KEJB
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| El Dorado, Arkansas Monroe, Louisiana United States | |
|---|---|
| Branding | My43 |
| Channels | Digital: 43 (UHF) |
| Owner |
KM Communications, Inc. (KM Television of El Dorado, LLC) |
| First air date | October 11, 2003 |
| Last air date | June 4, 2010 |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 43 (UHF, 2003-2009) |
| Former affiliations |
America One (2003-2004) UPN (2004-2006) MyNetworkTV (2006-2010) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 528 m |
| Facility ID | 84164 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 33°4′41.7″N 92°13′31″W / 33.078250°N 92.22528°W |
KEJB was a television station in El Dorado, Arkansas, broadcasting locally on channel 43 as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. The station's transmitter was located near Bolding on the same tower as KTVE.
KEJB was Monroe's second area UPN affiliate. Cable subscribers received UPN via secondary affiliation on KLAX from the network's launch until KAQY signed on at the end of 1998. The city's first over the air affiliate, KMNO-LP, originally broadcast on channel 22 and signed on on March 27, 1998. Owned by Louisiana Christian Television (who also owned KMCT), the station was then sold to Great Oaks Broadcasting of Baton Rouge in 2000. KMNO was never carried on local Monroe-area cable systems and eventually went off the air.
KEJB originally was slated to launch on October 10, 2003, but the station had to wait for proper equipment before launching. In the interim, Time Warner Cable, the local cable provider in Ouachita Parish, provided fiber-optic links to the fledgling station to carry UPN's network programming. On February 1, 2004, the station launched full-time with a mixture of UPN, local, and syndicated programming.
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 , the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before June 12, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KEJB was required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut"). While a digital signal did go on the air (though it shut down on June 4, 2010 due to equipment failure[1]), the station never filed for either a license to cover or an extension of the construction permit, and it was deleted by the FCC on December 22, 2010.[2]
References
- ↑ "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 7, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.
- ↑ "Re: KEJB, El Dorado, Arkansas" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 22, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.