SWX Right Now

SWX

Country	United States
First air date	August 30, 2008(17 years ago) (2008-08-30) [1]
TV stations	KHQ-TV 6.2 KNDO 23.3 KNDU 25.3 KULR-TV 8.2 KWYB 18.3 KWYB-LD 28.3 KFBB 5.3 KHBB-LD 21.3 KTMF 23.3 KTMF-LD 42.3
Broadcast area	Eastern Washington, Idaho Panhandle, & Montana
Owner	Cowles Company (KHQ, Incorporated)
Official website	www.swxrightnow.com

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SWX NonStop Local Sports (formerly SWX Right Now) is a regional digital multicast television network operated by Cowles Company. It carries a mix of automated blocks of local news programming, along with sports discussion programs, local sporting events (particularly high school and college sports, such as Gonzaga University basketball and the Big Sky Conference), and syndicated sports and outdoors programming. In Montana, SWX is an affiliate of the Kraken Hockey Network, carrying regional Seattle Kraken National Hockey League games.

SWX is broadcast on the digital subchannels of Cowles' stations across Eastern Washington State, the Idaho Panhandle, and Montana, as well as local television providers.

Stations

Station	City	Over-the-Air	Cable
KHQ-TV	Spokane	6-2	Comcast 306 (SD) Comcast 112 (HD) [2]
	Coeur d'Alene		Spectrum 1245
	Pullman-Moscow (ID)
	Lewiston (ID)		Cable One 36
	Sandpoint (ID)		Northland 115
KNDU-TV	Kennewick–Pasco–Richland	25-3	Spectrum 183
KNDO-TV	Yakima	23-3
KULR-TV	Billings (MT)	8-2	Spectrum 195
KWYB	Butte (MT)–Bozeman (MT)	18-3	Spectrum 199
KFBB-TV	Great Falls (MT)	5-3
KHBB-LD	Helena (MT)	18-3
KTMF	Missoula (MT)–Kalispell (MT)	23-3

Programming

Sports coverage

College

• Eastern Washington University football ^[3]
• University of Idaho football
• Gonzaga University men's and women's basketball
• Crimson & Gray football scrimmage

Local events

• Armed Forces Torchlight Parade
• Bloomsday Race

Greater Spokane League high school basketball

• Rubber Chicken Lewis and Clark High School vs Joel E. Ferris High School Rivalry Basketball games & Spirit contest
• Groovy Shoes Shadle Park High School vs North Central High School Rivalry Basketball games & Spirit contest
• Stinky Sneaker University High School vs Central Valley High School Rivalry Basketball games & Spirit contest

Local sports

• Seattle Kraken hockey (Montana only) ^[4]
• Spokane Zephyr FC soccer (Washington and Idaho) ^[5]
• Spokane Velocity soccer (Washington and Idaho) ^[6]
• HAPO Columbia Cup (hydroplane racing)
• Spokane Chiefs hockey
• Tri-City Americans hockey
• Spokane Indians baseball ^[7]

Original and syndicated programs

• The Brock & Salk Show, a television simulcast of Brock Huard and Mike Salk's radio show on KIRO
• Wyman & Bob, a television simulcast of Dave Wyman and Bob Stelton's radio show on KIRO
• The Mark Few Show, a weekly Gonzaga men's basketball show featuring head coach Mark Few.
• This Week in the Big Sky Conference
• Washington Sports Wrap, a sportscast produced by KCPQ.
• GMFB: Overtime

References

1. "KHQ 'Zags' When Others Zig - 2009-07-25 6:00:00 | Broadcasting & Cable". Archived from the original on 2012-09-29. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
2. "SWX Now In HD In The Spokane Area". SWXrightnow.com. 2014-08-15. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
3. Sports, J. B. Ozuna Senior Director, SWX (2025-09-03). "SWX announces production partnership with Eastern Washington University Athletics". Nonstop Local SWX Sports. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
4. "TEGNA, Seattle Kraken and SWX Montana Partner to Air 35 NHL Game". Nonstop Local SWX Sports. 2024-12-05. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
5. "USL Spokane Inks Deal with NonStop Local KHQ/SWX to Broadcast Select Zephyr FC Matches". USL Spokane. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
6. "NonStop Local KHQ/SWX and KREM 2/KSKN 22 to Broadcast Spokane Velocity FC Games". USL Spokane. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
7. "Indians Announce 2025 SWX Broadcast Dates". Spokane Indians. April 17, 2025. Retrieved May 24, 2025.

External links

• SWX Right Now official website