KSWL-LD
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Lake Charles, Louisiana United States |
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| Branding | CBS Lake Charles |
| Channels |
Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 17 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 17.1 CBS |
| Owner | Waypoint Media (Lake Charles Television, LLC) |
| First air date | February 15, 2017 |
| Sister station(s) | KWWE-LD |
| Former callsigns | K17KH-D (2011–2017) |
| Transmitter power | 15 kW |
| Height | 167 meters (548 ft) |
| Facility ID | 185296 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°13′15.66″N 93°18′40″W / 30.2210167°N 93.31111°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
KSWL-LD is a digital low-powered television station that is licensed to and located in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Owned and operated by Waypoint Media, the station is the area’s CBS affiliate. The station’s digital signal is broadcast over UHF channel 17 (virtual channel 17 via PSIP).
KSWL-LD is sister to low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate KWWE-LD and the two stations share offices on West Prien Lake Road, with transmitter at the KTSR tower in Westlake.
In 2011, the FCC awarded the construction permit for the station, with the call sign of K17KH-D. The current KSWL-LD calls were adapted on February 10, 2017. Five days later, the station went on the air as the Lake Charles area’s CBS affiliate.
KSWL-LD is the area’s first CBS affiliate since the shutdown of its original CBS affiliate, KTAG-TV (UHF channel 25), in August 1961. Between that time, KLFY-TV in Lafayette and KFDM of Beaumont, Texas served as the default CBS affiliates for the area. With KSWL-LD's sign-on as part of CBS, and sister station KWWE-LD shortly to sign on as a MyNetworkTV affiliate, the Lake Charles area is now served by in-market affiliates of every major television network except for ABC, which is still available on cable in the area from KATC in Lafayette or KBMT in Beaumont.
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