KPBN-LP

KPBN-LP
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Branding The Pelican
Slogan Your Louisiana Television Station
Channels Analog: 11 (VHF)
Digital: 14 (UHF
Owner Pelican Broadcasting
Founded 1988 (as a satellite of WBTR), 1994 (as WTVK), 2002 (as KPBN)
Call letters' meaning Pelican Broadcasting Network
Former affiliations the WB (1995-1999)
Website pelicansportstv.com

KPBN-LP is an America One, Untamed Sports, and Pursuit Channel affiliate station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The station airs on broadcast channel 11 and over Cox Communications and Charter Communications cable channel 113. It is also available online.

KPBN airs Louisiana-based programming and sports coverage, plus national programming and sports of interest to Louisiana residents. Daily programming includes This Week in Agriculture, Outdoors & More, Provost Adventures, LSU Athletics, Sports Talk and The Pressbox Show with Jimmy Ott.

KPBN started as K07UJ, a translator station for the Woody Jenkins-owned WBTR. The station soon changed to channel 11 and was known as WTVK in 1994, owned by Gulf Atlantic Communciations. In 1995, WTVK served as Baton Rouge's first WB affiliate with a secondary affiliation with America One, yet the station failed to secure a spot on Baton Rouge's cable lineup and had a broadcast range of only six miles. Only cable systems at LSU, Clinton, Jackson, and Watson carried the station.[1]

By 1999, WBBR signed on as a cable-only station, taking the WB affiliation, and channel 11 changed its call letters to KTTE, serving as a indepdendent station on March 31, 1999 that focused on local and sports programming.[2] At this time, KTTE secured a spot on TCI's cable lineup; however, the station struggled to stay on the air, as the owners faced eviction in August 2000.[3] After returning to the air for a brief period of time, the station signed off for good on December 27, 2000 after a conflict emerged between the station's owner, Dave Loflin of Gulf Atlantic, and station manager Upfront Partnership, owned by Tony Perkins and Bob Courtney. On January 12, 2002, KPBN signed on channel 11.

KPBN-HD is now available on Cox Communications channel 713, they are also working on their digital signal located on UHF 14.

References

  1. ^ A David facing TV Goliaths *** WTVK thinking big despite low-power pole, The Advocate, January 14, 1996
  2. ^ "Information Please," Baton Rouge Advocate, September 12, 1999
  3. ^ TV station wins some equipment back after eviction, Baton Rouge Advocate, August 26, 2000

External links

Local stations

WBRZ (2.1 ABC, 2.2 News, 2.3 WX) • KJUN (7.1 Ind.) • WAFB (9.1 CBS, 9.2 News, 9.3 WX, 9.4 MNTV) • KPBN 11 (A1) • KZUP (19.1 RTV) • WBRL (21.1 CW) • KWBJ (22.1 A1) • WSTY 23 (My Family TV) • WLPB (27.1 PBS/LPB) • WLFT (30.1 Religious/Me-TV, 30.2 Me-TV) • WVLA (33.1 NBC, 33.2 This TV) • WBXH 39 (MNTV) • KBTR 41 (Ind.) • KGLA (42.1 TMD) • WGMB (44.1 Fox, 44.2 CW) • KBDT (TBN)
Cable channels
Adjacent locals
Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Lafayette: KATC (3.1 ABC, 3.2 The CW) • KLFY (10.1 CBS) • KADN (15.1 Fox) • KLPB (24.1 PBS/LPB) • KLWB (50.1 This)
New Orleans: WWL (4.1 CBS) • WDSU (6.1 NBC) • WVUE (8.1 Fox) • WYES (12.1 PBS) • WHNO (20.1 LeSEA) • WGNO (26.1 ABC) • WLAE (32.1 PBS) • WNOL (38.1 CW) • KGLA (42.1 TMD) • WPXL (49.1 Ion) • WUPL (54.1 MNTV)
Alexandria: KALB (5.1 NBC) • WNTZ (48.1 Fox)
Jackson, MS: WLBT (3.1 NBC) • WJTV (12.1 CBS) • WMAU (17.1 PBS/MPB)
Defunct

KHMA 11 (Houma, ind.) • WCBZ 7 (My Family TV)
Other Television Stations in the state of Louisiana

Alexandria market: KCDH-LP 4 (FamilyNet, Winnfield) - KNTS-LP 17 (Ind., Natchitoches) - KWCE-LP 27 (RTV, Alexandria)
Baton Rouge market : KPBN-LP 11 (A1) - KZUP-CA 19 (RTV, Baton Rouge) - WLFT-CD 30 (Religious/Me-TV, Baton Rouge) - KWBJ-LP 39 (A1, Morgan City) - KBTR-CA 41 (Ind., Baton Rouge)
Lafayette market: KXKW-LP 6 (Ind./Radio, Lafayette) - KDCG-CD 22 (RTV, Opelousas) - KLWB 50 (This, New Iberia)
Monroe market: KWMS 17 (RTV & FamilyNet, West Monroe) - KMCT 39 (Worship, West Monroe)
New Orleans market: WHNO 20 (LeSEA, New Orleans) - WTNO 22 (AZA, New Orleans) - KFOL-CA 30 / KJUN-CA 7 (Ind, Houma / Morgan City) -
KGLA 42 (Telemundo, Hammond) - WPXL 49 (Ion, New Orleans) - KNOV-CD 57 (Ind., New Orleans)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Louisiana