KEJB, virtual and

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channel 43, was a

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- affiliated

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, United States and also serving Monroe and

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. The station was owned by

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. KEJB's transmitter was located near

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on the same tower as

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affiliate

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(channel 10).

History

KEJB originally was slated to launch on October 10, 2003 as a

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affiliate, but the station had to wait for proper equipment before launching. In the interim,

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, the local

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provider in

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, provided fiber-optic links to the fledgling station to carry UPN's network programming. On February 1, 2004, the station launched full-time with a mixture of UPN, local, and syndicated programming. KEJB was the market's second UPN affiliate. Cable subscribers received UPN via secondary affiliation on KLAX from the network's launch until KAQY (channel 11) signed on at the end of 1998. The city's first over-the-air affiliate, KMNO-LP, originally broadcast on channel 22 and signed on on March 27, 1998. Owned by Louisiana Christian Television (who also owned KMCT), the station was then sold to Great Oaks Broadcasting of

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in 2000. KMNO was never carried on local Monroe-area cable systems and eventually went off the air. Because it was granted an original

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after the

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(FCC) finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, KEJB did not receive a companion channel for a digital

. Instead, on or before June 12, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KEJB was required to turn off its

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and turn on its

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(called a "

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"). While a digital signal did go on the air (though it shut down on June 4, 2010 due to equipment failure), the station never filed for either a license to cover or an extension of the construction permit, and it was deleted by the FCC on December 22, 2010.

References

Defunct television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 2003 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2010 EJB 2003 establishments in Arkansas 2010 disestablishments in Arkansas El Dorado, Arkansas EJB {{Arkansas-tv-station-stub