KCWI
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Ames/Des Moines, Iowa United States |
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| City | Ames, Iowa |
| Branding | KCWI 23, The CW |
| Slogan | We're Your Station! |
| Channels |
Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 23 () |
| Subchannels | 23.1 The CW 23.2 Escape 23.3 Bounce TV |
| Affiliations | The CW (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 20, 2001 |
| Call letters' meaning | The CW Iowa |
| Sister station(s) | WOI-DT |
| Former callsigns | KPWB-TV (2001–2006) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 23 (UHF, 2001–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: The WB (2001–2006) Secondary: UPN (2001–2003) |
| Transmitter power | 246 kW |
| Height | 610 m |
| Facility ID | 51502 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 41°49′48″N 93°36′54″W / 41.83000°N 93.61500°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | KCWI |
KCWI-TV is the CW-affiliated television station for the Des Moines, Iowa metropolitan area that is licensed to Ames. Broadcasting on UHF channel 23 from a transmitter near Alleman, KCWI is owned by Nexstar Media Group and is part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate WOI-DT (channel 5). Both stations share studios on Westown Parkway in West Des Moines. Syndicated programs seen on KCWI include The Middle, Family Guy, The King of Queens and Modern Family.
Channel 23 first signed on the air on January 20, 2001 under the callsign KPWB-TV (the KPWB calls were originally used by KMAX-TV in Sacramento, California during that station's 1995 to 1998 tenure as a WB affiliate under Pappas Telecasting ownership, before later becoming a UPN owned-and-operated station and then joining The CW). The station originally maintained a primary affiliation with The WB and a secondary affiliation with UPN. KPWB dropped UPN programming in 2003, carrying the full WB primetime and Kids' WB lineups during the remainder of the station's tenure with the network. Prior to the station's launch, this area had been without programming from The WB; from 1995 to 1999, The WB programming was available on Des Moines-Ames cable systems via the former superstation feed of WGN-TV in Chicago.
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