KWBM
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| KWBM | |
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| Harrison, Arkansas/Springfield, Missouri | |
| Branding | My31 |
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| Translators | KBBL-CA 56 Springfield KNJE-LP 58 Aurora |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV |
| Owner | Equity Media Holdings Corporation (sale to Daystar Television Network pending) (EBC Harrison, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 26, 2001 |
| Call letters’ meaning | The WB Missouri (reflecting former affiliation) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 31 (2001-2009) |
| Former affiliations | The WB (2001-2006) |
| Transmitter Power | 191 kW |
| Height | 339 m |
| Facility ID | 78314 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | 36°42′17.9″N 93°3′44.8″W / 36.704972°N 93.062444°W |
KWBM is an affiliate of MyNetworkTV in Springfield, Missouri. Its programming is picked up via satellite from the Equity Broadcasting's Sky Port hub in Little Rock, Arkansas. The station was sold on April 16, 2009 to Daystar. [1]
KWBM's main transmitter, on channel 31, is licensed in Harrison, Arkansas and located northeast of Branson, Missouri, with a repeater, KBBL-CA channel 56, in Springfield (renamed on July 14, 2006), and on "KNJE-LP" Channel 58 in Aurora. Coincidentally, KBBL is a radio station in the fictional town of Springfield in The Simpsons.
The station features programming including WWE Smackdown, Cops, Reno 911, Lost, American Chopper, Roseanne, Jerry Springer, Cheater's, MTV's Cribs, Business Profile, Trivial Pursuit and Access Hollywood.
KWBM was sold at auction to the Daystar Television Network on April 16, 2009.[2]
[edit] Digital television
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [3], the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, at the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KWBM was to have turned off its analog signal and turned on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").
As of December 2008[update], this station was scheduled to go dark in 2009. According to the station's DTV status report, "On December 8, 2008, the licensee's parent corporation filed a petition for bankruptcy relief under chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy code... This station must obtain post-petition financing and court approval before digital facilities may be constructed. The station will cease analog broadcasting on February 17, 2009, regardless of whether digital facilities are operational by that date. The station will file authority to remain silent if so required by the FCC."[4]
The end of national full-service analog TV shutdown had since been postponed to June 12, 2009 by the DTV Delay Act. Equity has applied for an extension of the digital construction permit in order to retain the broadcast license.
The sign-off of KWBM's analog signal resulted in the station disappearing from Dish Network; cable systems, such as Suddenlink and Charter, receive a direct link to the station and are not affected.
KBBL-CA, as a low-power broadcasting station, is not required to cease analog operation in 2009 but will need to move to another channel as UHF 52-69 will be removed from the bandplan.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2009/04/17/daily.11/
- ^ "Equity Auctions Off 60 Stations for $21.3M". TVnewsday. April 17, 2009. http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2009/04/17/daily.11/. Retrieved on April 18, 2009.
- ^ http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html
- ^ FCC DTV status report
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KWBM
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KBBL-CA
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KWBM-TV
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