KCWY-DT

KCWY-DT

Casper, Wyoming
United States
Branding KCWY News 13
Slogan NBC for Wyoming (general)
Where News Comes First (news)
Channels Digital: 12 (VHF)
Virtual: 13 (PSIP)
Subchannels (see article)
Translators
Affiliations NBC (2003–present)
Owner Gray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date February 21, 2001 (2001-02-21)
Call letters' meaning K Casper, WYoming
-or-
K Central WYoming
Sister station(s) KGWN-TV
Former channel number(s) Analog:
13 (VHF, 2001–2009)
Former affiliations Pax TV (2001–2003)
Transmitter power 3.2 kW
Height 571.5 m (1,875 ft)
Facility ID 68713
Transmitter coordinates 42°44′37″N 106°18′26″W / 42.74361°N 106.30722°W / 42.74361; -106.30722 (KCWY-DT)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS
Website www.kcwy13.com

KCWY-DT is an NBC-affiliated television station licensed to Casper, Wyoming, United States. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 (or virtual channel 13 via PSIP) from a transmitter atop Casper Mountain. The station maintains studios on Progress Circle in Mills, Wyoming.

KCWY serves as the NBC affiliate for most of Wyoming through four low-powered translators: KSWY-LP (channel 29) in Sheridan (currently off the air), KCHY-LP (channel 13) in Cheyenne, KWYM-LP (channel 14) in Laramie and K28HL-D (channel 28) in Riverton. KCWY's programming is also simulcast on the second digital subchannel of KSGW-TV (channel 12) in Sheridan. All stations, except K28HL-D, are owned by Gray Television.

History

KCWY signed on the air in February 2001 as an affiliate of the Pax TV network. On September 1, 2003, KCWY became the new NBC affiliate in the Casper market after NBC severed its affiliation with longtime affiliate KTWO-TV (channel 2). KCWY launched its first newscast (News 13 First at Five) on September 22, 2003.

KCWY News 13 reporter Frances Lin interviews man about the total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 at Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyoming

In 2008, 2011 and 2012, the Wyoming Association of Broadcasters named KCWY its Television Station of the Year.[1] In June 2013, Intermountain West Communications Company filed to sell KCWY to Frontier Radio Management, through subsidiary Yellowstone Holdings; the deal made it a sister station with KGWN-TV, which SagamoreHill Broadcasting was also selling to Yellowstone through a separate deal.[2] On November 4, 2013, Gray Television announced a deal to acquire Yellowstone Holdings for $23 million. As a result of the acquisition, KCHY-LP was consolidated with KGWN-TV.[3] The sale was completed on December 31.[4]

Gray launched The CW Plus on a subchannel of KCWY on January 26, 2015.[5]

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP short name Programming [6]
13.11080i16:9KCWYNBCMain KCWY-DT programming / NBC
13.2720pKCWY-CWCentral Wyoming CW

References

  1. ↑ WAB Awards
  2. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 17, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Gray Buying Yellowstone Stations". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Consummation Notice, CDBS Public Access, Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 2 January 2014
  5. ↑ http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/80568/gray-renews-all-its-nbc-cw-affiliations
  6. ↑ http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KCWY-DT#station
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