KCWE (formerly called KCWB) is is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, first airing on 14 September, 1996.
About Them[]
It is owned by Hearst Television alongside ABC affiliate KMBC-TV (channel 9) and is affiliated with The CW. 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.
Originally proposed for channel 32, channel 29 went on the air on 14 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.
Involvement with Mr. Men[]
As KCWB-29, it aired the US version of Mr. Men and Little Miss.
Trivia[]
- As of July 2024, this along with Cartoon Network and KRCW-TV are the only known channels to have broadcasted the US version of Mr. Men and Little Miss.
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