Affiliations Defunct | Last air date September 20, 2016 | |
Channels Digital: 34 (UHF)
Virtual: 34 (PSIP) Owner Family Educational Broadcasting, Inc. First air date 2005; 12 years ago (2005) Call letters' meaning Educational
Family
Broadcasting | ||
KEFB was a religious television station in Ames, Iowa, broadcasting locally on channel 34. Founded November 29, 2005, the station was owned by Family Educational Broadcasting. In addition to religious programming, the station also served the community as an independent educational station.
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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.
Digital channels
The station's digital signal was multiplexed:
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. Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station.
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. KEFB's license was formally canceled and its callsign deleted on October 5, 2016.