KWYF-LD

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KWYF-LD
Translator of KFNB, Casper, Wyoming [1]
Channels
Programming
Subchannels see KFNB
Ownership
Owner
  • Coastal Television [2]
  • (FRTV License LLC)
KFNB, KGWC-TV, KTWO-TV
History
FoundedJune 15, 1995
First air date
July 17, 1997(27 years ago) (1997-07-17)
Former call signs
  • K26ES (1997–2014)
  • K27LZ-D (2012–2013)
Former channel number(s)
Analog: 26 (UHF, 1997–2014)
  • Fox (via KLWY, 1997–2004)
  • UPN (1997–2006, secondary until 2004)
  • Pax (secondary, c. 2004)
  • The CW (2006–2015)
Call sign meaning
Wyoming's Fox (former affiliation; station has long branded as "KWYF")
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 190191
ERP 3.3 kW
Transmitter coordinates 42°44′26.0″N106°21′34.0″W / 42.740556°N 106.359444°W / 42.740556; -106.359444 (KWYF-LD)
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
LMS
Website yourwyominglink.com

KWYF-LD (channel 20) is a low-power television station in Casper, Wyoming, United States. It is a translator of dual Fox and MeTV/MyNetworkTV affiliate KFNB (channel 20), which is owned by Coastal Television. KWYF-LD's transmitter is located atop Casper Mountain.

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History

A construction permit to construct a low-power television station on UHF channel 26 in Casper was granted on June 15, 1995, [4] and issued the call sign K26ES. [5] Original owner Charles W. Swaner sold K26ES to Wyomedia Corporation on September 15, 1997; [6] the new owners applied for a license to cover on October 29, 1997, and was granted it on January 28, 1998. [7] Initially, K26ES served as a translator of KLWY in Cheyenne; this brought Fox programming to Casper, along with a secondary affiliation with UPN. The station, by then referring to itself as "KWYF," began producing a 9 p.m. newscast on November 3, 2003. [8] On March 8, 2004, K26ES became a full-time UPN affiliate after Fox programming was moved to KFNB; for a time after this change, the station also carried some programming from Pax. [9] Wyomedia also transferred K26ES' newscast to KFNB. [9] When UPN and The WB closed to form The CW in 2006, K26ES became the new network's Casper affiliate. [10]

On March 27, 2012, Wyomedia was granted a construction permit [11] for a digital companion channel for K26ES to operate on channel 27; [12] this facility was issued the call sign K27LZ-D. [13] K27LZ-D filed for its license to cover on June 15, 2012 [14] and was granted it on July 16; [15] on June 13, 2013, the call letters were changed to KWYF-LD. [13] The analog K26ES license remained active until September 12, 2014, when it was canceled by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). [16]

On January 26, 2015, KWYF became a MeTV affiliate. [17] In addition to airing programing from MeTV, it also airs programing from MyNetworkTV from 7pm-9pm weeknights. [18]

Wyomedia Corporation agreed to sell its stations, including KWYF-LD, to Legacy Broadcasting on February 8, 2018. [19] The sale was canceled on October 2, 2018. [20]

On October 8, 2019, Wyomedia announced that it would sell its stations to Front Range Television, a subsidiary of Coastal Television Broadcasting Company (run by Bill Fielder). This sale was concurrent with Coastal's purchase of KFNB, the sale of KTWO-TV to Vision Alaska, LLC, and the sale of KGWC-TV to Big Horn Television. [21] The sale was completed on June 1, 2020. [22]

By April 2022, the station began airing newscasts from the Coastal-owned and partly-centralized News Hub, recently acquired from Waypoint Media. [23] [24]

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Short nameProgramming [25]
20.1 720p 16:9 KFNB Simulcast of KFNB / Fox [26]
20.2 480i KWYF MyNetworkTV / MeTV

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References

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