KWNL-CD
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| City | Bentonville, Arkansas |
| Channels | |
| Branding | Univision Arkansas |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | Univision |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Pinnacle Media, LLC |
| KFFS-CD | |
| History | |
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Former channel number(s) |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 52426 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 117.9 m (387 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°08′50″N 94°11′14″W / 36.14722°N 94.18722°W |
| Translator(s) | KXUN-LD 48 Fort Smith |
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Public license information | |
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
[edit]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.[2]
After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction,[3] 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[4]), with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement (LMA) on August 5.[5]
Technical information
[edit]Subchannels
[edit]The stations' signals are multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | |
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| KWNL-CD | KXUN-LD | ||||
| 14.1 | 48.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | KWNL-CD | Univision |
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for KWNL-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Manthey, Toby (2008-06-14). "Equity ends newscasts; N.Y. station buy teeters". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Equity stations still on the block". Television Business Report. April 20, 2009. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 15, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
- ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KWNL". RabbitEars. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
- ^ "RabbitEars TV Query for KXUN". RabbitEars. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 14387 (KXUN-LD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
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