KLWY
Encyclopedia
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:
brought television to the region in 1954. It immediately joined Fox. Before KLWY hit the airwaves, Denver's KDVR
served as eastern Wyoming's Fox affiliate via cable.
KLWY carried a secondary affiliation with UPN
until the network closed in September 2006.
The station formerly had two other repeaters, K26ES
in Casper, and K11RN in Douglas
. Wyomedia converted these two stations into full-time UPN
affiliates in 2004, then to CW
affiliates after UPN's closure.
KLWY made the switch to digital on February 17, 2009.
The station does not have a website or a newscast.
However, ABC affiliate KTWO
is rebroadcast on a digital subchannel of KLWY.
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...
affiliated television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
in Cheyenne, Wyoming
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...
. KLWY and its associated stations are owned by Wyomedia Corporation.
KLWY has three full-service 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.... |
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First air date | 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) |
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Transmitter Coordinates |
| KFNB | Casper 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... |
20 (UHF Ultra high frequency Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres... ) |
19841 | 52.4 kW | 560 m | 74256 | 42°44′26"N 106°21′34"W |
| KFNE2 | Riverton Riverton, Wyoming Riverton is a city in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It is both the largest city in the county and the largest within the historical boundaries of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The city's population was 9,310 at the 2000 census... |
10 (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... ) |
December 22, 19573 | 11.3 kW | 526 m | 21613 | 43°27′25.4"N 108°12′4.6"W |
| KFNR4 | Rawlins Rawlins, Wyoming Rawlins is a city in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 8,538 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carbon County... |
9 (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... ) |
April 16, 19865 | 0.978 kW | 51.1 m | 21612 | 41°46′16"N 107°14′15"W |
Notes:
- 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says October 31, while the Television and Cable Factbook says November 1.
- 2. KFNE used the callsign KWRB-TV from its 1957 sign-on until 1980, then KTNW until 1984, then KFWY-TV until 1986. It aired programming from all three networks until 1984.
- 3. KFNE's current license dates to May 3, 1991.
- 4. KFNR used the callsign KRWY from April 16 to August 9, 1986.
- 5. KFNR's current license dates to March 8, 1991.
- All three stations (with KFNB as flagship) were affiliated with ABC from 1984 until 2004, when they became satellites of KLWY.
History
KLWY signed on in 1988 as the second full-fledged commercial station in eastern Wyoming, and the first since KGWN-TVKGWN-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...
brought television to the region in 1954. It immediately joined Fox. Before KLWY hit the airwaves, Denver's KDVR
KDVR
KDVR, , is the Fox-affiliated television station serving the Denver, Colorado designated market area. The station is owned by Local TV LLC, the media arm of private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, under a local marketing agreement with Tribune-owned CW affiliate KWGN . Its transmitter is...
served as eastern Wyoming's Fox affiliate via cable.
KLWY carried a secondary affiliation with UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
until the network closed in September 2006.
The station formerly had two other repeaters, 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....
in Casper, and K11RN in Douglas
Douglas, Wyoming
Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,288 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Converse County...
. Wyomedia converted these two stations into full-time UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
affiliates in 2004, then to CW
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...
affiliates after UPN's closure.
KLWY made the switch to digital on February 17, 2009.
The station does not have a website or a newscast.
However, ABC affiliate KTWO
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...
is rebroadcast on a digital subchannel of KLWY.