KWBA

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KWBA-TV

Sierra Vista, Arizona
Branding	The CW Tucson
Channels	58 (UHF) analog, 44 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	The CW
Owner	Cascade Broadcasting Group
Founded	November 22, 1996
Call letters meaning	K Warner Bros. Network Arizona (after previous affiliation)
Former callsigns	KAUC (CP only)
Former affiliations	The WB (1996-2006)
Website	http://www.kwba.com

KWBA is the affiliate of The CW network in Tucson, Arizona. The station broadcasts on analog channel 58 and digital channel 44, and is licensed to Sierra Vista, Arizona. KWBA signed on the air January 1, 1999 and is owned by the Cascade Broadcasting Group.

[edit] History

The station began November 22, 1996 with a construction permit granted to KM Communications to serve Sierra Vista and Tucson on analog channel 58. The call letters were originally KAUC, but in August 1997, the station changed their call letters to KWBA to reflect their affiliation with The WB Television Network. KWBA began broadcasting under Program Test Authority on January 1, 1999 and was licensed on May 24, 1999. Also in May 1999, KM Communications transferred the station to Cascade Broadcasting Group.

KWBA entered into an agreement with local CBS affiliate KOLD and launched a 9pm newscast in April 2003. FOX affiliate KMSB-TV soon followed with their own 9pm newscast. KWBA's 9pm news was short-lived, as it went off the air in December 2005 after the contract with KOLD expired.

KWBA broadcast the games of the Arizona Diamondbacks in cooperation with KTVK channel three in Phoenix, which also aired these games, until 2007, when the affiliation moved to KTTU-TV, owned directly by KTVK (both of which are owned by Belo Corporation).

[edit] Previous Logos

Tucson's WB logo, used through September 2006.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in Tucson, Arizona (Nielsen DMA #70)
KFTU 3 / 34 (TFU) - KVOA 4 (NBC) - KUAT 6 / KUAS 27 (PBS) - KGUN 9 (ABC) - KMSB 11 (Fox) - KOLD 13 (CBS) - KUDF 14 (AZA) - KTTU 18 (MNTV) - K21CX 21 (HSN) - KPCE 29 (DS) - KWTA 31 (JTV) - K33CG 33 (TBN) - KHRR 40 (TEL) - KUVE 46 / 38 (UNI) - K54FW 54 (TBN) - KWBA 58 (The CW)

Broadcast television in the Agua Prieta, SO/Douglas, AZ/Nogales, AZ/SO market
Local Mexican broadcast television channels
Agua Prieta: XHAPS 12 (Telemax) - XHAPT 17 (Televisa XEW) Cananea: XHCAN 4 (TV Azteca 7) - XHCCS 5 (Telemax) - XHCNS 56 (Televisa XEW) Fronteras: XHFAS 6 (Telemax) Naco: XHNAC 7 (Telemax) Nogales: XHFA 2 (TV Azteca 13) - XHNSS 7 (Televisa XEQ) - XHNOA 22 (TV Azteca 7) - XHNON 38 (Televisa XHGC) - XHNOS 50 (Televisa XEW)
Local United States broadcast television channels
Douglas: KFTU 3 (TFU) - K28EY 28 (TMD) Sierra Vista: K20FO 20 (NBC) - K33CG 33 (TBN) - KWBA 58 (The CW)
See also: television in the Tucson, Arizona media market