murray) Paducah2TV (Paducah) WK&T Local Channel 1 (Mayfield/Murray) WK&T Sports (Mayfield/Murray)

Defunct stations

W09BM 9 (Network One, Union City)
W10AH 10 (NBC via WPSD-TV, Carbondale, IL)
K45CA 45
W54AE 54 (Ind./TBN)

Adjacent locals

Jackson, TN	WBBJ-TV (7.1/7.2 ABC, 7.3 CBS/MeTV)

Nashville	WSMV-TV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Heartland, 4.3 Cozi TV) WTVF (5.1 CBS, 5.2 NewsChannel 5+, 5.3 Laff)

St. Louis	KTVI (2.1 Fox, 2.2 Antenna TV, 2.3 Escape) KMOV (4.1 CBS, 4.2 Me-TV, 4.3 MNTV) KSDK (5.1 NBC), 5.2 Bounce TV, 5.3 Justice Network)

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city: Bowling Green; Charleston, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Knoxville, TN; Lexington; Louisville; Paducah

Tennessee broadcast television areas by city: Chattanooga; Jackson; Knoxville; Memphis; Nashville; Paducah, KY; Tri-Cities

See also: Jonesboro TV; Little Rock TV; St. Louis TV; Springfield, MO TV; Springfield, IL TV; Terre Haute TV

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