KEFB

KEFB
Ames–Des Moines, Iowa; United States;
City	Ames, Iowa
Channels	Digital: 34 (UHF); Virtual: 34;
Programming
Affiliations	Defunct
Ownership
Owner	Family Educational Broadcasting, Inc.
History
Founded	July 12, 1996
First air date	November 29, 2005
Last air date	September 20, 2016; (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 ID	82619
ERP	37.23 kW
HAAT	154 m (505 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	41°58′49″N 93°44′23″W / 41.98028°N 93.73972°W

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

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

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

Subchannels

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	480i	4:3	KEFB-DT	Hillsong Channel

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.^[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.