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{{Short description|Television station in Bentonville, Arkansas}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign               = KWNL-CD
| city                   = Bentonville, Arkansas
| logo                   = Univision Arkansas 2019.webp
| logo_size              = 180px
| branding               = {{lang|es|italic=no|Univision Arkansas}}
| digital                = 32 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]])
| virtual                = 14 
| subchannels            = 
| translators            = KXUN-LD 48 [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]
| affiliations           = [[Univision]]
| network                = 
| owner                  = Pinnacle Media, [[Limited liability company|LLC]]
| licensee               = 
| location               = [[Bentonville, Arkansas|Bentonville]]–[[Fayetteville, Arkansas]]
| country                = United States
| airdate                = 
| last_airdate           = 
| callsign_meaning       = 
| sister_stations        = [[KFFS-CD]]
| former_callsigns       = {{ubl|K63EG (1989–2000)|K09XE (2000–2003)|KBBL-CA (2003–2006)|KWNL-CA (2006–2011)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 63 (UHF, 1989–2000)|'''Virtual:''' 9 (PSIP, 2011–2013)}}
| former_affiliations    = 
| erp                    = 15 [[Watt|kW]]
| haat                   = {{Convert|117.9|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id            = 52426
| class                  = [[Class A television service|CD]]
| coordinates            = {{nowrap|{{coord|36|08|50|N|94|11|14|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| licensing_authority    = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website                =  
}}

'''KWNL-CD''' (channel 14) is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] in [[Bentonville, Arkansas]], United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language network [[Univision]]. It is owned by Pinnacle Media alongside [[Fayetteville, Arkansas|Fayetteville]]–licensed [[Court TV]] affiliate [[KFFS-CD]] (channel 36). KWNL-CD's transmitter is located on South 56th Street in [[Springdale, Arkansas]].

'''KXUN-LD''' (channel 48) in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]] operates as a [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|translator]] of KWNL-CD; this station's transmitter is located on Pernot Road in [[Van Buren, Arkansas|Van Buren]].

==History==
The call letters were changed from KBBL-CA to KWNL-CA on July 6, 2006. On July 14, 2006, the KBBL-CA call letters reappeared on Channel 56 in [[Springfield, Missouri]], curiously the namesake of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|the Simpsons' fictional hometown]].  However, that station is a translator of [[KWBM]], Equity's [[MyNetworkTV]] station in that market, and likely not inspired by the [[Media in The Simpsons|KBBL-TV]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]''.

At one point, KWNL aired local newscasts; they were produced out of [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], with reports produced in Fort Smith. The newscasts were canceled in June 2008, after then-owner [[Equity Media Holdings]] instituted a company wide suspension of news programs.<ref name="nwa-newsend">{{cite news|first=Toby |last=Manthey |title=Equity ends newscasts; N.Y. station buy teeters |url=http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/228628/ |work=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]] |date=2008-06-14 |access-date=2008-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206235312/http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/228628/ |archive-date=February 6, 2009 }}</ref>

After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction,<ref name="tvbr-forsale">{{cite news|url=http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/14129.html|title=Equity stations still on the block|date=April 20, 2009|work=Television Business Report|access-date=April 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502204648/http://www.rbr.com/tv-cable/tv_deals/14129.html|archive-date=May 2, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> KWNL was sold to Pinnacle Media in August 2009 (after having initially been included in Silver Point Finance's acquisition on June 2 of several Equity stations<ref name="fcc-saletosp">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1324773&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=52418|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE|date=June 15, 2009|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|access-date=August 25, 2009}}</ref>), with Pinnacle assuming control under a [[local marketing agreement]] (LMA) on August 5.<ref name="fcc-kpbirepeaterssale">{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1327335&Service=CA&Form_id=314&Facility_id=52418|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE |date=August 14, 2009|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=August 25, 2009}}</ref>

==Technical information==
===Subchannels===
The stations' signals are [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannel of KWNL-CD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KWNL#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KWNL|website=[[RabbitEars]]|accessdate=January 28, 2025}}</ref> and KXUN-LD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=KXUN#station|title=RabbitEars TV Query for KXUN|website=[[RabbitEars]]|accessdate=January 28, 2025}}</ref>
! scope = "col" colspan="2" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" rowspan="2" | Short name
! scope = "col" rowspan="2" | Programming
|-
! scope = "col" | {{small|KWNL-CD}} || {{small|KXUN-LD}}
|-
! scope = "row" | 14.1 || 48.1
| [[1080i]] || [[16:9]] || KWNL-CD || [[Univision]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|14387|KXUN-LD}}

{{Fort Smith TV}}
{{Other Arkansas Stations}}

[[Category:Television stations in Northwest Arkansas|WNL-CD]]
[[Category:Univision affiliates]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1989]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in Arkansas|WNL-CD]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Arkansas|WNL]]


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