EPB6

EPB 6
Glasgow, Kentucky Barren County, KY United States
Branding	Cable6
Channels	Analog: 6 (Glasgow EPB Basic Cable) Digital: EPB Cable 22.1 (QAM) ^[1]
Affiliations	Independent / Public Access Television
Owner	Glasgow Electric Plant Board
Sister station(s)	EPB 24/7
Website	Glasgow-KY.com EPB Website

EPB6 is a public access cable channel serving the Glasgow area of Barren County, Kentucky via the cable television service of the Glasgow Electric Plant Board, a provider of cable television, internet service, and electrical power. It is shown on channel 6 of the basic cable tuner of the Glasgow EPB Cable television system.^[2]

Programming

EPB6 features slides, known as "static ads," that deals with local events and community announcements, as well as advertisements for local businesses in the Glasgow/Barren County area. They are presented in a constant rotation, and each rotation lasts for 12 to 15 minutes, depending on the number of ads and announcements in the rotation. Local merchants in the Glasgow area can purchase ads that are run on EPB 6, along with EPB 24/7 (its related local weather channel), as well as a localized feed of The Weather Channel.^[3] Background audio for EPB6 is actually an audio simulcast of local radio station WCLU-AM 1490.^[4]

EPB6 and SCTV 6, along with radio stations WCLU-AM, WCLU-FM, and WCDS, simulcast the television broadcast of the annual Glasgow Rotary Community-wide Auction, which takes place in November of each year.

Related channels

EPB 24/7, which is on channel 9 of Glasgow EPB's cable system, is a 24/7 local weather channel, featuring local weather forecasts, radar images, and severe weather alerts when they go down.

SCTV-6 is the public access cable television channel offered to customers of Glasgow EPB's main telecommunications rival, SCRTC, the South Central Rural Telephone Cooperative. It is a similar format to EPB 6, except that in addition to Barren County, that system also serves Hart, Metcalfe, and Adair Counties of Kentucky.^[5]

References

External links

Glasgow Electric Plant Board – Official Website

Television stations in South Central Kentucky, including Bowling Green and Glasgow

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

WBKO (13.1 ABC, 13.2 FOX, 13.3 The CW)

W14DG-D (14.1/14.2 Silent, 14.3 Laff)

WKYU (24.1 PBS, 24.2 Create, 24.3 NWS Weather radar with KIH45 audio)

WCZU-LD (39.1 Ant.TV/MNTV, 39.2 Buzzr, 39.3 Bounce TV, 39.4 SBN, 39.5 Grit, 39.6 Escape)

WNKY (40.1 NBC, 40.2 CBS)

WKGB (53.1 PBS/KET, 53.2 KET2, 53.3 KY Channel)

Outlying areas

WPBM-CD (31.1 Religious Ind./Walk TV/GEB America – Scottsville KY)

Cable television stations

Bowling Green	BGTV4 HSSN (seasonal, through WKYU-TV) cn\|5 WKU Cable 12

Glasgow	EPB 24/7 EPB6 SCTV-6

Other areas	MC22 (Morgantown/Brownsville)

Adjacent locals

Nashville	WSMV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Heartland) WTVF (5.1 CBS, 5.2 NewsChannel 5+, 5.3 Laff) WZTV (17.1 Fox, 17.2 WXNation, 17.3 Antenna TV) WNPX-TV (28.1 ION, 28.2 Qubo, 28.3 ION Life, 28.4 Ion Shop, 28.5 QVC Over Air, 28.6 HSN) WUXP-TV (30.1 MNTV, 30.2 GetTV, 30.3 Comet)

Elizabethtown (KY)	WKZT-TV (23.1 PBS/KET, 23.2 KET2, 23.3 KY Channel)

Louisville	WLKY (32.1 CBS, 32.2 Me-TV WBKI-TV (34.1 The CW, 34.2 Movies!, Campbellsville) WDRB (41.1 Fox, 41.2 Antenna TV) WMYO (58.1 MNT, 58.2 Cozi TV)

Defunct stations

"WBWG" (The WB/WB 100+, cable only)

W60DC / WKUW-LP 60 (TBN)

WKUG-LP 62 (TBN, Glasgow)

WKUT-LP/LD 64/25.1 (TBN)

W55AL 55 (PBS/KET via WKSO-TV, Tompkinsville)

Kentucky broadcast television areas by city: Bowling Green; Charleston, WV; Cincinnati, OH; Evansville, IN; Knoxville, TN; Lexington; Louisville; Paducah

See also: Nashville TV

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