KEJB


KEJB, virtual and UHF digital channel 43, was a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to El Dorado, Arkansas, United States and also serving Monroe and West Monroe, Louisiana. The station was owned by KM Communications. KEJB's transmitter was located near Bolding, Arkansas on the same tower as NBC affiliate KTVE.

History

KEJB originally was slated to launch on October 10, 2003 as a UPN affiliate, but the station had to wait for proper equipment before launching. In the interim, Time Warner Cable, the local cable provider in Ouachita Parish, 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 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, the station was then sold to Great Oaks Broadcasting of Baton Rouge in 2000. KMNO was never carried on local Monroe-area cable systems and eventually went off the air.
Because it was granted an original construction permit after the Federal Communications Commission finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997, KEJB did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. 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 analog signal and turn on its digital signal. While a digital signal did go on the air, 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.