KLEW-TV

KLEW-TV

Semi-satellite of KIMA-TV, Yakima, Washington
Lewiston–Moscow, Idaho Clarkston–Pullman, Washington United States
City	Lewiston, Idaho
Channels	Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Branding	KLEW-TV; KLEW News (call letters are pronounced individually)
Programming
Affiliations	3.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Sinclair Broadcast Group (Sinclair Lewiston Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	KEPR-TV, KIMA-TV, KUNW-CD
History
First air date	December 7, 1955 (68 years ago) (1955-12-07)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1955–2009)
Former affiliations	Both secondary: ABC (1955–1959, 1965–1970) NBC (1955–1965)
Call sign meaning	Lewiston
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	56032
ERP	133 kW
HAAT	349 m (1,145 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	46°27′27″N 117°6′0″W / 46.45750°N 117.10000°W / 46.45750; -117.10000
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	klewtv.com

KLEW-TV (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Lewiston, Idaho, United States, affiliated with CBS. The station serves the Lewis–Clark Valley and Palouse regions of north-central Idaho and southeastern Washington, as well as Wallowa County, Oregon. Owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, KLEW-TV maintains studios on 17th Street in Lewiston, and its transmitter is located near Clarkston, Washington.

Though identifying as a station in its own right, KLEW-TV is considered a semi-satellite of KIMA-TV (channel 29) in Yakima, which operates another semi-satellite, KEPR-TV (channel 19) in Tri-Cities, Washington. KLEW and KEPR simulcast all network and syndicated programming as provided through KIMA, but air separate commercial inserts, legal identifications and weeknight newscasts, and have their own websites. Master control and some internal operations are based at KOMO Plaza (formerly Fisher Plaza) in Seattle.

The area that KLEW-TV serves, including Lewiston, is part of the Spokane, Washington television market, and the station is one of two CBS affiliates in the market, along with Tegna Inc.–owned KREM (channel 2), which is licensed to Spokane and typically considered as the primary CBS affiliate for the market. Both stations are carried on Dish Network and DirecTV throughout the market.