KJCW (TV)

KJCW
Channels
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerWestern Family Television, Inc.
History
First air date
April 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04)
Last air date
May 9, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-05-09) (license deleted on December 23, 2010)
Former call signs
  • KBNM (April–November 2002)
  • KSWY (November 2002–2010)
Technical information
Facility ID81191
ERP125 watts
HAAT−52 meters (−171 ft)
Transmitter coordinates44°46′42.0″N 106°56′16.0″W / 44.778333°N 106.937778°W / 44.778333; -106.937778 (KJCW)

KJCW, VHF analog channel 7, was a television station licensed to Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. The station was owned by Western Family Television. Its license was canceled and call sign deleted on December 23, 2010.[1]

History

The station signed on in April 2002 as KBNM under the ownership of Sunbelt Communications Company. The station displaced K07HC, a translator for CBS affiliate KTVQ (channel 2) in Billings, Montana, to channel 9 as K09XK; in its earliest months, KBNM served as a temporary satellite of KTVQ, but with plans to become an NBC affiliate.[2] After joining NBC, the station, which was renamed KSWY on November 1, 2002,[3] served as a pass-through for NBC programming, with virtually no local content (including commercials);[4] this ended on September 1, 2003,[5] at which point it became a satellite of sister station KCWY (channel 13) in Casper, Wyoming (which joined NBC that same day).

In 2008, Sunbelt exchanged KSWY to Western Family Television in exchange for KJCW-LP (channel 29),[6] which had previously been listed as a JCTV affiliate.[7] When the sale closed on May 9, 2009, KSWY went silent due to the loss of its tower site;[8] its programming then moved to channel 29, renamed KSWY-LP. The KSWY callsign remained on channel 7 as well until May 4, 2010, when it took the KJCW callsign abandoned by KSWY-LP a year prior.[3] The station proposed to return to the air (with the JCTV programming previously seen on KJCW-LP/KSWY-LP) from a temporary site as it continued to seek a permanent transmitter location.[9] On December 23, 2010, the FCC canceled its license and deleted the KJCW call sign;[1] its records indicated that the station did not return to the air within a year of May 9, 2009, triggering the automatic expiration of the KJCW license.[10]

As an affiliate of KTVQ, the station's transmitter was co-located with KPRQ 88.1 FM just off Red Grade Road southwest of Sheridan. KTVQ now operates a translator on channel 9 (K09XK-D) from the same site.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Station Search Details". Federal Communications Commission. December 23, 2010. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  2. ^ "Some TV stations to change for area antenna users" (PDF). The Sheridan Press. June 15, 2002. p. 3. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  4. ^ "Children's Television Programming Report (1)". Federal Communications Commission. May 15, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  5. ^ "Children's Television Programming Report (2)". Federal Communications Commission. September 14, 2007. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  6. ^ "TV and LPTV swapped in northern Wyoming". Television Business Report. August 15, 2008. Retrieved March 21, 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "JCTV Distribution List" (PDF). JCTV. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  8. ^ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. June 22, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2010.
  9. ^ "Engineering STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. May 21, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  10. ^ Pendarvis, Clay C. (December 23, 2010). "Re: KJCW, Sheridan, Wyoming…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  11. ^ "Sheridan County RTLI Coverage". Ubstudios.com. Retrieved February 13, 2016.