KSWL-LD

KSWL-LD, virtual channel 17 (UHF digital channel 34), is a low-power CBS-affiliated television station licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. Owned by Augusta, Georgia–based SagamoreHill Broadcasting, it is a sister station to low-power primary MyNetworkTV and secondary MeTV affiliate KWWE-LD (channel 19). Both stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles, while KSWL-LD's transmitter is located at the KTSR tower in Westlake.

KSWL-LD
Lake Charles, Louisiana
United States
ChannelsDigital: 34 (UHF)
Virtual: 17
BrandingCBS Lake Charles
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerSagamoreHill Broadcasting
(SagamoreHill Lake Charles, LLC)
KWWE-LD
History
First air date
February 15, 2017 (2017-02-15)
Former call signs
K17KH-D (2011–2017)
Former channel number(s)
Digital:
17 (UHF, 2017–2019)
Call sign meaning
Southwest Louisiana
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID185296
ERP15 kW
HAAT163.5 m (536 ft)
Transmitter coordinates30°13′16.4″N 93°18′40.9″W
Links
Public license information
Profile
LMS
Websitewww.cbslakecharles.tv

History

In 2011, the FCC awarded the construction permit for the station, with the call sign of K17KH-D. The current KSWL-LD calls were adopted on February 10, 2017. Five days later, the station went on the air as the Lake Charles area's CBS affiliate.[1]

KSWL-LD is the area's first CBS affiliate since the shutdown of its original CBS affiliate, KTAG-TV (UHF channel 25), in August 1961.[2] Between that time, KLFY-TV in Lafayette served as the default CBS affiliate via cable for Southwestern Louisiana, while Beaumont affiliate KFDM was carried by a few cable providers in some areas of the market. Between KSWL-LD's sign-on as part of CBS, sister station KWWE-LD's sign on as a MyNetworkTV affiliate, and Fox affiliate KVHP launching ABC programming on its DT2 subchannel, the year 2017 marks the first time that the Lake Charles area has received over-the-air service from every major television network, having previously relied on cable television to supply network affiliates from Lafayette and Beaumont for CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and until 2009, The CW.[3][4]

News operation

The station is unusual among CBS affiliates in that it carries no local news. However, it airs local weather inserts during CBS Mornings as well as a five-minute weathercast at the conclusion of CBS's prime time programming. KSWL also produces and airs two sports programs focused on Southwest Louisiana-area sports: Sound Off, which is a call-in show about secondary and postsecondary sports, and Poke Nation, covering sports at McNeese State University.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short name Programming[5]
17.11080i16:9KSWLCBSMain KSWL-LD programming / CBS
17.2480iEscapeIon Mystery
17.3CourtTVCourt TV
17.44:3QVCQVC

References
  1. "Lake Charles gets a local CBS television station". AmericanPress.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
  2. "Lake Charles First CBS Television Network Affiliate - Lake Charles, LA". lakecharles.com. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  3. Digital TV Market Listing for KWWE-LD
  4. KVHP Launching ABC Feed On Subchannel
  5. RabbitEars TV Query for KSWL-LD
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