KCWV
Duluth, Minnesota United States | |
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Channels | Digital: 27 (UHF) Virtual: 27 |
Branding | TCT |
Programming | |
Affiliations | 27.1: TCT 27.2: SBN 27.3: Grit 27.4: Bounce TV 27.6: Digi-TV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Tri-State Christian Television (Radiant Life Ministries, Inc.) |
History | |
Founded | December 6, 2006 |
First air date | November 30, 2009 |
My Family TV (2009–2010) The Walk TV (2010–2013) AMGTV (2013–2020) | |
Call sign meaning | Station launched with unrealized attempt at a CW affiliation |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 166511 |
ERP | 40 kW 62.5 kW (application)[1] |
HAAT | 207 m (679 ft) 218.1 m (716 ft) (application)[1] |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°47′7″N 92°7′16″W / 46.78528°N 92.12111°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
KCWV, virtual and UHF digital channel 27, is a Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) owned-and-operated station licensed to Duluth, Minnesota, United States. The station's transmitter is located on the former KDLH tower on Duluth's Observation Hill.
History[]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted George S. Flinn, III a construction permit for the digital-only station on channel 27 on December 6, 2006. The station signed on November 30, 2009.
Flinn is a Memphis businessman who, until 2007, owned Ion Television affiliates WPXX-TV in Memphis and WPXL-TV in New Orleans.
At its start, KCWV was affiliated with My Family TV. Within a year after the station debuted, it re-affiliated with Legacy TV, a small Christian broadcasting network. Towards the end of 2012, the religious network changed its name from Legacy TV to The Walk TV. During late October 2013, the KCWV re-affiliated again with AMGTV, a family-oriented television network.
On September 17, 2014, it was announced that KCWV would be off the air for a couple of months, as its tower was undergoing replacement. It returned to the air on September 21, 2015 from a new, shorter tower. Since that point it has continued to broadcast intermittently, having been off the air from a period of the spring of 2018 until coming back in May 2019, continuing to carry AMGTV. The station has never sold local commercial advertising.
On May 28, 2020, Flinn Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would sell KCWV, along with sister stations WWJX in Jackson, Mississippi, WBIH in Selma, Alabama, and WFBD in Destin, Florida, to Marion, Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television for an undisclosed price.[2] The sale was completed on September 15; the stations became owned-and-operated stations of the TCT network two days later.[3]
Subchannels[]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[4] |
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27.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KCWV HD | Main KCWV programming / TCT |
27.2 | 480i | KCWV SD | SBN | |
27.3 | Grit | |||
27.4 | Bounce TV | |||
27.6 | Digi TV |
References[]
- ^ a b "Amendment to a Modification of a Licensed Facility for DTV Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 9, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Ellis, Jon (September 18, 2020). "Duluth TV Station Changes Network Following Sale". Northpine.com. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KCWV
External links[]
- Official website
- BIAfn's Media Web Database — Information on KCWV-TV
- Technical exhibit submitted as part of Flinn's application for a new station
- Tri-State Christian Television affiliates
- Grit (TV network) affiliates
- Bounce TV affiliates
- Digi-TV affiliates
- Television stations in Duluth, Minnesota
- Television channels and stations established in 2009
- 2009 establishments in Minnesota
- Midwestern United States television station stubs