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]

DKJCW
Sheridan, Wyoming
ChannelsAnalog: 7 (VHF)
Programming
AffiliationsDefunct
Ownership
OwnerWestern Family Television, Inc.
History
First air date
April 2002 (2002-04)
Last air date
May 9, 2009 (2009-05-09)
(license deleted on December 23, 2010)
Former call signs
KBNM (April-November 2002)
KSWY (November 2002–2010)
CBS (via KTVQ, April-November 2002)
NBC (sole affiliation, November 2002-2003; as satellite of KCWY, 2003–2009)
Technical information
Facility ID81191
ERP125 watts
HAAT−52 meters (−171 ft)
Transmitter coordinates44°46′42.0″N 106°56′16.0″W

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. "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. "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.
  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.
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