Longview/Tyler, Texas United States |
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City | Longview, Texas |
Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 54 () |
Subchannels | 54.1 SonLife 54.3 Cozi TV |
Affiliations | SonLife (2015–present) |
Owner | London Broadcasting Company (KCEB License Company, LLC) |
First air date | July 27, 2003 |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 54 (UHF, 2003–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2010–2015) |
Former affiliations |
UPN (2003–2005; as a satellite of KTPN-LP/KLPN-LP) The WB (2005–2006) The CW (via The CW Plus; 2006–2012) MeTV (2012–2013) Cozi TV (2013–2015) |
Transmitter power | 500 kW |
Height | 379 m |
Facility ID | 83913 |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°15′36″N 94°57′2″W / 32.26000°N 94.95056°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
KCEB, virtual channel 54 (UHF digital channel 26), is a SonLife-affiliated television station serving Tyler, Texas, United States that is licensed to Longview. The station is owned by the London Broadcasting Company, formerly as part of a duopoly with CBS affiliate KYTX (channel 19). The two stations share studio facilities located near Loop 323 and State Highway 110 in southeastern Tyler; KCEB maintains transmitter facilities located near FM 125 in rural northwestern Rusk County (southeast of Overton). On cable, the station is available on Suddenlink Communications channel 2, and Longview Cable Television channel 10.
The station first signed on the air on July 27, 2003; operating as a UPN affiliate, it originally served as the full-power satellite of low-power stations KTPN-LP in Tyler and KLPN-LP in Longview. The stations were collectively branded as "UPN 58/54/48". The station's original analog transmitter facilities were located northwest of Longview, at the intersection of State Highway 300 and FM1844, near the town of East Mountain.