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| Branding | Eureka CW 29|myTV Northern California (29.2)}} |
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First air date | 2014 (2014) |
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Call sign meaning | Eureka, California |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 26852 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 460.5 m (1,511 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 40°43′38.3″N123°58′21.1″W / 40.727306°N 123.972528°W /40.727306; -123.972528 |
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Public license information | LMS |
KECA-LD (channel 29) is alow-power television station inEureka, California, United States, affiliated withThe CW Plus andMyNetworkTV. It is owned bySinclair Broadcast Group alongsideArcata-licensedABC affiliateKAEF-TV (channel 23) and low-powerUnivision affiliateKEUV-LD (channel 35). Sinclair also provides certain services toFox affiliateKBVU (channel 28) under alocal marketing agreement (LMA) withCunningham Broadcasting; however, Sinclair effectively owns KBVU as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The four stations share studios on Sixth Street in downtown Eureka; KECA-LD's transmitter is located along Barry Road southeast of the city.
The CW and MyNetworkTV first appeared in Eureka respectively on KUVU-LP (channel 9) and KEMY-LP (channel 33), both analog-only stations and the latter a semi-satellite ofKRVU-LP in Redding, as part of the Eureka Broadcast Group, which ownedCBS affiliateKVIQ and several other stations with affiliations toFox,UPN,The WB and others. KUVU and KEMY were dissolved in 2014 and Bonten Media Group, who had purchased most of the Eureka Broadcast Group stations including KUVU and KEMY in 2012, launched KECA as a digital replacement for the two defunct stations in the Eureka market.
On April 21, 2017,Sinclair Broadcast Group purchased KECA as part of a four-station deal.[2] The sale was completed September 1.[3]
In June 2020, Sinclair upgraded the station's facilities toHD.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
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| 29.1 | 720p | 16:9 | KECA-LD | The CW Plus |
| 29.2 | MYTV | MyNetworkTV |
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