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KWWE-LD
Lake Charles, Louisiana; United States;
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF); Virtual: 19;
Branding	MeTV & My 19 Lake Charles
Programming
Subchannels	19.1: MyNetworkTV/MeTV; 19.2: Telemundo; 19.3: Laff; 19.4: HSN; 19.5: Scripps News ; 19.6: JTV
Ownership
Owner	SagamoreHill Broadcasting; (SagamoreHill Lake Charles, LLC);
Sister stations	KSWL-LD
History
Founded	February 22, 2011
First air date	March 2017 (7 years ago)
Former call signs	K19JB-D (2011–2017)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	184601
ERP	15 kW
HAAT	163.5 m (536 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	30°13′16.4″N 93°18′40.9″W / 30.221222°N 93.311361°W
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Public license information	LMS

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KWWE-LD (channel 19) is a low-power television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV, MeTV, and Telemundo. It is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting alongside CBS affiliate KSWL-LD (channel 17). Both stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles, while KWWE-LD's transmitter is located at the KTSR tower in Westlake.

History

Although granted a construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 22, 2011, the station did not make it to air for another six years or so. The permit was granted under the assigned callsign of K19JB-D. It was originally owned by DTV America of Sunrise, Florida.

DTV America, which have launched several low-powered television stations in several other markets providing multicast network programming throughout the mid 2010s, initially planned to launch a MyNetworkTV/DrTV hybrid station on UHF channel 19 as they held a construction permit under a callsign of K19JB-D, but it never went on the air.

Those plans were canceled indefinitely in February 2017 when the permit for K19JB-D was sold to Lake Charles Television, LLC, a unit of Waypoint Media, which signed on CBS affiliate KSWL-LD in the same month.^[2]

The callsign was changed to the current KWWE-LD on February 7, 2017. The following month, KWWE-LD signed on as the area's first MyNetworkTV affiliate, but instead of DrTV, some syndicated programming surrounded the network's primetime schedule. Prior to this, KADN-DT3 in Lafayette (and its sister station and now-NBC affiliate KLAF-LD prior to that) served as the market's default MyNetworkTV affiliate. KWWE-LD's sign-on also left ABC as the only major network not available on a local outlet in the Lake Charles area (Lafayette's KATC-TV and/or Beaumont, Texas-based KBMT served as Lake Charles' default ABC affiliates until August 31, 2017 when Fox affiliate KVHP launched an ABC affiliate on its DT2 subchannel^[3]).

In addition to MyNetworkTV programming, KWWE-LD also serves as the Lake Charles market's MeTV affiliate, filling in programming for all time slots outside of the MyNetworkTV programming schedule with the MeTV schedule.^[4] Initially shown by itself on its LD2 subchannel, MeTV programming has since moved to KWWE-LD's main channel and was replaced on LD2 with a simulcast of KSWL-LD. In 2019, the station added Telemundo to its third subchannel.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of KWWE-LD^[5]
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
19.1	480i	16:9	KWWELD1	Main KWWE-LD programming / MyNetworkTV & MeTV
19.2	720p		Telemun	Telemundo
19.3	480i		Sonlife	Sonlife
19.4			HSN	HSN
19.5			JTV	Jewelry Television

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for KWWE-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Lake Charles gets a local CBS television station". AmericanPress.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-02-19.
^ Miller, Mark (23 August 2017). "KVHP Launching ABC Feed On Subchannel". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ "Where to Watch MeTV In Lake Charles". © 2018 MeTV National Limited Partnership. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
^ Digital TV Market Listing for KWWE-LD

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[1] "Facility Technical Data for KWWE-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[AmericanPress-2] "Lake Charles gets a local CBS television station". AmericanPress.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-20. Retrieved 2017-02-19.

[3] Miller, Mark (23 August 2017). "KVHP Launching ABC Feed On Subchannel". TVNewsCheck. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[4] "Where to Watch MeTV In Lake Charles". © 2018 MeTV National Limited Partnership. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

[5] Digital TV Market Listing for KWWE-LD

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v t e Broadcast television in Southwest Louisiana (South Central Louisiana/Western Acadiana)
This region includes the following cities: Lake Charles DeRidder Jennings Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Local stations	KPLC (7.1 NBC, 7.2 CW+, 7.3 Bounce, 7.4 Grit, 7.5 Dabl, 7.6 Mystery) KSWL-LD (17.1 CBS, 17.2 Court, 17.3 Laff, 17.4 QVC, 17.5 Mystery) KLTL-TV (18.1 PBS/LPB, 18.2 PBS Kids, 18.3 Create) KWWE-LD (19.1 MNTV/MeTV, 19.2 TMD, 19.3 Sonlife, 19.4 HSN, 19.5 JTV) KFAM-CD 24 (Ind.) KVHP (29.1 Fox, 29.2 ABC, 29.3 Blank, 29.4 Ion, 29.5 Ion+, 29.6 Laff) KITU-TV (34.1 TBN, 34.2 Inspire, 34.3 Enlace, 34.4 Smile) K21OB-D (45.1 Ind.)
Distant stations	Lafayette KATC (3.1 ABC, 3.2 Laff, 3.3 Grit, 3.4 Court, 3.5 Bounce, 3.6 QVC) KLFY-TV (10.1 CBS, 10.2 CW+, 10.3 Ion, 10.4 Ion Mystery) KLAF-LD (14.1 NBC) KADN-TV (15.1 Fox, 15.2 NBC, 15.3 MNTV, 15.4 Toons, 15.5 Dabl) KDCG-CD (22.1 H&I, 22.2 Get, 22.3 Buzzr, 22.4 Movies!) KXKW-LD (32.1/.3 Action/simulcast of KLWB-FM 103.7, 32.2 ANT, 32.4 Crime, 32.5 Quest) KLWB (50.1 MeTV, 50.2 H&I, 50.3 TMD, 50.4 Start, 50.5 Cozi, 50.6 Story) Beaumont KBTV-TV (4.1 Dabl, 4.2 TBD, 4.3 Comet, 4.4 Nest, 4.5 Charge!) KFDM (6.1 CBS, 6.2 CW+, 6.3 Fox) KBMT (12.1 ABC, 12.2 NBC, 12.3 Cozi, 12.4 MeTV, 12.7 Crime, 12.8 Quest, 12.16 Crime → The365 (soon))
Defunct	KTAG-TV 25 (DuMont/CBS/ABC) KYHT-LD (43.1 Heartland, 43.2 VidorVision, 43.3 FAM, 43.4 Familia TV, 43.5 Rev'n, 43.6 Retro, 43.7 KHTW)
Louisiana broadcast television areas by city Alexandria Baton Rouge Lafayette Lake Charles Monroe New Orleans Shreveport/Texarkana

v t e SagamoreHill Broadcasting
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
The CW	KFJX-DT2 ¹ KVCT-DT3 ¹ WLTZ-DT2 ²
Fox	KFJX ¹ KJTV-TV ² KVCT ¹ KXLT-TV ²
NBC	WLTZ ² WNBJ-LD WVNC-LD
CBS	KSWL-LD KZTV ³
Other	KGKC-LD (TMD) KJTV-CD (Ind.) ² KWWE-LD (MyN) WBWP-LD (Ind.) WNCF (ABC) ⁴ WPVS-LD (Silent)
¹ KFJX and KVCT are operated by Morgan Murphy Media under an SSA. ² KJTV, KXLT and WLTZ are operated by Gray Television under an SSA. ³ KZTV is operated by the E. W. Scripps Company under an SSA. ⁴ WNCF is operated by Bahakel Communications under an SSA.