KWED

KWED is an UPN affiliate serving Weed, Mount Shasta, Dunsmuir, and the surrounding area of southern Siskiyou County, California. Broadcasting on channel 57, KWED is owned and operated by Evans Communications. KWED was launched in 1980 by Diana J. Limjoco, who became its first Chairman, Exec. Director, and Producer. KWED was launched as an independent and Limjoco owned the station until KWED became an UPN affiliate in 1995. Two years later, Limjoco sold the station to Oakhurst Broadcasting. On Jan. 30, 2016, it was announced that Island Television, as well as Higgins Broadcasting, and Oakhurst Broadcasting, were merging into Adelphia Communications. So Oakhurst Broadcasting had to sell the station, and the station was sold to Evans Communications, which made the station a semi-satellite to KVFA in Yreka. On May 17, 2017, the station was sold to Gannett Communications.
Category:Channel 57
Category:Weed, California
Category:California
Category:United Paramount Network affiliates
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1980
Category:Gannett Communications