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First air date | August 31, 1990 (1990-08-31) |
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Call sign meaning | CW Network Weigel |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 24617 |
| Class | LD |
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| HAAT | 344.2 m (1,129 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°36′55″N86°11′7″W / 41.61528°N 86.18528°W /41.61528; -86.18528 |
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Public license information | LMS |
| Website | www |
WCWW-LD (channel 25) is alow-power television station inSouth Bend, Indiana, United States, affiliated withThe CW. It is owned byWeigel Broadcasting alongside two other low-power stations:ABC affiliateWBND-LD (channel 57) andMyNetworkTV affiliateWMYS-LD (channel 69). The three stations share studios on Generations Drive (near theIndiana Toll Road) in northeastern South Bend; WCWW-LD's transmitter is located just off theSt. Joseph Valley Parkway on the city's south side.
Due to its low-power status, its broadcasting radius only covers the immediate South Bend area. Therefore, Weigel relies on paid television subscription carriage for all three of its South Bend television stations to reach the entiremarket.
WCWW-LD is the only CW affiliate owned by Weigel, afterflagshipWCIU-TV inChicago reverted to being anindependent station on September 1, 2024.[2]
The station was founded on August 31, 1990, as W25BM, operating as an affiliate of theThree Angels Broadcasting Network; it later changed its callsign to WYGN-LP in October 1995. On March 14, 2002, the station was transferred to its current owner,Weigel Broadcasting, who had been previously broadcasting general entertainment programming on what is nowWYGN-LD; it also dropped 3ABN which went to WYGN-LD, changed its callsign to WRDY-LP, and began simulcastingABC programming from sister stationWBND-LP; that fall, the station dropped the WBND-LP simulcast and affiliated withThe WB, which moved to WRDY-LP from the original WMWB-LP (now WMYS-LD), and it adopted the WMWB-LP callsign previously held by channel 69 to reflect its new affiliation with the network.[3]
On March 1, 2006, Weigel officials announced that WMWB would affiliate withThe CW, a network formed out of the struggling WB andUPN networks in partnership with the two networks' ownersTime Warner andCBS Corporation, when it premiered in September; channel 25 changed its call letters to WCWW-LP upon the network's launch on September 18, 2006. The WCWW calls had belonged to sister stationWMYS, which took an affiliation with CW competitorMyNetworkTV (which launched two weeks earlier); the two stations both have borne the WRDY and WYGN calls.
In early August 2008, Weigel Broadcasting agreed to sell all three of its South Bend stations, including WCWW, toSchurz Communications, the longtime owner of the localCBS affiliateWSBT-TV (channel 22), for undisclosed terms.[4] However, in the absence of action by theFederal Communications Commission, the deal was called off in August 2009.[5]
With Weigel flagshipWCIU-TV's assumption of the CW affiliation in Chicago on September 1, 2019,[6][7][8][9] Weigel now owns both of the network's affiliates on the southern shore ofLake Michigan.
On March 19, 2012, WCWW-LD debuted a nightly half-hour prime time newscast at 10 p.m. that is produced by WBND-LD (entitledABC 57 News at 10 on CW 25). WBND also produces two hours of morning news on WCWW from 7 to 9 a.m. weekdays.[10]
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 25.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | CW25 | The CW |
| 25.2 | 480i | START | Start TV[13] | |
| 25.3 | TOONS | MeTV Toons | ||
| 25.4 | MeTV+ | MeTV+ | ||
| 25.5 | STORY | Story Television | ||
| 25.6 | WEST | WEST | ||
| 25.12 | EMLW | OnTV4U |
In July 2010, WCWW-LD launched a seconddigital subchannel on 25.2 as an affiliate ofThis TV.
In September 2018, WCWW-LD's digital subchannel 25.2 replaced This TV withStart TV.[13] This TV moved to a newly launched third subchannel.[14]
In February 2019, WCWW-LD added a high-definition simulcast of sister station WBND-LD on digital subchannel 25.4.
In September 2021, WCWW-LD replaced a simulcast of WBND-LD on digital subchannel 25.4 withMeTV's expansion network,MeTV+.
In March 2022, WCWW-LD launched a fifth digital subchannel on 25.5 as an affiliate ofStory Television.
In September 2025, WCWW-LD launched a sixth digital subchannel 25.6 as an affiliate ofWEST.
On September 14, 2007, WCWW and its sister stations began broadcasting low-power digital signals. WCWW-LD broadcasts with aneffective radiated power of 25 kW on channel 25. On December 28, 2010, WCWW-LP turned off its analog signal on channel 25 because of equipment failure.[15] On April 16, 2012, the FCC granted WCWW-LP a construction permit to move its digital frequency from channel 27 to its former analog allotment, UHF channel 25.[16]
WB programming moves from channel 69 along with call sign WMWB-LP. WRDY-LP sign moves to channel 69.
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