KCWQ-LP
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Palm Springs, California United States |
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| Branding | Palm Springs CW 5 |
| Channels |
Analog: 2 (VHF) Digital: 26 (UHF) & KESQ-DT 42.8 (UHF, 2.3) |
| Subchannels | 2.3 The CW (via The CW Plus) |
| Owner |
News-Press & Gazette Company (Gulf-California Broadcast Company) |
| Founded | unknown |
| Call letters' meaning | The CW KESQ |
| Sister station(s) | KESQ, KPSP-CD, KDFX-CD, KUNA-LP/LD, KUNA-FM, KESQ-AM |
| Former callsigns | "KCWB" |
| Former affiliations | The WB (via The WB 100+) |
| Transmitter power | 1 kW (analog) 0.325 kW (digital) 50 kW (KESQ-DT8) |
| Height | 168 m 219 m (KESQ-DT8) |
| Facility ID | 130100 (analog) 167761 (digital) 25577 (KESQ-DT8) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°52′0″N 116°26′5.5″W / 33.86667°N 116.434861°W |
KCWQ-LP is the low-powered CW-affiliated television station for the Coachella Valley that is licensed to Palm Springs. It broadcasts an analog signal on VHF channel 2 and a digital signal (KCWQ-LD) on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and I-10. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, the station is sister to ABC affiliate KESQ-TV, CBS affiliate KPSP-CD, Class A Fox affiliate KDFX-CD, and low-powered Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP/LD. All four stations share studios on Melanie Place in Palm Desert. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 5 hence the Palm Springs CW 5 branding.
Televisions with digital tuners can view KCWQ-LP on KESQ's eighth digital subchannel that is identified on-air via PSIP as 2.3. This is unlike most subchannels that officially identify with a physical digital channel. With the switch to digital-only broadcasting on June 12, 2009, KCWQ had a construction permit to build a low-powered digital signal of its own. Originally, the station was a WB affiliate as part of the cable-only WB 100+ operation. As such, it used the "KCWB" call sign in a fictional manner.
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