TCWB

TCWB (Virtual and VHF channel 13) is a Univon affiliate serving the Tamagotchi Town Market. The station is owned by the E.W. Scripps company as a part of a duopoly with Ion affiliate TPXT. 
The channel has two low-power transmitters. T19CV-LP (UHF channel 19) and T32RZB (UHF channel 32).
== History ==
=== Early Years (1992-1995) ===
On April 23, 1992, a constriction permit was issued for a new channel 13 for the Tamatown market. The Tamatown market wanted a new channel as the major channels at the time (Channels 5, 6, 7, 16, 24, and 31) they already had didn't really appeal to the teenage demographic. TCWB signed on during the afternoon of November 1, 1994 as TXUZ, with the inaugural program being an animated rerun of The Flintstones. However, despite being on the air, the station suffered signal problems as the station was originally low powered. Meaning that the station would experience frequent signal problems. It also didn't help that its signal was constantly being disrupted by TUHD (now TRPX)'s VHF channel 10.
=== As The WB (1995-2006) ===
When the 1995 season approached, TXUZ announced that it would affiliate with the brand new WB network. Once this happened, TAMAX-TV (Channel 5) decided to compete with the network for a while by affiliating with UPN. On August 22, 1995, the network changed its callsign to TTWB (Tamatown's WB). Compared to the other networks, The WB was seen as a fairly unique network with its new youth-oriented programming. This made TTWB a huge hit with young people and made serious money for their owner, Scripps-Howard, which owned mostly ABC stations at the time.
In 1999, TTWB introduced a new programming block by the name of WB13's Funtastic Theater. A movie-themed block that airs every Saturday and Sunday night. With the introduction of this block, TTWB often boasted third place in ratings. Outscoring Fox. But with a ratings increase came a new competitor as the United Paramount Network joined TUNT 47 (now TMYT) which was recently acquired by Chris-Craft Television. This caused a serious battle between the two stations as they always made ads against each other. TUNT boasted that "Mature Networks don't have mascots," targeting The WB and their mascot Michigan J. Frog, while TTWB frequently advertised with "Klingon Clan, your worst nightmare has arrived," targeting UPN and their reliance on Star Trek.
In 2003, the battle ended following TUNT 47's acquisition by Fox. This was because TXVI, TUNT's new sister station, wasn't a huge fan of the war going on, so they went in and stopped it. This was extremely beneficial for both stations as many viewers called the ads "annoying" and "not what they wanted for broadcast television". With this, both stations got an increase in ratings and both stations became slightly more powerful affiliates of both networks.
=== The CW (2006-2024) ===
In 2006, it was confirmed that TimeWarner and CBS had plans to merge the two networks together to produce a new network by the name of "The CW". TTWB was chosen as the network's affiliate, although it wouldn't be as much of an issue if TUNT was chosen instead, as TamaTown was a market that had strong UPN and WB stations. But one thing in particular made TTWB the main affiliate: It wasn't a Fox-owned station. So, once TTWB joined the CW, TUNT joined another new network to go head-to-head with it by the name of MyNetworkTV. On June 13, 2006, to make known the new network's name, TTWB changed its callsign to TCWB. A call sign that is still used to this day and TUNT changed its name to TMYT.
The change took place on September 17, 2006 and the first program they aired was a newscast operated by ABC station TXYZ 24. Once the 2006-07 season started, TCWB scored decent ratings while TMYT absolutely tanked in ratings due to the MyNetworkTV lineup relying exclusively on soap operas. TCWB got a significant boost in ratings in the 2007-08 season due to the lackluster lineup TMYT had.
On November 13, 2007, TTPA (TamaTown Public Access) closed down its analogue signal in favor of an "all-digital" lineup for it and the other stations, including TCWB. TCWB started its digital life on VHF channel 6 along with other major stations. But it would make the move to a completely digital station on June 12, 2009 when it closed down its analogue signal itself and moved its digital signal to VHF channel 13. Making it one of the three stations to use the VHF signal, with the other being Rainbow Princess-owned TRPX (VHF channel 10) and ex-rival MyNetworkTV station TMYT (VHF channel 2) (as TNBU, the market's NBC affiliate moved to UHF channel 23 in 2019).
=== Merger with TPXT ===
On January 7, 2021, after Scripps acquired Ion Media, Ion station TPXT became a sister station to TCWB. Exactly three days later, it was announced that TCWB and TPXT would be merging to create a new brand to signify the unity of the two stations known as CWPX13. However, the change was reverted on August 22, 2021 due to budget constraints. Despite this, TCWB's UHF simulcast remained on TPXT's 43.7 Subchannel until December 1 of the same year.
=== Ties with V-Me ===
On January 13, 2022, it was announced that TCWB would carry V-Me after TTPA removed it two weeks prior. The station would still broadcast the network on its VHF channel 13 but would use a PSIP channel number of 26 for it, V-Me Kids, and Primo TV. The channels were added during the night of February 1, 2022.
=== Loss of CW affiliation ===
On April 19, 2024, Nexstar Media Group, majority owner of The CW announced that they wouldn't renew any affiliation deal with Scripps-owned CW affiliations including TCWB. 
On May 7, 2024, it was announced that Shimmer Broadcasting's TMGC (Channel 68), would become Tamagotchi Town's new affiliate for The CW after the group renewed affiliations with the network following speculation that Petalboy Media's THUD (Channel 53) would join the network. However, on May 8, 2024 Univon, would later be announced as the new affiliate of the station and plans to bring new programming to the station and change the callsign to TCAD once the affiliation change has taken place.
== Programming ==
Current syndicated programming on TCWB are The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, Everybody Hates Chris, Doctor Who, Hawaii Five-O, and Primeval among others.
=== Newscasts ===
Starting in July 1997, TCWB began to partner with then ABC-owned station TXYZ. At first TXYZ created the newscast "ABC 24 news on WB13" for 6 PM but overtime, extended to 7 PM in 1998 and later, 1 PM in 2008 and then 6 to 9 AM in 2015. TCWB is almost always used by TXYZ for their newscasts if the scheduled newscasts should be preempted by sports or other programming.
==Subchannels==
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel	Display resolution	Aspect	PSIP short name	Programming
13.1 	720p 	16:9 	CW13 	Primary TCWB programming (The CW)
13.2 	480i 	4:3 	ION 	Ion Television
13.3 	480i 	4:3 	Bounce 	Bounce
13.4 	480i 	4:3 	Laff 	Laff
26.1 	720p 	16:9 	VME 	V-me
26.2 	480i 	4:3 	VKids 	V-me Kids
26.3 	480i 	4:3 	Primo 	Primo TV
=== Analog-to-digital conversion ===
TWCB officially discontinued its analog signal on June 12, 2009. The station, however, would stay on its VHF channel 13 so that consumers wouldn't get any confusion from it and as such, it terminated its former VHF signal on VHF channel 6 due to the transition.
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