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KSWL-LD(channel 17) is alow-power television stationinLake Charles, Louisiana,United States, affiliated withCBS.It is owned bySagamoreHill BroadcastingalongsideMyNetworkTV/MeTV/TelemundoaffiliateKWWE-LD(channel 19). The two stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles; KSWL-LD's transmitter is located at theKTSRtower inWestlake.
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| Branding | CBS Lake Charles |
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| History | |
First air date | February 15, 2017 |
Former call signs | K17KH-D (2011–2017) |
Former channel number(s) | Digital:17 (UHF, 2017–2019) |
Call signmeaning | Southwest Louisiana |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 185296 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 163.5 m (536 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°13′16.4″N93°18′40.9″W/ 30.221222°N 93.311361°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
History
editIn 2011, the FCC awarded aconstruction permitfor the station, with thecall signof K17KH-D. The current KSWL-LD calls were adopted on February 10, 2017. Five days later, the station went on the air as the Lake Charles area's CBS affiliate, owned by Lake Charles Television,LLC,a unit of Waypoint Media.[2]
KSWL-LD is the area's first CBS affiliate since theshutdownof its original CBS affiliate,KTAG-TV(UHF channel 25), in August 1961.[3]Between that time,KLFY-TVinLafayetteserved as the default CBS affiliate via cable for Southwestern Louisiana, whileBeaumontaffiliateKFDMwas carried by a few cable providers in some areas of the market. Between KSWL-LD's sign-on as part of CBS, sister stationKWWE-LD's sign on as aMyNetworkTVaffiliate, and Fox affiliateKVHPlaunchingABCprogramming on its DT2 subchannel, the year 2017 marks the first time that the Lake Charles area has received over-the-air service from every major television network, having previously relied oncable televisionto supply network affiliates from Lafayette and Beaumont for CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and until 2009,The CW.[4][5]
On December 31, 2019, SagamoreHill Broadcasting acquired the station from Waypoint Media.
News operation
editThe station is unusual among CBS affiliates in that it carries no local news. However, it airs local weather inserts duringCBS Morningsas well as a five-minute weathercast at the conclusion of CBS' prime time programming. KSWL also produces and airs two sports programs focused on Southwest Louisiana-area sports:Sound Off,which is a call-in show about secondary and postsecondary sports, andPoke Nation,covering sports atMcNeese State University.
Subchannels
editThe station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 17.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KSWLCBS | CBS |
| 17.2 | 480p | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 17.3 | LaffTV | Laff | ||
| 17.4 | QVC | QVC | ||
| 17.5 | 480i | 16:9 | Mystery | Ion Mystery |
References
edit- ^"Facility Technical Data for KSWL-LD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Lake Charles gets a local CBS television station".AmericanPress.com.Archived fromthe originalon February 20, 2017.RetrievedFebruary 19,2017.
- ^"Lake Charles First CBS Television Network Affiliate - Lake Charles, LA".lakecharles.com.RetrievedFebruary 15,2017.
- ^Digital TV Market Listing for KWWE-LD
- ^KVHP Launching ABC Feed On Subchannel
- ^RabbitEars TV Query for KSWL-LD