KGCW-TV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KGCW-TV
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Quad Cities CW
analog = 26 (UHF)
digital = 41 (UHF) and KLJB-DT 18.2
other_chs =
subchannels = 26.1 The CW
network =
founded =
airdate = January 1988
location = Burlington/Davenport, Iowa/
Rock Island/Moline, Illinois
callsign_meaning = Grant CW
former_callsigns = KJMH (1988-2001)
KGWB-TV (2001-2006)
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Grant Broadcasting System II, Inc.
licensee = Burlington Television Acquisition Licensing, LLC
sister_stations = KLJB-TV
former_affiliations = Fox (1988-2001)
The WB (2001-2006)
effective_radiated_power = 200 kW (analog)
500 kW (digital)
HAAT = 96 m (analog)
388 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 7841
coordinates = coord|40|49|26|N|91|8|22|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (analog)
coord|41|8|8|N|90|48|30|W|type:landmark_scale:2000 (digital)
homepage = [http://www.kgcwtv.com/ www.kgcwtv.com]

KGCW-TV is a CW affiliate for the Quad Cities. The station, which is owned by Burlington Television Acquisitions (a subsidiary of Grant Broadcasting, making it a sister station to KLJB-TV), broadcasts at analog channel 26/digital channel 41 and is licensed to Burlington, Iowa. Its analog transmitter is located in Burlington and its digital transmitter is located near Aledo, Illinois, half-way in between Burlington and the Quad Cities.

KGCW's full-powered analog signal fails to cover the Quad Cities adequately, as low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate WBQD-LP also broadcasts on channel 26. However, this is made up by the station being available on cable systems in the area and on KLJB's DT2 subcarrier.

Digital television

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , KGCW will continue broadcasts on channel 41, using PSIP to display KGCW's virtual channel as 26.

It is anticipated that the digital transmitter near Aledo will finally give the station full over-the-air HDTV coverage of the Quad Cities television market, including its city of license Burlington to the southwest and the larger Quad Cities Metropolitan Area to the northeast.

History

KGCW signed on the air in 1988 as KJMH, a Fox affiliate, but in the years that followed KJMH suffered interference and duplication from nearby Fox affiliate KLJB-TV. Eventually, the two stations began to simulcast, an arrangement that lasted from 1996 until 2001, when KJMH became "The WB" affiliate for the Quad Cities, adopting the KGWB-TV call sign. In 2006, the station was picked as "The CW Television Network" affiliate for the area. To reflect this affiliation, KGWB changed its call letters to KGCW-TV on June 30, 2006. The current CW logo is not in the standard CW logo color, which is green.

References

External links

* [http://www.kgcwtv.com/ Official website]
*TVQ|KGCW
*BIA|KGCW|TV|TV