| Tulsa, Oklahoma | |
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| Slogan | Tulsa's Family Safe Television Station |
| Channels | Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 53 (PSIP) |
| Affiliations | Golden Eagle Broadcasting |
| Owner | Oral Roberts University (University Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 24, 1996 |
| Call letters' meaning | Golden Eagle Broadcasting |
| Former callsigns | KWMJ (1996-1999) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 53 (UHF, 1996-2009) |
| Transmitter power | 50 kW |
| Height | 182 m |
| Facility ID | 24485 |
| Website | www.kgeb.net |
KGEB, virtual channel 53.1, is a religious television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, owned by Oral Roberts University. It is the flagship station of Golden Eagle Broadcasting.
The station broadcasts on digital UHF channel 49, using its former analog channel assignment of 53 as its virtual channel via PSIP.
On November 29, 1999, KWMJ (which had existed since January 24, 1996 as a 24-hour family programming channel) became KGEB, the flagship of the Golden Eagle Broadcasting network. The callsign KGEB was previously used fictionally in the 1953 film The War of the Worlds starring Gene Barry. The callsign appeared on the truck and microphone of a radio news reporter covering the Army's first engagement with the Martian invaders.
In June 1999, in two children's shows broadcasts on then-KWMJ, the station violated FCC law by including advertising for a tape of the program being aired and then an ad for a toy looking like a character from the program. The station originally was to be fined $8,000, but KGEB managed to get the fine reduced by 20% because remedial action had been taken and there had not been any other problems; also, the error came from a syndicator and not KGEB.[1]
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