KSWT
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Yuma, Arizona/El Centro, California United States |
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| Branding | 13 On Your Side |
| Slogan | On Your Side |
| Channels |
Digital: 13 (VHF) Virtual: 13 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 13.1 CBS 13.3 Estrella TV |
| Affiliations | CBS (since 1994; also from 1963–1970) |
| Owner |
Northwest Broadcasting (Blackhawk Broadcasting, LLC) |
| Operator | News-Press & Gazette Company |
| Founded | July 23, 1962 |
| First air date | November 2, 1963 |
| Call letters' meaning |
South West Triangle |
| Sister station(s) | KYMA-DT, KECY-TV, KESE-LP |
| Former callsigns | KBLU-TV (1963–1978) KYEL-TV (1978–1991) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 13 (VHF, 1962–2009) Digital: 16 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: NBC (1970–1988) ABC (1988–1994) Secondary: Telemundo (1990s–2000) DT2: The CW (2006–2010) Estrella TV DT3: Tuff TV |
| Transmitter power | 20 kW |
| Height | 480 m |
| Facility ID | 33639 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°3′18.1″N 114°49′42.3″W / 33.055028°N 114.828417°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.kswt.com |
KSWT, virtual and VHF digital channel 13, is a CBS-affiliated television station located in Yuma, Arizona, United States, that also serves El Centro, California. Owned by Northwest Broadcasting and operated by News-Press & Gazette Company via a shared services agreement (SSA), the station is sister to Yuma-licensed NBC affiliate KYMA-DT (channel 11), which is owned by Northwest and operated by NPG; El Centro-licensed Fox and ABC affiliate KECY-TV (channel 9), which is owned by NPG; and low-power Telemundo affiliate KESE-LP (analog channel 35), which is also owned by NPG. KSWT maintains transmitter facilities located northwest of Yuma. All three stations share studios located on South 4th Avenue in downtown Yuma.
When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lifted the freeze on new television station applications in 1952, they allocated VHF channels 11 and 13 for broadcast television service in Yuma. Valley Telecasting quickly applied for and opened KIVA on channel 11, becoming the city's first television station in October 1953. Wrather-Alvarez Broadcasting followed with a January 1956 application to build KYAT on channel 13, but failed, and in September 1958, the construction permit was dismissed. By November 1961, more than eight years after the arrival of local television, Yuma was still a one-station town.
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