. kbca alexandria louisiana united states channels digital 41 uhf subchannels 41.1 h & i 41.2 antenna tv 41.3 h & i simulcast owner wilderness communications llc first air date june 1 2005 call letters meaning blanchard chatelain azar owners initials former channel number s 41 uhf analog 2005 2009 former affiliations the wb 2005 2006 1 the cw 2006 2016 transmitter power 1000 kw height 302.7 m facility id 16940 transmitter coordinates 30 54 17 n 92 37 28 w 30.90472 n 92.62444 w 30.90472 ; 92.62444 website yourcwtv.com partners alexandria kbca is a television station in alexandria louisiana broadcasting locally on channel 41 as an affiliate of heroes & icons . it is owned by carencro louisiana based wilderness communications . its transmitter is based in the nearby town of oakdale louisiana . contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 loss of cw affiliation 2 digital programming 3 references 4 external links history edit early history edit kbca former wb logo . in early 2004 rumors had been spreading in the alexandria market of a possible new television station to be launched . local media insiders believed white knight broadcasting then owners of fox affiliate wntz was negotiating the purchase of the new channel with plans of moving the fox affiliation to it . eventually upon petitioning the fcc for the new channel the plans were denied . the owners of white knight eventually spoke to the previous of owners of wntz delta media corporation . delta media executives created a new corporate name dimension broadcasting a shell company for wilderness communications llc another shell broadcasting company delta media owned and operated and petitioned the fcc for the new license and won becoming dimension s charter station . kbca first signed on the air on june 1 2005 as a wb network affiliate . at the time of kbca s sign on the wb television network had a group of cable only stations in markets below the top 99 television media markets in the united states called the wb 100 station group . since the wb 100 was created before digital television was easily available in the united states most wb 100 stations were only available on cable with a few over the air broadcast stations . prior to kbca s sign on the wb was only available to local cable subscribers . during this time the wb station in alexandria was identified by two different station call letters . it began as kcla wb channel 6 and then later as kaxn wb channel 65 . white knight broadcasting was instrumental in assisting dimension broadcasting establish a relationship with the wb 100 station group for the new kbca since white knight also had previously owned the lma to the alexandria wb 100 cable only affiliate kaxn . furthermore the dimension wilderness and white knight relationship helped the owners of dimension wilderness eventually purchase two more stations klwb in lafayette louisiana and kceb in tyler texas . both of these stations became wb affiliates under the wb 100 station group . in turn the dimension broadcasting ownership allowed white knight to operate kbca under a lma managed by the staff of wntz . the headquarters and master control operation for kbca and later klwb eventually were established in carencro louisiana in space once occupied by a restaurant owned by delta media that houses that company s television and radio properties . kbca established its local base of operation within offices delta media own along alexandria s jackson street which at the time were being rented by white knight for wntz s base of operation . logo during cw affiliation . on january 24 2006 the wb and upn networks announced they would merge into a new singular network the cw . in turn fox owner news corporation announced the creation of mynetworktv for those stations left out in the cold due to the cw merger . kbca which held the wb affiliation a mere six months prior to the announced cw merger was a perfect match and was announced as the alexandria affiliate of the cw which commenced operations on september 18 2006 . after the cw announcement by kbca kbca s former elder sister station fox affiliate wntz was announced as mynetworktv s home under a secondary affiliation agreement . former upn station kwce lp channel 36 at the time became an affiliate of retro television network and moved to channel 27 on the television dial . due to the bankruptcy of white knight broadcasting and its sister company communications corporation of america both based in lafayette it was forced to dissolve its lma with dimension broadcasting by the middle of 2006 . however operations of both kbca and wntz remained in the jackson street offices even though each station was operating separately as two companies occupying the office space . wntz eventually left the rented office space in the building by 2007 and moved leaving kbca alone on its own property . the owners eventually moved the entire operation of kbca to its headquarters in carenco shortly thereafter leaving no base of operation for kbca in alexandria at all . loss of cw affiliation edit on december 15 2015 gray television which owns kalb tv channel 5 came to terms on an extension of their existing cw affiliations ; the press release announcing the extension also revealed gray agreed to a new affiliation agreement with the cw for the alexandria market placing the network on a new third digital subchannel of kalb tv in the fall of 2016 meaning kbca will lose their network affiliation at that time . 2 kbca substituted programming on their main channel with a simulcast of their subchannel running heroes & icons . digital programming edit because it was granted an original construction permit after the fcc finalized the dtv allotment plan on april 21 1997 1 the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station . instead on or before june 12 2009 which is the end of the digital tv conversion period for full service stations kbca was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal called a flash cut . channel video aspect psip short name programming 3 41.1 720p 16 9 kbca hd heroes & icons 41.2 480i 4 3 kbca tv antenna tv 41.3 heroes & icons simulcast 41.4 simulcast of kslo fm on august 1 2012 kbca added antenna tv to channel 41.2 and heroes & icons on 41.3 july 1 2015 on january 31 2013 it began broadcasting in hd . 4 references edit romano allison . broadcasters join the wb 100 . . broadcasting & cable . retrieved 20 october 2012 . kuperberg jonathan 15 december 2015 . gray tv the cw ink affiliate agreement extension add 4 new stations . broadcasting & cable . retrieved 16 december 2015 . http www.rabbitears.info market.php request station search & callsign kbca station http www.facebook.com photo.php v 336737933103268 & set vb .127263920717338 & type 2 & theater external links edit official website wntz s website with link to the wb pass query the fcc s tv station database for kbca biafn s media web database information on kbca tv v t e broadcast television in central louisiana including alexandria stations k02qb ind kalb 5.1 nbc 5.2 cbs 5.3 cw knts lp 17 ind klpa 25 pbs lpb klax 31.1 abc 31.2 kwce lp metv k38nr 38.1 punch tv 38.2 queue network 38.3 blank 38.4 blank kbca 41.1 h & i. 41.2 antenna tv 41.3 h & i wntz 48.1 fox mntv 48.2 bounce tv 48.3 escape 48.4 laff distant stations knoe 8.1 cbs 8.2 abc 8.3 the cw klfy 10.1 cbs kard 14.1 fox 14.2 bounce defunct kcdh lp 4 fn k38eg insp see also baton rouge tv lafayette tv shreveport tv lake charles tv east texas tv beaumont tv monroe tv jackson tv southeast ark la tex tv other television stations in the state of louisiana alexandria market knts lp 17 ind. natchitoches klax tv 31 dt2 metv alexandria kbca 41 h & i dt2 anttv alexandria baton rouge market kpbn lp 11 a1 kzup cd 20 rtv baton rouge kwbj cd 22 a1 morgan city wlft cd 30 religious metv gettv baton rouge wbxh ca 39 dt2 escape dt3 grit baton rouge kbtr ca 41 ind. baton rouge lafayette market kxkw lp 6 ind. radio lafayette kdcg cd 22 this 22.1 & h & i 22.2 opelousas kxkw ld 32 this 32.1 & anttv 32.2 carencro klwb 50 metv h & i carencro monroe market kmlu 11 metv monroe kwms 17 h & i west monroe new orleans market whno 20 lesea new orleans wtno 22 aza new orleans kfol cd 30 kjun ca 7 ind houma morgan city wlae 32 public ind. new orleans kgla 42 telemundo hammond wpxl tv 49 ion new orleans knov cd 57 ind. new orleans defunct or silent kcdh lp 4 familynet winnfield see also abc cbs cw fox ion mynetworktv nbc pbs other stations in louisiana retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title kbca & oldid 741615545 categories television channels and stations established in 2005television stations in louisianamedia in alexandria louisiana navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store 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