KGET-DT2

Infobox Broadcast
call_letters = "KWFB"
station_
station_branding = "Bakersfield's CW12"
analog = Cable 12
digital = KGET-DT 17.2 (UHF 25)
affiliations = The CW
founded =
location =flagicon|USA Bakersfield, California
callsign_meaning =
owner = Newport Television
former_affiliations = The WB (to 9/2006)
homepage = [http://yourcwtv.com/partners/bakersfield/ Bakersfield's CW]

KGET-DT2 (formerly known by the fictional callsign "KWFB") is the The CW affiliate for the Bakersfield, California DMA. A sister station to NBC affiliate KGET-TV, the station is part of The CW Plus, a series of cable outlets for markets below the top hundred in the country.

The KWFB call sign was fictional, as the original "KWFB" was cable-only (Bakersfield cable 12) and not a licenced over-the-air broadcaster. Like many US cable-only stations with fictional WBxx or KWxx calls, KWFB was part of the The WB 100+ Station Group before the network ceased operations in September 2006, merging with UPN to form the new network The CW.

KWFB's future after The WB and UPN ceased operations initially was unknown, as it did not have an affiliation agreement with the network at the time. However, the CW affiliation eventually ended up on KWFB and a new digital subchannel of KGET while former local UPN affiliate KUVI-TV affiliated with My Network TV.

On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations unit, including KWFB's parent station KGET, to the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners. [cite press release|title=Clear Channel Agrees to Sell Television Station Group to Providence Equity Partners|publisher=Clear Channel Communications|url=http://www.clearchannel.com/Corporate/PressRelease.aspx?PressReleaseID=1943|date=2007-04-20|accessdate=2007-04-20]

The operation of KWFB is expected to remain unchanged after the sale is finalized.

References

External links

* [http://yourcwtv.com/partners/bakersfield/ Bakersfield's CW]
* [http://www.kget.com/ www.kget.com]