KJEF-CA (channel 13) was a low-power, Class A

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, United States. It was the only television station owned by

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, a company that otherwise specializes exclusively in radio.

History

The station's original

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was originally granted on August 24, 1987, as K13VD; this was changed to K13VG a month later. The station was originally owned by Jennings Broadcasting Company along with KJEF radio (1290 AM, now KJEF; and 92.9 FM, now

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), but was sold to Cajun Country Broadcasting in 1994. K13VG was again sold, this time to Apex Broadcasting, in 2000; soon afterward, it obtained class A status and, in 2001, changed its call letters to KJEF-CA to match its radio sisters. From March 15 until August 24, 2004, KJEF-CA suspended its normal programming and became, in effect, a temporary

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, the

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affiliate in Lake Charles; that station's tower had collapsed on March 4, and KJEF helped augment the lower-power auxiliary transmitter KPLC was broadcasting from upon resuming broadcasts on March 6.

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purchased Apex Broadcasting's Lafayette stations in 2007. What eventually became Gap Central Broadcasting (following the formation of

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) was folded into

on August 13, 2010. The station went dark at 5 p.m. on April 19, 2013. Three days later on April 22, Townsquare surrendered the station's license to the

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, who subsequently canceled it.

References

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