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KWKB
  • United States
  • CityIowa City, Iowa
    Channels
  • Virtual: 20
  • Programming
    Affiliations
  • for others, see § Subchannels
  • Ownership
    Owner
  • (Faith Broadcasting Network, Inc.)
  • History
    FoundedOctober 1, 1996 (1996-10-01)

    First air date

    August 30, 1999
    (24 years ago)
     (1999-08-30)

    Former channel number(s)

    Analog: 20 (UHF, 1999–2009)

    Former affiliations

  • The CW (primary, 2006–2016)
  • MyNetworkTV
  • (secondary, 2006–2011)
  • This TV (2016–2019)
  • Azteca América (2019)
  • Escape/Court TV Mystery (2019–2021)
  • Call sign meaning

    The WB initials between two K's
    Technical information[1]

    Licensing authority

    FCC
    Facility ID35096
    ERP1,000 kW
    HAAT418.9 m (1,374 ft)
    Transmitter coordinates41°43′29.2″N 91°21′10.2″W / 41.724778°N 91.352833°W / 41.724778; -91.352833
    Links

    Public license information

  • LMS
  • Websitewww.tct.tv

    KWKB (channel 20) is a religious television station licensed to Iowa City, Iowa, United States, serving the Eastern Iowa and Quad Cities television markets as an owned-and-operated stationofTri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located on Baker Avenue in West Branch.

    History[edit]

    KWKB signed on the air August 30, 1999, as an affiliate of The WB. It carried the full WB and Kids' WB lineups.

    KWKB's Former logo as a CW affiliate.
    "My KWKB" logo, used during MyNetworkTV programming from September 5, 2006, to September 16, 2011.

    From September 5, 2006, to September 16, 2011, KWKB was affiliated with both The CW as a primary network and MyNetworkTV as a secondary network. When KNVAinAustin, Texas, became a sole CW affiliate in October 2009 after carrying MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation, KWKB became the only station in the country to have carried the full CW and MyNetworkTV lineups including The CW's Saturday morning children's block Toonzai (although CW affiliates KCWIinDes Moines, WLMTinMemphis and KXVOinOmaha carried WWE SmackDown! from MyNetworkTV until that show moved to cable channel Syfy in October 2010).

    Until September 16, 2011, KWKB aired MyNetworkTV programming from 9 to 11 p.m., immediately following CW programming. The satellite feeds for MyNetworkTV and The CW are actually aired at the same time, so MyNetworkTV programming was recorded and broadcast two hours after it is aired on other MyNetworkTV affiliates. However, as of September 19, 2011, KWKB dropped MyNetworkTV in favor of syndicated fare. This briefly left the Cedar Rapids market one of two markets in Iowa without an affiliate for the network until October 3, when Des Moines' This TV affiliate KDMI re-affiliated with the network (as a secondary affiliation) after it had initially dropped it in 2009. However, as of October 2011, KCRG-TV digital channel 9.2 is carrying the MyNetworkTV programming service on a delayed basis from 12 to 2 a.m. KWKB was the last CW-affiliated station that carried MyNetworkTV on the same feed as The CW until 2014, when Columbia, South Carolina's existing MyNetworkTV affiliate WKTC, and later in 2016, when Chicago's MyNetworkTV (O&O) affiliate WPWR-TV added a primary CW affiliation while retaining MyNetworkTV as a secondary affiliation on their main channel.

    KWKB lost The CW when their charter 10-year affiliation agreement expired in September 2016, when KWWL acquired the affiliation on their second subchannel.[2] Concurrently, KWKB switched to This TV, taking that affiliation from KWWL's second subchannel.[3] KWKB carried a mix of This TV programming along with its own syndicated programming.

    In February 2011, KWKB began carrying the Antenna TV network on digital subchannel 20.2 until January 2015 when Antenna TV moved to KCRG-TV's digital subchannel 9.3. KWKB has been airing The Works on 20.2 since August 2015. Following the demise of The Works, the subchannel was replaced by Light TV.

    In June 2018, Chicago-based KM Communications announced that it would sell KWKB to HC2 Holdings for $1,850,000;[4] the sale was completed on January 29, 2019.[5] In February 2019, KWKB dropped This TV and became an Azteca América owned-and-operated station; however, this status did not last long, as the station would become an affiliate of the female-oriented network Escape (now Ion Mystery) in May.

    On March 18, 2021, it was announced that KWKB and sister station KPNZinOgden, Utah, would be sold to Marion, Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television for $4 million.[6] The sale was completed on August 2.[7]

    Subchannels[edit]

    The station's signal is multiplexed:

    Subchannels of KWKB[8]
    Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
    20.01 720p 16:9 KWKB HD TCT
    20.02 480i CrtMys Ion Mystery
    20.03 SBN SonLife
    20.04 Start Start TV
    20.5 ONTV4U ONTV4U
    20.07 INFO CH Infomercials
    20.09 4:3 GetTV get

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWKB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  • ^ "CW Network Coming To KWWL". TVNewsCheck. April 12, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
  • ^ Morrison, Jeff (September 12, 2016). "KWKB loses CW affiliation". Iowa Highway Ends (etc.). Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  • ^ Minkov, Ivan (June 20, 2018). "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  • ^ Miller, Mark K. (January 29, 2019). "Sale Of KWKB Iowa City Closes". TVNewsCheck. NewsCheckMedia. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  • ^ "Assignments". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. March 18, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
  • ^ "Notification of Consummation". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  • ^ "RabbitEars.Info".
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