KWWL-DT2
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Waterloo/Cedar Rapids/Dubuque /Iowa City, Iowa United States |
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| City | Waterloo |
| Branding | CW 7.2 |
| Slogan | Dare To Defy |
| Channels |
Digital: KWWL-DT 7.2 (VHF) Virtual: 7.2 () |
| Affiliations | The CW (2016–present) |
| Owner |
Quincy Media (KWWL License, LLC) |
| First air date | November 15, 2004 |
| Call letters' meaning | Keep Watching WaterLoo or Waterloo Way Leads |
| Sister station(s) | KWWL |
| Former channel number(s) | KWWL-DT 55.2 (UHF digital, 2004–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
NBC WX+ (2004–2008) RTV (2009–2011) This TV (2011–2016) |
| Transmitter power | 21.8 kW (digital) |
| Height | 527 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 593 (digital) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°24′2.5″N 91°50′36.9″W / 42.400694°N 91.843583°W (digital) |
| Licensing authority | FCC (digital) |
| Website | KWWL CW 7.2 Website |
KWWL-DT2 is the new CW affiliated television station for the northeastern third of Iowa that is licensed to Waterloo. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC outlet KWWL that is owned and operated by Quincy Media. Over-the-air, the station broadcasts a 720p high definition digital signal on VHF channel 7.2 (or virtual channel 7.2 via ) from a transmitter at the AFLAC Tower north of Rowley, a city in Buchanan County. Unlike fellow CW affiliates in smaller markets, including sister stations WGEM-DT2 in Quincy, Illinois and WEEK-DT3 in Peoria, Illinois, KWWL-DT2 is not a member of The CW Plus.
KWWL-DT2 began operations in November 2004 as an affiliate of NBC Weather Plus, airing national weather forecasts from the service as well as inserts of local weather forecasts from the KWWL weather center. However, on October 7, 2008, NBC Universal announced that they would shut down the NBC Weather Plus service by December 31, 2008, concurrently, in January 2009, that subchannel began airing RTV programming.
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