KVCW
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| Las Vegas, Nevada | |
| City of license | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Branding | The CW Las Vegas |
| Channels | 33 (UHF) analog, 29 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | The CW |
| Owner | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| Founded | July 30, 1989 |
| Call letters meaning | Vegas CW |
| Former callsigns | KFBT (1989-2006) |
| Former affiliations | Independent (1989-1995 & 1998-2006) & The WB (1995-2006) |
| Website | http://www.thecwlasvegas.tv/ |
KVCW (channel 33 analog, 29 digital) is the Las Vegas, Nevada affiliate of the The CW, owned and operated by the Sinclair Broadcast Group.
[edit] History
KVCW began on July 30, 1989 as KFBT an independent UHF station, broadcasting on channel 33 and Prime Cable channel 6. KFBT gained much acclaim through the 1980s as a firmly local station, retaining such features as the scary B-movie night "Saturday Fright at the Movies," hosted by Count Cool Rider, which aired at 10:00 p.m. According to the KFBT website, the station primarily broadcast older programming during this era as well as pro wrestling, most notably World Class Championship Wrestling and the NWA.
KFBT became a WB affiliate at the network's launch in 1995. After the Sinclair Broadcasting Group purchased KUPN in 1997 and setup a local marketing agreement with KFBT, the station lost its WB affiliation to the newly rebranded KVWB (now KVMY) on March 1, 1998 and returned to being an independent station. KFBT re-branded to "Gold 33" and began showing mainly newer syndicated programming. Several years later, Sinclair purchased KFBT outright.
Starting in 2003, KFBT and KVWB began a news department, which was part of Sinclair's "News Central" operation. KFBT's newscast aired at 7:00 p.m. The news department was shut down in March 2006. On December 18, 2006, KVCW launched "News 3 at 10 on the CW Las Vegas", which is produced by KVBC, the local NBC affiliate.
With KVWB affiliating with MyNetworkTV and UPN affiliate KTUD-CA becoming independent in the fall, it was only likely that KFBT would affiliate with The CW. It was confirmed on May 2, 2006 that KFBT would affiliate with The CW in September 2006.
KFBT changed its call letters to KVCW on June 19, 2006.
KVCW temporarily rejoined The WB during the network's last two weeks, as KVMY had dropped the network in favor of MyNetworkTV programming.
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| Broadcast television stations in the Las Vegas market (Nielsen DMA #48) | ||
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KVBC 3 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KVVU 5 (FOX) - KLAS 8 (CBS) - KLVX 10 (PBS, Create on DT3) - KTNV 13 (ABC) - KINC 15 (UNI) - KEEN 17 (TLN) - KHDF 19 (AZA) - KVMY 21 (MNTV) - KLVD 23 (DS) - KTUD 25 (Ind) - KELV 27 (TFU) - KVPX 28 (VSEN-TV) - KPVT 30 (FamilyNet) - KNBX 31 (TeleFórmula) - KVCW 33 (The CW) - KMCC 34 (Multimedios) - KVTE 35 (Ind) - KBLR 39 (TEL) - K41IO 41 (TBN) - KPVM 41 (ION) - K43FO 43 (3ABN) KGNG 47 (HSN) - KLSV 50 (JTV) KHMP 62 (A1) - KEGS 63 (IA/RTN) |
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ABC Network Affiliates: KDNL | WCHS | WEAR | WGGB | WICD | WICS | WKEF | WLOS | WSYX | WXLV |
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The CW Network Affiliates: KOCB | KVCW7 | WLFL8 | WNAB1 | WNUV2 | WTTO / WDBB | WUCW | WVTV |
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Fox Network Affiliates: KABB | KBSI | KDSM | KOKH | WBFF | WDKY | WMSN | WPGH3 | WRGT2 | WRLH | WSMH6 | WSYT | WTAT2 | WTTE2 | WUHF4 | WUTV | WVAH2 | WYZZ4 | WZTV |
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MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KMYS | KVMY | WABM | WCGV | WDKA5 | WFGX5 | WMMP | WMYA2 | WMYV | WNYO9 | WNYS5 | WPMY | WRDC | WRLH | WSTR | WSYX | WTTA5 | WTVZ | WUXP |
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1Sinclair operates this station owned by Tennessee Broadcasting under an outsourcing agreement. Sinclair is looking to acquire the station outright. |
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2These stations are nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under local marketing agreements. However, Sinclair effectively owns Cunningham because it controls nearly all of Cunningham's stock. |
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3This station is involved in a "news-share" agreement with Cox Enterprises-owned WPXI. |
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4Sinclair has ownership interests in these stations, but management capabilities belong to Nexstar Broadcasting Group. |
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5Sinclair operates these stations, which are owned by local independent or private companies, with the execption of WTTA where Sinclair CEO David Smith is the station's majority owner. |
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6This station is involved in a "news share" with Meredith Corporation-owned WNEM-TV |
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7This station is involved in a "news share" with Sunbelt Communications Company-owned KVBC |
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8This station is involved in a "news share" with Disney/ABC-owned WTVD. |
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9This station is involved in a "news share" with Gannett-owned WGRZ. |
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Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: SBGI | Website: www.sbgi.net |
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