KCWY-DT

KCWY-DT
Casper, Wyoming
United States
Branding KCWY News 13
Slogan NBC for Wyoming (general)
Where News Comes First (news)
Channels Digital: 12 (VHF)
Virtual: 13 (PSIP)
Subchannels 13-2 CW
Affiliations NBC (2003–present)
The CW (DT2; 2015–present)
Owner Gray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date February 21, 2001
Call letters' meaning K Casper, WYoming
Sister station(s) KGWN-TV
Former channel number(s) 13 (VHF analog, 2001–2009)
Former affiliations Pax TV (2001–2003)
Transmitter power 3.2 kW
Height 571.5 m
Facility ID 68713
Transmitter coordinates 42°44′37″N 106°18′24″W / 42.74361°N 106.30667°W / 42.74361; -106.30667 (KCWY-DT)
Website www.kcwy13.com

KCWY-DT, channel 13 (RF channel 12), is the NBC affiliate television station for most of Wyoming. Licensed to Casper, the station also airs its programming on six low-powered satellites: KSWY-LP channel 29 in Sheridan, KCHY-LP channel 13 in Cheyenne, KWYM-LP channel 14 in Laramie and K28HL-D channel 28 in Riverton. KCWY's programming is also simulcast on the second digital subchannels of KGWN-TV channel 5 in Cheyenne and K19FX-D channel 19 in Laramie. All stations, except K28HL-D, are owned by Gray Television.

Digital channels

Channel Aspect Format Programming
13.1 16:9 1080i main KCWY programming / NBC
13.2 16:9 720p The CW

History

KCWY signed on the air in February 2001 as an affiliate of the Pax TV network. On September 1, 2003, KCWY became the new NBC affiliate in the Casper market after NBC severed its affiliation with longtime affiliate KTWO-TV. KCWY launched its first newscast ("News 13 First at Five") on September 22, 2003.

In 2008, 2011 and 2012, the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters named KCWY its Television Station of the Year.[1] In June 2013, Intermountain West Communications Company filed to sell KCWY to Frontier Radio Management, through subsidiary Yellowstone Holdings; the deal would make it a sister station with KGWN-TV, which SagamoreHill Broadcasting was also selling to Yellowstone through a separate deal.[2] On November 4, 2013, Gray Television announced a deal to acquire Yellowstone Holdings for $23 million. As a result of the acquisition, KCHY-LP was consolidated with KGWN-TV, which Yellowstone (and in turn, Gray) was acquiring through a separate deal with SagamoreHill Broadcasting.[3] The sale was completed on December 31.[4]

Gray launched CW Plus on a subchannel of KCWY on January 26, 2015.[5]

References

  1. ↑ WAB Awards
  2. ↑ "Application For Consent To Assignment Of Broadcast Station Construction Permit Or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 17, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Gray Buying Yellowstone Stations". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 2 January 2014
  5. ↑ http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/80568/gray-renews-all-its-nbc-cw-affiliations

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