KCWQ-LP is the low-powered CW-affiliated television station for the Coachella Valley that is licensed to Palm Springs. It broadcasts an analog signal on VHF channel 2 and a digital signal (KCWQ-LD) on UHF channel 26 from a transmitter on Edom Hill northeast of Cathedral City and I-10. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, the station is sister to ABC affiliate KESQ-TV, Class A Fox affiliate KDFX-CA, and low-powered Telemundo affiliate KUNA-LP/LD. All four stations share studios on Melanie Place in Palm Desert. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 5 hence the Palm Springs CW 5 branding.
Due to its low-powered status, KCWQ did not originally operate a digital signal of its own. However, there is one provided on KESQ's eighth digital subchannel that is identified on-air via PSIP as 2.3. This is unlike most subchannels that officially identify with a physical digital channel. With the switch to digital-only broadcasting on June 12, 2009, KCWQ had a construction permit to build a low-powered digital signal of its own. Originally, the station was a WB affiliate as part of the cable-only WB 100+ operation. As such, it used the "KCWB" call sign in a fictional manner.
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