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| Branding | CBS Lake Charles |
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| KWWE-LD | |
| History | |
First air date | February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15) |
Former call signs | K17KH-D (2011–2017) |
Former channel numbers | Digital: 17 (UHF, 2017–2019) |
Call sign meaning | Southwest Louisiana |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 185296 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15kW |
| HAAT | 163.5 m (536 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°13′16.4″N93°18′40.9″W / 30.221222°N 93.311361°W /30.221222; -93.311361 |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
KSWL-LD (channel 17) is alow-power television station inLake Charles, Louisiana, United States, affiliated withCBS. It is owned bySagamoreHill Broadcasting alongsideMeTV/MyNetworkTV/Telemundo affiliateKWWE-LD (channel 19). The two stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles; KSWL-LD's transmitter is located at theKTSR tower inWestlake.
In 2011, the FCC awarded aconstruction permit for the station, with thecall sign of K17KH-D. The current KSWL-LD calls were adopted on February 10, 2017. Five days later, the station went on the air as the Lake Charles area's CBS affiliate, owned by Lake Charles Television,LLC, a unit of Waypoint Media.[2]
KSWL-LD is the area's first CBS affiliate since theshutdown of its original CBS affiliate,KTAG-TV (UHF channel 25), in August 1961.[3] Between that time,KLFY-TV inLafayette served as the default CBS affiliate via cable for Southwestern Louisiana, whileBeaumont affiliateKFDM was carried by a few cable providers in some areas of the market. Between KSWL-LD's sign-on as part of CBS, sister stationKWWE-LD's sign on as aMyNetworkTV affiliate, and Fox affiliateKVHP launchingABC programming on its DT2 subchannel, the year 2017 marks the first time that the Lake Charles area has received over-the-air service from every major television network, having previously relied oncable television to supply network affiliates from Lafayette and Beaumont for CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and until 2009,The CW.[4][5]
On December 31, 2019, SagamoreHill Broadcasting acquired the station from Waypoint Media.
The station is unusual among CBS affiliates in that it carries no local news. However, it airs local weather inserts duringCBS Mornings as well as a five-minute weathercast at the conclusion of CBS' prime time programming. KSWL also produces and airs two sports programs focused on Southwest Louisiana-area sports:Sound Off, which is a call-in show about secondary and postsecondary sports, andPoke Nation, covering sports atMcNeese State University.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 17.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KSWLCBS | CBS |
| 17.2 | 480i | CourtTV | Court TV | |
| 17.3 | LaffTV | Laff | ||
| 17.4 | QVC | QVC | ||
| 17.5 | Mystery | Ion Mystery |
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