KLWB (TV)

KLWB
New Iberia/Lafayette, Louisiana United States

Branding	MeTV Acadiana & This TV Lafayette
Channels	Digital: 22, 32, and 50 (UHF)
Subchannels	22.1 Heroes & Icons 22.2 KDCG-CD This TV 32.1 This TV 32.2 Antenna TV 50.1 MeTV 50.2 Heroes & Icons (KDCG-CD 22.2) 50.3 programming soon KFXZ-FM 50.5 KLFT-FM EWTN Radio.
Translators	KDCG-CD 22.1/22.2 Opelousas, Louisiana, KXKW-LD 32.1/32.2 Lafayette, Louisiana
Affiliations	This TV (2008-present), MeTV (2011-present), Antenna TV (2012-present), Heroes and Icons (2015-present)
Owner	Delta Media Corporation/Wilderness Communications, LLC
First air date	April 3, 2006 (2006-04-03)
Call letters' meaning	Lafayette (or L for 50 in Roman numerals) The WB (former affiliation)
Sister station(s)	KLWB-FM, KFXZ-FM, KXKW-LP, KXKW-LD, KDCG-CD
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 50 (UHF, 2006-2009)
Former affiliations	The WB (2006) The CW (2006-2010)
Transmitter power	1000 kW
Height	303.4 m
Facility ID	82476
Transmitter coordinates	30°20′32″N 91°57′46″W / 30.34222°N 91.96278°W / 30.34222; -91.96278
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	This TV Lafayette MeTV KLWB / (H&I) (AntTV).

KLWB is the MeTV affiliate in the Lafayette, Louisiana, area of the United States. The station is owned by Wilderness Communications.

History

KLWB originated in 1999 as a cable-only affiliate of The WB, via The WB 100+. Its broadcast signal began broadcasting on April 3, 2006. Soon afterward, it began to be carried by DirecTV (which previously imported WBZL in Miami and WNUV in Baltimore for WB programming) and Dish Network. The station joined The CW upon its formation that September, carrying The WB 100+'s successor, The CW Plus.

KLWB lost its CW affiliation to a subchannel of KATC on June 14, 2010. At that time, the station switched to This TV (which had previously been carried on a subchannel of KLWB, as well as on sister station KXKW-LD). The station also moved to channel 23 on Cox Cable (its previous position, channel 10, is now occupied by the KATC subchannel). On July 25, 2011, KLWB began airing MeTV on a new subchannel.^[1]

Beginning in fall 2011, KLWB became part of the Southland Conference Television Network, airing live sporting events from that league.

On March 30, 2012, Delta Media (Wilderness Communications) purchased KDCG (then RTV) from Acadiana Cable Advertising and added the station on channel 50.2. On August 1, 2012, KDCG switched affiliations from RTV to Antenna TV and in the process Antenna TV was moved to 50.2, RTV was moved to 50.3 but was dropped from the lineup months later. On July 1, 2015, Heroes & Icons launched on 22.1 subchannel, (This on 22.2), and KLWB 50.2 stemming from an agreement between Delta Media Corporation and Weigel Broadcasting of Chicago. Antenna TV now can be seen with the Tribune sister station This TV on KXKW-LD 32.2. Possible future launches are: Decades and Movies! in March 2016.

Stations that are owned by Delta Media in the Lafayette Market KDCG-CD, KXKW-LD and KLWB (TV)

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[2]	Notes
22.1	480i	4:3	KDCGH&I	H&I	Simulcasts on KLWB-TV 50.2
22.2	480i	4:3	KDCGThis	This	Simulcast from 32.1 KXKW-LD

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[3]	Notes
32.1	480i	4:3	KXKW-LD	This TV	Replaced The CW then moved from 50.1 when MeTV launched in 2011
32.2	480i	4:3	KXKW-LD	Antenna TV	Launched on 32.2 when KDCG switched to H&I

Digital channels

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[4]	Notes
50.1	480i	4:3	KLWB-DT	MeTV	Replaced This TV on July 25, 2011
50.2			KDCG-CD	Heroes & Icons	Simulcast of 22.1 KDCG-CD
50.3			KLWB-DT


50.5			KLFT FM	KLFT-FM Audio

Analog-to-digital conversion

KLWB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 50, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on channel 50.^[5]^[6] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

References

↑ Where to Watch Me-TV: KLWB
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KDCG-CD
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KXKW
↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KLWB
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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External links

Television stations in Louisiana's Acadiana region, including Lafayette

Local stations	KATC (3.1 ABC, 3.2 CW) KXKW-LP 6 (radio with radar) KPLC (7.1 NBC, 7.2 Grit , 7.3 Bounce TV, 7.4 Escape soon) KLFY-TV (10.1 CBS, 10.2 GetTV, 10.3 Ion) KADN-TV (15.1 Fox, 15.2 NBC→ KLAF-LD 46.1, 15.3 MNTV) KDCG-CD (22.1, H&I, 22.2 This→KXKW-LD) KLPB (24.1 PBS/LPB, 24.2 LPB/PBS 2, 24.3 Create) KVHP (29.1 Fox, 29.2 The CW, 29.3 Escape soon) KXKW-LD (32.1 This, 32.2 AntTV) K38OF-D 38 (Doctor TV)soon KAJN-CD/KAGN-CD ( 40.1/31.1 FamilyVision) KLAF-LD (46.1 NBC) KLWB (50.1 MeTV, 50.2 KDCG→ 22.1/H&I, 50.3 Decades (Soon), 50.4 KFXZ-FM 50.5 Catholic Radio)

Local Cable Stations	Acadiana Open Channel Cox 4 Cox Sports Television

Distant stations	Baton Rouge WBRZ-TV (2.1 ABC, 2.2 News, 2.3 WX) KJUN-CD/KFOL-CD (7.1/30.1 Ind.) WAFB (9.1 CBS, 9.2 Bounce, 9.3 MNTV) WBRL-CD (21.1 The CW) WVLA-TV (33.1 NBC) WBXH-CD (39.1 MyNetworkTV, 39.2 Grit, 39.3 Escape) WGMB-TV (44.1 Fox, 44.2 CW) Lake Charles KPLC (7.1 NBC, 7.2 This, 7.3 Bounce) Alexandria KALB (5.1 NBC, 5.2 CBS)

Other Television Stations in the state of Louisiana

Alexandria market	KNTS-LP 17 (Ind., Natchitoches) KLAX-TV 31 (DT2) (MeTV, Alexandria) KBCA 41 (DT2 AntTV, DT3 H&I Alexandria)

Baton Rouge market	KPBN-LP 11 (A1) KZUP-CD 20 (RTV, Baton Rouge) KWBJ-CD 22 (A1, Morgan City) WLFT-CD 30 (Religious/Me-TV/GetTV, Baton Rouge) WBXH-CA 39 (DT2 Escape, DT3 Grit, Baton Rouge) KBTR-CA 41 (Ind., Baton Rouge)

Lafayette market	KXKW-LP 6 (Ind./Radio, Lafayette) KDCG-CD 22 (This 22.1 & H&I 22.2, Opelousas) KXKW-LD 32 (This 32.1 & AntTV 32.2, Carencro) KLWB 50 (MeTV/H&I, Carencro)

Monroe market	KMLU 11 (MeTV, Monroe) KWMS 17 (H&I, West Monroe)

New Orleans market	WHNO 20 (LeSEA, New Orleans) WTNO 22 (AZA, New Orleans) KFOL-CD 30 / KJUN-CA 7 (Ind, Houma / Morgan City) WLAE 32 (Public Ind., New Orleans) KGLA 42 (Telemundo, Hammond) WPXL-TV 49 (Ion, New Orleans) KNOV-CD 57 (Ind., New Orleans)

Defunct or silent	KCDH-LP 4 (FamilyNet, Winnfield)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Louisiana

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