KCEB

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call_letters = KCEB
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analog = 54 (UHF)
digital =
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affiliations = The CW
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founded =
airdate = July 27, 2003
location = Longview/Tyler, Texas
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owner = Estes Broadcasting, Inc.
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former_affiliations = UPN (2003-2005)
The WB (2005-2006)
effective_radiated_power = 5000 kW
HAAT = 252.8 m
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facility_id = 83913
coordinates = coord|32|35|37.1|N|94|49|11.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
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:"The KCEB call letters previously belonged to a Tulsa, Oklahoma TV station in 1954. See KCEB (Tulsa)."KCEB is a full-service television station in Longview, Texas, broadcasting locally as the CW affiliate on channel 54. Owned by Estes Broadcasting, KCEB broadcasts at the maximum output power of 5000 kW from its transmitter in East Mountain, northwest of Longview, and covers some of East Texas.

KCEB signed 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".

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.

Digital television

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html] , 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. If the application is approved, they will flash cut from analog 54 to digital 51 on February 17, 2009, using the existing KFXK channel 51 antenna.

External links

*TVQ|KCEB
*BIA|KCEB|TV|TV