KGWC-TV
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KGWC-TV channel 14 is the local CBS
affiliate for Casper, Wyoming
, owned by Mark III Media. Programming is repeated on its satellite stations, KGWL-TV digital channel 7 (virtual channel 5) in Lander
, and KGWR-TV channel 13 in Rock Springs
. Operations for the three stations are based in Casper, in the same studios as ABC
affiliate KTWO-TV
, Fox
affiliate KFNB
and The CW Television Network
affiliate K26ES
.
KGWC is one of the few stations in the country that signs off at night every night, doing so at 1:30 am. Its repeaters KGWL and KGWR stay on air, but freeze up on the last image transmitted by KGWC.
calls are now located on channel 13 in Casper), and were grouped together as the "Wyoming News Network" until June 2000, when then-owner Benedek Broadcasting
closed much of the Casper operation and made the stations semi-satellites of KGWN-TV
, the CBS affiliate in Cheyenne
. The stations were sold to Chelsey Broadcasting in 2002, following Benedek's bankruptcy.
In 2003, Chelsey Broadcasting sold the KGWN stations in two separate sales. KGWN and Scottsbluff, Nebraska
satellite KSTF were sold to SagamoreHill Broadcasting
, while KGWC, KGWL, and KGWR were sold separately to Mark III. After a lengthy approval process at the Federal Communications Commission
due to several objections to the sale (primarily concerning whether the sale would effectively put the stations under common ownership with KFNB and KTWO-TV), Mark III officially consummated the sale on May 31, 2006. KGWC and its satellites then returned to operating separately from KGWN.
KGWL and KGWR began broadcasting digital television service in February 2009. KGWL opted to transmit its digital signal on channel 7 (its analog signal had operated on channel 5), while KGWR flash-cut
on channel 13. KGWC had operated a digital signal on channel 15 for some time before then, but moved it to channel 14 after shutting down its analog transmitter.
, returned in 2004 under the NewsChannel 14 branding, but was again eliminated on January 3, 2006 due to poor viewership.
Notes:
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
affiliate for Casper, Wyoming
Casper, Wyoming
Casper is the county seat of Natrona County, Wyoming, United States.. Casper is the second-largest city in Wyoming , according to the 2010 census, with a population of 55,316...
, owned by Mark III Media. Programming is repeated on its satellite stations, KGWL-TV digital channel 7 (virtual channel 5) in Lander
Lander, Wyoming
Lander is a city in, and the county seat of, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Named for transcontinental explorer Frederick W. Lander, Lander is located in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. A tourism center with several dude ranches nearby, Lander is located just...
, and KGWR-TV channel 13 in Rock Springs
Rock Springs, Wyoming
Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 18,708 at the 2000 census. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 37,975....
. Operations for the three stations are based in Casper, in the same studios as ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
affiliate KTWO-TV
KTWO-TV
KTWO-TV is the ABC affiliate television station for most of the state of Wyoming. It is licensed to Casper owned by Silverton Broadcasting. The station broadcasts on digital channel 17, which redirects to former analog channel 2 via PSIP...
, Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
affiliate KFNB
KLWY
KLWY, channel 27, is a Fox affiliated television station in Cheyenne, Wyoming. KLWY and its associated stations are owned by Wyomedia Corporation.KLWY has three full-service satellite stations:Notes:...
and The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
affiliate K26ES
K26ES
K26ES, channel 26, is the CW affiliate in Casper, Wyoming. It is owned by Wyomedia Corporation, and is the sister station to KFNB. K26ES also has one repeater, K11RN in Douglas, Wyoming....
.
KGWC is one of the few stations in the country that signs off at night every night, doing so at 1:30 am. Its repeaters KGWL and KGWR stay on air, but freeze up on the last image transmitted by KGWC.
History
KGWC signed on August 12, 1980 as KCWY-TV, the second television station in western Wyoming. In 1982, KCWY began operating satellite stations to expand its reach; it bought KTUX-TV in Rock Springs, which had signed on October 21, 1977, and renamed it KWWY-TV, and in September started a second satellite, KOWY, in Lander. All three stations adopted their current call letters on January 1, 1987 (the KCWYKCWY
KCWY-DT, channel 13 , is the NBC affiliate television station for Casper, Wyoming. The station also airs its programing on six low-powered satellites: KSWY-LP channel 29 in Sheridan, KCHY-LP channel 13 in Cheyenne, K14LK channel 14 in Laramie and K28HL-D channel 28 in Riverton...
calls are now located on channel 13 in Casper), and were grouped together as the "Wyoming News Network" until June 2000, when then-owner Benedek Broadcasting
Benedek Broadcasting
Benedek Broadcasting is a former television broadcaster, who owned and operated 22 network-affiliated television stations throughout the United States, all affiliated with major television networks, serving mainly small and medium-size markets. The company was founded in the late 1970s by A...
closed much of the Casper operation and made the stations semi-satellites of KGWN-TV
KGWN-TV
KGWN-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Cheyenne, Wyoming. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 30 from a transmitter in unincorporated Laramie County, west of Cheyenne, between I-80/US 30 and WYO 225. The station can also be seen on Bresnan Communications...
, the CBS affiliate in Cheyenne
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Cheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
. The stations were sold to Chelsey Broadcasting in 2002, following Benedek's bankruptcy.
In 2003, Chelsey Broadcasting sold the KGWN stations in two separate sales. KGWN and Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Scottsbluff is a city in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 15,039 at the 2010 census. Scottsbluff is the largest city in the Nebraska Panhandle, and the 13th largest city in Nebraska....
satellite KSTF were sold to SagamoreHill Broadcasting
SagamoreHill Broadcasting
SagamoreHill Broadcasting is a privately held American holding company that owns eleven television stations largely based in the southern United States...
, while KGWC, KGWL, and KGWR were sold separately to Mark III. After a lengthy approval process at the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission is an independent agency of the United States government, created, Congressional statute , and with the majority of its commissioners appointed by the current President. The FCC works towards six goals in the areas of broadband, competition, the spectrum, the...
due to several objections to the sale (primarily concerning whether the sale would effectively put the stations under common ownership with KFNB and KTWO-TV), Mark III officially consummated the sale on May 31, 2006. KGWC and its satellites then returned to operating separately from KGWN.
KGWL and KGWR began broadcasting digital television service in February 2009. KGWL opted to transmit its digital signal on channel 7 (its analog signal had operated on channel 5), while KGWR flash-cut
Flash-cut
A flash-cut, also called flash-cutover, is an immediate change in a complex system, with no phase-in period.Some telephone area codes were split immediately, rather than being phased in with a permissive dialing period. An example is telephone area code 213, which was split into 213 and 714 all at...
on channel 13. KGWC had operated a digital signal on channel 15 for some time before then, but moved it to channel 14 after shutting down its analog transmitter.
Newscasts
KGWC does not currently produce any local news. The station first ceased its news operation upon consolidating with KGWN-TV in June 2000. Local news, produced partly in cooperation with KTWO-TVKTWO-TV
KTWO-TV is the ABC affiliate television station for most of the state of Wyoming. It is licensed to Casper owned by Silverton Broadcasting. The station broadcasts on digital channel 17, which redirects to former analog channel 2 via PSIP...
, returned in 2004 under the NewsChannel 14 branding, but was again eliminated on January 3, 2006 due to poor viewership.
Satellite stations
| Station | City of license City of license A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator.... |
Channels Channel (broadcasting) In broadcasting, a channel is a range of frequencies assigned by a government for the operation of a particular radio station, television station or television channel. In common usage, the term also may be used to refer to the station operating on a particular frequency.-See also:*Broadcast... (Digital Digital terrestrial television Digital terrestrial television is the technological evolution of broadcast television and advance from analog television, which broadcasts land-based signals... ) |
First air date | Former callsigns Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations... |
ERP Effective radiated power In radio telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency energy using the SI unit watts, and is determined by subtracting system losses and adding system gains... (Digital) |
HAAT Height above average terrain Height above average terrain is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is actually much more important than effective radiated power in determining the range of broadcasts... (Digital) |
Facility ID Facility ID The facility ID number or FIN is a unique positive integer assigned by the United States Federal Communications Commission to each domestic and international broadcast station in its Common Database System . Licensees are required to provide the relevant station's FIN when filing reports and... |
Transmitter Coordinates |
| KGWL-TV | Lander Lander, Wyoming Lander is a city in, and the county seat of, Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. Named for transcontinental explorer Frederick W. Lander, Lander is located in central Wyoming, along the Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. A tourism center with several dude ranches nearby, Lander is located just... |
7 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
September 19821 | KOWY (1982-1986) | 26.8 kW | 113 m | 63162 | 42°53′43"N 108°43′34"W |
| KGWR-TV | Rock Springs Rock Springs, Wyoming Rock Springs is a city in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 18,708 at the 2000 census. Rock Springs is the principal city of the Rock Springs micropolitan statistical area, which has a population of 37,975.... |
13 (VHF Very high frequency Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency... ) |
October 21, 1977 | KTUX (1977-1982) KWWY-TV (1982-1986) |
14.2 kW | 495 m | 63170 | 41°26′21"N 109°6′42"W |
Notes:
- 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says September 10, while the Television and Cable Factbook says September 12.