KBBL-TV
 
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Eureka Springs/Fort Smith/ Fayetteville, Arkansas United States |
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| City | Eureka Springs, Arkansas |
| Branding | KXNW 34 (general) 5 News (newscasts) Channel 5 (on DT3) |
| Channels |
Digital: 34 (UHF) (to move to 25 (UHF)) & KFSM-DT 18.2 (UHF) Virtual: 34 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 34.1 MyNetworkTV 34.2 Antenna TV 34.3 CBS |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV (2006–2009, 2012–present) |
| Owner |
Tribune Broadcasting (sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group pending) (Tribune Broadcasting Fort Smith License, LLC) |
| First air date | June 2000 |
| Call letters' meaning | K X North West Arkansas (viewing area) |
| Sister station(s) | KFSM-TV |
| Former callsigns | KWBS-TV (2000–2004) KWFT (2004–2006) KBBL-TV (2006) KPBI (2006–2012) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 34 (UHF, 2000–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DT1: Pax TV (2000–2003) Lick TV (2003–2004) The WB (2004–2006) MeTV/RTV/Tuff TV (2009–2012) DT2: Univision (until 2012, via KXUN-LP) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW 1000 kW (KFSM-DT2) |
| Height | 224.4 m (736 ft) 286 m (938 ft) (KFSM-DT2) |
| Facility ID | 81593 66469 (KFSM-DT2) |
| Transmitter coordinates |
36°24′41″N 93°57′13″W / 36.41139°N 93.95361°W 35°49′49.2″N 94°9′24.1″W / 35.830333°N 94.156694°W (KFSM-DT2) |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | 5newsonline.com |
KXNW, UHF digital channel 34, is the MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for Northwest Arkansas that is licensed to Eureka Springs. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of Tribune Media Company as part of a duopoly with Fort Smith-based CBS affiliate KFSM-TV (channel 5). Both stations share studios located on North 13th Street in downtown Fort Smith.
While Eureka Springs is located in the Springfield, Missouri market, Nielsen considers this station to be part of the Fort Smith/Fayetteville market.
Channel 34 began operations in 2000 as KWBS-TV, which stood for WB Springfield; however, original station owner Equity Broadcasting decided to make another new station, KWBM (channel 31), as the WB-affiliate for Springfield, and KWBS instead affiliated with Pax (now Ion Television). KWBS dropped the Pax-affiliation in 2003 in favor of the Equity-owned Lick TV, which was a short-lived network that broadcast professional wrestling events. But one year, later the station dropped that network and finally affiliated with The WB as its Northwest Arkansas affiliate. This was accompanied by a call-letter change to KWFT.
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