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Overview
Licensed to Louisville, Kentucky, WAVE carries NBC programming for viewers in the Louisville, KY market.
On screen it is channel 3, though WAVE actually transmits on RF channel 36. Digital TVs map the two automatically after a channel scan. Its subchannels carry Bounce. WAVE also transmits in ATSC 3.0, the NextGen TV standard, which newer sets can receive.
According to FCC records, the licensee is Gray Television Licensee, LLC. The station is part of Gray Media. The station dates back to 1948. It has used the WAVE call letters since September 1987.
FCC records list the station's main studio at 725 South Floyd Street in Louisville, KY. Its website is www.wave3.com.
In its 2025 children's television report to the FCC, WAVE listed educational programs including Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: Protecting the Wild, Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer and Earth Odyssey With Dylan Dreyer – B.
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Channel and license details
- Call sign
- WAVE
- Network
- NBC (subchannels: Bounce)
- Virtual channel
- 3
- RF channel
- 36
- City of license
- Louisville, Kentucky
- TV market
- Louisville, KY
- Licensee
- Gray Television Licensee, LLC
- Owner
- Gray Media
- On the air since
- 1948
- Call sign since
- September 1987
- Studio address
- 725 South Floyd Street, Louisville, KY 40203
- ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV)
- Yes
- FCC facility ID
- 13989
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Website
- www.wave3.com
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WAVE at a glance
- Network
- NBC
- Channel
- 3 (RF 36)
- Licensed to
- Louisville, KY
- TV market
- Louisville, KY
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