KSWL-LD (channel 17) is a low-power television station in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting alongside MeTV/MyNetworkTV/Telemundo affiliate KWWE-LD (channel 19). The two stations share studios on West Prien Lake Road in Lake Charles; KSWL-LD's transmitter is located at the KTSR tower in Westlake.
History
In 2011, the FCC awarded a construction permit for the station, with the call sign of K17KH-D. The current KSWL-LD calls were adopted on February 10, 2017. Five days later, the station went on the air as the Lake Charles area's CBS affiliate, owned by Lake Charles Television, LLC, a unit of Waypoint Media.[1]
KSWL-LD is the area's first CBS affiliate since the shutdown of its original CBS affiliate, KTAG-TV (UHF channel 25), in August 1961.[2]