| Callsign: | KWNL-CD |
| City: | Bentonville, Arkansas |
| Branding: | Univision Arkansas |
| Digital: | 32 (UHF) |
| Virtual: | 14 |
| Translators: | KXUN-LD 48 (26 UHF) Fort Smith |
| Owner: | Pinnacle Media, LLC |
| Location: | Bentonville–Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Country: | United States |
| Sister Stations: | KFDF-CD, KLRA-CD, KMYA-DT, KQRY-LD |
| Erp: | 15 kW |
| Haat: | 117.90NaN0 |
| Facility Id: | 52426 |
| Class: | CD |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
KWNL-CD (channel 14) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Bentonville, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language Univision network. It is owned by Pinnacle Media alongside KFDF-CD and KQRY-LD. KWNL-CD's transmitter is located on South 56th Street in Springdale, Arkansas.
KXUN-LD (channel 48) in Fort Smith operates as a translator of KWNL-CD; this station's transmitter is located on Pernot Road in Van Buren.
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 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 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.[1]
After failing to find a buyer at a bankruptcy auction,[2] 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[3]), with Pinnacle assuming control under a local marketing agreement (LMA) on August 5.[4]
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Short name | Programming[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14.1 | KWNL-CD | Main KWNL-CD programming / Univision | ||
| 14.2 | TBD | TBD |