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newscasts were also run on weekends. The station's news operation had already received praise for the production of their newscasts; indeed, the station's 10 p.m. newscast even won an award for Best Local
Production in News division at the 2nd Annual LPTV Conference and Exposition in 1989. The station even won an award for a televised advertisement for a local feed store that same year. In late 1989, the station won an
628:(6:30, 9:30, and 10:30 p.m.), thus expanding the total newscasts to a maximum of 19 hours per week. All national news video clips were provided by CNN. Newscasts were discontinued on August 5, 2011, amid uncertainty about the station's future (it was not included in the sale of NewWave's area cable systems to
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During the 1990s, WKAG's news department produced three newscasts (at 6, 9, and 10 p.m.) on weekdays with an encore of the 10 p.m. newscast at 12 midnight. Newscasts on
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After a period of preparations, the station went on the air on July 24, 1984, as W43AG, becoming
Hopkinsville's first local television station. The station was scheduled to begin broadcasting the day before, but a part of the transmitter failed, delaying the inaugural broadcast until July 24. The
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September 14, 2012, due to the station having been off the air for more than twelve months, the FCC canceled the station's license and
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of newscasts. During the 2000s, the 6 and 9 p.m. newscasts focused on the
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Continuing Story for its five-part news series about training Army troops at Fort Campbell. The station's news coverage was also instrumental in earning the "Station of the Year" award from the Community Broadcasters Association in 1992.
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showcased local businesses and organizations, and their upcoming events and/or promotions. They came in morning and afternoon editions every weekday. By the mid-2000s, WKAG moved the replay of the 10 p.m. newscasts to 1 a.m. Newscast names were changed to
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December 1981, was the first to be issued to a Kentucky-based licensee; all other LPTV signals within the state were serving as translators for preexisting television stations. In May 1984, the station's transmission tower was erected at a site along Old
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1249:"What's on the TV43 Tube"
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1178:"The LPTV Newsroom".
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