KCWT-CD
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McAllen, Texas United States | |
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Channels | Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 21 |
Branding | Rio Grande Valley's CW 21 PBS Rio Grande Valley (CD4) |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 21.1: CW+ 21.2: Bounce TV 21.3: Laff 21.4: PBS |
Ownership | |
Owner | Entravision Communications (Entravision Holdings, LLC) |
KNVO, KMBH-LD, KTFV-CD, KXFX-CD, KFXV | |
History | |
Founded | August 11, 1997 |
First air date | May 21, 1998 |
Former call signs | K30FF (1997–2000) KFTN-LP/CA (2000–2012) KCWT-CA (2012–2014) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 30 (UHF, 1998–2014) |
Spanish Independent (1998–2002) Telefutura (via KXFX-CD and KTFV-CD, 2002–2011) | |
Call sign meaning | The CW Texas |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 40058 |
ERP | 5 kW |
HAAT | 875 m (2,871 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 26°8′28″N 97°50′4″W / 26.14111°N 97.83444°W |
Translator(s) | KMBH-LD 67.2 (20.2 UHF) McAllen, TX XHRIO-TDT 15 (26 UHF) Matamoros, MX |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www.yourcwriograndevalley.com |
KCWT-CD, virtual channel 21 (UHF digital channel 23), is a low-power, Class A CW+-affiliated television station licensed to McAllen, Texas, United States. The station also carries non-commercial PBS programming on its fourth subchannel. Owned by Entravision Communications, it is sister to McAllen-licensed Univision affiliate KNVO (channel 48) and, as well as two other McAllen-licensed low-power stations: Fox/MyNetworkTV affiliate KMBH-LD, channel 67 (and its translators, Brownsville-licensed Class A KXFX-CD and Harlingen-licensed full-power KFXV, channel 60) and Class A UniMás affiliate KTFV-CD (channel 32). KCWT-CD, KNVO, KFXV, KMBH-LD, and KTFV-CD share studios on North Jackson Road in McAllen; KCWT-CD's transmitter is located in La Feria, Texas.
Previously, KCWT was a low-powered translator of KXFX-CA and KTFV-CA.
History[]
Until 2014, KCWT broadcast on analog channel 30. KCWT launched a digital feed on RF channel 23 that March;[1] however, through the use of PSIP, the station maps to virtual channel 21, as nearby Mexican station XHAB-TDT in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, whose digital broadcasts use RF channel 30, also mapped to virtual channel 30 rather than its analog channel 7 due to Mexico not fully following the PSIP standard. (Channel 23 is itself unavailable to KCWT as a virtual channel, as it is used in the Rio Grande Valley by KVEO-TV.[2] Furthermore, XHAB-TDT has since changed its PSIP to channel 8.) Even before then, KCWT, as had previous CW affiliate KSFE-LD (channel 67, now Fox affiliate KMBH-LD), has long branded as "CW 21" in reflection of its channel 21 slot on area cable systems.
After sister station XHRIO-TV (channel 15) ceased operations on December 31, 2021, KCWT became the sole CW+ affiliate in the Rio Grande Valley.
Digital television[]
Digital channels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP short name | Programming[3] |
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21.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KCWT-DT | Main KCWT-CD programming / Rio Grande Valley CW 21 |
21.2 | 480i | Bounce | Bounce TV | |
21.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
21.4 | 1080i | PBS | PBS |
References[]
- ^ "Application for Class A Television Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Hashemzadeh, Hossein (September 30, 2013). "Re: KCWT-CA, La Feria, TX…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KCWT". RabbitEars.
External links[]
- YourCWRioGrandeValley.com - Official website
- PBS.org website regarding DT4 PBS feed
- BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on KCWT-CD
- The CW affiliates
- PBS member stations
- Low-power television stations in the United States
- Television stations in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
- Television channels and stations established in 1998
- Entravision Communications stations
- Texas television station stubs