| Muskogee/Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
|---|---|
| Branding | Tulsa CW (general) The News on 6 (during KOTV-produced newscasts) |
| Slogan | It's All About You |
| Channels | Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 19 (PSIP) KOTV-DT 6.2 (UHF) |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | The CW This TV (DT2) |
| Owner | Griffin Communications, LLC (Griffin Licensing, LLC) |
| First air date | September 12, 1999 |
| Call letters' meaning | Quality Television The CW |
| Sister station(s) | KOTV-DT, KWTV-DT |
| Former callsigns | KWBT (1999-2006) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 19 (UHF, 1999-2009) |
| Former affiliations | The WB (1999-2006) |
| Transmitter power | 244.7 kW |
| Height | 252 m |
| Facility ID | 78322 |
| Website | TulsaCW.com Tulsa.ThisTV.com |
KQCW-DT, virtual channel 19 (digital channel 20), is The CW-affiliated television station in the Tulsa, Oklahoma DMA, licensed to Muskogee. The station is owned by Oklahoma City-based Griffin Communications, in a duopoly with CBS affiliate KOTV-DT (channel 6). KQCW's transmitter is located near Bald Hill, Oklahoma.
The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 20, mapping to its former analog channel assignment of 19 via PSIP, and can also be seen on KOTV digital subchannel 6.2. On cable, KQCW can be seen on channel 12 in standard definition and on channel 707 in high definition on Cox Tulsa; it is also carried on channel 14 on Time Warner Cable in Pryor, and on channel 19 on DirecTV and Dish Network.
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| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main KQCW programming / The CW |
| 19.2 | 480i | 4:3 | This TV Tulsa |
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead on February 17, 2009, during the first round of broadcast stations ceasing analog operations on the originally scheduled date of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KQCW was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut"). KQCW elected to choose channel 20 as its final DTV channel selection mapped as 19.1 using PSIP.[1] Prior to then, KQCW's signal was broadcast on a second digital subchannel of KOTV. However, despite KQCW now having its own physical digital channel, the station is still carried on KOTV-DT channel 6.2.
KQCW first hit the airwaves on September 12, 1999 as KWBT, serving as the Tulsa area's WB affiliate and originally owned by Cascade Broadcasting Group. KQCW is the tenth full-power television station in Tulsa, and the seventh UHF station after KOKI-TV (channel 23), KDOR-TV (channel 17), KMYT-TV (channel 41), KWHB (channel 47), KRSC (channel 35), KGEB (channel 53) and KTPX (channel 44).
Before channel 19 went on the air, LeSea Broadcasting affiliate KWHB carried an informal secondary affiliation with The WB, carrying only Kids' WB weekday afternoon and Saturday morning programming, as well as family-oriented WB primetime shows (such as 7th Heaven, The Parent 'Hood and Sister, Sister). However, Tulsa area viewers were able to watch WB network programming that was preempted by KWHB, via Chicago-based cable superstation WGN, which carried WB programming nationally from the network's launch until 1999.
On October 8, 2005, Oklahoma City-based Griffin Communications (longtime owners of CBS affiliate KWTV in Oklahoma City, and who also purchased KOTV four years earlier), purchased KWBT, creating a duopoly between the two stations.[2]
On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN networks announced that they would merge into a new service, the CW Television Network, named for its corporate parents CBS Corporation (the parent company of UPN) and Warner Bros. (parent of The WB Television Network).[3] It was confirmed on April 10 of that year, that KQCW would become the new affiliate for the CW.[4] On May 23 of that year, the station requested to the FCC to have its call letters changed from KWBT to KQCW. On June 30, the call letters officially changed to KQCW. The new network originally featured the most popular programming from both the UPN and WB networks, but in recent years has begun to feature more original programming.
The station aired live lottery drawings from the Oklahoma Lottery nightly from August 2006 until the fall of 2007, after which they were carried on Cox Communications cable channel 3. Fox affiliate KOKH (channel 25) and WB affiliate KOCB (channel 34, now a CW affiliate) in Oklahoma City also aired the live drawings until September 2009, when the Oklahoma Lottery decided to forego the live drawings in favor of computerized drawings.[5]
The CW airs network programming five nights a week, originally adopting The WB's Sunday-Friday schedule compared to UPN's five nights a week (Monday-Friday); but it reduced its programming to five nights a week in September 2009 (with the only weekend programming being The CW 4Kids Saturday morning children's program lineup).
KQCW is broadcast on virtual digital UHF channel 19 (which was the station's analog channel assignment until June 12, 2009). In the fall of 2007, due to confusion among station viewers on where to find KQCW over-the-air and on cable, the station had begun rebranding itself as "CW12/19" ("12" referring to its channel number on Cox Communications, and "19" referring to its analog, now virtual digital, channel number). The usage of its cable channel within the branding dates back to the final years of its WB affiliation with the station was branded as "Tulsa's WB19, Cable 12". In the summer of 2009, the station changed its branding to "Tulsa's CW".
KQCW's programming schedule consists of morning children's programs, some first run syndicated shows including comedies in the early evening, off-network sitcoms, drama shows, plus movies on weekends; in addition to CW programming.
Current syndicated programming includes Judge Jeanine Pirro, Judge Mathis, Cops, George Lopez, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Friends, The Office, Everybody Loves Raymond, Extra, The Insider, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Scrubs, America's Funniest Home Videos, along with rebroadcasts of Entertainment Tonight and The Oprah Winfrey Show from KOTV; as well as weekend telecasts of Cheers, Just Shoot Me, Bones, Grey's Anatomy, American Chopper, CSI: NY, Without a Trace and weekend editions of the station's weekday syndicated programming offerings.
For a short time starting in September 2006, KQCW began airing the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful at 12:30PM. Sister station, CBS affiliate KOTV has not aired the show in daytime for several years due to the expansion of their local noon newscast to an hour. CBS eventually allowed KOTV to air it late at night at 1:05am; KQCW replaced it with a double run of Cops at noon.
KOTV produces 8½ hours of local news each week for KQCW (1½ hours on weekdays, and a half-hour on Saturdays and Sundays).
On September 18, 2006, KRMG-AM and KQCW launched a weekday morning simulcast of the KRMG Morning Show, airing from 6-7 a.m. Also on that date, to compete with KOKI in the 9 o'clock timeslot, KOTV (whose owners, Griffin Communications, had purchased KQCW a year earlier) began to produce a half-hour nightly primetime newscast for KQCW to compete against Fox affiliate KOKI's 9 p.m. newscast, called The News on 6 at 9.
This partnership would later extend into the mornings, as on January 7, 2008, the 8-9 a.m. hour of KOTV's Six in the Morning moved to KQCW, in order for KOTV to be able to comply with the new CBS mandate that all of its affiliates must now broadcast the entire two hour broadcast of The Early Show.
On October 24, 2010, sister station KOTV-DT upgraded its news graphics and began broadcasting its newscasts in 16:9 enhanced widescreen standard definition. The KQCW shows were included in the upgrade.
Six in the Morning
(Weekdays 8 to 9 a.m.)
The News on 6 at 9
(Weeknights 9 to 9:30 p.m.)
(Weekends 9 to 9:30 p.m.)
KQCW features additional news personnel from KOTV-DT. See that article for a complete listing.
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