KWSD
KWSD (channel 36) is a television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with YTA TV. It is owned by Jim Simpson alongside low-power station KAUN-LD (channel 25). KWSD's studios are located on West 57th Street in Sioux Falls, and its transmitter is located in Rowena.
| Sioux Falls, South Dakota United States | |
|---|---|
| Channels | Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 36 |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 36.1: YTA TV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Jim Simpson (J.F. Broadcasting, LLC) |
| KAUN-LD, KNBN | |
| History | |
| Founded | April 11, 1997 |
First air date | 2000 |
Former call signs | KAUN (2000–2003) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 36 (UHF, 2000–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Pax TV (2000–2003) The WB (2003–2006) The CW+ (2006–2012) MeTV (2012–2015) Retro TV (2015–2020) Independent (2020−2021) | |
Call sign meaning | WB South Dakota CW South Dakota (former affiliations) |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 29121 |
| ERP | 36.9 kW 18.45 kW (STA) 1,000 kW (CP) |
| HAAT | 230 m (755 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°30′19″N 96°34′20″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
History
Previously, the station had the call sign KAUN and it was the local Pax TV affiliate, while The WB was carried on a cable-only channel known by the fictitious call sign KWJB. On October 1, 2003, channel 36 acquired the WB affiliation and became KWSD, and Pax TV was moved to low-power sister station KAUN-LP. The programming on KWSD was provided by The WB 100+ Station Group, a predecessor to The CW Plus. In September 2006, The WB and UPN merged to become The CW. KWSD became the CW affiliate for Sioux Falls, and UPN affiliate "UTV", a digital subchannel of KELO-TV, became an affiliate of MyNetworkTV.
At one point in the past decade, KWSD/KAUN had a 9 p.m. newscast that served the Sioux Falls Metro Area and the KWSD viewing area. That newscast was pulled, and reports are that there are plans in the works to bring back a 9 p.m. newscast to the Sioux Falls Metro.
KWSD's CW affiliation ended on September 10, 2012; at that time, the affiliation moved to a subchannel of KSFY-TV.[1] KWSD switched its affiliation to MeTV on that date.[2] As of September 2015, the MeTV affiliation also moved to KSFY, on their third subchannel; KWSD then became a Retro TV affiliate.
As of June 2020, KWSD lost its Retro TV affiliation and became an independent station, only to become a YouToo America affiliate the following year.
Technical information
Analog-to-digital conversion
KWSD shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 36, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 51 to channel 36 for post-transition operations.[4]
References
- Malone, Michael (June 5, 2012). "KSFY the New Home for CW in Sioux Falls". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- BET Fall 2012 Schedule With Return of Jamie Foxx; MeTV Network Adds 3 More Affiliates, SitcomsOnline, September 5, 2012.
- RabbitEars TV Query for KWSD
- "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
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