KWSD

KWSD (channel 36) is a television station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, affiliated with YTA TV. It is owned by Jim Simpson alongside low-power station KAUN-LD (channel 25). KWSD's studios are located on West 57th Street in Sioux Falls, and its transmitter is located in Rowena.

KWSD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations36.1: YTA TV
Ownership
Owner
KAUN-LD, KNBN
History
FoundedApril 11, 1997
First air date
November 8, 2000 (2000-11-08)
Former call signs
KAUN (2000–2003)
Former channel number(s)
Analog:
36 (UHF, 2000–2009)
Digital:
51 (UHF, 2002–2009)
Pax TV (2000–2003)
The WB (2003–2006)
The CW+ (2006–2012)
MeTV (2012–2015)
Retro TV (2015–2020)
Independent (2020−2021)
Call sign meaning
WB South Dakota
CW South Dakota
(former affiliations)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID29121
ERP36.9 kW
18.45 kW (STA)
1,000 kW (CP)
HAAT230 m (755 ft)
Transmitter coordinates43°30′19″N 96°34′20″W
Links
Public license information

History

Previously, the station had the call sign KAUN and it was the local Pax TV affiliate, while The WB was carried on a cable-only channel known by the fictitious call sign KWJB. On October 1, 2003, channel 36 acquired the WB affiliation and became KWSD, and Pax TV was moved to low-power sister station KAUN-LP. The programming on KWSD was provided by The WB 100+ Station Group, a predecessor to The CW Plus. In September 2006, The WB and UPN merged to become The CW. KWSD became the CW affiliate for Sioux Falls, and UPN affiliate "UTV", a digital subchannel of KELO-TV, became an affiliate of MyNetworkTV.

At one point in the past decade, KWSD/KAUN had a 9 p.m. newscast that served the Sioux Falls Metro Area and the KWSD viewing area. That newscast was pulled, and reports are that there are plans in the works to bring back a 9 p.m. newscast to the Sioux Falls market.

KWSD's CW affiliation ended on September 10, 2012; at that time, the affiliation moved to a subchannel of KSFY-TV.[2] KWSD switched its affiliation to MeTV on that date.[3] As of September 2015, the MeTV affiliation also moved to KSFY, on their third subchannel; KWSD then became a Retro TV affiliate.

As of June 2020, KWSD lost its Retro TV affiliation and became an independent station, only to become a YouToo America affiliate the following year.

On November 23, 2022, it was reported that Fargo, North Dakota–based Forum Communications Company would purchase KWSD and sister station KCWS-LD from Jim Simpson for $1.4 million, pending approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Forum intends to create a third television news operation in the Sioux Falls market.[1]

Technical information
Subchannel of KWSD[4]
Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
36.1 480i4:3Main KWSD programming / YTA TV

Analog-to-digital conversion

KWSD shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 36, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 51 to channel 36 for post-transition operations.[5]

References
  1. Ellis, Jon (November 23, 2022). "Forum to Buy Independent TV Station in Sioux Falls, Launch News". Northpine.com. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
  2. Malone, Michael (June 5, 2012). "KSFY the New Home for CW in Sioux Falls". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
  3. BET Fall 2012 Schedule With Return of Jamie Foxx; MeTV Network Adds 3 More Affiliates, SitcomsOnline, September 5, 2012.
  4. RabbitEars TV Query for KWSD
  5. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.

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