verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message kqcw dt muskogee tulsa oklahoma united states city muskogee oklahoma branding tulsa cw 19 cable 12 general the news on 6 during kotv produced newscasts slogan it s all about you channels digital 20 uhf virtual 19 psip kotv dt 6.2 uhf subchannels 19.1 the cw 19.2 this tv translators k16kr d 16 uhf mcalester affiliations the cw owner griffin communications griffin licensing llc first air date september 12 1999 call letters meaning quality television the cw sister station s kotv dt former callsigns kwbt 1999 2006 former channel number s analog 19 uhf 1999 2009 former affiliations the wb 1999 2006 transmitter power 244.7 kw height 252 m facility id 78322 transmitter coordinates 35 45 10.2 n 95 48 15.5 w 35.752833 n 95.804306 w 35.752833 ; 95.804306 licensing authority fcc public license information profile cdbs website www.tulsacw.com kqcw dt virtual channel 19 uhf digital channel 20 is a cw affiliated television station serving tulsa oklahoma united states that is licensed to muskogee . the station is owned by griffin communications as part of a duopoly with cbs affiliate kotv dt channel 6 . the two stations share studio facilities located at the griffin communications media center on east cameron street and north boston avenue in downtown tulsa ; kqcw maintains transmitter facilities located near state highway 16 in rural northwestern muskogee county . even though kqcw operates a digital signal of its own the broadcasting radius of the station s full power signal does not reach certain portions of northeastern oklahoma located northwest of tulsa proper . therefore the station can also be seen through a simulcast on kotv s second digital subchannel uhf channel 45.2 or virtual channel 6.2 via psip in order to reach the entire market . on cable the station is available on cox communications channel 12 and at & t u verse channel 19 . there is a high definition feed available on cox communications digital channel 707 . contents 1 history 1.1 as a wb affiliate 1.2 as a cw affiliate 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 newscasts 4.1 notable current on air staff 5 references 6 external links history edit as a wb affiliate edit kwbt s logo as a wb affiliate used from 2002 to 2006 . the station first signed on the air on september 12 1999 as kwbt . founded by the cascade broadcasting group it originally operated as the market s first full time affiliate of the wb . kwbt took the wb affiliation from kwhb channel 47 which carried only the network s family oriented primetime programs such as 7th heaven the parent hood and sister sister as well as weekday afternoon and saturday morning children s programs from the network s kids wb block . because of kwhb s ownership by religious broadcaster lesea that station preempted network programs deemed unfit for it to broadcast under the company s strict content standards ; however tulsa area viewers were able to watch wb programs that were preempted by kwhb on cable and satellite through chicago based superstation wgn which carried wb programming nationally from the network s january 1995 launch until october 1999 one month after kwbt s launch . 1 2 on october 8 2005 kwbt was purchased by oklahoma city based griffin communications founding owners of oklahoma city s cbs affiliate kwtv creating a duopoly with cbs affiliate kotv channel 6 which griffin had purchased from the belo corporation four years earlier in october 2000 . 3 as a cw affiliate edit kqcw cw12 logo used from 2006 to 2007 ; the station s analog now virtual digital channel assignment of 19 was added in 2007 . on january 24 2006 cbs corporation which split from viacom in december 2005 and was the parent company of upn and time warner s warner bros. entertainment the division that operated the wb announced that they would dissolve upn and the wb and move some of their programming to a newly created network the cw . 4 5 on april 10 of that year network management confirmed that kqcw would become the cw s affiliate in the tulsa market . 6 on may 23 of that year griffin communications filed an application with the federal communications commission to have the station s call letters changed from kwbt to kqcw the callsign change became official on june 30 . citation needed in the fall of 2007 due to confusion among viewers on where to find kqcw over the air and on cable citation needed the station rebranded itself as cw12 19 12 referring to its channel number on cox communications and 19 referring to its analog now virtual digital channel number . the usage of its cable channel within the branding dates back to the final years of its wb affiliation when the station was branded as tulsa s wb19 cable 12 . in the summer of 2009 the station changed its branding to tulsa s cw omitting the channel number entirely . channel 19.2 ceased operation in tulsa on march 9 2016 at 8 30 am according to a message broadcast on that channel which included the statement at this time we are unaware of thistv relocating to any other broadcast channel in the tulsa area . digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital signal is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 7 19.1 1080i 16 9 kqcw hd main kqcw dt programming the cw 19.2 480i 4 3 unknown thistv programming on 19.2 ended 9 march 2016 19.3 unknown unknown unknown 19.3 is now listed on the station web site analog to digital conversion edit because it was granted an original construction permit after the fcc finalized the digital television allotment plan on april 21 1997 the station did not receive a companion channel for its digital signal . instead on february 17 2009 during the first round of broadcast stations ceasing analog operations on the originally scheduled date of the digital television conversion period for full power stations kqcw was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal a method called a flash cut . kqcw elected to choose uhf channel 20 as its final digital channel selection . through the use of psip digital television receivers display the station s virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 19 . 8 prior to then kqcw s signal was broadcast on a second digital subchannel of kotv . however despite kqcw now having its own physical digital channel the station is still carried on kotv dt channel 6.2 . programming edit syndicated programs broadcast by kqcw dt include mike and molly the real access hollywood entertainment tonight and inside edition . the station also broadcasts the local tourism program explore tulsa which airs saturdays . for a short time starting in september 2006 kqcw began airing the bold and the beautiful at 12 30 p.m. sister station kotv has not aired the show in daytime for several years as a result of the station s expansion of its weekday noon newscast to one hour in the early 1990s . cbs eventually allowed kotv to air the soap opera late at night at 1 05 a.m. the station aired live lottery drawings from the oklahoma lottery nightly from august 2006 until the fall of 2007 after which the drawings became cable exclusive to the cox channel a local origination channel carried on cox communications channel 3 . oklahoma city s kokh tv channel 25 and kocb channel 34 also aired the live drawings until september 2009 when the oklahoma lottery discontinued televised drawings in favor of drawing the winning numbers using a random number generator . 9 newscasts edit kotv produces 8 hours of locally produced newscasts each week for kqcw with 1 hours on weekdays and a half hour each on saturdays and sundays . on september 18 2006 kqcw began airing a simulcast the krmg morning show in a partnership with local news talk radio station krmg 720 am on weekday mornings from 6 00 7 00 a.m. on that same date kotv began to produce a half hour nightly primetime newscast at 9 p.m. for kqcw which competes against fox affiliate koki s in house hour long newscast in that timeslot . on january 7 2008 kotv shifted the 8 00 to 9 00 a.m. hour of its six in the morning weekday morning newscast to kqcw in order for kotv to be able to comply with the new requirements by cbs that its affiliates carry the entire two hour broadcast of the early show which was replaced by cbs this morning in january 2012 . citation needed on october 24 2010 kotv began broadcasting its newscasts in 16 9 widescreen standard definition . the kqcw broadcasts were included in the upgrade . on january 19 2013 following the completion of the move of the duopoly s operations into the griffin communications media center kqcw and kotv became the last two television stations in the tulsa market to upgrade their news programming to full high definition . in september 2013 kotv began simulcasting the 6 00 to 8 00 a.m. block of six in the morning on kqcw . notable current on air staff edit travis meyer ams seal of approval ; member nwa chief meteorologist ; references edit time warner takes crucial step toward new network television a pact with superstation wgn tv gives it access to 73 % of homes . analysts say that will still leave gaps . los angeles times december 4 1993 . retrieved 12 10 2010 . last night dawson s last wgn ceases to air wb programming the charleston gazette october 7 1999 . retrieved june 22 2013 from highbeam research . griffin acquires 2nd tv station in tulsa market ; fcc approval is expected redorbit retrieved 2 2 2011 . gilmore girls meet smackdown ; cw network to combine wb upn in cbs warner venture beginning in september cnnmoney.com january 24 2006 . upn and wb to combine forming new tv network the new york times january 24 2006 . cw signs 13 more affils broadcasting & cable retrieved 2 1 2011 . rabbitears tv query for kqcw dtv tentative channel designations for the first and the second rounds pdf . retrieved 2012 03 24 . cash 5 pick 3 move to computerized drawings ada evening news retrieved 2 2 2011 . external links edit tulsacw.com kqcw dt official website tulsa.thistv.com kqcw dt2 this tv tulsa official website newson6.com kotv official website query the fcc s tv station database for kqcw biafn s media web database information on kqcw dt v t e broadcast television in east central oklahoma including tulsa reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television local stations english kjrh tv 2.1 nbc 2.2 bounce 2.3 laff kotv 6.1 cbs 6.2 cw 6.3 news on 6 now ktul 8.1 abc 8.2 comet 8.3 retro tv koed koet 11.1 3.1 pbs oeta 11.2 3.2 okla 11.3 3.3 create 11.4 3.4 pbs kids k15da mynetworktv kqcw tv 19.1 the cw 19.2 this tv koki tv 23.1 fox 23.2 metv 23.3 escape kmyt tv 41.1 mynetworktv 41.2 gettv 41.3 grit 41.4 h & i ktpx 44.1 ion 44.2 qubo 44.3 ion life 44.4 ion shop 44.5 qvc over air 44.6 hsn 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