WKRN

WKRN
Brand	News 2
City of License	Nashville, Tennessee
Market	Nashville, Tennessee
Channel	27 digital 2 virtual Formerly: 8 analog (1953-73) 2 analog (1973-2009)
Network Affiliation	Current: ABC Nashville WX Channel (DT2) Formerly: CBS (1953-54), DuMont (secondary, 1953–55)
Founded	1953
Company	Media General (Merger with Nexstar or sale of station pending)
President
Current Popular Non-Network Shows	Wheel of Fortune At The Movies Jeopardy!

WKRN is the call sign for the ABC affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. It broadcasts on digital 27, displayed on tuners as virtual channel 2. Its subcarrier (27.2) is the local weather.

The station first went on the air in 1953 as CBS affiliate WSIX/channel 8 (with DuMont as secondary). A little over a year later, WSIX switched affiliation to ABC (CBS is now on WTVF/channel 5). It was the television counterpart to WSIX-AM and FM radio. In 1973, WSIX changed calls to WGNE (noting its new owner, General Electric) and moved to channel 2, switching with PBS station WDCN. In 1983, GE sold the station to Knight-Ridder and the call changed to WKRN. Young Broadcasting acquired WKRN in 1989.

Digital programming

Virtual	Physical	Name	Programming
2.1	27.1	WKRN-DT	Main WKRN (ABC)
2.2	27.2	WKRN-DT2	Nashville WX Channel

External Links

• Official website for WKRN
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WKRN