KWWE-LD (channel 19) is a

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, United States, affiliated with

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, and

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. It is owned by

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alongside

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affiliate

KSWL-LD KSWL-LD (channel 17) is a low-power television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting alongside MyNetworkTV/MeTV/Telemundo affiliate KWWE-LD (channel 19). The two station ...

(channel 17). The two stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles; KWWE-LD's transmitter is located at the

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tower in Westlake.

History

Although granted a

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by the

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(FCC) on February 22, 2011, the station did not make it to air for another six years or so. The permit was granted under the assigned callsign of K19JB-D. It was originally owned by

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. In February 2017, the permit for K19JB-D was sold to Lake Charles Television,

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, a unit of Waypoint Media, which signed on

affiliate

in the same month. The callsign was changed to the current KWWE-LD on February 7, 2017. The following month, KWWE-LD signed on as the area's first MyNetworkTV affiliate, with some syndicated programming surrounding the network's prime time schedule. Prior to this, KADN-DT3 in Lafayette (and its sister station and now-

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affiliate

KLAF-LD KLAF-LD (channel 14) is a low-power television station in Lafayette, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Allen Media Group alongside Fox affiliate KADN-TV (channel 15). The two stations share studios on Eraste Land ...

prior to that) served as the market's default MyNetworkTV affiliate. KWWE-LD's sign-on also left

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as the only major network not available on a local outlet in the Lake Charles area (Lafayette's

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and/or

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–based

KBMT KBMT (channel 12) is a television station in Beaumont, Texas, United States, affiliated with ABC and NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside low-power MyNetworkTV affiliate KUIL-LD (channel 12.5). The two stations share studios along I-10/ ...

served as Lake Charles' default ABC affiliates until August 31, 2017, when

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affiliate

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launched an ABC affiliate on its second subchannel.) In addition to MyNetworkTV programming, KWWE-LD also serves as the Lake Charles market's

affiliate, filling in programming for all time slots outside of the MyNetworkTV programming schedule with the MeTV schedule. Initially shown by itself on its LD2 subchannel, MeTV programming has since moved to KWWE-LD's main channel and was replaced on LD2 with a simulcast of KSWL-LD. In 2019, the station added Telemundo to its third subchannel. On December 31, 2019, SagamoreHill Broadcasting acquired the station from Waypoint Media.

Subchannels

The station's signal is

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References

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