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KLJB is the Fox-affiliated television station for the Quad Cities of Eastern Iowa and West-Central Illinois. Licensed to Davenport, Iowa, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 49 (or virtual channel 18.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter along US 150 in Orion of Western Township, Illinois. The station can also be seen on Mediacom channel 7 and in high definition on digital channel 707. Owned by Marshall Broadcasting, KLJB is operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group, owners of CBS affiliate WHBF-TV and CW affiliate KGCW. KLJB & KGCW share studios on East 53rd Street (I-74) in Davenport. ==History== The station signed-on July 28, 1985 with the calls KLJB-TV. It was the Quad Cities' first Independent outlet and aired an analog signal on UHF channel 18.〔http://oldtvguides.com/all_thumbs/medium_41-kgwb-dt.jpg〕 It became a Fox affiliate in 1987 but reverted to an Independent after a year following a dispute between General Manager Gary Brandt and the network. This occurred because Brandt was frustrated by the low ratings for Fox's Saturday night lineup and bumped it to overnight in favor of more profitable syndicated programming. However, following the success of ''The Simpsons'', KLJB rejoined Fox in 1990. On July 4, 1987, the station premiered ''Live on Tape'' (a late night comedy sketch show) which aired Saturday nights at 10 PM until 1990. It was produced at the station's studios in Davenport and was the area's only local entertainment show at that time, as well as the only original sketch comedy show produced in the Midwest. Former owner Grant Broadcasting (overseen by Milton Grant) purchased KLJB on September 15, 1992.〔http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=176647〕 In 1996, the company obtained KJMH-TV (now KGCW) in Burlington, Iowa which then began to simulcast KLJB. That station had been a separate Fox affiliate serving the southern portion of the Quad Cities market but suffered interference and duplication from KLJB. In 2001, it broke off, becoming the area's first WB affiliate and adopted the call sign KGWB-TV. KLJB began broadcasting its digital signal in high definition (network programming only) in January 2003. From September 14, 2004 until September 12, 2005, it aired the "Acri Creature Feature", which consisted of a personality from Acri Company hosting the show during a movie. It aired after ''MADtv'' from 11 PM until 1 AM. From September 18, 2005 to May 9, 2007, KLJB broadcast "Zomboo's House of Horror Movies" where another personality hosted and commentated during a movie. It initially aired after ''MADtv'', but starting in fall 2006, the show was shown after ''Talkshow with Spike Feresten''. Prior to KGCW's digital conversion, its Burlington-based analog signal only operated at an effective radiated power of 200 kilowatts at a height of only 96 meters. This resulted in a limited coverage area compared with most full-powered UHF channels in the United States. Later, it experienced interference from low-powered WBQD-LP in the Quad Cities which transmitted on the same UHF channel 26 frequency. From 2001 until early 2015, the inadequacy had been made up by KGCW being available on cable systems in the area through a fiber optic link and a simulcast on KLJB-DT2. KGCW's digital signal on UHF channel 41 covers most of the market except for the far northern parts. As a result, that station continued to benefit from having its signal simulcasted on KLJB-DT2 until Spring 2015, when the KGCW simulcast moved to WHBF-DT2.〔(KGCW Facebook Page )〕 On April 17, 2012, KLJB replaced the This TV simulcast on digital subchannel 18.3 with Me-TV. KGCW digital subchannel 26.3 will serve as Me-TV's primary affiliate for the Quad Cities market, while KLJB digital subchannel 18.3 will simulcast the network; This TV programming will continue to air on KGCW digital subchannel 26.2.〔(Me-TV Lands Affiliations In Three More Markets ), ''TVNewsCheck'', March 30, 2012.〕 However, as of Spring 2015, Me-TV has been taken off of KGCW-DT3 and KLJB-DT3 and moved to KLJB-DT2. On November 6, 2013, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it would purchase the Grant stations, including KLJB and KGCW, for $87.5 million. Due to Federal Communications Commission ownership regulations (Nexstar was also in the process of acquiring WHBF-TV), KLJB was to then be spun off to Mission Broadcasting, but operated by Nexstar through a shared services agreement. However, on June 6, 2014, Nexstar announced that it would instead sell KLJB and two other Fox stations to a minority-controlled company called Marshall Broadcasting—a new company headed by Pluria Marshall Jr., for $58.5 million. While this company will acquire much of the station's assets, Nexstar will enter into a shared services agreement to provide non-programming resources (such as master control) and advertising sales for Marshall's three stations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/76865/nexstar-selling-3-fox-affils-for-585-million )〕 The sale was completed on December 1, 2014.〔(Consummation Notice ), ''CDBS Public Access'', Federal Communications Commission, Retrieved 3 December 2014.〕 In November 2014, while Nexstar was still waiting for the completion of its sale of KLJB to Marshall Broadcasting, there was speculation by other local media that KGCW might move to a WHBF subchannel. On May 14, 2015, Nexstar relaunched WHBF's digital subchannel 4.2 with a standard definition simulcast of KGCW. Because KLJB is now owned by a separate company than KGCW, the simulcast of KGCW, which was previously aired on KLJB's 18.2 subchannel, moved to WHBF's 4.2 subchannel as Nexstar owns WHBF and KGCW, where Marshall Broadcasting owns KLJB.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「KLJB」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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