states branding the cw 25 michiana general abc 57 news on cw 25 newscasts slogan tv now channels digital 25 uhf virtual 25 psip subchannels 25.1 the cw 25.2 this tv 25.3 bounce tv affiliations the cw 2006 present owner weigel broadcasting wcww tv limited partnership first air date 1990 call letters meaning w cw network weigel sister station s wbnd ld wmys ld former callsigns w25bm 1990 1995 wygn lp 1995 2002 wrdy lp 2002 wmwb lp 2002 2006 wcww lp 2006 2012 former channel number s analog 25 uhf 1990 2010 digital 27 uhf 2007 2012 former affiliations independent 1990 2002 the wb 2002 2006 transmitter power 15 kw facility id 24617 transmitter coordinates 41 36 55.2 n 86 11 7.0 w 41.615333 n 86.185278 w 41.615333 ; 86.185278 website thecw25.com wcww ld uhf digital channel 25 is a low powered cw affiliated television station located in south bend indiana united states . the station is owned by chicago based weigel broadcasting and is sister to abc affiliate wbnd ld channel 57 and mynetworktv affiliate wmys ld channel 69 . all three stations share studios located near the indiana toll road on generations drive in the northeast side of south bend wcww s transmitter is located just off the st. joseph valley parkway in the southern portion of south bend . this station can also be seen on comcast xfinity channel 5 and at & t u verse channel 25 and in hd on comcast xfinity digital channel 192 and at & t u verse channel 1025 . contents 1 history 2 digital television 2.1 digital channels 2.2 analog to digital conversion 3 programming 4 newscasts 5 references 6 external links history edit the station was founded in 1990 as w25bm operating as an independent station ; it later changed its callsign to wygn lp in october 1995 . in march 2002 the station changed its callsign to wrdy lp ; that fall the station affiliated with the wb which moved to wrdy lp from the original wmwb lp now wmys ld and it adopted the wmwb lp callsign previously held by channel 69 to reflect its new affiliation with the network . on march 1 2006 weigel officials announced that wmwb would affiliate with the cw a network formed out of the struggling wb and upn networks in partnership with the two networks owners time warner and cbs corporation when it premiered in september ; channel 25 changed its call letters to wcww lp upon the network s launch on september 18 2006 . the wcww calls had belonged to sister station wmys which took an affiliation with cw competitor mynetworktv which launched two weeks earlier ; the two stations both have borne the wrdy and wygn calls . in early august 2008 weigel broadcasting agreed to sell all three of its south bend stations including wcww to schurz communications the longtime owner of the local cbs affiliate wsbt tv channel 22 for undisclosed terms . 1 however in the absence of action by the federal communications commission the deal was called off in august 2009 . 2 digital television edit digital channels edit the station s digital channel is multiplexed channel video aspect psip short name programming 3 25.1 1080i 16 9 wcww hd main wcww lp programming the cw 25.2 480i 4 3 this this tv 25.3 480i 4 3 bounce bounce tv in 2011 wcww ld launched a second digital subchannel 25.2 as an affiliate of this tv . analog to digital conversion edit on september 14 2007 wcww and its sister stations began broadcasting low power digital signals . wcww ld broadcasts with an effective radiated power of 15 kw on channel 25 . on december 28 2010 wcww lp turned off its analog signal on channel 25 because of equipment failure . 4 on april 16 2012 the federal communications commission granted wcww lp a construction permit to move its digital frequency from channel 27 to its former analog allotment uhf channel 25 . 5 6 on august 19 wcww lp began transmitting on uhf channel 25 replacing the previous digital signal on channel 27 . programming edit syndicated programming seen on wcww ld includes the steve wilkos show the big bang theory maury the jerry springer show and tmz on tv . newscasts edit on march 19 2012 wcww ld debuted a nightly half hour primetime newscast at 10 p.m. that is produced by wbnd ld entitled abc 57 news at 10 on cw 25 ; the program competes against an hour long in house newscast on fox affiliate wsjv channel 28 and a half hour newscast on wsbt dt2 that is produced by wsbt tv . 7 references edit wsbt purchases three low power stations broadcasting & cable august 4 2008 . malone michael ; john eggerton august 24 2009 . wsbt south bend deal fizzles absent fcc action . broadcasting & cable . retrieved august 25 2009 . rabbitears tv query for wcww https licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs forms prod cdbsmenu.hts context 25 & appn 101413628 & formid 910 & fac num 24617 https licensing.fcc.gov cgi bin ws.exe prod cdbs forms prod cdbsmenu.hts context 25 & appn 101443680 & formid 346 & fac num 24617 http licensing.fcc.gov prod cdbs pubacc auth files 1443680.pdf abc57 news brings you the late local news on the cw25 at 10 p.m. wbnd lp march 13 2012 . external links edit wcww ld the cw 25 michiana query the fcc s tv station database for wcww v t e broadcast television in the michiana area reception of low powered stations may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television stations wygn ld 10.1 3abn 10.2 3abn latino 10.3 3abn radio 10.4 radio 74 wndu tv 16.1 nbc 16.2 antenna tv weid lp 18 daystar wsbt tv 22.1 cbs 22.2 fox wcww ld 25.1 cw 25.2 this tv wsjv 28.1 h & i wnit 34.1 pbs whme tv 46.1 lesea 46.2 cozi tv 46.3 blank 46.4 bulletin board whpd audio waaa lp 49 ind. wbnd ld 57.1 abc 57.2 metv 57.3 movies wmys ld 69.1 mntv 69.2 tmd from wytu ld milwaukee 69.3 decades adjacent areas chicago grand rapids fort wayne indianapolis michigan broadcast television areas by city alpena detroit duluth mn flint saginaw bay city grand rapids kalamazoo green bay wi lansing jackson marquette northern michigan south bend in toledo oh v t e cw network affiliates in the state of indiana wbi 3 terre haute wtvw 7 evansville wish 8 wiih cd 17 indianapolis wise 33 fort wayne wcww ld 25 south bend wpwr 50 gary chicago see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in indiana v t e weigel broadcasting network affiliated stations wbnd ld abc wdjt tv cbs wcww ld cw wmys ld mntv wytu ld wfbn ld tmd 1 o & o metv stations wbme cd2 wwme cd3 independent stations the u too wciu tv wmeu cd wmlw tv wrme lp4 national subchannel networks decadesjv heroes & icons2 metv movies jv current programming svengoolie former programming first business green screen adventures defunct touchvision 1carried on a digital subchannel of wmlw & wmys . 2carried on a digital subchannel of wdjt and wmeu . 4 owned by venture technologies group ; 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