It isn’t often that a startup local TV station makes the David Letterman show Top 10. Desperate Poolboys and The King of Queens — these are two of the talk host’s ideas for programming on Key West’s upcoming WGAY-TV.

Station owners and program providers say WGAY on UHF Channel 41 will be the first gay-oriented, over-the-air TV channel in the United States. The low-power station is scheduled to begin broadcasting from Big Coppitt Key in February. It will be seen throughout the Keys on Comcast Cable and throughout the world on the Internet.

Several gay-oriented TV networks have also launched recently, including Viacom’s Logo and Here! TV, both available on cable and satellite in South Florida. A third network, Q Television, suffered cash-flow problems from the time it went on the air in 2004 and folded six months ago.

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