Gray's KWTX Preempts CW for ABC's

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KWTX-TV, the Gray Television station in Killeen, Texas, is giving over a big chunk of airtime on its CW-programmed digital subchannel to distance learning programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The station is partnering with the local school district to carry lessons from KISD-TV, the school district video channel, for students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The programming will be in half-hour lessons in literacy and math prepared by Killeen teachers.

Beginning Monday, April 13, KWTX's 46.1 digital channel will preempt blocks of CW programming on Mondays (8:30-11:30 a.m.), Tuesday (8 a.m.-noon), Thursday (8:30-11:30) and Friday (8 a.m.-noon).

The subchannel is also carrier on DirecTV and Suddenlink. 

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.