Not to be confused with WDAF-TV or WDAF-FM.
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KNBN-TV[]
1980–1984[]
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Originally signed on the air on September 29, 1980 as KNBN-TV on UHF channel 33. It was affiliated with the Spanish International Network until Hill Broadcasting sold channel 33 to New York City-based Metromedia in the fall of 1983.
KRLD-TV[]
1984–1986[]
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On July 30, 1984, the station's call letters were changed to KRLD-TV to match radio station KRLD (1080 AM), which became a sister property to the television station after Metromedia successfully sought the FCC for a waiver of its cross-ownership regulations to let it retain KRLD radio and the UHF station. (This made channel 33 the second KRLD-TV in Dallas; the call letters had been used on channel 4 when it was co-owned with KRLD until 1970.) The KNBN callsign is now used on the NBC affiliate on channel 21 in Rapid City, South Dakota.
KDAF[]
1986–1993[]
In May 1985, Metromedia sold all of its independent stations (including KRLD) to News Corporation, who announced its intentions to launch the then-new Fox on May 7, 1986, with KTTV, KRIV, WFLD, WNYW, and WTTG forming what would become Fox Television Stations. As a result, the callsign was changed to KDAF, which stood for Dallas And Fort Worth.
1987–1993[]
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1995–2005[]
On July 2, 1995, CBS affiliate KDFW assumed the Fox affiliation for the Dallas-Fort Worth market as a result of the network's long-term affiliation agreement with New World Communications (KTVT took over the CBS affiliation). Concurrently, in order to move Fox programming to the higher-rated KDFW, Fox Television Stations opted to sell KDAF to Renaissance Broadcasting in a trade deal for KDVR in Denver and its Fort Collins, Colorado satellite station KFCT. On July 1, 1996, Chicago-based Tribune Broadcasting announced that it would acquire Renaissance Communications for $1.13 billion. At the time, Tribune held a partial ownership interest in The WB; however KDAF could not technically be considered an owned-and-operated station of the network since Time Warner held an 87.5% majority stake in the network – which eventually decreased to 78%, when Tribune increased its stake in the network by purchasing a portion of Time Warner's equity interest. On the date of the switch, KDAF became a WB affiliate, taking over the affiliation from KXTX-TV, which had been carrying the network since The WB's January 1995 inception under a temporary arrangement.
2004–2006[]
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2006–2008[]
In 2006, UPN and The WB were merged to form The CW. KDAF, as part of an affiliation deal for most of Tribune Broadcasting's WB affiliates, joined the new network.
2008–2024[]
2008–2011[]
2011–2017[]
In September 2011, KDAF returned to the "CW33" branding, still using the previous "The 33" circle scheme.
2017–2019[]
On September 19, 2019, Tribune was acquired by Irving, Texas-based Nexstar Media Group. Although Nexstar's operations are based in the Metroplex, KDAF was not designated as a flagship outlet for the group (either as a sole flagship or in conjunction with one of the three Tribune-owned stations in the three largest U.S. markets).
2019–2024[]
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