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 stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles; KSWL-LD's transmitter is located at the KTSR tower in Westlake.
History
In 2011, the FCC awarded a construction permit for the station, with the call sign 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.[2]
KSWL-LD is the area's first CBS affiliate since the shutdown of its original CBS affiliate, KTAG-TV (UHF channel 25), in August 1961.[3] Between that time, KLFY-TV in Lafayette served as the default CBS affiliate via cable for Southwestern Louisiana, while Beaumont affiliate KFDM 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 MyNetworkTV affiliate, and Fox affiliate KVHP launching ABC 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 cable television to supply network affiliates from Lafayette and Beaumont for CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and until 2009, The CW.[4][5]
News operation
The station is unusual among CBS affiliates in that it carries no local news. However, it airs local weather inserts during CBS Mornings 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 McNeese State University.
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
---|---|---|---|---|
17.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KSWLCBS | CBS |
17.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
17.3 | Laff | Laff | ||
17.4 | 4:3 | QVC | QVC | |
17.5 | Newsy | Scripps News |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KSWL-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Lake Charles gets a local CBS television station". AmericanPress.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ "Lake Charles First CBS Television Network Affiliate - Lake Charles, LA". lakecharles.com. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ^ Digital TV Market Listing for KWWE-LD
- ^ KVHP Launching ABC Feed On Subchannel
- ^ RabbitEars TV Query for KSWL-LD
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- KPLC (7.1 NBC, 7.2 CW+, 7.3 Bounce, 7.4 Grit, 7.5 Dabl, 7.6 Mystery)
- KSWL-LD (17.1 CBS, 17.2 Court, 17.3 Laff, 17.4 QVC, 17.5 Scripps News)
- KLTL-TV (18.1 PBS/LPB, 18.2 PBS Kids, 18.3 Create)
- KWWE-LD (19.1 MNTV/MeTV, 19.2 TMD, 19.3 Sonlife, 19.4 HSN, 19.5 JTV)
- KFAM-CD 24 (Ind.)
- KVHP (29.1 Fox, 29.2 ABC, 29.3 Blank, 29.4 Ion, 29.5 Defy, 29.6 Laff)
- KITU-TV (34.1 TBN, 34.2 Inspire, 34.3 Smile, 34.4 Enlace)
- K21OB-D (45.1 Ind.)
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- Lafayette
- KATC (3.1 ABC, 3.2 CW+, 3.3 Grit, 3.4 Court, 3.5 Bounce, 3.6 QVC)
- KLFY-TV (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Dabl, 10.3 Ion, 10.4 Laff)
- KLAF-LD (14.1 NBC)
- KADN-TV (15.1 Fox, 15.2 NBC, 15.3 MNTV)
- KDCG-CD (22.1 H&I, 22.2 Get, 22.3 Buzzr, 22.4 Movies!)
- KXKW-LD (32.1 NewsNet, 32.2 ANT, 32.3 NewsNet, 32.4 Crime, 32.5 Quest)
- KLWB (50.1 MeTV, 50.2 H&I, 50.3 TMD, 50.4 Start, 50.5 Cozi, 50.6 Story)
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