WLEX-DT2
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Lexington, Kentucky United States |
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| Branding | Me-TV Lexington |
| Channels |
Digital: WLEX-DT 39.2 (UHF) Virtual: 18.2 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | MeTV (2011–present) |
| Owner |
Cordillera Communications (WLEX Communications, LLC) |
| First air date | November 25, 2009 |
| Former affiliations | Wazoo Sports Network (2009–2011) |
| Transmitter power | 475 kW |
| Height | 286 metres (938 ft) |
| Facility ID | 73203 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 38°2′3″N 84°23′39″W / 38.03417°N 84.39417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.lex18.com |
WLEX-DT2 is the Me-TV affiliated television station that is licensed to and serving Lexington, Kentucky. The station is the second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WLEX-TV, which is owned and operated by Cordillera Communications. The station's digital signal is broadcast on UHF channel 39.2 (or virtual channel 18.2 via PSIP) from the WTVQ-DT transmitter near Hamburg Pavilion. WLEX-DT2's parent studios are located on Kentucky Route 353 (Russell Cave Road) in Lexington.
WLEX-DT2 can also be viewed on Time Warner Cable channel 186 in Lexington (channel 305 elsewhere in market), and Frankfort Plant Board channel 29.
WLEX-TV launched the second subchannel on November 25, 2009 as a charter affiliate and flagship of the then-newly founded Wazoo Sports Network. This was the main part of an agreement between the station and the online sports site of the same name. The channel provided live coverage of various high school sporting events across the Commonwealth of Kentucky, most of which were sanctioned by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA). The channel also aired replays of classic sporting events involving sports programs of Kentucky's major universities, including the locally based University of Kentucky.
On December 27, 2011, WLEX-DT2 replaced the Wazoo Sports Network with a locally oriented weather channel. This was due to the Wazoo network filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after losing its two other affiliates, WHAS-DT2 of Louisville and WEHT-DT2 in Evansville, Indiana. WHAS-DT2 replaced Wazoo with The Local AccuWeather Channel, but became a Justice Network affiliate in 2015, while WEHT-DT2 was deactivated at the end of December 2011 before becoming a Laff affiliate in 2016.
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