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KCEB

KCEB is a full-service television station in Longview, Texas, broadcasting locally as the CW affiliate on digital channel 51. Owned by Estes Broadcasting, KCEB broadcasts at the maximum output power of 1000 kW from its transmitter in East Mountain, northwest of Longview, and covers some of East Texas.

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History

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 via CW Plus.

In 2008, KCEB began branding itself as CW 54/5, to better associate themselves with their channel 5 assignment on Suddenlink Cable in Tyler and the surrounding area.

KCEB was sold to London Broadcasting, owner of KYTX, on November 6, 2009. London is currently operating the station under a sales and management agreement, pending FCC approval for an acquisition of the license assets.[1]

Digital television

Channel Video Aspect Programming
54.1 / 51.1 480i 4:3 KCEB-DT - CW+

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[1] 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. In January 2009, the application was approved, and a CP MOD was granted for channel 51 at 1000kW.

References

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  1. ^ "KYTX CBS19 Owners LBC Buy Tyler-Area CW Affiliate". Tyler Morning Telegraph. November 8, 2009. http://www.tylerpaper.com/article/20091108/BUSINESS01/911080343. Retrieved November 11, 2009.

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v • d • Broadcast television in East Texas (Tyler / Longview / Lufkin / Nacogdoches)
Stations

KLTV 7 / KTRE 9 (ABC) • KYTX 19 (CBS, RTN on DT2, AZA on DT3) • KLNM-LP 42 (TBN) • KTPN 48 / KLPN 58 (MNTV) • KFXK 51 / KFXL 30 (Fox) • KCEB 54 (CW) • KETK 56 / KETK-LP 53 (NBC)
Distant Stations

(reception pending on location) Dallas-Fort Worth: KDFW 4 (Fox) • KXAS 5 (NBC) • WFAA 8 (ABC) • KERA 13 (PBS) • KXTX 39 (TEL) Houston: KPRC 2 (NBC) • KUHT 8 (PBS) • KHOU 11 (CBS) • KTRK 13 (ABC) • KETH 14 (TBN) • KRIV 26 (Fox) • KIAH 39 (CW) Shreveport: KTBS 3 (ABC) • KTAL 6 (NBC) • KSLA 12 (CBS) • KLTS 24 (PBS/LPB) • KMSS 33 (Fox) Alexandria: KALB 5 (NBC) Bryan/College Station: KBTX 3 (CBS)
Texas Broadcast television areas by city:

Abilene/Sweetwater • Amarillo (Texas Panhandle) • Austin • Beaumont/Port Arthur • Corpus Christi • Dallas-Fort Worth • Del Rio, TX • El Paso • Houston • Laredo • Lubbock • Midland-Odessa (Permian Basin) • Rio Grande Valley • San Angelo • San Antonio • Sherman/Ada, OK • Texarkana/Shreveport, LA • Tyler/Longview (East Texas) • Victoria • Waco/Bryan (Brazos Valley) • Wichita Falls/Lawton, OK

See also Lake Charles TV
v CW Network Affiliates in the state of Texas

KCWX 2 (Fredericksburg/San Antonio) - KFDM-DT 6.2 (Beaumont) - KAUZ-DT 6.2 (Wichita Falls) - KVIA-DT 7.2 (El Paso) KVII-DT 7.2 (Amarillo) - KTEN-DT 10.2 (Ada, OK/Sherman) - KWTX-DT 10.2 / KBTX-DT 3.2 (Waco/Bryan) - KTXS-DT 12.2 (Abilene) KRIS-DT 13.2 (Corpus Christi) - "KWSA" 14 (San Angelo, cable-only) - KTXW-DT 15.2 (Laredo) - KLCW 22 (Lubbock) - KWWT 30 (Odessa) KDAF 33 (Dallas) - KIAH 39 (Houston) - KCEB 54 (Longview) - KNVA 54/KBVO-CA 51 (Austin) - KSFE-LP 67 (McAllen)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, ION, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Texas

Categories: CW network affiliates | Channel 54 TV stations in the United States | Television channels and stations established in 2003 | Television stations in Texas

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