KWGN-TV

KWGN-TV
ATSC 3.0 station
Channels
Branding
  • Colorado's Own Channel 2
  • Colorado's Own CW 2 (during promos for CW network shows)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KDVR/KFCT
History
First air date
July 18, 1952 (72 years ago) (1952-07-18)
Former call signs
  • KFEL-TV (1952–1955)
  • KTVR (1955–1963)
  • KCTO (1963–1966)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 2 (VHF, 1952–2009)
Call sign meaning
"World's Greatest Newspaper" (named after sister station WGN-TV; refers to former corporate cousin, the Chicago Tribune)
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID35883
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT336 m (1,102 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°43′58″N 105°14′10″W / 39.73278°N 105.23611°W / 39.73278; -105.23611
Translator(s)see § Translators
Links
Public license information
Websitekdvr.com

KWGN-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, serving as the local CW outlet. It is owned and operated by network majority owner Nexstar Media Group alongside Fox affiliate KDVR, channel 31 (and its Fort Collins–licensed satellite KFCT, channel 22). The two stations share studios on East Speer Boulevard in Denver's Speer neighborhood; KWGN-TV's transmitter is located atop Lookout Mountain, near Golden.

KWGN is available to subscribers of satellite provider Dish Network throughout the United States as part of its superstations package (for grandfathered subscribers that purchased the a la carte tier before Dish halted sales of the package to new subscribers in September 2013), and is carried on cable television providers in parts of the western United States. The station is authorized for cable and satellite distribution as a U.S. superstation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC); however, KWGN is not currently available on any pay television providers in that country.

  1. ^ Commercial Broadcast Stations Biennial Ownership Report (FCC Form 323), Federal Communications Commission, January 31, 2020, p. 11, retrieved February 2, 2020
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWGN-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.