KWNL-CD
{{Short description|Television station in Bentonville, Arkansas}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = KWNL-CD
| city = Bentonville, Arkansas
| logo = Univision Arkansas 2019.webp
| logo_size = 180px
| branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|Univision Arkansas}}
| digital = 32 (UHF)
| virtual = 14
| subchannels =
| translators = KXUN-LD 48 Fort Smith
| affiliations = Univision
| network =
| owner = Pinnacle Media, LLC
| licensee =
| location = Bentonville–Fayetteville, Arkansas
| country = United States
| airdate =
| last_airdate =
| callsign_meaning =
| sister_stations = KFFS-CD
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|K63EG (1989–2000)|K09XE (2000–2003)|KBBL-CA (2003–2006)|KWNL-CA (2006–2011)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 63 (UHF, 1989–2000)|Virtual: 9 (PSIP, 2011–2013)}}
| former_affiliations =
| erp = 15 kW
| haat = {{Convert|117.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 52426
| class = CD
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|36|08|50|N|94|11|14|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website =
}}
KWNL-CD (channel 14) is a low-power, Class A television station in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Pinnacle Media alongside Fayetteville–licensed Court TV affiliate KFFS-CD (channel 36). KWNL-CD's transmitter is located on South 56th Street in Springdale, Arkansas.
KXUN-LD (channel 48) in Fort Smith operates as a translator of KWNL-CD; this station's transmitter is located on Pernot Road in Van Buren.
History
The call letters were changed from KBBL-CA to KWNL-CA on July 6, 2006. On July 14, 2006, the KBBL-CA call letters reappeared on Channel 56 in Springfield, Missouri, curiously the namesake of the Simpsons' fictional hometown. However, that station is a translator of KWBM, Equity's MyNetworkTV station in that market, and likely not inspired by the KBBL-TV of The Simpsons.
At one point, KWNL aired local newscasts; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas, with reports produced in Fort Smith. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after then-owner Equity Media Holdings instituted a company wide suspension of news programs.{{cite news|first=Toby |last=Manthey |title=Equity ends newscasts; N.Y. station buy teeters |url=http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/228628/ |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |date=2008-06-14 |access-date=2008-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206235312/http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/228628/ |archive-date=February 6, 2009 }}
After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction,{{cite news|url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/14129.html|title=Equity stations still on the block|date=April 20, 2009|work=Television Business Report|access-date=April 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502204648/http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/14129.html|archive-date=May 2, 2009|url-status=dead}} KWNL was sold to Pinnacle Media in August 2009 (after having initially been included in Silver Point Finance's acquisition on June 2 of several Equity stations{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1324773&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=52418|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE|date=June 15, 2009|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=August 25, 2009}}), with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement (LMA) on August 5.{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1327335&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=52418|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE |date=August 14, 2009|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=August 25, 2009}}
Technical information
=Subchannels=
The stations' signals are multiplexed:
| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannel of KWNL-CD{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KWNL#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KWNL|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=January 28, 2025}} and KXUN-LD{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXUN#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KXUN|website=RabbitEars|accessdate=January 28, 2025}} ! scope = "col" colspan="2" | Channel ! scope = "col" rowspan="2" | Res. ! scope = "col" rowspan="2" | Aspect ! scope = "col" rowspan="2" | Short name ! scope = "col" rowspan="2" | Programming |
| scope = "col" | {{small|KWNL-CD}} || {{small|KXUN-LD}} |
|---|
| scope = "row" | 14.1 || 48.1 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{FCC-LMS-Facility|14387|KXUN-LD}}
{{Fort Smith TV}}
{{Other Arkansas Stations}}
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1989
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