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| Branding | Kansas City's Own KCWE |
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| KMBC-TV | |
| History | |
First air date | September 14, 1996 |
Former call signs | KCWB (1996–1998) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 29 (UHF, 1996–2008) |
Call sign meaning | Changed from KCWB when station lost WB affiliation in 1998 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 64444 |
| ERP | 1,000 kW |
| HAAT | 332 m (1,089 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 39°5′1″N 94°30′58″W / 39.08361°N 94.51611°W |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
KCWE (channel 29) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside ABC affiliate KMBC-TV (channel 9). The two stations share studios on Winchester Avenue in the Ridge-Winchester section of Kansas City, Missouri; KCWE's transmitter is located in the city's Blue Valley section.
Originally proposed for channel 32, channel 29 went on the air in September 1996 as KCWB, Kansas City's first local affiliate of The WB. It was owned by a group of Kansas City and television investors, who subcontracted its operation to KMBC-TV under a local marketing agreement. KMBC and KCWB split over-the-air rights to Kansas City Royals baseball from 1996 to 2002. KCWB lost the WB affiliation in March 1998 after a group deal saw it move to KSMO-TV (channel 62). The station then picked up UPN, which had gone without local coverage for two months, and changed its call sign to KCWE.
In 2006, Hearst purchased KCWE outright, and the station became the local affiliate for The CW, formed when the UPN and WB networks merged. The station introduced morning and evening newscasts from KMBC-TV in 2008 and 2010, respectively.
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KCWE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.