KWBQ

KWBQ and KRWB-TV
Channels for KWBQ
Channels for KRWB-TV
BrandingNew Mexico's CW
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerMission Broadcasting, Inc.
OperatorNexstar Media Group
KRQE, KASY-TV
History
Founded
  • KWBQ: April 11, 1997
  • KRWB-TV: February 4, 2003
First air date
  • KWBQ: March 5, 1999 (1999-03-05)
  • KRWB-TV: February 18, 2003 (2003-02-18)
Former channel numbers
  • KWBQ: Analog: 19 (UHF, 1999–2009)
  • KRWB-TV: Analog: 21 (UHF, 2003–2009)
  • KWBQ: The WB (1999–2006)
  • KRWB-TV: The WB (2003–2006)
Call sign meaning
  • KWBQ: The WB Albuquerque
  • KRWB-TV: Roswell's WB
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID
  • KWBQ: 76268
  • KRWB-TV: 84157
ERP
  • KWBQ: 245 kW
  • KRWB-TV: 1,000 kW
HAAT
  • KWBQ: 1,275 m (4,183 ft)
  • KRWB-TV: 128 m (420 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
Translator(s)K24CT-D Alamogordo
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.krqe.com/new-mexicos-cw/

KWBQ (channel 19) is a television station licensed to Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, serving the Albuquerque area as a de facto owned-and-operated station of The CW. The station's transmitter is located atop Sandia Crest. KWBQ is owned by Mission Broadcasting alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KASY-TV (channel 50). The two stations share studios with dual CBS/Fox affiliate KRQE (channel 13) on Broadcast Plaza in Albuquerque. Nexstar Media Group, which owns KRQE and holds a majority stake in The CW, provides master control, technical, engineering and accounting services for KWBQ and KASY-TV through a shared services agreement (SSA), though the two stations are otherwise operated separately from KRQE as Mission handles programming, advertising sales and retransmission consent negotiations.

KRWB-TV (channel 21) in Roswell operates as a satellite of KWBQ, extending its signal across southeastern New Mexico. This station's transmitter is located near Hagerman. KRWB is a straight simulcast of KWBQ; on-air references to KRWB are limited to Federal Communications Commission (FCC)-mandated hourly station identifications during programming. Besides the transmitter, KRWB does not maintain any physical presence in Roswell. Unlike its parent station, KRWB does not carry any of KWBQ's subchannels, but does carry KASY-TV on its second subchannel.