KCEB

KCEB was a full-service television station in Longview, Texas, broadcasting locally as the CW affiliate on channel 42. Owned by Estes Broadcasting (under LMA w/Taylor Media Stations Group), KCEB broadcasts at the maximum output power of 5000 kW from its transmitter in East Mountain, northwest of Longview, and covers some of East Texas.

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.

KCEB does not currently broadcast a digital signal, however they have a construction permit on file with the FCC to contstruct a digital facility on channel 38, and move their transmitter to near New London. The STAION is now silent

[edit] Digital television

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 receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KCEB will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut").