KLWB

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KLWB-TV

New Iberia-Lafayette, Louisiana
Branding	Acadiana's CW50
Channels	50 (UHF) analog
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Azar Family Holdings
Founded	April 3, 2006 (previously cable-only 1999-2006)
Call letters meaning	Lafayette (or L for 50 in Roman numerals) Warner Brothers (former affiliation)
Former affiliations	WB (2006)
Transmitter Power	5000 kW/303 m
Website	Lafayette Official CW Website

KLWB is the CW network television affiliate in the Lafayette, Louisiana area. Available only to local cable subcribers since 1999, KLWB signed on as a full-power broadcast outlet on Wednesday, April 3, 2006.

KLWB's WB logo.

KLWB has joined The CW. (KLAF-LP is the sister station of Fox affiliate KADN and thus was recently announced as a My Network TV station.) The station was recently added by DirecTV to serve as the CW affiliate in the Lafayette market local channels lineup. Previously, DirecTV used WB affiliates from Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Baltimore, MD, for Lafayette. It is also being added by Dish Network at this time.

[edit] Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [1], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 18, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KLWB will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").

[edit] Technical information

Frequency: UHF Channel 50 (686-692 MHz)
Radius: 60 miles (Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Pointe Coupee, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin, Vermilion, West Baton Rouge, and West Feliciana parishes)
Start of Operation: April 1, 2006 (Confirmed Viewing)
Transmitter Location: Carencro, LA (30° 20' 32.00" N Latitude, 91° 58' 32.00" W Longitude)
Transmitter Power: 5000 kW

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Broadcast television in the Lafayette, LA market (Nielsen DMA #124)
KATC 3 (ABC) - KPLC 7 (NBC) - KLFY 10 (CBS) - KADN 15 (FOX) - KLFT-CA 21 (TSC) - KDCG-CA 22 (America One/TSC) - KLPB 24 (PBS/LPB) - KAJN-LP 40 / KAGN-LP 31 (Ind) - KLWB 50 (The CW) - KLAF-LP 62 (MNTV)
Stations from neighbouring markets available on cable television WVLA 3 (NBC, Baton Rouge)

CW Network Affiliates in the state of Louisiana

"WBLC" 7¹ (Lake Charles) - "KWMB" 12¹ (Monroe) - KPXJ 21 (Minden) - WBRL-CA 21 (Baton Rouge) - WNOL 38 (New Orleans) - KBCA 41 (Alexandria) - KLWB 50 (New Iberia) ¹It is unclear as of 9/1/06 whether the fictional call letters will be kept, changed, or dropped.
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other Stations in Louisiana