KWWT

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title: "KWWT" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2001-establishments-in-texas", "catchy-comedy-affiliates", "cozi-tv-affiliates", "gray-media", "metv-affiliates", "movies!-affiliates", "mynetworktv-affiliates", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-2001", "television-stations-in-midland–odessa", "mass-media-in-odessa,-texas"] description: "Television station in Odessa, Texas" topic_path: "arts/film" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KWWT" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Television station in Odessa, Texas ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox television station"]

Field	Value
callsign	KWWT
city	Odessa, Texas
logo	My 30 KWWT.webp
logo_size	180px
branding	My30
digital	30 (UHF)
virtual	30
affiliations
country	United States
founded	April 9, 1998
airdate
location	Odessa–Midland, Texas
callsign_meaning	The WB West Texas (former affiliation)
former_callsigns	KPXK (2001–2006)
former_channel_numbers
owner	Gray Media
licensee	Gray Television Licensee, LLC
sister_stations	KOSA-TV, KCWO-TV, KTLE-LD, KMDF-LD
former_affiliations
erp	50 kW
haat	147 m
facility_id	84410
coordinates
licensing_authority	FCC
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| callsign = KWWT | city = Odessa, Texas | logo = My 30 KWWT.webp | logo_size = 180px | branding = My30 | analog = | digital = 30 (UHF) | virtual = 30 | subchannels = | affiliations = | country = United States | founded = April 9, 1998 | airdate = | last_airdate = | location = Odessa–Midland, Texas | callsign_meaning = The WB West Texas (former affiliation) | former_callsigns = KPXK (2001–2006) | former_channel_numbers = | owner = Gray Media | licensee = Gray Television Licensee, LLC | sister_stations = KOSA-TV, KCWO-TV, KTLE-LD, KMDF-LD | former_affiliations = | erp = 50 kW | haat = 147 m | class = | facility_id = 84410 | coordinates = | licensing_authority = FCC | website = KWWT (channel 30) is a television station licensed to Odessa, Texas, United States, serving the Permian Basin area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Gray Media alongside CBS affiliate KOSA-TV (channel 7), CW+ affiliate KCWO-TV (channel 4), Telemundo affiliate KTLE-LD (channel 20), and 365BLK affiliate KMDF-LD (channel 22). The five stations share studios inside the Music City Mall on East 42nd Street in Odessa, with a secondary studio and news bureau in downtown Midland; KWWT's transmitter is located on SH 158 near Gardendale, Texas.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Kwwt.png" caption="The station's former logo as a WB affiliate."] ::

KWWT signed on the air on December 5, 2001, as KPXK. It was a Pax TV affiliate until late 2005, when KWWT moved its cable-only The WB 100+ feed (which was established on September 21, 1998) to UHF channel 30.

On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and the Warner Bros. unit of Time Warner announced the shutdown of both UPN and The WB effective that fall. In place of these two networks, a new "fifth" network—"The CW Television Network" (its name representing the first initials of parent companies CBS and Warner Bros.), jointly owned by both companies, would launch, with a lineup primarily featuring the most popular programs from both networks. In March 2006 it was announced that KWWT would be a CW affiliate through The CW Plus.

In 2011, KWWT signed on to carry college football and basketball games from the Southland Conference Television Network. The contract lasted 4 seasons. For the first 3 seasons the games usually aired on 30.2 because CW Plus wouldn't let their programs be preempted. In 2014, the final season of the network, they aired on 30.1. Additionally KWWT aired ACC Network basketball games during the 2011–12 basketball season.

KWWT remained a CW affiliate until December 29, 2013. On that date, KWES-TV (channel 9) took over CW rights and KWWT moved MeTV to 30.1 while adding Movies! on 30.2.

On July 24, 2020, it was announced that Gray Television (owner of CBS affiliate KOSA-TV and CW affiliate KCWO-TV) would purchase KWWT and sister low-power station KMDF-LD for $1.84 million, pending approval of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Gray sought a failing station waiver as the Odessa–Midland market would not have at least eight independent voices after the transaction (KCWO-TV is licensed as a satellite of KOSA-TV despite airing different programming). In addition, Gray also announced that after the sale, KWWT would move its operations to the shared KOSA/KCWO facility in Odessa. The FCC granted the waiver on September 14. The sale was completed on September 30.

Technical information

Subchannels

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Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming	30.1	30.2	30.3	30.4	30.5	30.6
1080i	16:9	My30	MyNetworkTV
720p	MeTV	MeTV
480i	Catchy	Catchy Comedy
Movies!	Movies!
Cozi	Cozi TV
Ion Plu	Ion Plus
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Analog-to-digital conversion

KWWT shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on its analog-era UHF channel 30. Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the digital television transition in the United States (DTV) allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

References

References

1. (July 25, 2011). "Southland Conference Television Network Announces Fall Affiliates".
2. (July 24, 2020). "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
3. [https://web.archive.org/web/20200729051514/https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101819239&qnum=5170&copynum=1&exhcnum=1 Request for Failing Station Waiver]
4. [https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=95929 "Letter"], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], September 14, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
5. [http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1821936&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=84410 "Consummation Notice"], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
6. [http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1821942&Service=TX&Form_id=905&Facility_id=127009 "Consummation Notice" (KMDF-LD)], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], October 1, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
7. "RabbitEars TV Query for KWWT".
8. "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds".
9. "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115".

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