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| City | Odessa, Texas |
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| Branding | My30 |
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| KOSA-TV,KCWO-TV,KTLE-LD,KMDF-LD | |
| History | |
| Founded | April 9, 1998 |
First air date | December 5, 2001 (23 years ago) (2001-12-05) |
Former call signs | KPXK (2001–2006) |
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Call sign meaning | The WB West Texas (former affiliation) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 84410 |
| ERP | 50kW |
| HAAT | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°2′52.9″N102°17′45.5″W / 32.048028°N 102.295972°W /32.048028; -102.295972 |
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KWWT (channel 30) is atelevision station licensed toOdessa, Texas, United States, serving thePermian Basin area as an affiliate ofMyNetworkTV. It is owned byGray Media alongsideCBS affiliateKOSA-TV (channel 7),CW+ affiliateKCWO-TV (channel 4),Telemundo affiliateKTLE-LD (channel 20), and365BLK affiliateKMDF-LD (channel 22). The five stations share studios inside theMusic City Mall on East 42nd Street in Odessa, with a secondary studio and news bureau in downtownMidland; KWWT's transmitter is located onSH 158 nearGardendale, Texas.
KWWT signed on the air on December 5, 2001, as KPXK. It was aPax TV affiliate until late 2005, when KWWT moved its cable-onlyThe WB 100+ feed (which was established on September 21, 1998) to UHF channel 30.
On January 24, 2006,CBS Corporation and theWarner Bros. unit ofTime Warner announced the shutdown of bothUPN and The WB effective that fall. In place of these two networks, a new "fifth" network—"The CW Television Network" (its name representing the first initials of parent companies CBS and Warner Bros.), jointly owned by both companies, would launch, with a lineup primarily featuring the most popular programs from both networks. In March 2006 it was announced that KWWT would be a CW affiliate throughThe CW Plus.
In 2011, KWWT signed on to carrycollege football andbasketball games from theSouthland Conference Television Network.[2] The contract lasted 4 seasons. For the first 3 seasons the games usually aired on 30.2 because CW Plus wouldn't let their programs be preempted. In 2014, the final season of the network, they aired on 30.1. Additionally KWWT airedACC Network basketball games during the 2011–12 basketball season.
KWWT remained a CW affiliate until December 29, 2013. On that date,KWES-TV (channel 9) took over CW rights and KWWT moved MeTV to 30.1 while addingMovies! on 30.2.
On July 24, 2020, it was announced thatGray Television (owner ofCBS affiliateKOSA-TV and CW affiliateKCWO-TV) would purchase KWWT and sisterlow-power station KMDF-LD for $1.84 million, pending approval of theFederal Communications Commission (FCC).[3] Gray sought a failing station waiver as the Odessa–Midland market would not have at least eight independent voices after the transaction (KCWO-TV is licensed as asatellite of KOSA-TV despite airing different programming).[4] In addition, Gray also announced that after the sale, KWWT would move its operations to the shared KOSA/KCWO facility in Odessa. The FCC granted the waiver on September 14.[5] The sale was completed on September 30.[6][7]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 30.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | My30 | MyNetworkTV |
| 30.2 | 720p | MeTV | MeTV | |
| 30.3 | 480i | Catchy | Catchy Comedy | |
| 30.4 | Movies! | Movies! | ||
| 30.5 | Cozi | Cozi TV | ||
| 30.6 | Ion Plu | Ion Plus |
KWWT shut down its analog signal, overUHF channel 30, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on its analog-era UHF channel 30.[9][10] Because it was granted an originalconstruction permit after the FCC finalized thedigital television transition in the United States (DTV) allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.
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