KGCW-TV

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KGCW-TV
Image:KGCW.jpg
Burlington/Davenport, Iowa/
Rock Island/Moline, Illinois
Branding Quad Cities CW
Channels Analog: 26 (UHF)

Digital: 41 (UHF)
Affiliations The CW
Owner Grant Broadcasting System II, Inc.
(Burlington Television Acquisition Licensing, LLC)
First air date January 1988
Call letters’ meaning Grant CW
Sister station(s) KLJB-TV
Former callsigns KJMH (1988-2001)
KGWB-TV (2001-2006)
Former affiliations Fox (1988-2001)
The WB (2001-2006)
Transmitter Power 200 kW (analog)
500 kW (digital)
Height 96 m (analog)
388 m (digital)
Facility ID 7841
Transmitter Coordinates 40°49′26″N, 91°8′22″W (analog)
41°8′8″N, 90°48′30″W (digital)
Website www.kgcwtv.com

KGCW-TV is a CW affiliate for the Quad Cities. The station, which is owned by Burlington Television Acquisitions (a subsidiary of Grant Broadcasting, making it a sister station to KLJB-TV), broadcasts at analog channel 26/digital channel 41 and is licensed to Burlington, Iowa. Its transmitter is located near Aledo, Illinois.

KGCW's full-powered signal fails to cover the Quad Cities adequately, as low-powered MyNetworkTV affiliate WBQD-LP also broadcasts on channel 26. However, this is made up by the station being available on cable systems in the area and on KLJB's DT2 subcarrier.

[edit] History

The former KGWB logo, used from 2001 until 2006, when they became KGCW-TV. Due to its ownership, the logo shares a style with the former WPSG logo (WPSG was once owned by Grant) and sister KLJB-TV's logo.
The former KGWB logo, used from 2001 until 2006, when they became KGCW-TV. Due to its ownership, the logo shares a style with the former WPSG logo (WPSG was once owned by Grant) and sister KLJB-TV's logo.

KGCW signed on the air in 1988 as KJMH, a Fox affiliate, but in the years that followed KJMH suffered interference and duplication from nearby Fox affiliate KLJB-TV. Eventually, the two stations began to simulcast, an arrangement that lasted from 1996 until 2001, when KJMH became The WB affiliate for the Quad Cities, adopting the KGWB-TV call sign. In 2006, the station was picked as The CW Television Network affiliate for the area. To reflect this affiliation, KGWB changed its call letters to KGCW-TV on June 30, 2006. The current CW logo is not in the standard CW logo color, which is green.

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Broadcast television in the Quad Cities (Davenport, Iowa/Moline, Illinois/Rock Island, Illinois) market
 (Nielsen DMA #96)

WHBF 4 (CBS) - KWQC 6 (NBC, "24/7 WX" on DT2) - WQAD 8 (ABC, Local WX on DT2, WBQD/MNTV on DT3) - K16EL 16 (3ABN) - KLJB 18 (Fox) - WQPT 24 (PBS) - KGCW 26 (The CW) - WBQD-LP 26 (MNTV) - KQIN 36 (PBS/IPTV) - W50BY 50 / W52BI 52 (TBN) - K61HD 61 / K42HI 42 (TBN)

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