Overview
In Wyoming, KGWN can also be seen over-the-air on repeater K19FX channel 19 in Laramie from a transmitter in unincorporated Albany County near the northwestern boundary of Medicine Bow National Forest. This analog signal has a construction permit to perform a "flash-cut" to a low-powered digital signal. KGWN operates the area's cable-exclusive CW affiliate "KCHW" (call sign used unofficially). Known on-air as Cheyenne CW, it receives all programming through The CW Plus. "KCHW" can only be seen on Bresnan Communications channel 2 and in Nebraska on Charter channel 18 and Allo Communications channel 2. KGWN provides sales and promotional duties for the station.
KSTF in Scottsbluff, Nebraska operates as a semi-satellite of KGWN. It is a full-time simulcast except for separate local commercials. The station broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 29 (virtual channel 10.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter along N-71 at the Scotts Bluff and Sioux County line. The station can also be seen in Nebraska on Charter channel 6. Although master control and most internal operations are based out of KGWN's facilities, KSTF maintains a sales office on North 10th Street/N-17 Business in Gering, Nebraska. There is no separate web address for the station, but Nebraska-specific coverage is provided through KGWN's website.
Since KGWN's transmitter is close to the Colorado border, it provides city-grade coverage of much of Northern Colorado including Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley. It also provides grade B coverage as far south as Longmont and Boulder. KGWN has long claimed Northern Colorado as part of its primary coverage area even though the region is part of the Denver market. It is been carried on cable systems in Fort Collins, Loveland, and Greeley alongside Denver's KCNC-TV. Additionally, many cable systems on the Wyoming side of the Denver market carry both stations.
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