WCWA

WCWA is a CW affiliate that serves the Calgary, Alberta market. It broadcasts on Channel 12. From 1995 to 2001, the station had no newscasts at all due to a labor dispute. Syndicated programming on WCWA includes: Supermarket Sweep, Two and a Half Men, Family Guy, That 70s Show, Full House (first aired on WCWA in 1991), and Roseanne among others.
==Station History==
WCWA signed on the air back on December 30, 1986 as an Independent under the original call letters WBIE. WBIE remained as an Independent and under the original call signs for nearly 10 years until 1995 when two newly formed networks The WB and UPN signed on the air. WBIE picked up The WB and in doing so, switched call letters from WBIE to WCWB (W Calgary's WB). Due to a labor dispute among WCWB's news staff and management, WCWB cancelled all newscasts and wouldn't air newscasts again for 6 years. On July 28, 2001, WCWB went silent for most of the day, ironically on the same day they brought back newscasts. Viewers were frustrated and called in the station to find out the issue. The only answer they got was to tune in at 6 pm for a surprise. The surprise being that they brought back newscasts for the first time in 6 years and normal programming was restored thereafter. Many people thought that day's "going silent" prank was obviously a puzzling decision. On that same day, Kids' WB programming was transmitted by an Independent station. According to a station executive, WCWB's "going silent until the News" idea was actually a pubilicity stunt. In 2006, when The WB and UPN announced they would merge to form The CW and MyNetworkTV, WCWB became a charter affiliate for The CW. Along with the affiliation switches, WCWB changed call letters yet again, this time to WCWA. WCWA has remained as an affiliate of The CW and was not affected by the fictional tv station switch.
== Programming Schedule from September 1996 ==
 	MON 	TUE 	WED 	THU 	FRI 	SAT 	SUN
5:00 am 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
5:30 am 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Married...with Children 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
6:00 am 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
6:30 am 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
7:00 am 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Freakazoid! 	Kenneth Copeland
7:30 am 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Happy Days 	Earthworm Jim 	Creflo Dollar
8:00 am 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Superman 	Benny Hinn
8:30 am 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Laverne and Shirley 	Road Rovers 	Religious Programming
9:00 am 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	Waynehead 	Religious Programming
9:30 am 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	Pinky and The Brain 	Religious Programming
10:00 am	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Animaniacs 	Religious Programming
10:30 am	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries	Religious Programming
11:00 am	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Garfield and Friends 	Amen
11:30 am	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Family Matters 	Amen
12:00 pm	Murphy Brown 	Murphy Brown 	Murphy Brown 	Murphy Brown 	Murphy Brown 	Mama's Family 	Gimme a Break!
12:30 pm	Murphy Brown 	Murphy Brown 	Murphy Brown 	Murphy Brown 	Murphy Brown 	Mama's Family 	Gimme a Break!
1:00 pm 	Full House 	Full House 	Full House 	Full House 	Full House 	For All My Family 	The Landry Sisters
1:30 pm 	Full House 	Full House 	Full House 	Full House 	Full House 	For All My Family 	The Landry Sisters
2:00 pm 	Step by Step 	Step by Step 	Step by Step 	Step by Step 	Step by Step 	Full House 	Rosie
2:30 pm 	Step by Step 	Step by Step 	Step by Step 	Step by Step 	Step by Step 	Full House 	Rosie
3:00 pm 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Rosie 	The Facts of Life
3:30 pm 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Rosie 	The Facts of Life
4:00 pm 	Bugs 'n Daffy 	Bugs 'n Daffy 	Bugs 'n Daffy 	Bugs 'n Daffy 	Bugs 'n Daffy 	The Facts of Life 	Alice
4:30 pm 	Animaniacs 	Animaniacs 	Animaniacs 	Animaniacs 	Animaniacs 	The Facts of Life 	Alice
5:00 pm 	Garfield and Friends 	Garfield and Friends 	Garfield and Friends 	Garfield and Friends 	Garfield and Friends 	The Jeffersons 	Flo
5:30 pm 	For All My Family 	For All My Family 	For All My Family 	For All My Family 	For All My Family 	The Jeffersons 	Flo
6:00 pm 	Home Improvement 	Home Improvement 	Home Improvement 	Home Improvement 	Home Improvement 	Alice 	Kirk
6:30 pm 	Home Improvement 	Home Improvement 	Home Improvement 	Home Improvement 	Home Improvement 	Alice 	Brotherly Love
7:00 pm 	7th Heaven 	Murphy Brown 	Sister, Sister 	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Full House 	Little House on the Prairie 	The Parent 'Hood
7:30 pm 	7th Heaven 	Murphy Brown 	Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Full House 	Little House on the Prairie 	The Steve Harvey Show
8:00 pm 	Savannah 	Step by Step 	The Wayans Bros. 	Mad About You 	Family Matters 	Matlock 	Unhappily Ever After
8:30 pm 	Savannah 	Step by Step 	The Jamie Foxx Show 	Mad About You 	Family Matters 	Matlock 	Life with Roger
9:00 pm 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	Happy Days 	Married... with Children
9:30 pm 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	The Gordon Elliott Show 	Laverne & Shirley 	Married... with Children
10:00 pm	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Married... with Children 	The Brady Bunch
10:30 pm	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Married... with Children 	Mork & Mindy
11:00 pm	Who's the Boss? 	Who's the Boss? 	Who's the Boss? 	Who's the Boss? 	Who's the Boss? 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family
11:30 pm	Who's the Boss? 	Who's the Boss? 	Who's the Boss? 	Who's the Boss? 	Who's the Boss? 	Mama's Family 	Mama's Family
12:00 am	Beverly Hills, 90210 	Saved by the Bell 	Saved by the Bell 	Saved by the Bell 	Saved by the Bell 	Saved by the Bell 	Beverly Hills, 90210
12:30 am	Beverly Hills, 90210 	Saved by the Bell 	Saved by the Bell 	Saved by the Bell 	Saved by the Bell 	Saved by the Bell 	Beverly Hills, 90210
1:00 am 	It’s a Living 	It’s a Living 	It’s a Living 	It’s a Living 	It’s a Living 	It’s a Living 	It’s a Living
1:30 am 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break! 	Gimme a Break!
2:00 am 	The Hogan Family 	The Hogan Family 	The Hogan Family 	The Hogan Family 	The Hogan Family 	The Hogan Family 	The Hogan Family
2:30 am 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life 	The Facts of Life
3:00 am 	Paid Programming 	Diff’rent Strokes 	Diff’rent Strokes 	Diff’rent Strokes 	Diff’rent Strokes 	Diff’rent Strokes 	Diff’rent Strokes
3:30 am 	Paid Programming 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie 	Rosie
4:00 am 	Paid Programming 	Mama’s Family 	Mama’s Family 	Mama’s Family 	Mama’s Family 	Mama’s Family 	Mama’s Family
4:30 am 	Paid Programming 	Family Matters 	Family Matters 	Family Matters 	Family Matters 	Family Matters 	Family Matters
==News/Station Presentation==
===Newscast TItles===
*WBIE Newsbreak (1986-1988; only had news updates then)
*Newswatch 28 (1988-1992)
*WBIE News (1992-1995)
*Calgary's WB News (2001-2006)
*CW Calgary News (2006–present)
===Station Slogans===
*We're the Ones (1986-1990)
*Keep Your Eyes On Us (1990-1995)
*WB 28 is Your Entertainment Station (1995-2001; only entertainment slogan the station had as a WB affiliate)
*WB 28: Kiss the Frog, Baby! (1995-1996; localized version of The WB ad campaign)
*Dubba Dubba Dubba Dubba WB 28! (1996-2005)
*You're on the Dubba Dubba WB 28! (1996-1997)
*Hey Dubba O, Dubba He, Dubba She, Dubba You, Dubba Me, Dubba Dubba WB 28! (1997-1998)
*WB 28, Do the Dubba Dance! (1997-1998)
*What's the Place I Want to Be? Dubba Dubba WB 28! (1998-1999)
*WB 28: I Can't Wait to Crawl! (1999-2000)
*WB 28: The Night is Young. (2000-2001)
*WB 28/Calgary's WB, Watch What We're Doing Now! (2000-2006)
*Calgary's WB: Watch the Frog. (2001-2005)
*Calgary's WB: Fresh from the Frog (2001-2005)
*Calgary's WB: Home of the Shows That Speak to Our Young Adult Audience from an Empowered Point of View. (2002-2005)
*Calgary's WB: We Speak to a Generation. (2003-2006)
*Calgary's WB: The Network Defining a Generation. (2004-2006)
*The First 18 Years. Calgary's WB. Est 1986. (2004-2005)
*Calgary's WB: The New Generation. (2005-2006)
*Coverage You Can Count On (2001-2006)
*Where News Comes First (2006–present)
===Current On-Air Staff===
Robert Jaime - News Director
*Jane Palming - anchor; weeknights at 9
*Hannah Lee - anchor; weeknights at 9
*Scott Fish - anchor; weekends at 9
===CW Calgary Weather Team===
*Shelly Freeman - chief meteorologist (AMS Seal of Approval); weeknights at 9
*Matt Loomis - meteorologist; weekends at 9
===CW Sports Team===
*Justin DeLeon - sports director; weeknights at 9
*Robert Berryhill - sports reporter; weekends at 9
===Current On-Air Reporters===
*Brandy Blakenship - general assignment reporter
*Donna Lewis - general assignment reporter
*Kyle Woods - general assignment reporter
*Michael Washburn  - general assignment reporter
*Jackie Poach - general assignment reporter
*Fran Hudson - general assignment reporter
*Michael Pinaturo - general assignment reporter
Category:CW network affiliates
Category:Channel 12
Category:Calgary
Category:Alberta
Category:Canada
Category:Former WB network affiliates
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Time Warner
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1986