WNKY-DT2 is the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

-affiliated television station

Television station

A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...

 for South Central

South Central Kentucky

South Central Kentucky is a cultural region of 22 Kentucky counties located roughly between I-65 in the Bowling Green area and I-75 around the London area, but within three counties of the Tennessee border and south of the "Golden Triangle"...

 Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

. The station is a second digital subchannel

Digital subchannel

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 of NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 affiliate WNKY

WNKY

WNKY is the NBC-affiliated television station for South Central Kentucky licensed to Bowling Green. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 16 from a transmitter on Pilot Knob in Smiths Grove along I-65. The station can also be seen on Insight channel 7 and in high definition...

 owned by Max Media

Max Media

Max Media is a company that owns radio and television stations throughout the United States. It is based out of Virginia Beach, Virginia.-History:Max Media was founded in 2001...

. Over-the-air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 16.2 (irtual channel 40.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter on Pilot Knob in Smiths Grove

Smiths Grove, Kentucky

Smiths Grove is a city in Warren County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 784 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Geography :Smiths Grove is located at ....

 along I-65

Interstate 65 in Kentucky

In the U.S. state of Kentucky, Interstate 65 enters the state five miles south of Franklin. It passes by the major cities of Bowling Green, Elizabethtown, and Louisville before exiting the state.- Route description :...

. This can also be seen on Insight

Insight Communications

Insight Communications is the 13th largest multiple system operator in the United States with approximately 692,000 customers in the three contiguous states of Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio...

 channel 10 and in high definition

High-definition television

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 on digital channel 912. Known on-air as CBS 40, its parent station has studios on Emmett Avenue in Bowling Green

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Bowling Green is the third-most populous city in the state of Kentucky after Louisville and Lexington, with a population of 58,067 as of the 2010 Census. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated 2009...

. Syndicated programming on WNKY-DT2 includes My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...

, Friends

Friends

Friends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...

, The Insider

The Insider (TV series)

The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...

, and Swift Justice with Nancy Grace

Swift Justice With Nancy Grace

Swift Justice with Jackie Glass is a syndicated court program hosted by Judge Jackie Glass....

among others.

There is no separate website for this station. Its local logo includes the network's "eye logo" representing the "0" in "40". WNKY signed a long term affiliation deal with CBS to air the network on a new second digital subchannel. This launched on February 1, 2007 and until that point Bowling Green did not have its own affiliate. Nashville's WTVF

WTVF

WTVF is the CBS-affiliated television station for Middle Tennessee that is licensed to Nashville. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 5 from a transmitter north of downtown along I-24. Owned by Landmark Media Enterprises, the station has studios on James Robertson Parkway...

 or Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

's WLKY-TV

WLKY-TV

WLKY-TV is a television station located in Louisville, Kentucky USA, and serves the Louisville area and southeastern Indiana. The station is owned by the Hearst Corporation, and is an affiliate of the CBS television network. WLKY's transmitter is located north of Louisville in Floyds Knobs,...

 were formerly the default CBS stations in the market

Media market

A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...

. The distant CBS affiliates have mostly been removed from cable providers in South Central Kentucky.

Bowling Green currently has every major network affiliate except MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...

 and ION Television. However, despite the existence of WNKY-DT2 WTVF remains on Insight systems. This station simulcasts weather updates from the main channel. Weekday mornings at 9, it repeats WNKY's half-hour morning show known as Bowling Green Today. Weather forecasts from the station can be heard on WBGN-AM

WBGN (AM)

WBGN is a radio station broadcasting a sports radio format. Licensed to Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Bowling Green area. The station is currently owned by Forever Communications, Inc....

 1340, WBVR-FM

WBVR-FM

WBVR-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to Auburn, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Bowling Green area. The station is currently owned by Forever Communications, Inc..-History:...

 96.7, WUHU

WUHU

WUHU is a radio station broadcasting a Top 40 format. Licensed to Smiths Grove, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Bowling Green area. The station is currently owned by Forever Communications, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio....

-FM 107.1, and WLYE-FM

WLYE-FM

WLYE-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Country format. Licensed to Glasgow, Kentucky, USA, the station serves the Bowling Green area. The station is currently owned by Forever Communications, Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio....

94.1.