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| Branding | The Pelican |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Pelican Broadcasting Network,L.L.C. |
| History | |
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Last air date | December 27, 2000 (2000-12-27) (first incarnation) |
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Call sign meaning | Pelican Broadcasting Network |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 167737 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 54.3 m (178 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 30°27′0.6″N91°7′59.3″W / 30.450167°N 91.133139°W /30.450167; -91.133139 |
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Public license information | LMS |
KPBN-LD (channel 14) is aLow-power television station inBaton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. The station is owned by Pelican Broadcasting.
KPBN's main programming feed is carried on the station's seconddigital subchannel, which is affiliated with thePursuit Channel when local programs are not airing. Its first subchannel airsJimmy Swaggart'sSonLife Broadcasting Network as that network'sflagship station, while the fourth subchannel carriesTheGrio.
KPBN started as K07UJ, atranslator station for theWoody Jenkins-ownedWBTR. The station soon changed to channel 11 and was anindependent station known as WTVK-LP in 1994, owned by Gulf Atlantic Communications. In 1995, WTVK served as Baton Rouge's firstWB affiliate with a secondary affiliation withAmerica One, yet the station failed to secure a spot on Baton Rouge's cable lineup and had a broadcast range of only six miles (9.7 km). Only cable systems inClinton,Jackson,Watson and atLSU carried the station.[2]
By 1999, WBBR (nowWBRL) signed on as a cable-only station, taking the WB affiliation, and channel 11 changed its call letters to KTTE, serving as an independent station on March 31 of that year that focused on local and sports programming.[3] At this time, KTTE secured a spot on TCI's cable lineup; however, the station struggled to stay on the air, as the owners faced eviction in August 2000.[4] After returning to the air for a brief period of time, the station signed off for good on December 27, 2000, after a conflict emerged between the station's owner, Dave Loflin of Gulf Atlantic, and station manager Upfront Partnership, owned byTony Perkins and Bob Courtney. On January 12, 2002, KPBN-LP signed on channel 11, carrying a sports-centered programming lineup with some America One programming. The station chose not to renew its America One affiliation once the network merged with YouToo TV.
In 2017, KPBN dropped its Untamed Sports TV affiliation and now only broadcast programming from The Pursuit Channel outside of local programming. That same year, the station becameJimmy Swaggart's Sonlife TV network flagship station with sports programming moving to the second subchannel. Pelican Sports was added to KPBN's second subchannel, andLight TV was added to the fourth subchannel on January 1, 2018.
The station's signal ismultiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 14.1 | 480i | 4:3 | SBN | SonLife |
| 14.2 | KPBN | Independent | ||
| 14.3 | DEC | Catchy Comedy | ||
| 14.4 | LTV | TheGrio | ||
| 14.5 | MOV | Movies! |
