WCWW-LD
WCWW-LD is a low-power television station in South Bend, Indiana, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is owned by Weigel Broadcasting alongside two other low-power stations: ABC affiliate WBND-LD and MyNetworkTV affiliate WMYS-LD. The three stations share studios on Generations Drive in northeastern South Bend; WCWW-LD's transmitter is located just off the St. Joseph Valley Parkway on the city's south side.
Due to its low-power status, its broadcasting radius only covers the immediate South Bend area. Therefore, Weigel relies on paid television subscription carriage for all three of its South Bend television stations to reach the entire market.
WCWW-LD is the only CW affiliate owned by Weigel, after flagship WCIU-TV in Chicago reverted to being an independent station on September 1, 2024.
History
The station was founded on August 31, 1990, as W25BM, operating as an affiliate of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network; it later changed its callsign to WYGN-LP in October 1995. On March 14, 2002, the station was transferred to its current owner, Weigel Broadcasting, who had been previously broadcasting general entertainment programming on what is now WYGN-LD; it also dropped 3ABN which went to WYGN-LD, changed its callsign to WRDY-LP, and began simulcasting ABC programming from sister station WBND-LP; that fall, the station dropped the WBND-LP simulcast and affiliated with The WB, which moved to WRDY-LP from the original WMWB-LP, and it adopted the WMWB-LP callsign previously held by channel 69 to reflect its new affiliation with the network.On March 1, 2006, Weigel officials announced that WMWB would affiliate with The CW, a network formed out of the struggling WB and UPN networks in partnership with the two networks' owners Time Warner and CBS Corporation, when it premiered in September; channel 25 changed its call letters to WCWW-LP upon the network's launch on September 18, 2006. The WCWW calls had belonged to sister station WMYS, which took an affiliation with CW competitor MyNetworkTV ; the two stations both have borne the WRDY and WYGN calls.
In early August 2008, Weigel Broadcasting agreed to sell all three of its South Bend stations, including WCWW, to Schurz Communications, the longtime owner of the local CBS affiliate WSBT-TV, for undisclosed terms. However, in the absence of action by the Federal Communications Commission, the deal was called off in August 2009.
With Weigel flagship WCIU-TV's assumption of the CW affiliation in Chicago on September 1, 2019, Weigel now owns both of the network's affiliates on the southern shore of Lake Michigan.
Newscasts
On March 19, 2012, WCWW-LD debuted a nightly half-hour prime time newscast at 10 p.m. that is produced by WBND-LD. WBND also produces two hours of morning news on WCWW from 7 to 9 a.m. weekdays.Technical information
Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
| 25.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | CW25 | The CW |
| 25.2 | 480i | 16:9 | START | Start TV |
| 25.3 | 480i | 16:9 | TOONS | MeTV Toons |
| 25.4 | 480i | 16:9 | MeTV+ | MeTV+ |
| 25.5 | 480i | 16:9 | STORY | Story Television |
| 25.6 | 480i | 16:9 | WEST | WEST |
| 25.12 | 480i | 16:9 | EMLW | OnTV4U |
In July 2010, WCWW-LD launched a second digital subchannel on 25.2 as an affiliate of This TV.
In September 2018, WCWW-LD's digital subchannel 25.2 replaced This TV with Start TV. This TV moved to a newly launched third subchannel.
In February 2019, WCWW-LD added a high-definition simulcast of sister station WBND-LD on digital subchannel 25.4.
In September 2021, WCWW-LD replaced a simulcast of WBND-LD on digital subchannel 25.4 with MeTV's expansion network, MeTV+.
In March 2022, WCWW-LD launched a fifth digital subchannel on 25.5 as an affiliate of Story Television.
In September 2025, WCWW-LD launched a sixth digital subchannel 25.6 as an affiliate of WEST.