KCWE is the CW-affiliated television station serving Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas City, Kansas. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 31 (virtual channel 29.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter at the East 23rd Street/Topping Avenue intersection in Kansas City, Missouri's Blue Valley section. Owned by Hearst Television, KCWE is sister to ABC affiliate KMBC-TV (channel 9) and the two outlets share studios on Winchester Avenue in the city's Swope Park Ridge-Winchester section along I-435.
The station can also be seen on Comcast channel 2, Time Warner Cable channel 7, SureWest channel 16 and AT&T U-verse channel 29. There is a high definition feed provided on Comcast digital channel 236, SureWest digital channel 615, Time Warner Cable digital channel 1007 and AT&T U-verse channel 1029. Syndicated programming on the station includes Two and a Half Men, Extra, Maury, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Steve Wilkos Show and 30 Rock.