KCWT-CD

CW affiliate in McAllen, Texas

26°8′28″N 97°50′4″W / 26.14111°N 97.83444°W / 26.14111; -97.83444Translator(s)KMBH-LD 67.2 (20.2 UHF) McAllenLinks

Public license information

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Websitewww.yourcwriograndevalley.com

KCWT-CD (channel 21) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to McAllen, Texas, United States, serving the Lower Rio Grande Valley as an affiliate of The CW Plus. The station also carries non-commercial PBS programming on its fourth subchannel. KCWT-CD is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Harlingen-licensed Fox affiliate KFXV, channel 60 (and translators KMBH-LD and KXFX-CD), McAllen-licensed Univision affiliate KNVO (channel 48), and Class A UniMás affiliate KTFV-CD (channel 32). The stations share studios on North Jackson Road in McAllen, while KCWT-CD's transmitter is located in La Feria, Texas.

Previously, KCWT was a low-power translator of KXFX-CA and KTFV-CA. Entravision has held the rights to The CW in the market since 2007 on several stations; previous to that, it aired on a cable-only affiliate, "KMHB" (later "Rio Grande Valley's CW").

History

Until 2014, KCWT broadcast on analog channel 30. KCWT launched a digital feed on RF channel 23 that March;^[2] however, the station maps to virtual channel 21, as nearby Mexican station XHAB-TDT in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, whose digital broadcasts use RF channel 30, also mapped to virtual channel 30 rather than its analog channel 7 (it now uses virtual channel 8). (Channel 23 is itself unavailable to KCWT as a virtual channel, as it is used in the Rio Grande Valley by KVEO-TV.^[3]) Even before then, KCWT, as had previous CW affiliate KSFE-LD (channel 67, now Fox affiliate KMBH-LD), has long branded as "CW 21" in reflection of its channel 21 slot on area cable systems.

After sister station XHRIO-TDT (channel 15) ceased operations on December 31, 2021, KCWT became the sole CW+ affiliate in the Rio Grande Valley.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	Short name	Programming^[4]
21.1	1080i	16:9	KCWT-DT	Rio Grande Valley CW 21
21.3	480i		Laff	Laff
21.4	1080i		PBS	PBS

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for KCWT-CD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "Application for Class A Television Station Construction Permit or License". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
^ Hashemzadeh, Hossein (September 30, 2013). "Re: KCWT-CA, La Feria, TX…" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KCWT". RabbitEars.

External links

YourCWRioGrandeValley.com - Official website
PBS.org website regarding DT4 PBS feed

Broadcast television in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including Brownsville, Harlingen, McAllen, Reynosa, and Matamoros

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

English stations

Full-power OTA stations	KGBT-TV (4.1 MNTV, 4.2 REW, 4.3 Comet, 4.5 Mystery, 4.6 Grit) KRGV-TV (5.1 ABC, 5.3 Ind.) KVEO-TV (23.1 NBC, 23.2 CBS) KTLM (40.3 Cozi, 40.4 Lx, 40.5 Oxygen) KLUJ-TV (44.1 TBN, 44.2 Inspire, 44.3 Smile) KNVO (48.4 Ion, 48.5 Court) KFXV (60.1 Fox, 60.3 Bounce)
Low-power OTA stations	KXFX-CD (20.1 Fox, 20.3 Bounce) KCWT-CD (21.1 CW+, 21.3 Laff, 21.4 PBS) KTFV-CD (32.2 Charge!, 32.3 TBD, 32.4 Nest) KRZG-CD (35.1 Ads, 35.2 SBN, 35.3 LC, 35.4 HSN, 35.5 QVC, 35.6 [blank], 35.8 Daystar, 35.9 QVC2) KNWS-LD 64 (.2 Ads., .3 Buzzr, .6 Ads., .7 NOST) KMBH-LD (67.1 Fox, 67.2 CW+)

Spanish stations

American subchannel	KGBT-TV (4.4 Estrella) KRGV-TV (5.2 Novelisima) KJST-LD (11.1 Esp. Ind.) KTFV-CD (32.1 UniMás) KRZG-CD (35.7 Majestad TV) KTLM (40.1 TMD, 40.2 TXO) KLUJ-TV (44.4 Enlace) KNVO (48.1 UNI, 48.2 UniMás, 48.3 LATV) KNWS-LD 64 (.1 Novelisima, .4 Azteca Corazón, .5 Azteca Clic) KSOY-LD (69.1 NV TV, 69.2 La Raza, 69.3 Éxitos)
Mexican subchannel	XHMTA-TDT/XHREY-TDT (1.1 Azteca Uno, 1.2 adn40) XHTAM-TDT (2.1 Las Estrellas, 2.2 Canal 5) XHVTV-TDT (6.1 Multimedios, 6.2 Milenio, 6.3 Teleritmo, 6.4 MVS TV) XHOR-TDT (7.1 Azteca 7, 7.2 a+) XHAB-TDT (8.1 Televisa Regional) XERV-TDT (9.1 Las Estrellas) XHCTRM-TDT (13.1 Imagen, 13.4 Excélsior TV) XHRBA-TDT (18.1 Canal 18)

Defunct stations

XELD-TV 7 (CBS, Ind.)
XHEW-TV 13 (Once TV)
XHRIO-TDT (15.1 Ind./TMD/UPN/Fox/MundoMax/CW+)
KRIO-TV 20 (Unknown)
XHRBT-TV 42 (Proyecto 40)
"KMHB" (WB 100+/CW+, cable-only)

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Tamaulipas broadcast television areas by city: Matamoros / Reynosa; Nuevo Laredo; Tampico

v t e CW network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of Texas
Broadcast affiliates	KBTX-DT 3.2 (Bryan/College Station) KCWO-TV 4 (Big Spring/Odessa/Midland) WOAI-DT 4.2 (San Antonio) KFDM-DT 6.2 (Beaumont/Port Arthur) KAUZ-DT 6.2 (Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK) KRIS-DT 6.2 (Corpus Christi) KOSA-DT 7.2 (Odessa/Midland) KVIA-DT 7.2 (El Paso/Las Cruces) KVII-DT 7.2 (Amarillo) KTEN-DT 10.2 (Ada, OK/Sherman) KTXS-DT 12.2 (Sweetwater/Abilene) KYLX-LD 13.2 (Laredo) KYTX-DT 19.2 (Nacogdoches/Lufkin/Tyler/Longview) KVCT-DT 19.3 (Victoria) KCWT-CD 21 / KMBH-LD 67.2 (La Feria/McAllen) KPXJ 21_{ATSC 3.0} (Minden/Shreveport, LA/Texarkana) KLCW-TV 22 (Lubbock) KDAF 33 (Dallas/Fort Worth) KTXE-LD 38.2 (San Angelo) KIAH 39_{ATSC 3.0} (Houston) KNCT 46 (Belton/Killeen/Temple/Waco) KNVA 54 (Austin)
Cable-only affiliates (former)	"KWSA" San Angelo's CW 14 (San Angelo) "KWVB" Victoria's CW 10 (Victoria)
See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Texas See also Spanish stations

v t e PBS member stations in the state of Texas
KACV-TV 2 (Amarillo) KTTZ-TV 5 (Lubbock) KUHT 8 (Houston) KLRN 9 (San Antonio) KCOS 13 (El Paso) KERA-TV 13 (Dallas–Fort Worth) KAMU-TV 15 (College Station) KEDT 16 (Corpus Christi) KLRU 18 (Austin) KCWT-CD 21.4 (Harlingen) K26NK-D 26 (Wichita Falls) KPBT-TV 36 (Odessa–Midland)
See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Texas

Entravision Communications

Radio stations

Television stations
(by affiliation)

Others	Independent XHAS-TDT ¹ CW+ KCWT-CD Dark WMDO-CD Fox KFXV KMBH-LD KXFX-CD KXOF-CD Grit WOTF-TV MNTV KPSE-LD NBC KMIR-TV NRB TV WFTT-TV PBS KCWT-CD Milenio XHDTV-TDT ¹ NTD Television WJAL
UniMás	KAJB² KCRP-CD KDJT-CD KDTF-LD KELV-LD KETF-CD KANG-LD KREN-TV KRNS-CD KTFD-TV KTFN KTFQ-TV KTFV-CD WUTF-TV
Univision	KEUS-LD KBNT-CD KBZO-LD KCEC ³ KDCU-DT KINC KINT-TV KLDO-TV KLUZ-TV ³ KNVO KORO KPMR KREN-TV KSMS-TV KUPB KVSN-DT KVYE WUNI ³ WUVN