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KWBQ

KWBQ / KRWB-TV
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KWBQ: Santa Fe/Albuquerque, New Mexico
KRWB: Roswell, New Mexico
United States
Branding New Mexico's CW
Slogan Dare to Defy
See funny, CW!
Channels Digital:
KWBQ: 29 (UHF)
KRWB: 21 (UHF)
Virtual:
KWBQ: 19 ()
KRWB: 21 (PSIP)
Subchannels 19.1/21.1 The CW
19.2/21.2 Grit
19.3/21.3 Laff
19.4/21.4 Ion
Affiliations The CW (2006–present)
Owner Tamer Media, LLC
(KASY-TV Licensee LLC)
Operator Nexstar Media Group
Founded KWBQ: April 11, 1997
KRWB: February 4, 2003
First air date KWBQ: March 5, 1999; 18 years ago (1999-03-05)
KRWB: February 18, 2003; 14 years ago (2003-02-18)
Call letters' meaning KWBQ: The WB (former affiliation) AlbuQuerque
KRWB: Roswell's WB
Sister station(s) KRQE
KASY-TV
Former channel number(s) Analog:
KWBQ:
19 (UHF, 1999–2009)
KRWB:
21 (UHF, 2003–2009)
Former affiliations The WB (1999–2006)
Transmitter power KWBQ: 245 kW
KRWB: 1000 kW
Height KWBQ: 1,289 m (4,229 ft)
KRWB: 128 m (420 ft)
Facility ID KWBQ: 76268
KRWB: 84157
Transmitter coordinates KWBQ: 35°12′44″N 106°26′59″W / 35.21222°N 106.44972°W / 35.21222; -106.44972
KRWB: 33°6′1.3″N 104°15′17″W / 33.100361°N 104.25472°W / 33.100361; -104.25472 (KRWB-TV)
Licensing authority FCC
Public license information: / KRWB-TV Profile
/ KRWB-TV CDBS
Website kwbq.com/

KWBQ is the CW-affiliated television station serving Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Licensed to Santa Fe, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 29 (virtual channel 19.1 via ) from a transmitter atop Sandia Crest. KRWB-TV rebroadcasts KWBQ's signal across southeasten New Mexico and is licensed to Roswell. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 from a transmitter in rural southeastern Chaves County.

Owned by Tamer Media, KWBQ is sister to MyNetworkTV affiliate KASY-TV and both stations share studios on Washington Street in northeastern Albuquerque. Nexstar Media Group provides technical, engineering and accounting services for KWBQ through a shared services agreement, though the station is otherwise operated separately from KRQE as Tamer handles master control, programming, advertising sales and retransmission consent negotiations. Syndicated programs seen on KWBQ include The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Seinfeld and The Office. Following the cancelation of The Daily Buzz in April 2015, KWBQ began to air local news from KRQE from 7-9 a.m. The station can also be seen on Comcast Xfinity channel 6 and in high definition on digital channel 214.


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