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Television station in Louisiana, United States
KSWL-LD
(channel 17) is a
low-power television station
in
Lake Charles, Louisiana
, United States, affiliated with
CBS
. It is owned by
SagamoreHill Broadcasting
alongside
MyNetworkTV
/
MeTV
/
Telemundo
affiliate
KWWE-LD
(channel 19). The two stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles; KSWL-LD's transmitter is located at the
KTSR
tower in
Westlake
.
History
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In 2011, the FCC awarded a
construction permit
for the station, with the
call sign
of K17KH-D. The current KSWL-LD calls were adopted on February 10, 2017. Five days later, the station went on the air as the Lake Charles area's CBS affiliate.
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KSWL-LD is the area's first CBS affiliate since the
shutdown
of its original CBS affiliate,
KTAG-TV
(UHF channel 25), in August 1961.
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Between that time,
KLFY-TV
in
Lafayette
served as the default CBS affiliate via cable for Southwestern Louisiana, while
Beaumont
affiliate
KFDM
was carried by a few cable providers in some areas of the market. Between KSWL-LD's sign-on as part of CBS, sister station
KWWE-LD
's sign on as a
MyNetworkTV
affiliate, and Fox affiliate
KVHP
launching
ABC
programming on its DT2 subchannel, the year 2017 marks the first time that the Lake Charles area has received over-the-air service from every major television network, having previously relied on
cable television
to supply network affiliates from Lafayette and Beaumont for CBS, ABC, MyNetworkTV, and until 2009,
The CW
.
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News operation
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The station is unusual among CBS affiliates in that it carries no local news. However, it airs local weather inserts during
CBS Mornings
as well as a five-minute weathercast at the conclusion of CBS' prime time programming. KSWL also produces and airs two sports programs focused on Southwest Louisiana-area sports:
Sound Off
, which is a call-in show about secondary and postsecondary sports, and
Poke Nation
, covering sports at
McNeese State University
.
Subchannels
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The station's signal is
multiplexed
:
References
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Local stations
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- 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
Scripps News
)
- 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
Defy
, 29.6
Laff
)
- KITU-TV
(34.1
TBN
, 34.2
Inspire
, 34.3
Enlace
, 34.4
Smile
)
- K21OB-D
(45.1
Ind.
)
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Distant
stations
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- Lafayette
- KATC
(3.1
ABC
, 3.2
CW+
, 3.3
Grit
, 3.4
Court
, 3.5
Bounce
, 3.6
QVC
)
- KLFY-TV
(10.1
CBS
, 10.2
Dabl
, 10.3
Ion
, 10.4
Laff
)
- KLAF-LD
(14.1
NBC
)
- KADN-TV
(15.1
Fox
,
15.2
NBC
, 15.3
MNTV
)
- KDCG-CD
(22.1
H&I
, 22.2
Get
, 22.3
Buzzr
, 22.4
Movies!
)
- KXKW-LD
(32.1
NewsNet
, 32.2
ANT
, 32.3
NewsNet
, 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
)
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Defunct
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