WBKO

WBKO is the ABC-affiliated television station for South Central Kentucky licensed to Bowling Green. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 (also the station's virtual channel via PSIP) from a transmitter along KY 185/Richardsville Road in unincorporated northern Warren County. Owned by Gray Television, WBKO has studios on Russellville Road (US 68/KY 80) along the William H. Natcher Parkway in Bowling Green.HistoryAs WLTVThe station signed on the air on June 3, 1962 as WLTV . It was the first commercial outlet to launch in Bowling Green and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 13. Joe Walters and Mr. & Mrs. George Brown owned the station. It was an Independent owned by Argus Broadcasting and originally had studios at its transmitter in rural Warren County.