KWWT (channel 30) is a

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licensed to

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, United States, serving the Permian Basin area as an affiliate of

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. It is owned by

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alongside CBS affiliate

KOSA-TV KOSA-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Odessa, Texas, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Permian Basin area. It is owned by Gray Media alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KWWT (channel 30), CW+ affiliate KCWO-T ...

(channel 7), CW+ affiliate

KCWO-TV KCWO-TV (channel 4) is a television station licensed to Big Spring, Texas, United States, serving the Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin area as an affiliate of The CW Plus. It is owned by Gray Media alongside CBS affiliate KOSA-TV (cha ...

(channel 4),

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affiliate KTLE-LD (channel 20), and 365BLK affiliate KMDF-LD (channel 22). The five stations share studios inside the Music City Mall on East 42nd Street in Odessa, with a secondary studio and news bureau in downtown Midland; KWWT's transmitter is located on SH 158 near Gardendale, Texas.

History

KWWT signed on the air on December 5, 2001, as KPXK. It was a

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affiliate until late 2005, when KWWT moved its cable-only The WB 100+ feed (which was established on September 21, 1998) to UHF channel 30. On January 24, 2006,

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and the

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unit of

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announced the shutdown of both UPN and The WB effective that fall. In place of these two networks, a new "fifth" network—"

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" (its name representing the first initials of parent companies CBS and Warner Bros.), jointly owned by both companies, would launch, with a lineup primarily featuring the most popular programs from both networks. In March 2006 it was announced that KWWT would be a CW affiliate through

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. In 2011, KWWT signed on to carry

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and

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games from the Southland Conference Television Network. The contract lasted 4 seasons. For the first 3 seasons the games usually aired on 30.2 because CW Plus wouldn't let their programs be preempted. In 2014, the final season of the network, they aired on 30.1. Additionally KWWT aired

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basketball games during the 2011–12 basketball season. KWWT remained a CW affiliate until December 29, 2013. On that date,

KWES-TV KWES-TV (channel 9) is a television station licensed to Odessa, Texas, United States, serving the Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin area as an affiliate of NBC. The station is owned by Tegna Inc. and maintains studios on West County ...

(channel 9) took over CW rights and KWWT moved MeTV to 30.1 while adding

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on 30.2. On July 24, 2020, it was announced that

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(owner of CBS affiliate

and CW affiliate

) would purchase KWWT and sister low-power station KMDF-LD for $1.84 million, pending approval of the

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(FCC). Gray sought a failing station waiver as the Odessa–Midland market would not have at least eight independent voices after the transaction (KCWO-TV is licensed as a

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of KOSA-TV despite airing different programming). In addition, Gray also announced that after the sale, KWWT would move its operations to the shared KOSA/KCWO facility in Odessa. The FCC granted the waiver on September 14. The sale was completed on September 30.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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Analog-to-digital conversion

KWWT shut down its analog signal, over

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channel 30, on June 12, 2009, and " flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on its analog-era UHF channel 30. Because it was granted an original

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after the FCC finalized the digital television transition in the United States (DTV) allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

References

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History

Technical information

Subchannels

Analog-to-digital conversion

See also

References