KCWE

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KCWE
city =
station_
station_slogan = Kansas City's CW
station_branding = KCWE 29
KMBC 9 News
analog = 29 (UHF)
digital = 31 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = The CW
network =
founded =
airdate = September 14, 1996
location = Kansas City, Missouri
callsign_meaning = Kansas City's World of Entertainment
(also variation of original calls)
former_callsigns = KCWB (1996-1998)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Hearst Corporation (operated by Hearst-Argyle Television)
licensee = KCWE-TV Company
sister_stations = KMBC-TV
former_affiliations = The WB (1996-1998)
UPN (1998-2006)
effective_radiated_power = 5,000 kW (analog)
1,000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 358 m (analog)
332 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 64444
coordinates = coord|39|5|2.8|N|94|30|56.9|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/kcwetv/index.html thekansascitychannel.com/kcwetv]

KCWE, channel 29, is the CW-affiliated television station for the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located southeast of downtown at the corner of East 23rd Street and Topping Avenue. Owned by the Hearst Corporation, the station is operated by its publicly-traded broadcasting division, Hearst-Argyle Television. KCWE is a sister station to ABC affiliate KMBC-TV. The two stations share studios on Winchester Avenue near I-435. Syndicated programming on KCWE includes: "Dr. Phil", "Oprah", "Entertainment Tonight", and "Tyra". The station might take on the responsibility of running ABC programming in the event of news emergencies, sporting events, or the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon when KMBC may be unable to do so.

History

Channel 29 was originally home to a low-powered Value Vision affiliate, K29CF. To make way for the new full-powered KCWB, the station moved in the mid-1990s to channel 48 as K48FS. That station is known today as Univision affiliate KUKC-LP. [ [http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=67838&Callsign=KUKC-LP Call Sign History ] ] KCWE began broadcasting on September 14, 1996 as a WB affiliate under the call sign KCWB. It was locally owned but managed by Hearst. The station swapped affiliations with KSMO-TV in 1998 becoming a UPN station with the call sign KCWE. The station's old logo was similar to that of its Tampa Bay sister station, WMOR-TV. After being acquired by Hearst-Argyle, the station was known as "More TV 29" to match WMOR.

By 2005, it dispensed of the "More TV" moniker but kept the logo style. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN announced that they would end broadcasting ans merge. The newly combined network would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of its corporate parents: CBS (the parent company of UPN) and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner. On March 7, The CW and Hearst-Argyle announced that KCWE would be Kansas City's CW affiliate. [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/cgi/pr.cgi?id=20060307cw01] As the station already has "CW" in their call letters, station management said they would take advantage of that and leave them unchanged. [http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/14042769.htm] The old logo was dispensed altogether in August of 2006 when KCWE's new logo reflecting the CW affiliation was released. The CW began broadcasting on September 18. Since The CW does not air programming on Saturday nights, KCWE usually airs movies from 8-10 P.M.

Newscasts

For many years, KCWE aired no local newscasts despite being sister station to KMBC-TV. Management cited a fear of "cannibalizing" the KMBC audience as one of the reasons. In March of 2008, the station debuted its first regular newscast. Its airs for two hours at 7 A.M. on weekday mornings. The broadcasts competes with local newscasts that air on WDAF-TV and KSMO-TV, while allowing KMBC to air "Good Morning America" while maintaining local news coverage within that timeslot. As is the case on KMBC, the KCWE newscast is broadcasted in high definition.

"KMBC 9 First News on KCWE"
"(Weekday Mornings 7 to 9 A.M.)"
*Anchors:
**Jim Flink
**Dion Lim
*Weather:
**Joel Nichols
*Traffic:
**Johnny Rowlands
*Reporters:
**Donna Pitman
**Kris Ketz

"KCWE features additional news personnel from KMBC. See that article for a complete listing."

References

External links

* [http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/kcwetv/index.html KCWE channel 29]
* [http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/ KMBC channel 9]
*TVQ|KCWE