KSCW
Encyclopedia
KSCW-DT is the CW
-affiliated television station
for Wichita, Kansas
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on VHF channel 12 or virtual channel
33 through PSIP. The station can also be seen on Cox
channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 2005. Owned by Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc., KSCW is sister to CBS
affiliate KWCH-DT and the two outlets share studios on East 37th Street North in Northeastern Wichita.
Syndicated programming on the station includes Entertainment Tonight
, How I Met Your Mother
, Judge Judy
, and TMZ
among others. KSCW can be seen over-the-air on a low-powered digital fill-in translator
on UHF channel 33 (its previous analog signal allotment) from a transmitter at its studios.
affiliate KDCU-DT
(owned by Entravision
but operated by Schurz through a joint sales agreement
), to begin operations on KSCW's former pre-transition channel 31 frequency. Seven months later, KSCW and KWCH swapped frequencies but retained existing virtual channel numbers as seen through PSIP. On January 21, 2011, the FCC granted KSCW a construction permit
for a fill-in digital translator on its former analog allotment. The translator primarily serves the immediate part of the city. On January 26, the FCC approved another construction permit to increase the effective radiated power to 66.4 kW on the station's main digital signal.
as WB affiliate KWCV. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 33 and was known on-air as "Kansas' WB". Prior to the station's launch, there was no affiliate with the network in Wichita; WB programming could only be viewed in the Wichita market through Chicago-based cable superstation
WGN, which carried the network's programming nationwide from its January 1995 launch until the summer of 1999. KWCV was originally owned-and-operated by Banks Broadcasting
. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN
announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The newly combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initials of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros.
unit of Time Warner
.
On February 22, News Corporation
announced it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV
. That new service, which would be sister to Fox
, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming Independent as well as to compete against The CW. On March 21 not long after the affiliation announcements, KWCV received approval from the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) to change its call letters
to the current KSCW in order to reflect its upcoming affiliation change. On September 5, former UPN affiliate KMTW became the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Wichita area. The WB/UPN merger officially took effect on September 18 at which point KSCW became the CW outlet for the market. On that date, the station's branding became "Kansas CW".
In March 2007, Banks Broadcasting announced the pending sale of the station to Schurz Communications (owner of KWCH). The sale closed on July 20, 2007 after which the FCC granted Schurz a "failing station" waiver for KSCW. This was necessary because the Wichita DMA has only seven "unique" full-power television stations. All the full-power stations outside the immediate metro area are all satellites of their Wichita-based parents and the FCC considers the parent and all of its satellites together as one unit. That number of unique full-power stations is normally not enough to legally support a duopoly
because Banks Broadcasting tried and failed to find a buyer for KSCW who did not need the "failing station" waiver.
Several months after Schurz closed on its purchase of this station, it launched a new website powered by the Local Media Network division of World Now. Previously, the web address was operated by Broadcast Interactive Media. Schurz began the process of transitioning the websites of its media properties to the Tribune
Interactive platform in Summer 2010 with KWCH and KSCW being the first two using the relaunched Tribune-run platform in late-June. As a result of the two stations being operated together, KSCW may now carry CBS network programming should it be preempted by KWCH in the event of a local special or an emergency such as severe weather
.
This Morning on KSCW, the broadcast offers a local alternative to the national weekday morning programs seen on the big three networks
. In October 2008, KWCH became the first outlet in Wichita to upgrade newscasts to high definition and the KSCW show was included in the upgrade. Although not initially included in the change, KWCH added HD weather forecast segments in March 2009. At some point in time, that station added a thirty minute newscast on Sunday nights at 7 p.m. to KSCW known as Eyewitness News Weekend.
On September 12, 2011, KWCH began producing half-hour newscasts weekdays at 4 and seven nights a week at 9 p.m. on KSCW; the latter production will directly compete temporarily with another half-hour newscast seen every night on Fox affiliate KSAS-TV
. The addition of the 4 p.m. newscast makes KSCW one of the few CW affiliates not owned by Tribune Broadcasting
to carry a late afternoon newscast, and will keep a newscast in that timeslot in the Wichita market, as ABC
affiliate KAKE
discontinued its 4 p.m. newscast that same month.
KWCH has been producing local news on KSAS-TV (owned by Newport Television
) through a news share agreement since January of 2004, but the news share arrangement will expire at the end of 2011. In theory, KWCH could simultaneously broadcast two newscasts at 9 because KSAS' show originates from a secondary set (designed by FX Group
) at KWCH's facility. After the outsourced broadcasts are discontinued, NBC
affiliate KSNW
will take over the production of the KSAS newscasts. From 1997 until 1999, KSNW produced the first nightly newscast at 9 on KSAS but the effort was cancelled due to poor ratings
performance.
KSCW Storm Team
Sports team
Reporters
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...
-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...
for Wichita, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on VHF channel 12 or virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
33 through PSIP. The station can also be seen on Cox
Cox Communications
Cox Communications is a privately owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises providing digital cable television, telecommunications and wireless services in the United States...
channel 5 and in high definition on digital channel 2005. Owned by Sunflower Broadcasting, Inc., KSCW is sister to CBS
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 KWCH-DT and the two outlets share studios on East 37th Street North in Northeastern Wichita.
Syndicated programming on the station includes Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005, created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays.As a framing device, the main character, Ted Mosby with narration by Bob Saget, in the year 2030 recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting...
, Judge Judy
Judge Judy
Judge Judy is an American court show featuring former family court judge Judith Sheindlin arbitrating over small claims cases in small claims court...
, and TMZ
TMZ
TMZ can refer to any of the following:*The Thames airport in New Zealand*Thirty Mile Zone, a zone in and around Hollywood, California that is considered to be "local" for purposes of entertainment industry union work rules...
among others. KSCW can be seen over-the-air on a low-powered digital fill-in translator
Broadcast relay station
A broadcast relay station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator , rebroadcaster , or repeater is a broadcast transmitter which relays, repeats, or reflects the signal of another radio station or television station, usually to an area not covered by the signal of the originating station...
on UHF channel 33 (its previous analog signal allotment) from a transmitter at its studios.
KSCW-DT
KSCW-DT broadcasts on digital channel 12.| Channel | Video | Aspect Aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a shape is the ratio of its longer dimension to its shorter dimension. It may be applied to two characteristic dimensions of a three-dimensional shape, such as the ratio of the longest and shortest axis, or for symmetrical objects that are described by just two measurements,... |
Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.1 | 1080i 1080i 1080i is the shorthand name for a high-definition television mode. The i means interlaced video; 1080i differs from 1080p, in which the p stands for progressive scan. The term 1080i assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a frame size of 1920×1080 pixels... |
16:9 16:9 16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ... |
KSCW-HD | Main KSCW programming / The CW |
Analog-to-digital conversion
The station became digital exclusive on February 19, 2009 and moved its digital signal from channel 31 to the pre-transition frequency of KWCH's digital signal (channel 19) as that outlet moved its digital signal to its former analog allotment on channel 12. This move was made in order to allow a new station, UnivisionUnivision
Univision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
affiliate KDCU-DT
KDCU-DT
KDCU-DT is a digital TV station in Wichita, Kansas. The station, which signed on August 20, 2009, is owned by Entravision Communications Corporation. It is an affiliate of the Univision network, making it the first full-power Spanish-language television station in Kansas...
(owned by Entravision
Entravision Communications
Entravision Communications Corporation is a media company based in Santa Monica, California. Entravision primarily caters to the Spanish-speaking Hispanic community and owns television and radio stations and outdoor media, in several of the top Hispanic markets. They are the largest affiliate...
but operated by Schurz through a joint sales agreement
Local marketing agreement
In U.S. and Canadian broadcasting, a local marketing agreement is an agreement in which one company agrees to operate a radio or television station owned by another licensee...
), to begin operations on KSCW's former pre-transition channel 31 frequency. Seven months later, KSCW and KWCH swapped frequencies but retained existing virtual channel numbers as seen through PSIP. On January 21, 2011, the FCC granted KSCW a construction permit
Construction permit
A construction permit or building permit is a permit required in most jurisdictions for new construction, or adding on to pre-existing structures, and in some cases for major renovations. Generally, the new construction must be inspected during construction and after completion to ensure compliance...
for a fill-in digital translator on its former analog allotment. The translator primarily serves the immediate part of the city. On January 26, the FCC approved another construction permit to increase the effective radiated power to 66.4 kW on the station's main digital signal.
History
The station signed-on August 5, 19991999 in television
The year 1999 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1999.For the American TV schedule, see: 1999-00 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:...
as WB affiliate KWCV. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 33 and was known on-air as "Kansas' WB". Prior to the station's launch, there was no affiliate with the network in Wichita; WB programming could only be viewed in the Wichita market through Chicago-based cable superstation
Superstation
Superstation in United States television can have several meanings. In its most precise meaning, a superstation is defined by the Federal Communications Commission as "A television broadcast station, other than a network station, licensed by the FCC that is secondarily transmitted by a satellite...
WGN, which carried the network's programming nationwide from its January 1995 launch until the summer of 1999. KWCV was originally owned-and-operated by Banks Broadcasting
Banks Broadcasting
Banks Broadcasting was a minority-owned broadcasting company which owned two television stations in the western United States. 50% of the company was owned by LIN TV, a large group broadcaster with clusters in the Northeast and Midwest and scattered stations elsewhere.The President and CEO of Banks...
. On January 24, 2006, The WB and 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...
announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The newly combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initials of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
unit of Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
.
On February 22, News Corporation
News Corporation
News Corporation or News Corp. is an American multinational media conglomerate. It is the world's second-largest media conglomerate as of 2011 in terms of revenue, and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009, although the BBC remains the world's largest broadcaster...
announced it would start up another new network called MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
. That new service, which would be sister to 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...
, would be operated by Fox Television Stations and its syndication division Twentieth Television. MyNetworkTV was created to give UPN and WB stations, not mentioned as becoming CW affiliates, another option besides becoming Independent as well as to compete against The CW. On March 21 not long after the affiliation announcements, KWCV received approval from 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...
(FCC) to change its call letters
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...
to the current KSCW in order to reflect its upcoming affiliation change. On September 5, former UPN affiliate KMTW became the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Wichita area. The WB/UPN merger officially took effect on September 18 at which point KSCW became the CW outlet for the market. On that date, the station's branding became "Kansas CW".
In March 2007, Banks Broadcasting announced the pending sale of the station to Schurz Communications (owner of KWCH). The sale closed on July 20, 2007 after which the FCC granted Schurz a "failing station" waiver for KSCW. This was necessary because the Wichita DMA has only seven "unique" full-power television stations. All the full-power stations outside the immediate metro area are all satellites of their Wichita-based parents and the FCC considers the parent and all of its satellites together as one unit. That number of unique full-power stations is normally not enough to legally support a duopoly
Duopoly (broadcasting)
In United States broadcast television and radio, duopoly is a term used to describe a single company which owns two or more stations in the same city or community....
because Banks Broadcasting tried and failed to find a buyer for KSCW who did not need the "failing station" waiver.
Several months after Schurz closed on its purchase of this station, it launched a new website powered by the Local Media Network division of World Now. Previously, the web address was operated by Broadcast Interactive Media. Schurz began the process of transitioning the websites of its media properties to the Tribune
Tribune Company
The Tribune Company is a large American multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with ten daily newspapers and commuter tabloids including Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, Orlando Sentinel, South Florida...
Interactive platform in Summer 2010 with KWCH and KSCW being the first two using the relaunched Tribune-run platform in late-June. As a result of the two stations being operated together, KSCW may now carry CBS network programming should it be preempted by KWCH in the event of a local special or an emergency such as severe weather
Severe weather
Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous to human life and property.- Examples Include :Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and , instability in the...
.
Newscasts
KWCH currently produces a two-hour extension of its weekday morning show on this station. Known as Eyewitness NewsEyewitness News
Eyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
This Morning on KSCW, the broadcast offers a local alternative to the national weekday morning programs seen on the big three networks
Big Three Television Networks
The Big Three Television Networks are the three traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States: ABC, CBS and NBC...
. In October 2008, KWCH became the first outlet in Wichita to upgrade newscasts to high definition and the KSCW show was included in the upgrade. Although not initially included in the change, KWCH added HD weather forecast segments in March 2009. At some point in time, that station added a thirty minute newscast on Sunday nights at 7 p.m. to KSCW known as Eyewitness News Weekend.
On September 12, 2011, KWCH began producing half-hour newscasts weekdays at 4 and seven nights a week at 9 p.m. on KSCW; the latter production will directly compete temporarily with another half-hour newscast seen every night on Fox affiliate KSAS-TV
KSAS-TV
KSAS-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for Wichita, Kansas. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter in Colwich. The station can also be seen on Cox channel 4 and in high definition on digital channel 2004...
. The addition of the 4 p.m. newscast makes KSCW one of the few CW affiliates not owned by Tribune Broadcasting
Tribune Broadcasting
The Tribune Broadcasting Company is a group of radio and television stations located throughout the United States which are owned and operated by the Tribune Company, a media conglomerate based in Chicago, Illinois and named for the flagship Chicago Tribune newspaper.- History :Tribune Broadcasting...
to carry a late afternoon newscast, and will keep a newscast in that timeslot in the Wichita market, 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 KAKE
Kake
Kake may refer to:* Kake, Alaska* Kake, Ethiopia* Kake, Hiroshima* Kake, a character created by Tom of Finland* Kake , the actual execution of a technique* KAKE-TV, channel 10 serving Wichita, Kansas...
discontinued its 4 p.m. newscast that same month.
KWCH has been producing local news on KSAS-TV (owned by Newport Television
Newport Television
Newport Television, LLC is a television station holding company founded by Providence Equity Partners and Sandy DiPasquale in 2007 to acquire the television stations owned by Clear Channel Communications. In September 2007, Newport agreed to sell KFTY and KVOS-TV to LK Station Group LLC for $26.6...
) through a news share agreement since January of 2004, but the news share arrangement will expire at the end of 2011. In theory, KWCH could simultaneously broadcast two newscasts at 9 because KSAS' show originates from a secondary set (designed by FX Group
FX Group
FX Group is a set design, fabrication and lighting design company based in Ocoee, Florida.FX Group has designed and built sets for broadcast programs across the country, mostly in the area of live news...
) at KWCH's facility. After the outsourced broadcasts are discontinued, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate KSNW
KSNW
KSNW, digital channel 45 , is a NBC affiliate television station based in Wichita, Kansas. It is owned by the New Vision Television group. KSNW is also the flagship station of the Kansas State Network , a chain of NBC affiliates serving the western three-fourths of the state. KSNW's transmitter is...
will take over the production of the KSAS newscasts. From 1997 until 1999, KSNW produced the first nightly newscast at 9 on KSAS but the effort was cancelled due to poor ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
performance.
News team
Anchors- Roger Cornish - weeknights at 9 p.m.
- Denise Hnytka - weekends at 9 p.m.; also weeknight reporter
- Cindy Klose - weekdays at 4 p.m.
- Felicia Rolfe - weekday mornings
- Melissa Scheffler - weeknights at 9 p.m.
- Kara Sewell - weekday mornings
KSCW Storm Team
- Merril Teller (member; AMSAmerican Meteorological SocietyThe American Meteorological Society promotes the development and dissemination of information and education on the atmospheric and related oceanic and hydrologic sciences and the advancement of their professional applications. Founded in 1919, the American Meteorological Society has a membership...
) - chief meteorologist; weekdays at 4, and weeknights at 9 p.m. - Ross Janssen (AMS Certified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast MeteorologistCertified Broadcast Meteorologist is a rating for meteorologists given by the American Meteorological Society.The Certified Broadcast Meteorologist program was established to raise the professional standard in broadcast meteorology and encourage a broader range of scientific understanding,...
and NWANational Weather AssociationThe National Weather Association is an American professional association with a mission to support and promote excellence in operational meteorology and related activities...
Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; weekends at 9 p.m., also weeknight fill-in - Mark Larson - meteorologist; weekday mornings
- Rodney Price (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) - meteorologist; fill-in
Sports team
- Bruce Haertl - sports directorSports DirectorA sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
; weeknights at 9 p.m., also heard on KFH-AMKFH (AM)KFH is a sports radio station licensed to Wichita, Kansas. The station is currently owned by Entercom.The station started in March 1922 as WEAH, owned by the Lander Radio Company, and was originally intended to broadcast market reports. It began actual broadcasts on April 1, 1922. On June 23,...
-FMKFH-FMKFH-FM FM is a radio station broadcasting sports format in Wichita, Kansas. The station is licensed to Clearwater, Kansas and is currently owned by Entercom.-History:... - Jenn Bates - sports anchor; weekends at 9 p.m.
- Grant Meech - sports reporter
- Heather Williams - Hays sports reporter
- Danilynn Welniak - Dodge City sports reporter
Reporters
- Brian Heap - investigativeInvestigative journalismInvestigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years researching and preparing a report. Investigative journalism...
reporter - Kim Hynes - city and county government reporter
- Karl Man - Salina bureau reporter
- Melody Pettit
- Dave Roberts
- Michael Schwanke - investigative reporter
- Megan Strader - aviation reporter
- Kim Wilhelm - managing editorManaging editorA managing editor is a senior member of a publication's management team.In the United States, a managing editor oversees and coordinates the publication's editorial activities...
and chief investigative reporter - Jim Grawe