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CW10 on 52

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BobOnTheJob

Need help IDing something. With the dish aimed west from central Indiana, I saw a "CW10" on channel 52 analog. Google shows CW10 in California...that ain't it. Any ideas?
 
Are you sure it wasn't a station using its cable positioner? I don't know of a single CW affiliate on channel 10 anywhere. Our MY affiliate, WCTX-TV channel 59 of New Haven, calls themselves "MY-TV 9". Naturally, I refuse to call them that.
 
KML-224 said:
Are you sure it wasn't a station using its cable positioner? I don't know of a single CW affiliate on channel 10 anywhere. Our MY affiliate, WCTX-TV channel 59 of New Haven, calls themselves "MY-TV 9". Naturally, I refuse to call them that.
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Those MY stations do all have cutesy names...which I also go out of my way to not perpetuate.

I just checked for any callsign on 10 or 52 that has a "CW" in it...zero. Band conditions were up a little at the time I saw this one. Saw it on the 7' Channel Master dish at 55'. Just checked again...nothing except a trace of Kentucky Educational TV off the back on 52. The mystery continues...What a shame that they didn't ID in sound...the picture was too snowy to see anything but a large CW10 in the lower right corner. Perhaps worthy of a mention...Olney, IL 44-1 HD was in at the time I saw this...it's not there now.
 
I'm confused...Did you recieve this channel on UHF channel 52? And, did you recieve it on a satelite dish, as your post seems to indicate? I do know there is a a CW affiliate broadcasting on channel 10 in Helena MT. This is a full powered station broadcasting from a very high elevation, so I guess anything is possible, but where does the channel 52 come in?
 
fortmill said:
I'm confused...Did you recieve this channel on UHF channel 52? And, did you recieve it on a satelite dish, as your post seems to indicate? I do know there is a a CW affiliate broadcasting on channel 10 in Helena MT. This is a full powered station broadcasting from a very high elevation, so I guess anything is possible, but where does the channel 52 come in?
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Must be the Evansville station the above posted unearthed. I saw the term CW10 on UHF channel 52. It was over the air, it was on UHF analog 52 but it said CW10. My guess is it's a LPTV in Evansville that's on 52 air & cable 10 (where all the viewers are).
 
robmadden1 said:
WAZE (CW) Channel 52
1277 N. St. Joseph Ave.
Evansville, IN 47720

"The Tri-State`s Home of The CW"

http://msi.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/display.cgi?Id=753&Z=

http://wikimapia.org/4294441/WAZE_CW_Channel_19_and_WTSN_CW_Channel_63_TV_Station

This may be what you saw.
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Interesting stuff to be sure...it says "Used to be WAZ Channel 52"...the FCC database says they aren't there any longer, which is especially intersting given that Vincennes,IN at 60 miles has their full power DT on that channel. Looks like they haven't moved yet...wonder if the FCC knows that??? In any case, it's an LPTV at 130 miles..I'll take it. Good detective work...thanks!
 
What is now WAZE Channel 19 Madisonville, KY started as LPTV Channel 52. W52AZ Evansville signed on in the early 90's by South Central Communications, owner of WIKY radio; one of three LP services they operated. WAZ started as an "All News Channel" affiliate and evolved to a full independent. They picked up UPN affiliation and later switched to the WB (now CW).

Meanwhile, WLCN Channel 19 Madisonville was a fire, brimstone, and damnation television station. It was hardly noticed until the early 90's when they insisted on "Must Carry Status" with every cable system in their coverage area. By the late 90's, South Central leased and later purchased WLCN and changed the call letters to WWAZ and later WAZE. W52AZ continued to simulcast Channel 19 to help the OTA coverage in the Evansville metro since Channel 19's tower is 40 miles south of Evansville. South Central sold Channel 19 a couple of years ago. I'm not sure of the status of Channel 52 since I no longer receive the station where I live.

As far I know they have never identified as "CW10". Besides, in the DMA the CBS affiliate WEVV (Channel 44) has aligned their cable position to Channel 10.
 
radiorob2.0 said:
What is now WAZE Channel 19 Madisonville, KY started as LPTV Channel 52. W52AZ Evansville signed on in the early 90's by South Central Communications, owner of WIKY radio; one of three LP services they operated. WAZ started as an "All News Channel" affiliate and evolved to a full independent. They picked up UPN affiliation and later switched to the WB (now CW).

Meanwhile, WLCN Channel 19 Madisonville was a fire, brimstone, and damnation television station. It was hardly noticed until the early 90's when they insisted on "Must Carry Status" with every cable system in their coverage area. By the late 90's, South Central leased and later purchased WLCN and changed the call letters to WWAZ and later WAZE. W52AZ continued to simulcast Channel 19 to help the OTA coverage in the Evansville metro since Channel 19's tower is 40 miles south of Evansville. South Central sold Channel 19 a couple of years ago. I'm not sure of the status of Channel 52 since I no longer receive the station where I live.

As far I know they have never identified as "CW10". Besides, in the DMA the CBS affiliate WEVV (Channel 44) has aligned their cable position to Channel 10.
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Thanks for the history of WAZE. Evansville is just far enough away (130 miles) that it's pretty well in another world. I know that I saw a CW10 on 52. And a website showed job openings at The CW for Evansville and it's logo showed it to be on 52. Hopefully someone near Evansville will eventually stop by here & verify that 52 in Evansville is running the CW network. I'm pretty confident that's the station I saw. What I'd really like to know is what channel the CW is on on the Evansville cable system. If it's on 10, that seals it in my book.
 
BobOnTheJob said:
radiorob2.0 said:
What is now WAZE Channel 19 Madisonville, KY started as LPTV Channel 52. W52AZ Evansville signed on in the early 90's by South Central Communications, owner of WIKY radio; one of three LP services they operated. WAZ started as an "All News Channel" affiliate and evolved to a full independent. They picked up UPN affiliation and later switched to the WB (now CW).

Meanwhile, WLCN Channel 19 Madisonville was a fire, brimstone, and damnation television station. It was hardly noticed until the early 90's when they insisted on "Must Carry Status" with every cable system in their coverage area. By the late 90's, South Central leased and later purchased WLCN and changed the call letters to WWAZ and later WAZE. W52AZ continued to simulcast Channel 19 to help the OTA coverage in the Evansville metro since Channel 19's tower is 40 miles south of Evansville. South Central sold Channel 19 a couple of years ago. I'm not sure of the status of Channel 52 since I no longer receive the station where I live.

As far I know they have never identified as "CW10". Besides, in the DMA the CBS affiliate WEVV (Channel 44) has aligned their cable position to Channel 10.
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Thanks for the history of WAZE. Evansville is just far enough away (130 miles) that it's pretty well in another world. I know that I saw a CW10 on 52. And a website showed job openings at The CW for Evansville and it's logo showed it to be on 52. Hopefully someone near Evansville will eventually stop by here & verify that 52 in Evansville is running the CW network. I'm pretty confident that's the station I saw. What I'd really like to know is what channel the CW is on on the Evansville cable system. If it's on 10, that seals it in my book.
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I haven't clicked on the Insight link but I can tell you WEVV is on Cable 10, as it is on most all the cable systems in the DMA.
 
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