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WAVE (TV): History & Measurement

WAVE (channel 3) is a television station in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Fox affiliate WDRB (channel 41) and CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate WBKI (channel 58). WAVE's studios are located on South Floyd Street in downtown Louisville, and its transmitter is located in Floyds Knobs, Indiana.

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WAVE (TV) topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around WAVE (TV).

Related topics
137
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
142
Extracted relationships
25
Concept neighborhoods
44
Bridge connections
142

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 45 topics
Overview · 32 topics
Programming · 32 topics
Out-of-market coverage · 20 topics
Technical information · 8 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Owner
Gray Media · (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Affiliations
3.1: NBC · for others, see § Subchannels
Branding
WAVE
Call sign meaning
The word "wave" (as in a radio wave)
Channels
Digital: 36 (UHF) · Virtual: 3
ERP
890 kW

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Programming

Technical information

Out-of-market coverage

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How WAVE (TV) connects Entity context

The extracted context around WAVE (TV) shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, WAVE (TV) → ABC (1948–1961), All secondary:, CBS (1948–1950), DuMont (1948–1955) Another extracted example is WAVE (TV) → 3.1: NBC, for others, see § Subchannels. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

WAVE (TV)

Top relations

Former affiliations · 4
WAVE (TV) → ABC (1948–1961), All secondary:, CBS (1948–1950), DuMont (1948–1955)
Affiliations · 2
WAVE (TV) → 3.1: NBC, for others, see § Subchannels
Channels · 2
WAVE (TV) → Digital: 36 (UHF), Virtual: 3
Former channel numbers · 2
WAVE (TV) → Analog: 5 (VHF, 1948–1953), 3 (VHF, 1953–2009), Digital: 47 (UHF, 2000–2019)
Owner · 2
WAVE (TV) → (Gray Television Licensee, LLC), Gray Media
Public license information · 2
WAVE (TV) → LMS, Public file
Branding · 1
WAVE (TV) → WAVE
Call sign meaning · 1
WAVE (TV) → The word "wave" (as in a radio wave)
ERP · 1
WAVE (TV) → 890 kW
Facility ID · 1
WAVE (TV) → 13989

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

wave station channel television louisville nbc affiliate kentucky market news stations wave-tv gray first whas-tv tv also january station's abc

WAVE (TV) relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 25 structured relationships around WAVE (TV). Examples in this analysis include WAVE (TV) → Affiliations → 3.1: NBC and WAVE (TV) → Affiliations → for others, see § Subchannels. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WAVE (TV)Affiliations3.1: NBC1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Affiliationsfor others, see § Subchannels1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)BrandingWAVE1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Call sign meaningThe word "wave" (as in a radio wave)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)ChannelsDigital: 36 (UHF)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)ChannelsVirtual: 31.00infobox
WAVE (TV)ERP890 kW1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Facility ID139891.00infobox
WAVE (TV)First air dateNovember 24, 1948 (1948-11-24)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Former affiliationsAll secondary:1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Former affiliationsCBS (1948–1950)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Former affiliationsDuMont (1948–1955)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Former affiliationsABC (1948–1961)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Former call signsWAVE-TV (1948–1987)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Former channel numbersAnalog: 5 (VHF, 1948–1953), 3 (VHF, 1953–2009)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Former channel numbersDigital: 47 (UHF, 2000–2019)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)HAAT391 m (1,283 ft)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Licensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)OwnerGray Media1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Owner(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Public license informationPublic file1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Public license informationLMS1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Sister stationsWDRB, WBKI1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Transmitter coordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
WAVE (TV)Websitewave3.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around WAVE (TV) bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Market, January and Began. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • television station
    • First
    • Station
    • Television
    • United
    • Radio
    • Stations
    • Wave
    • Kentucky
    • Louisville
    • Nbc
    • Market
    • Gray
  • louisville, kentucky
    • Market
    • First
    • United
    • Wave
    • Television
    • Station
    • Nbc
    • Years
    • Wave-tv
    • Whas-tv
    • Gray
    • Media
  • nbc
    • Affiliate
    • Television
    • Station
    • Cbs
    • Broadcast
    • Wave
    • Network
    • First
    • Gray
    • Wave-tv
    • Abc
    • United
  • gray media
    • Wbki
    • Including
    • Wdrb
    • Media
    • Stations
    • Fox
    • Cbs
    • Television
    • Affiliate
    • Abc
    • Nbc
    • Sports
  • downtown louisville
    • Market
    • Wave
    • Station
    • Years
    • Nbc
    • First
    • Television
    • United
    • Whas-tv
    • Gray
    • News
    • Stations
  • gray television
    • Including
    • Media
    • First
    • Stations
    • Wbki
    • Station
    • Fox
    • Wdrb
    • United
    • Cbs
    • Radio
    • Wave
  • three tv station licenses
    • First
    • Television
    • Louisville
    • Market
    • Nbc
    • Wave
    • Kentucky
    • Became
    • United
    • Coverage
    • Live
    • News
  • nbc red network
    • Affiliate
    • Began
    • Television
    • Station
    • Cbs
    • Broadcast
    • Carried
    • Wave
    • Network
    • Station's
    • Tv
    • Whas-tv

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For WAVE (TV), one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects WAVE (TV) with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
WAVE (TV) — History · splits 97 ⟂ 46
WAVE (TV) — Overview · splits 110 ⟂ 33
WAVE (TV) — Programming · splits 110 ⟂ 33
WAVE (TV) — Out-of-market coverage · splits 122 ⟂ 21
WAVE (TV) — Technical information · splits 134 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

WAVE (TV)

Nodes143
Edges142
Triples25
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013986
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around WAVE (TV) to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — WAVE (TV) · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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