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Eastern Iowa TV Station Changes Affiliation

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Jon Ellis

KWKB/20.1 (Iowa City-Cedar Rapids) has switched to Azteca America following its recent sale to HC2 Broadcasting.

The change marks the first time that Spanish-language TV has been available over the air in eastern Iowa.

KWKB has cable carriage across the Cedar Rapids-Waterloo-Dubuque market and its broadcast signal also reaches the Quad Cities.

Under its previous ownership, KWKB had been affiliated with WB and then the CW, followed by ThisTV for the past several years. It continues to carry Light TV on 20.2.

Note: KWKB dropped Azteca for Escape a few months later.

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