Private company

Orion Broadcasting

Television station in Louisville, Kentucky

WAVE (channel 3) is a television station in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside dual Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate WDRB (channel 41) and CW 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.2 It ceased to exist in 1981.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Nov 24, 1948Founded1
  • Industryradio broadcasting, terrestrial television1
  • HeadquartersLouisville1

WAVE (channel 3) is a television station in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside dual Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate WDRB (channel 41) and CW 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.2

Corporate structure

Orion Broadcasting sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Orion Broadcasting Louisville
    • WAVE Owned ยท Louisville, United States

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Orion Broadcasting reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • WAVE

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • WAVE

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1981Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Nov 24, 1948Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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