KWWE-LD

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KWWE-LD
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HAAT163.5 m (536 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°13′16.4″N 93°18′40.9″W / 30.221222°N 93.311361°W / 30.221222; -93.311361
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KWWE-LD (channel 19) is a

low-power television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV, MeTV, and Telemundo. It is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting alongside CBS affiliate KSWL-LD (channel 17). The two stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles; KWWE-LD's transmitter is located at the KTSR tower in Westlake
.

History

Although granted a

.

In February 2017, the permit for K19JB-D was sold to Lake Charles Television,

LLC, a unit of Waypoint Media, which signed on CBS affiliate KSWL-LD in the same month.[2]

The callsign was changed to the current KWWE-LD on February 7, 2017. The following month, KWWE-LD signed on as the area's first MyNetworkTV affiliate, with some

KATC-TV and/or Beaumont, Texas–based KBMT served as Lake Charles' default ABC affiliates until August 31, 2017, when Fox affiliate KVHP launched an ABC affiliate on its DT2 subchannel[3]
).

In addition to MyNetworkTV programming, KWWE-LD also serves as the Lake Charles market's MeTV affiliate, filling in programming for all time slots outside of the MyNetworkTV programming schedule with the MeTV schedule.[4] Initially shown by itself on its LD2 subchannel, MeTV programming has since moved to KWWE-LD's main channel and was replaced on LD2 with a simulcast of KSWL-LD. In 2019, the station added Telemundo to its third subchannel.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is

multiplexed
:

Subchannels of KWWE-LD[5]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
19.1 480i
16:9
KWWE-LD MyNetworkTV & MeTV
19.2 720p Telemun Telemundo
19.3 480i Sonlife Sonlife
19.4 HSN HSN
19.5 JTV Jewelry Television

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWWE-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Lake Charles gets a local CBS television station". AmericanPress.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  3. ^ Miller, Mark (August 23, 2017). "KVHP Launching ABC Feed On Subchannel". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  4. ^ "Where to Watch MeTV In Lake Charles". © 2018 MeTV National Limited Partnership. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  5. ^ Digital TV Market Listing for KWWE-LD