KWNL-CD


KWNL-CD, virtual and UHF digital channel 31, is a low-powered, Class A Univision-affiliated television station serving Fort Smith, Arkansas, that is licensed to Winslow, Arkansas. Owned by Pinnacle Media, it is a sister station to KFDF-CD, KLRA-CD, KMYA-DT, and KQRY-LD.

History

The call letters were changed from KBBL-CA to KWNL-CA on July 6, 2006. On July 14, 2006, the KBBL-CA call letters reappeared on Channel 56 in Springfield, Missouri, curiously the namesake of the Simpsons' fictional hometown. However, that station is a translator of KWBM, Equity's MyNetworkTV station in that market, and likely not inspired by the KBBL-TV of The Simpsons.
At one point, KWNL aired local newscasts; they were produced out of Little Rock, Arkansas, with reports produced in Fort Smith. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after then-owner Equity Media Holdings instituted a company wide suspension of news programs.
After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction, KWNL was sold to Pinnacle Media in August 2009, with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement on August 5.

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
ChannelVideoAspectPSIP Short NameProgramming
31.11080iKLRA-CDMain KWNL-CD programming / Univision
31.2480iKMYA-DTSimulcast of KMYA-DT