KJWY-LD (digital channel 21) is a

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licensed to Salem, Oregon, United States and serving the

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as an affiliate of the Spanish-language

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network. The station is owned by

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–based

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. KJWY-LP was originally owned by Northwest Christian Broadcasting and broadcast Christian related programming on a full time basis. Their website stated that they were "the first Christian TV station in Oregon". In 2018 KJWY-LD was sold to

. A construction permit was filed and the tower was moved about 1 mile north to Bald Hill. The station broadcasts Spanish programming with Telemundo and TeleXtos on two of their channels. Channel 21.3 Salem and Channel 29.3 Portland began broadcasting

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on September 1, 2022. KJWY-LD operates on digital channel 36. KJWY-LD has a repeater, channel 29, in

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. KJYY-LD, which (as K26GJ) formerly operated in analog, had been digital-only since September 2, 2009. On March 14, 2022, SagamoreHill Broadcasting requested permission to change KJYY-LD's virtual channel from 26 to 29, to match the station's physical channel.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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