KJEF-CA

KJEF-CA (channel 13) was a low-power, Class A independent television station in Jennings, Louisiana, United States. It was the only television station owned by Townsquare Media, a company that otherwise specializes exclusively in radio.

History

The station's original construction permit 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 KHLA), 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 translator of KPLC, the NBC 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.

Gap Broadcasting purchased Apex Broadcasting's Lafayette stations in 2007. What eventually became Gap Central Broadcasting (following the formation of GapWest Broadcasting) was folded into Townsquare Media 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 Federal Communications Commission, who subsequently canceled it.