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2 Technical information  


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KEFB
  • United States
    • CityAmes, Iowa
    Channels
  • Virtual: 34
    • Programming
    AffiliationsDefunct
    Ownership
    OwnerFamily Educational Broadcasting, Inc.
    History
    FoundedJuly 12, 1996

    First air date

    		November 29, 2005 (2005-11-29)

    Last air date

    • September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)
  • (10 years, 296 days)

    • Former channel number(s)

    		Analog: 34 (UHF, 2005–2009)

    Former affiliations

    		TBN (2005–2016)

    Call sign meaning

    		Educational Family Broadcasting
    Technical information
    Facility ID82619
    ERP37.23 kW
    HAAT154 m (505 ft)
    Transmitter coordinates41°58′49″N 93°44′23″W / 41.98028°N 93.73972°W / 41.98028; -93.73972

    KEFB (channel 34) was a religious television station licensed to Ames, Iowa, United States, which served the Des Moines area as an affiliate of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Owned by Family Educational Broadcasting, the station maintained a transmitter southwest of Ames. In addition to TBN programming, KEFB also served the community as an independent educational station.

    History

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    The station was originally granted a construction permit on July 12, 1996. The station would not be officially granted a full license until 2005, when it was granted the call letters KEFB.

    Shutdown

    [edit]

    On September 20, 2016, Family Educational Broadcasting announced it was permanently discontinuing all operations of KEFB and returning the station's license to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).[1] KEFB's license was formally canceled and its callsign deleted on October 5, 2016.[2] TBN programming remains available in the Des Moines–Ames area via the network's national feed on Mediacom channel 92.[3][4]

    Technical information

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    Subchannels

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    The station's digital signal was multiplexed:

    Subchannels of KEFB[5]
    Channel Res. Aspect Short name Programming
    34.1 480i 4:3 KEFB-DT TBN
    34.2 Hillsong Channel

    Analog-to-digital conversion

    [edit]

    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.[6] Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997,[7] the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.

    References

    [edit]
    1. ^ Data entry fcc.gov
  • ^ "Broadcast actions" (PDF). fcc.gov. November 25, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  • ^ "Channel Lineup: Altoona, Bondurant, Carlisle, Des Moines, Hartford, Norwalk, Pleasant Hill, Polk Co., Waukee & West Des Moines, IA". Mediacom Communications Corporation. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  • ^ "Channel Lineup: Ames & Nevada, IA". Mediacom Communications Corporation. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
  • ^ "RabbitEars.Info". rabbitears.info. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  • ^ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  • ^ "Final DTV Channel Plan from FCC97-115". www.transmitter.com. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
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