WKRN-TV
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Nashville, Tennessee United States |
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| Branding | News 2 |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels |
Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 2 () |
| Subchannels | 2.1 ABC 2.2 MeTV 2.3 Justice Network |
| Affiliations | ABC (secondary until 1954) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (WKRN, G.P.) |
| First air date | November 29, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Knight-Ridder Nashville (former owner) |
| Sister station(s) | WATE-TV, WATN-TV, WJHL, WJKT |
| Former callsigns | WSIX-TV (1953–1973) WNGE-TV (1973–1983) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 8 (VHF, 1953–1973) 2 (VHF, 1973–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: CBS (1953–1954) DT2: Ind. / Weather (2008–2016) DT3: LWN (2012–2015) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 411 metres (1,348 ft) |
| Facility ID | 73188 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°08′34″N 86°44′46″W / 36.1428°N 86.7460°W 36°02′50″N 86°49′49″W / 36.04733°N 86.83025°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | wkrn |
WKRN-TV, virtual channel 2 (UHF digital channel 27), is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. The station is owned by the Nexstar Media Group. WKRN-TV's studios and offices are located on Murfreesboro Road (U.S. Routes 41 and 70S) on Nashville's southeast side and its transmitter is located in Forest Hills, Tennessee.
The station first signed on the air on November 29, 1953, as WSIX-TV, broadcasting on VHF channel 8; it was the second television station in Nashville. The station was originally owned by Louis and Jack Draughon, along with WSIX radio (980 AM, now WYFN). The call letters came from the 638 Tire Company in nearby Springfield, where the Draughon brothers had started WSIX in 1930; neither the radio nor the television stations have ever had the number six in their frequencies, which would explain it otherwise. Originally a CBS affiliate that shared the ABC affiliation with WSM-TV (channel 4, now WSMV), it became a full-time ABC affiliate after only one year when WLAC-TV (channel 5, now WTVF) signed on and took the CBS affiliation due to WLAC radio's long history as a CBS radio affiliate. During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network.
The station's original studio facilities were located on Old Hickory Boulevard, south of Nashville at the station's transmitter site. In 1961, WSIX-AM-FM-TV moved to a new studio located at 441 Murfreesboro Road, where the television station remains located today. The current WKRN studio facility is where the Wilburn Brothers' television program was produced during the 1960s and 1970s (however, WSM-TV had the rights to air the show in the Nashville market).
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