KSWL-LD (channel 17) is a

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, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by

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alongside

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affiliate KWWE-LD (channel 19). Both stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles, while KSWL-LD's transmitter is located at the KTSR tower in

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History

In 2011, the FCC awarded the

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for the station, with the

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of K17KH-D. The current KSWL-LD calls were adopted on February 10, 2017. Five days later, the station went on the air as the Lake Charles area's CBS affiliate. KSWL-LD is the area's first CBS affiliate since the

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of its original CBS affiliate, KTAG-TV (UHF channel 25), in August 1961. Between that time,

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in Lafayette served as the default CBS affiliate via cable for Southwestern Louisiana, while Beaumont affiliate

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was carried by a few cable providers in some areas of the market. Between KSWL-LD's sign-on as part of CBS, sister station KWWE-LD's sign on as a

affiliate, and Fox affiliate

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launching

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programming on its DT2 subchannel, the year 2017 marks the first time that the Lake Charles area has received over-the-air service from every major television network, having previously relied on

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to supply network affiliates from Lafayette and Beaumont for CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and until 2009,

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News operation

The station is unusual among CBS affiliates in that it carries no local news. However, it airs local weather inserts during ''

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'' as well as a five-minute weathercast at the conclusion of CBS' prime time programming. KSWL also produces and airs two sports programs focused on Southwest Louisiana-area sports: ''Sound Off'', which is a call-in show about secondary and postsecondary sports, and ''Poke Nation'', covering sports at

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Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

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