KWNL-CD

KWNL-CD
Winslow / Fort Smith, Arkansas United States

Branding	Univisión Arkansas
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 31 (PSIP)
Subchannels	31.1 Univision 31.2 MeTV
Affiliations	Univision
Owner	Pinnacle Media
Call letters' meaning	WiNsLow
Sister station(s)	KMYA-DT, KLRA-CD, KXUN-LD, KFDF-CD
Former callsigns	K63EG (1989–2000) K09XE (2000–2003) KBBL-CA (2003–2006) KWNL-CA (2006–2011)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 63 (UHF, 1989–2000) Virtual: 9 (PSIP, 2011–2013)
Transmitter power	15 kW
Height	117 m
Facility ID	52426
Transmitter coordinates	36°08′50.0″N 94°11′13.0″W / 36.147222°N 94.186944°W / 36.147222; -94.186944
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS

KWNL-CD, virtual channel 31, is the Univision-affiliated television station, serving the Fort Smith area, licensed to Winslow, Arkansas. Owned by Pinnacle Media. The station broadcasts its digital signal on UHF channel 31.

History

The call letters were changed from KBBL-CA to KWNL-CA on July 6, 2006. As of 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 companywide suspension of news programs.^[1]

After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction,^[2] 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^[3]), with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement on August 5.^[4]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[5]
31.1	1080i	16:9	KLRA-CD	Main KWNL-CD programming / Univision
31.2	480i	4:3	KMYA-DT	Simulcast of KMYA-DT

References

↑ 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. 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

External links

Query the FCC's TV station database for KWNL-CD

Television stations in Northwest Arkansas, the Arkansas River Valley, McDonald County, Missouri and eastern Oklahoma, including Fort Smith, Fayetteville and Rogers

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations

Fayetteville / Springdale / Rogers / Tahlequah	K04DY (NBC translator based in Northeastern State University) KFSM-TV (5.1 CBS, 5.2 MNTV, 5.3 ANT) KAFT (13.1 PBS/AETN, 13.2 AETN Plus World, 13.3 Create, 13.4 AIRS) KAJL-LD (16.1 Telemundo, 16.2 Grit, 16.3 GetTV, 16.4 Buzzr) K22HS-D (22.1 GCN) KHOG (29.1 ABC, 29.2 CW+) KWNL-CD (31.1 UNI, 31.2 MeTV) KEGW-LD 30/KKAF-CD 33/KFFS-CD 36 (xx.1 MundoMax, xx.2 MeTV) KXNW (34.1 MNTV, 34.2 ANT, 34.3 CBS) KWOG (39.1 DS) K48MR-D (48.1 The Family Channel) KNWA (51.1 NBC, 51.2 FOX, 51.3 Grit, 51.4 Laff)

Fort Smith / Van Buren / Sallisaw / Mena	K04RA-D (32.1 A1) KOET 3 (PBS / OETA) KFSM-TV (5.1 CBS, 5.2 MNTV, 5.3 ANT) KXUN-LD (43.1 UNI, 43.2 MeTV) KAFT (13.1 PBS/AETN, 13.2 AETN Plus World, 13.3 Create, 13.4 AIRS) KFLU-LD (20.1 Bounce TV, 20.2 Grit, 20.3 Escape, 20.4 Laff) KFTA (24.1 Fox, 24.2 NBC, 24.3 Escape, 24.4 Bounce TV) KRAH-CD 33/KFDF-CD 44 (xx.1 MundoMax, 31.2 MeTV) KHBS (40.1 ABC, 40.2 CW+)

Adjacent locals

Little Rock	KETS (2.1 PBS, 2.2 Create, 2.3 AETN+/World, 2.4 AIRS) KARK-TV (4.1 NBC, 4.2 Laff) KTHV (11.1 CBS, 11.2 ANT, 11.3 Justice)

Springfield, MO	KYTV (3.1 NBC, 3.2 WeatherNation TV, 3.3 Cozi TV) KOLR (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Laff, 10.3 Grit)

Tulsa	KOTV-DT (6.1 CBS, 6.2 CW, 6.3 News) KTUL (8.1 ABC, 8.2 Comet, 8.3 ANT) KQCW-DT (19.1 CW)

Joplin	KOAM-TV (7.1 CBS, 7.2 FOX) KODE-TV (12.1 ABC, 12.2 Grit, 12.3 Bounce TV) KFJX (14.1 FOX)

Defunct stations

KPBI 46 (Fox/MNTV)
K67EO 67 (CBS via KFSM-TV, Bentonville)

Oklahoma broadcast television areas by city: Ada/Sherman, TX; Amarillo, TX; Fort Smith, AR (Eastern OK); Joplin, MO (Northeast OK); Lawton/Wichita Falls, TX; Oklahoma City Metro; Texarkana, TX–AR/Shreveport, LA; Tulsa (East Central OK)

See also: Little Rock TV; Springfield TV

Other television stations in the state of Arkansas

Fort Smith/Fayetteville market	KFDF-CD 10 / 44.1 (This TV/Me-TV/WN, Fort Smith) KWNL-CD 31 / KXUN-LD 43 (UNI, Winslow) KFSM 5.2/KXNW 34.1 (MNTV/ANT, Eureka Springs) KWOG 57 (Daystar, Springdale)

Jonesboro market	KVTJ 48 (Religious Ind./VTN/TLN, Jonesboro)

Little Rock market	KVTN 25 / KVTH 26 (Religious Ind./VTN/TLN, Pine Bluff / Hot Springs) KKAP 36 (Daystar, Little Rock) KMYA-DT 49 / KLRA-CD 20 (Me-TV, Camden / Little Rock) KKYK-CD 58 (Univision, Little Rock)

Springfield, MO market	KTKO-LP 8 (Ion, Harrison) K26GS 26 (RTV/ANT/This/Me, Harrison) K54FH 54 (CTN/FN, Green Forest)

Defunct	KJLR-LP 28 (AMGTV, Little Rock)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Arkansas

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