KLWB (TV)

KLWB, virtual channel 50 (UHF digital channel 17), is a MeTV-affiliated television station serving Lafayette, Louisiana, United States that is licensed to New Iberia. The station is owned by Wilderness Communications. KLWB's studios are located on Evangeline Thruway in Carencro, and its transmitter is located on West Wilderness Trail in northern Lafayette Parish.

KLWB
New Iberia/Lafayette, Louisiana
United States
CityNew Iberia, Louisiana
ChannelsDigital: 17 (UHF)
Virtual: 50 (PSIP)
BrandingMeTV Acadiana
Programming
Affiliations50.1: MeTV
50.2: Heroes & Icons
50.3: Telemundo
Ownership
OwnerDelta Media Corporation
(Wilderness Communications, LLC)
KLWB-FM, KFXZ-FM, KXKW-LP, KXKW-LD, KDCG-CD
History
First air date
April 3, 2006 (2006-04-03)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
50 (UHF, 2006–2009)
Digital:
50 (UHF, 2009–2019)
The WB (April–September 2006)
The CW (2006–2010)
This TV (2008–2011)
RTN (2008–2012)
Antenna TV (2012–2015; currently on sister station KXKW 32.2)
Call sign meaning
Lafayette
(or L for 50 in Roman numerals)
The WB
(former affiliation)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID82476
ERP1000 kW
HAAT303.1 m (994 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°20′33″N 91°57′46.6″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS

History

KLWB originated in 1999 as a cable-only affiliate of The WB, via The WB 100+. It was branded as "Acadiana's WB" and was known as "WB 2" and later "WB 10", based on its cable position. Its broadcast signal began broadcasting on April 3, 2006. Soon afterward, it began to be carried by DirecTV (which previously imported WBZL in Miami and WNUV in Baltimore for WB programming) and Dish Network. The station joined The CW upon its formation that September, carrying The WB 100+'s successor, The CW Plus.

KLWB lost its CW affiliation to a subchannel of KATC (channel 3) on June 14, 2010. At that time, the station switched to This TV (which had previously been carried on a subchannel of KLWB, as well as on sister station KXKW-LD). The station also moved to channel 23 on Cox Cable (its previous position, channel 10, is now occupied by the KATC subchannel). On July 25, 2011, KLWB began airing MeTV on a new subchannel.[1]

Beginning in fall 2011, KLWB became part of the Southland Conference Television Network, airing live sporting events from that league.

On March 30, 2012, Delta Media (Wilderness Communications) purchased KDCG (then RTV) from Acadiana Cable Advertising and added the station on channel 50.2. On August 1, 2012, KDCG switched affiliations from RTV to Antenna TV and in the process Antenna TV was moved to 50.2, RTV was moved to 50.3 but was dropped from the lineup months later. On July 1, 2015, Heroes & Icons launched on 22.1 subchannel, (This TV on 22.2), and KLWB 50.2 stemming from an agreement between Delta Media Corporation and Weigel Broadcasting of Chicago and Antenna TV launched on KXKW-LD 32.2. On July 1, 2016, American Sports Network was launched replacing This TV, which was also removed from 22.2 KDCG-CD. 22.2 remained silent until November 2019 when it began carrying MeTV (50.1) while that channel relocated its digital channel from 50 to 17. On November 30, 2019, KLWB relaunched its digital signal on channel 17, showing on channel 50 via PSIP.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[2]
50.1720p16:9KLWB DTMain KLWB programming / MeTV
50.2480iKDCG TVSimulcast of KDCG-CD / H&I
50.31080iKLWB D3Telemundo

Analog-to-digital conversion

KLWB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 50, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on channel 50.[3][4] 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.

References
  1. Where to Watch Me-TV: KLWB
  2. RabbitEars TV Query for KLWB
  3. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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