Sept 19, 1946    Construction permit granted for TV.  186-192Mc
                 channel 7 with 7KW ERP

Sept 12, 1949    Ground breaking for tower @ Sixth between Broadway
                 and Chestnut.  Presently the Gene Snyder Federal
                 Courthouse and Mazoli Federal Building sit on this
                 parcel of land directly across Sixth street from the
                 Courier-Journal building.

Mar   8, 1950    Tower complete and antenna erected.  Stands 1060
                 feet AMSL.

Mar  27, 1950    On air.  Channel 9 w. 9600 watts.

Aug   7, 1951    Increased power to 50kW visual.  First TV station to
                 broadcast with this much visual power.

Feb   7, 1953    Moves to channel 11.  Becomes nation's first station
                 with 316,000 watts visual ERP.

Apr  23, 1953    Broadcast the first full scale surgical operation
                 for non-specialized viewers.

Aug  22, 1954    First network color telecast.  Ed Sullivan's
                 "Toast of the Town".

November 1954    "Crusade for Children", telethon for all
                 handicapped youngsters first airs...and still airs
                 to this day.

Mar  30, 1962    First local color video telecast.

Sept 21, 1964    Groundbreaking for current tower @ Floyd's Knobs, IN

Apr  26, 1965    Began operation from 973' AGL tower with directional
                 signal and 135kW visual, the maximum power for that
                 tower height.

October, 1966    First color videotape transmission.

Jan  20, 1967    Began non directional operation from Floyd's Knobs.

Apr  17, 1967    First processed color news film aired.

Apr  29, 1967    First local color remote.  Live racing from
                 Churchill Downs.

Oct   7, 1968    Dedication of current home at 520 West Chestnut St.

  mid 1980's     Bingham family media holdings liquidated.
                 WHAS-TV was sold to Providence-Journal Broadcasting
                 out of Providence RI.

         1990    Up until this year, WHAS was a CBS affiliate and
                 originated all of the CBS coverage of the Kentucky
                 Derby.  Then, WHAS and WLKY swapped networks with
                 WHAS becoming an ABC affiliate.

Feb  28, 1997    A. H. Belo aquires the Providence Journal company
                 including WHAS-TV.

Unfortunately, the record keepers at WHAS-TV were not as diligent as they were over at WHAS radio.  The records I have stop at 1968.  Information after that was gained through media reports and the Belo website.