| Longview/Tyler, Texas | |
|---|---|
| Branding | CW 54/5 |
| Channels | Digital: 51 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | The CW |
| Owner | London Broadcasting Company (KCEB License Company, LLC) |
| First air date | July 27, 2003 |
| Sister station(s) | KYTX |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 54 (UHF, 2003-2009) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (2003-2005) The WB (2005-2006) |
| Transmitter power | 500 kW |
| Height | 379 meters (1,243 ft) |
| Facility ID | 83913 |
| Website | kceb.tv |
KCEB is a full-service television station in Longview, Texas, broadcasting locally as the CW affiliate on digital channel 51. Owned by London Broadcasting, KCEB broadcasts with an output power of 500 kW from its transmitter on the KFXK tower near New London and Overton, southwest of Longview, and serves the Tyler-Longview-Lufkin-Nacogdoches television market.
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KCEB signed on as analog channel 54 with 5000 kW on July 27, 2003 as an affiliate of UPN, as part of a simulcasting network including low-power stations KTPN-LP in Tyler and KLPN-LP in Longview. As a UPN affiliate, KCEB branded on-air as UPN KCEB-TV UPN58-54-48/KLPN-LP. The original tower for analog KCEB is located northwest of Longview, at the intersection of State Highway 300 and FM1844, near the town of East Mountain.
On January 1, 2006, KCEB lost the UPN affiliation to KYTX. The station immediately switched its affiliation to The WB. Previously, that network had been seen locally on the cable-only KWTL. During the transition, KTPN and KLPN became independent stations (and now affiliates of My Network TV).
Shortly after receiving the affiliation, on January 24, 2006, it was announced that the UPN and WB television networks would merge into a single network, The CW, which launched on September 18, 2006. KCEB is the current affiliate for this network via CW Plus.
In 2008, KCEB began branding itself as CW 54/5, to better associate themselves with their channel 5 assignment on Suddenlink Cable in Tyler and the surrounding area.
KCEB was sold to London Broadcasting, owner of KYTX, on November 6, 2009. London is currently operating the station under a sales and management agreement, pending FCC approval for an acquisition of the license assets.[1] The sale was closed on August 31, 2010. [2]
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 54.1 / 51.1 | 480i | 4:3 | KCEB-DT - CW+ |
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[1] the station did not originally receive a companion channel for a digital television station. In May 2007, they were granted a CP by the FCC to contstruct a digital facility on channel 38, and move their transmitter to the KFXK tower near New London. In May 2008, they submitted an application to the FCC to move their digital allotment from channel 38 to channel 51, in order to utilize the KFXK channel 51 antenna that would be effectively abandoned by KFXK when they turned off the analog signal. In January 2009, the application was approved, and a CP MOD was granted for channel 51 at 1000kW.
On June 12, 2009, KCEB turned off it's analog signal on channel 54, and KFXK turned off it's analog signal on channel 51. KCEB then turned on it's digital signal on channel 51 using the KFXK antenna and a temporary 70 kW transmitter under authority of the FCC using a Special Temporary Authorization. KCEB at this point was under severe financial hardship, and could not afford to build the station out to it's maximum authorization. On December 12, 2009, KCEB was issued a construction permit to install a 500 kW transmitter.
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