KPBN-LD

KPBN-LP
Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States
Branding	The Pelican
Slogan	Your Louisiana Television Station
Channels	Analog: 11 (VHF) Digital: 14 (UHF)
Affiliations	Untamed Sports TV, and Pursuit Channel
Owner	Pelican Broadcasting
Founded	1988 (as a satellite of WBTR), 1994 (as WTVK), 2002 (as KPBN)
Call letters' meaning	Pelican Broadcasting Network
Former affiliations	the WB (1995-1999) America One (1999-2015)
Website	pelicansportstv.com

KPBN-LP is a Untamed Sports and Pursuit Channel affiliate station in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The station is seen via satellite through AT&T U-verse on Cox Communications and Charter Communications cable channel 113. It is also available online.

KPBN airs Louisiana-based programming and sports coverage, plus national programming and sports of interest to Louisiana residents. Daily programming includes This Week in Agriculture, Outdoors & More, Provost Adventures, LSU Athletics, Sports Talk and The Pressbox Show with Jimmy Ott.

KPBN started as K07UJ, a translator station for the Woody Jenkins-owned WBTR. The station soon changed to channel 11 and was known as WTVK in 1994, owned by Gulf Atlantic Communications. In 1995, WTVK served as Baton Rouge's first WB affiliate with a secondary affiliation with America One, yet the station failed to secure a spot on Baton Rouge's cable lineup and had a broadcast range of only six miles. Only cable systems at LSU, Clinton, Jackson, and Watson carried the station.^[1]

By 1999, WBBR 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, 1999 that focused on local and sports programming.^[2] 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.^[3] 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 by Tony Perkins and Bob Courtney. On January 12, 2002, KPBN 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.

KPBN-HD is now available on Cox Communications channel 1013, they are also working on their digital signal located on UHF 14.

References

↑ A David facing TV Goliaths *** WTVK thinking big despite low-power pole, The Advocate, January 14, 1996
↑ "Information Please," Baton Rouge Advocate, September 12, 1999
↑ TV station wins some equipment back after eviction, Baton Rouge Advocate, August 26, 2000

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Television stations in Eastern Acadiana and the Florida Parishes, including Baton Rouge and Morgan City

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Local stations	WBRZ-TV (2.1 ABC, 2.2 News2 Louisiana, 2.3 WX) KJUN-CD (7.1 Ind.) WAFB (9.1 CBS, 9.2 Bounce TV, WBXH-CD 9.4 MNTV) KPBN-LD (11.1 Pursuit Channel) KZUP-CD (19.1 Independent) WBRL-CD (21.1 CW) KWBJ-CD (22.1 Youtoo) WSTY-LD (23.1 The Family Channel) WLPB (27.1 PBS/LPB, 27.2 LPB/PBS, 27.3 Create) WLFT-CD (30.1 Religious/MeTV, 30.2 MeTV, 30.3 GetTV, 30.4 AntTV soon) WVLA-TV (33.1 NBC, 33.2 Laff) WBXH-CD (39.1 MNTV, 39.2 Grit, 39.3 Escape) KBTR-CD (41.1 Independent/This TV) KGLA-DT (42.1 TMD) WGMB-TV (44.1 Fox, 44.2 The CW) W48DW-D (48.1 Daystar) KLWB (TV) (50.1 MeTV, 50.2 H&I→ KDCG-CD)

Cable channels	Metro 21 Cox 4 Catholic Life

Adjacent locals	Lafayette KATC (3.1 ABC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 Grit) KLFY (10.1 CBS, 10.2 GetTV, 10.3 Ion Television) KADN (15.1 Fox, 15.2 NBC → KLAF-LD, 15.3 MNTV) KDCG-CD (22.1 Heroes & Icons) KLPB (24.1 PBS/LPB, 24.2 PBS Kids/Encore, 24.3 Create) KXKW-LD (32.1 ASN, 32.2 AntTV) KLAF-LD (46.1 NBC) KLWB (50.1 MeTV, 50.2 Heroes & Icons→ KDCG-CD) New Orleans WWL (4.1 CBS, 4.2 Justice, 4.3 Decades) WDSU (6.1 NBC, 6.2 MeTV) WVUE (8.1 Fox, 8.2 Grit) WYES (12.1 PBS, 12.2 PBS Kids/World), 12.3 Create) WHNO (20.1 LeSEA, 20.2 WeatherNation TV, 20.3 Cozi TV) WGNO (26.1 ABC, 26.2 Antenna TV, 26.3 Escape) WLAE (32.1 Public Ind., 32.2 MHz Worldview, 32.3 CatholicTV, 32.4 V-me) WNOL (38.1 CW, 38.2 This TV, 38.3 Comet) KGLA (42.1 TMD) WPXL (49.1 Ion, 49.2 Qubo, 49.3 Ion Life, 49.4 Ion Shop, 49.5 QVC, 49.6 HSN) WUPL (54.1 MNTV, 54.2 MundoMax) Alexandria KALB (5.1 NBC, 5.2 CBS, 5.3 The CW) WNTZ (48.1 Fox/MNTV, 48.2 Bounce TV, 48.3 Escape, 48.4 Laff) Jackson, Mississippi WLBT (3.1 NBC, 3.2 Bounce TV, 3.3 Escape) WJTV (12.1 CBS, 12.2 The CW, 12.3 Ion Television) WMAU (17.1/17.2 PBS/MPB, 17.3 Create, 17.4 MPB Music Radio)

Defunct	KHMA 11 (Houma, Ind.) WCBZ 7 (The Family Channel)

Other Television Stations in the state of Louisiana

Alexandria market	KNTS-LP 17 (Ind., Natchitoches) KLAX-TV 31 (DT2) (MeTV, Alexandria) KBCA 41 (H&I, DT2 AntTV, Alexandria)

Baton Rouge market	KPBN-LP 11 (A1) KZUP-CD 20 (RTV, Baton Rouge) KWBJ-CD 22 (A1, Morgan City) WLFT-CD 30 (Religious/MeTV/GetTV, Baton Rouge) WBXH-CA 39 (DT2 Escape, DT3 Grit, Baton Rouge) KBTR-CA 41 (Ind., Baton Rouge)

Lafayette market	KXKW-LP 6 (Ind./Radio, Lafayette) KDCG-CD 22 (This 22.1 & H&I 22.2, Opelousas) KXKW-LD 32 (This 32.1 & AntTV 32.2, Carencro) KLWB 50 (MeTV/H&I, Carencro)

Monroe market	KMLU 11 (MeTV, Monroe) KWMS 17 (H&I, West Monroe)

New Orleans market	WHNO 20 (LeSEA, New Orleans) WTNO 22 (AZA, New Orleans) KFOL-CD 30 / KJUN-CA 7 (Ind, Houma / Morgan City) WLAE 32 (Public Ind., New Orleans) KGLA 42 (Telemundo, Hammond) WPXL-TV 49 (Ion, New Orleans) KNOV-CD 57 (Ind., New Orleans)

Defunct or silent	KCDH-LP 4 (FamilyNet, Winnfield)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Louisiana

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