KCWY-DT

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KCWY-DT
Casper, Wyoming
Branding KCWY News 13
Slogan NBC for Wyoming (general)
Where News Comes First (news)
Channels Digital: 12 (VHF)
Virtual: 13 (PSIP)
Subchannels 13-2 SD
Affiliations NBC
Owner Gray Television
(Yellowstone LicenseCo, LLC)
First air date February 21, 2001
Call letters' meaning K Casper, WYoming
Sister station(s) KGWN-TV
Former channel number(s) Analog:
13 (VHF, 2001-2009)
Former affiliations Pax TV (2001-2003)
Transmitter power 3.2 kW
Height 571.5 m
Facility ID 68713
Transmitter coordinates 42°44′37″N 106°18′24″W / 42.74361°N 106.30667°W / 42.74361; -106.30667 (KCWY-DT)
Website www.kcwy13.com

KCWY-DT, channel 13 (RF channel 12), is the NBC affiliate television station for most of Wyoming. Licensed to Casper, it station also airs its programing on six low-powered satellites: KSWY-LP channel 29 in Sheridan, KCHY-LP channel 13 in Cheyenne, K14LK channel 14 in Laramie and K28HL-D channel 28 in Riverton. All stations, except K28HL-D, are owned by Gray Television.

Digital television

KCWY operates its post-transition digital facilities on channel 12.

Channel Aspect Format Programming
13.1 16:9 1080i main HD KCWY programming / NBC
13.2 4:3 480i main SD KCWY programming / NBC

History

KCWY signed on the air in February 2001 as an affiliate of the Pax TV network. On September 1, 2003, KCWY became the new NBC affiliate in the Casper market after NBC severed its affiliation with longtime affiliate KTWO-TV. KCWY launched its first newscast ("News 13 First at Five") on September 22, 2003.

In 2008, 2011 and 2012, the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters named KCWY its Television Station of the Year.[1] In June 2013, Intermountain West Communications Company filed to sell KCWY to Frontier Radio Management, through subsidiary Yellowstone Holdings; the deal would make it a sister station with KGWN-TV, which SagamoreHill Broadcasting was also selling to Yellowstone through a separate deal.[2] On November 4, 2013, Gray Television announced a deal to acquire Yellowstone Holdings for $23 million. As a result of the acquisition, KCHY-LP will be consolidated with KGWN-TV, which Yellowstone (and in turn, Gray) was acquiring through a separate deal with SagamoreHill Broadcasting.[3] The sale was completed on December 31.[4]

References

  1. ↑ WAB Awards
  2. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 17, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Gray Buying Yellowstone Stations". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 4 November 2013. 
  4. ↑ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 2 January, 2014

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Casper
Riverton
Rawlins
Cheyenne, WY
Laramie, WY
Scottsbluff, NE
Defunct stations
See also
Casper TV
Denver TV
Salt Lake City TV
Rapid City TV
Lincoln TV
Rapid City
Black Hills
Outlying Areas
Cable channels
Defunct
See also
Eastern SD TV
Billings TV
Central WY TV
Western ND TV
Broadcast Television Stations by Affiliation in the state of Wyoming
ABC Affiliates
CBS Affiliates
Fox Affiliates
NBC Affiliates
PBS Affiliates
See also
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
ION
MyNetworkTV
NBC
PBS
Other stations in Wyoming
ABC network affiliates
CBS network affiliates
The CW network affiliates2
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MyNetworkTV affiliates2
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  • 1 Owned by Excalibur Broadcasting, LLC, Gray operates KJCT under an SSA.
  • 2 These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.
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