KEFB

KEFB
Ames–Des Moines, Iowa
United States
City Ames, Iowa
Channels Digital: 34 (UHF)
Virtual: 34 (PSIP)
Affiliations Defunct
Owner Family Educational Broadcasting, Inc.
First air date November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)
Last air date September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)
Call letters' meaning Educational
Family
Broadcasting
Former channel number(s) Analog:
34 (UHF, 2005–2009)
Former affiliations TBN (2005–2016)
Transmitter power 37.23 kW
Height 154 m (505 ft)
Facility ID 82619
Transmitter coordinates 41°58′49″N 93°44′23″W / 41.98028°N 93.73972°W / 41.98028; -93.73972

KEFB, virtual and UHF digital channel 34, was a TBN-affiliated television station serving Des Moines, Iowa, United States that was licensed to Ames. The station was owned by Family Educational Broadcasting. KEFB's transmitter was located southwest of Ames. In addition to TBN programming, the station also served the community as an independent educational station.

History

The station was originally granted a construction permit on July 12, 1996, as provisional station 960712KL. The station would not be officially granted a full license until 2005, when they were granted the call letters KEFB.

Shutdown

On September 20, 2016, Family Educational Broadcasting announced it was permanently discontinuing all operations of KEFB and returning the station's license to the FCC.[1] KEFB's license was formally canceled and its callsign deleted on October 5, 2016.[2]

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal was multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming[3]
34.1480i4:3KEFB-DTMain KEFB programming / TBN
34.2Hillsong Channel

Analog-to-digital conversion

KEFB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 34, on June 12, 2009, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on UHF channel 34.[4] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[5] the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2016/db1125/DOC-342305A1.pdf
  3. ↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KEFB
  4. ↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  5. ↑


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