KBCA
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Alexandria, Louisiana United States |
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| Channels | Digital: 41 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Heroes & Icons |
| Owner | Wilderness Communications, LLC |
| First air date | June 1, 2005 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Blanchard Chatelain Azar (owners' initials) |
| Former channel number(s) | 41 (UHF analog, 2005–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
The WB (2005–2006) The CW (2006–2016) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 302.7 m |
| Facility ID | 16940 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°54′17″N 92°37′28″W / 30.90472°N 92.62444°W |
KBCA is a television station in Alexandria, Louisiana, broadcasting locally on channel 41 as an affiliate of Heroes & Icons. It is owned by Carencro, Louisiana-based Wilderness Communications. Its transmitter is based in the nearby town of Oakdale, Louisiana, which is in Louisiana. The station is responsible for transmitting TV signals for channel 41.
In early 2004, rumors had been spreading in the Alexandria market of a possible new television station to be launched. Local media insiders believed White Knight Broadcasting, then owners of Fox affiliate WNTZ was negotiating the purchase of the new channel with plans of moving the Fox affiliation to it. Eventually, upon petitioning the FCC for the new channel, the plans were denied. The owners of White Knight eventually spoke to the previous of owners of WNTZ, Delta Media Corporation. Delta Media executives created a new corporate name, Dimension Broadcasting (a shell company for Wilderness Communications, LLC, another shell broadcasting company Delta Media owned and operated), and petitioned the FCC for the new license and won, becoming Dimension's charter station.
KBCA first signed on the air on June 1, 2005 as a WB Network affiliate. At the time of KBCA's sign-on, The WB Television Network had a group of cable-only stations in markets below the top 99 television media markets in the United States, called The WB 100+ Station Group. Since the WB 100+ was created before digital television was easily available in the United States, most WB 100+ stations were only available on cable, with a few over-the-air broadcast stations. Prior to KBCA's sign-on, the WB was only available to local cable subscribers. During this time, the "WB station" in Alexandria was identified by two different station call letters. It began as "KCLA" WB channel 6, and then later as "KAXN" WB channel 65.
White Knight Broadcasting was instrumental in assisting Dimension Broadcasting establish a relationship with the WB 100+ Station Group for the new KBCA, since White Knight also had previously owned the LMA to the Alexandria WB 100+ cable-only affiliate, KAXN. Furthermore, the Dimension/Wilderness and White Knight relationship helped the owners of Dimension/Wilderness eventually purchase two more stations, KLWB in Lafayette, Louisiana, and KCEB in Tyler, Texas. Both of these stations became WB affiliates (under the WB 100+ Station Group). In turn, the Dimension Broadcasting ownership allowed White Knight to operate KBCA under a LMA, managed by the staff of WNTZ. The headquarters and master control operation for KBCA (and later KLWB) eventually were established in Carencro, Louisiana, in space once occupied by a restaurant owned by Delta Media that houses that company's television and radio properties. KBCA established its local base of operation within offices Delta Media own along Alexandria's Jackson Street, which at the time were being rented by White Knight for WNTZ's base of operation.
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