KCWE Map

KCWE (channel 29) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside ABC affiliate KMBC-TV (channel 9). The two stations share studios on Winchester Avenue in the Ridge-Winchester section of Kansas City, Missouri; KCWE's transmitter is located in the city's Blue Valley section.

KCWE

Kansas City, Missouri United States
Channels	Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 29
Branding	KCWE
Programming
Affiliations	29.1: The CW for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Hearst Television (Hearst Stations Inc.)
Sister stations	KMBC-TV
History
First air date	September 14, 1996 (28 years ago) (1996-09-14)
Former call signs	KCWB (1996–1998)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 29 (UHF, 1996–2008)
Former affiliations	The WB (1996–March 1998) UPN (March 1998–2006)
Call sign meaning	Changed from KCWB when station lost WB affiliation in 1998
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	64444
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	332 m (1,089 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	39°5′1″N 94°30′58″W / 39.08361°N 94.51611°W / 39.08361; -94.51611
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.kmbc.com/kcwetv

Originally proposed for channel 32, channel 29 went on the air in September 1996 as KCWB, Kansas City's first local affiliate of The WB. It was owned by a group of Kansas City and television investors, who subcontracted its operation to KMBC-TV under a local marketing agreement. KMBC and KCWB split over-the-air rights to Kansas City Royals baseball from 1996 to 2002. KCWB lost the WB affiliation in March 1998 after a group deal saw it move to KSMO-TV (channel 62). The station then picked up UPN, which had gone without local coverage for two months, and changed its call sign to KCWE.

In 2006, Hearst purchased KCWE outright, and the station became the local affiliate for The CW, formed when the UPN and WB networks merged. The station introduced morning and evening newscasts from KMBC-TV in 2008 and 2010, respectively.