KWSD

KWSD
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
United States
Channels Digital: 36 (UHF)
Virtual: 36 (PSIP)
Subchannels 36.1/.2 Retro TV
Affiliations Retro TV (2015–present)
Owner Jim Simpson
(J.F. Broadcasting, LLC)
First air date 2000 (2000)
Call letters' meaning WB South Dakota
CW South Dakota
Sister station(s) KAUN-LP, KNBN
Former callsigns KAUN (2000–2003)
Former channel number(s) Analog:
36 (UHF, 2000–2009)
Digital:
51 (UHF, until 2009)
Former affiliations Pax TV (2000–2003)
The WB (2003–2006)
The CW (2006–2012)
MeTV (2012–2015)
Transmitter power 400 kW
Height 229.7 m (754 ft)
Facility ID 29121
Transmitter coordinates 43°30′19″N 96°34′19″W / 43.50528°N 96.57194°W / 43.50528; -96.57194
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: Profile
CDBS

KWSD is a RetroTV-affiliated television station licensed to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. It broadcasts a standard-definition digital signal on UHF channel 36 (also the station's virtual channel via PSIP) from a transmitter in Rowena, South Dakota. Owned by Jim Simpson, KWSD maintains studio facilities on West 57th Street in Sioux Falls.

History

Previously, the station had the call letters KAUN and it was the local Pax TV affiliate, while The WB was carried on a cable-only channel known by the fictitious call letters KWJB. On October 1, 2003, channel 36 acquired the WB affiliation and became KWSD, and Pax TV (now Ion Television) 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 the Weigel Broadcasting-owned classic television network Me-TV on that date.[2]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[3]
36.1480i4:3KWSD-DTMain KWSD programming / Retro TV
36.2Simulcast of KAUN-LP

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

  1. ↑ Malone, Michael (June 5, 2012). "KSFY the New Home for CW in Sioux Falls". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ BET Fall 2012 Schedule With Return of Jamie Foxx; MeTV Network Adds 3 More Affiliates, SitcomsOnline, September 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KWSD
  4. ↑ "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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