KSNW is a television station in Wichita, Kansas, United States, affiliated with NBC and Telemundo.
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11 Facts About KSNW
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KSNW serves as the flagship of the Kansas State Network, a regional network of five stations relaying NBC network programming and other shows provided by KSNW across central and western Kansas, as well as bordering counties in Nebraska and Oklahoma.
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KARD changed its calls to KSNW, KCKT became KSNC, KGLD became KSNG and KOMC became KSNK .
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In 2008, KSNW acquired low-power station K06LZ in Salina, to serve as its repeater in central Kansas; that station was replaced in May of that year by a digital repeater, KSNL-LD.
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In recent years KSNW has waged a spirited battle with KAKE for second place behind long-dominant KWCH, and has beaten KAKE's newscasts in certain timeslots.
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In January 2009, KSNW acquired regional cable news channel Kansas Now 22, which is carried locally on Cox Communications, from Gray Television to produce its own news and weather content for the channel and provide rebroadcasts of its local newscasts.
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On October 31,2010, KSNW began broadcasting its local newscasts in widescreen standard definition; in-studio, field and other station camera feeds were upconverted to a 16:9 format in the control room.
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On January 30,2011, KSNW began broadcasting the weather segments of its newscasts in high definition, with the remaining in-studio segments following suit on July 17, becoming the third television station in the Wichita–Hutchinson market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition; video from the field remained in widescreen standard definition.
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On January 27,2014, KSNW upgraded its field and other non-studio cameras to HD; with the upgrade, came the introduction of a new HD-ready news set and graphics package.
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KSNW shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, on June 12,2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate.
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KSNW operates a network of four full-power stations and one low-power station covering central and western Kansas, branded as the Kansas State Network.
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