WIKY

WIKY is a FOX affiliate serving Evansville, IN, and it's surrounding areas. Broadcasting on channel 28, WIKY is owned and operated by Lorimar Television.

History
WIKY signed on in June 13, 1988 by the Evansville Entertainment Group, and was an independent, airing off-network sitcoms, talk shows, game shows, and night movies, as well as airing "The 700 Club." In 1995, WIKY became the new affiliate of The WB, and about three years later, WIKY launched their prime time newscast, WB 28 News @ 10. On Feb. 10, 2000, the station was sold to Hamilton Communications. In 2006, WIKY left The WB to become Evansville's affiliate for The CW. in 2011, a shakeup in Evansville's television market happened when WREI left FOX to join the Rainbow Dash Network. FOX needed an affiliate in Evansville, and after being turned down by WEVN (NBC) and WARU (ABC) to leave their networks, FOX went to WIKY, who was happy being a CW affiliate, but FOX made them an offer they couldn't refused, and WIKY became the new FOX affiliate for Evansville, and moved the CW affiliation to their subchannel (28.2) where programming could be supplied via The CW Plus.