KWNL-CD

KWNL-CD
Winslow / Fort Smith, Arkansas
Branding Univisión Arkansas
Channels Digital: 31 (UHF)
Virtual: 9 (PSIP)
Affiliations Univision
Owner Pinnacle Media
Call letters' meaning WiNsLow
Sister station(s) KXUN-LP, KLRA-LP
Former callsigns K63EG (1989-2000)
K09XE (2000-2003)
KBBL-CA (2003-2006)
KWNL-CA (2006-2011)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
63 (UHF, 1989-2000)
Transmitter power 15 kW
Height 117 m
Facility ID 52426
Website http://espanoltvarkansas.com/

KWNL-CD, virtual channel 9, is the Univision-affiliated television station, serving the Fort Smith area, licensed to Winslow, Arkansas. Owned by Pinnacle Media. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 31.

Contents

Digital programming

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect Programming
9.1 1080i 16:9 main KWNL-CD programming / Univision (HD)

History

The call letters were changed from KBBL-CA to KWNL-CA on July 6, 2006. As of July 14, 2006, the KBBL-CA call letters reappeared on Channel 56 in Springfield, Missouri, curiously the namesake of the Simpsons' fictional hometown. However, that station is a translator of KWBM, Equity's MyNetworkTV station in that market, and likely not inspired by the KBBL-TV of The Simpsons.

At one point, KWNL aired local newscasts; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas, with reports produced in Fort Smith. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after then-owner Equity Media Holdings instituted a companywide suspension of news programs.[1]

After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction[2], KWNL was sold to Pinnacle Media in August 2009 (after having initially been included in Silver Point Finance's acquisition on June 2 of several Equity stations[3]), with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement on August 5.[4]

References

  1. ^ Manthey, Toby (2008-06-14). "Equity ends newscasts; N.Y. station buy teeters". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/228628/. Retrieved 2008-06-19. 
  2. ^ "Equity stations still on the block". Television Business Report. April 20, 2009. http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/14129.html. Retrieved April 28, 2009. 
  3. ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 15, 2009. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1324773&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=52418. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 
  4. ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 14, 2009. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1327335&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=52418. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 

External links

Local stations

KOET 3 (PBS / OETA) • KFSM (5.1 CBS, 5.2 MNTV) • KWNL 9 / KXUN 43 (UNI) • KFDF 10 / KFFS 36 (This) • KAFT (13.1 PBS, 13.2 Create / PBS Kids Sprout, 13.3 AETN Scholar) • KFTA (24.1 Fox, 51.2 KNWA; Fayetteville) • KPBI (34.1 RTV) • KHBS / KHOG (40.1 / 29.1 ABC, 40.2 / 29.2 CW) • K45EI 45 (Rel. Ind) • KNWA (51.1 NBC, 24.2 KFTA; Fort Smith) • KWOG (57.1 DS)
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

KETS 2 (PBS, Little Rock)  · KYTV 3 (NBC, Springfield, MO)  · KARK 4 (NBC, Little Rock)  · KOTV 6 (CBS, Tulsa)  · KOAM 7 (CBS, Joplin)  · KTUL 8 (ABC, Tulsa)  · KODE 12 (ABC, Joplin)
Defunct stations

Oklahoma Broadcast television areas by city: Ada/Sherman, TX  • Amarillo, TX  • Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK)  • Joplin, MO (Northeast OK)  • Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX  • Oklahoma City Metro  • Texarkana, TX-AR/Shreveport, LA  • Tulsa (East Central OK)

See also Little Rock TV • Springfield TV
Other Television Stations in the state of Arkansas

Fort Smith/Fayetteville market: KWNL-CA 9 / KXUN-LP 43 (Univision, Winslow / Fort Smith) • KFDF-CA 10 (Ind., Fort Smith) •
KPBI 34 (RTV, Eureka Springs) • KWOG 57 (Daystar, Springdale)
Jonesboro market: KVTJ 48 (Religious Ind./VTN/TLN, Jonesboro)
Little Rock market: KVTN 25 / KVTH 26 (Religious Ind./VTN/TLN, Pine Bluff / Hot Springs) • KJLR-LP 28 (AMGTV, Little Rock) • KKAP 36 (Daystar, Little Rock) • KMYA-DT 49 / KKYK-CD 20 (Me-TV, Camden / Little Rock) • KLRA-LP 58 (Univision, Little Rock)
Springfield, MO market: KTKO-LP 8 (Ion, Harrison) • K26GS 26 (RTV/FN/MFTV, Harrison) • K54FH 54 (CTN/FN, Green Forest)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Arkansas