EICB TV
EICB TV, is a Christian religious broadcast and production company, based in Cedar Hill, Texas. EICB owns multiple small translator and LPTV stations in various US markets. The company is owned by Randall and Adrienne Weiss, doing business as "EICB-TV East LLC" and "EICB-TV West LLC". The EICB acronym stands for "Excellence in Christian Broadcasting".
The stations operate primarily as a satellite-fed repeater chain rebroadcasting Global Christian Network, a Georgia-based religious broadcaster available nationally on AMC4 Ku-band free-to-air satellite.
Stations
EICB has implemented a vigorous expansion program since 2006, based largely on acquiring existing licenses and construction permits for small outlying UHF repeaters, then building new analog or digital facilities as needed to improve the reach of these signals. EICB stations listed by the FCC as being currently on-air include:
Station |
Location |
Channel |
Power |
Former owner |
Acquisition date |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K20IM |
Barstow, California |
20 |
200 |
Michael Mintz |
May 2008 |
$92,7301 |
K24GZ |
Rock Springs, Wyoming |
24, DT33 |
7280 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K30GV |
Shoshoni, Wyoming |
30 |
n/a |
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K30IU |
Grand Junction, Colorado |
30 |
4090 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K34II |
Butte, Montana |
34 |
7280 |
Sean Mintz |
August 2008 |
$3,260 |
K40IJ-D |
Manhattan, Kansas |
40 |
4450 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K41KX |
Pittsburg, Kansas |
41 |
9000 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K43JQ |
Bismarck, North DAKOTA |
43 |
7280 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K43LK |
Lawton, Oklahoma3 |
43 |
2000 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K45KS |
Billings, Montana |
45(CP: 44, DT45) |
14160 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K47KA |
Minot, North Dakota |
47 |
4450 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K50IP |
Hobbs, New Mexico |
50 |
5000 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K51KR |
Billings, Montana3 |
51 |
50 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
K68GT |
Eureka, California |
68 |
11220 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
KHFD-LD |
Greenville/Paris, Texas |
51 |
2000 |
Matthew Murillo Jr. |
December 2006 |
$20,000 |
KHGS-LP |
Glenwood Springs, Colorado |
39 |
250 |
US Interactive LLC |
July 2007 |
4 |
KHPN-LP |
Warrenton, Oregon |
51 |
2000 |
US Interactive LLC |
July 2007 |
4 |
KHSB-LP |
Steamboat Springs, Colorado |
33 |
5000 |
US Interactive |
July 2007 |
$10,000 |
KHVM-LD |
Mankato, Minnesota |
28 |
15000 |
Michael John Sullivan |
July 2007 |
$8,500 |
KMSX-LD |
Redding, California2 |
29 |
7 |
Mark C. Allen Productions |
October 2006 |
$20,000 |
KQSX-LP |
Redding, California2 |
42 |
850 |
Mark C. Allen Productions |
Feb 2008 |
$6000 |
KTBV-LD |
Bakersfield, California |
12 |
n/a |
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KTCJ-LP |
St. Cloud/Royalton, Minnesota |
DT 30 |
2000 |
Michael John Sullivan |
July 2007 |
$3,000 |
KUOT-CA |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
19 |
32700 |
n/a |
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KVFR-LP (K04PY) |
Redding, California |
4, 8 |
10 |
Paul Strieby |
May 2007 |
$20,000 |
W35CS |
Ocean City, Maryland |
69 |
10470 |
May 2008 |
1 |
|
WCTU-LP |
Pensacola, Florida3 |
46 |
115000 |
Global Outreach Ministry Network |
October 2006 |
$37,500 |
WHOB-LP |
Buxton, North Carolina |
50 |
1000 |
US Interactive LLC |
July 2007 |
4 |
WTKJ-LP |
Watertown/Philadelphia NY |
19 |
6300 |
Tammy M. Celenza |
June 2007 |
$7000 |
Construction permits for additional stations active as:
Construction |
Location |
Channel |
Power |
Acquisition date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
K28JE |
Bend, Oregon |
28 |
2000 |
May 20081 |
K32HB |
Manhattan, Kansas |
32 |
4000 |
May 20081 |
K38JD |
Durango, Colorado |
38 |
1000 |
May 20081 |
K42IQ-D |
Flagstaff, Arizona |
42 |
15000 |
May 20081 |
K45JA |
Hobbs, New Mexico |
45 |
200 |
May 20081 |
K50JI |
North Platte, Nebraska |
50 |
5000 |
May 20081 |
KHJH-LP |
Jackson, Wyoming |
30 |
1000 |
July 20074 |
W23DF |
Salisbury, Maryland |
23 |
15000 |
May 20081 |
W31CX |
Bangor, Maine |
31 |
5000 |
May 20081 |
W42DD |
Meridian, Mississippi |
42 |
10000 |
May 20081 |
W69EP |
Georgetown, Delaware |
69 |
15000 |
May 20081 |
Notes:
- Acquisition of analogue construction permits for multiple low-power television stations as one $90k bundle in May 2008; no individual prices for each station indicated. Many but not all of the Mintz stations have now been built; the rest are under construction.
- KQSX-LP is currently on-air at low power but holds a construction permit to upgrade to 11kW digital on its existing channel in Redding, California per FCC records; an application is also on file to upgrade KMSX-LD 29.
- This station holds a construction permit to transition to digital television on its existing channel.
- One of a block of four stations purchased from US Interactive at a total price of $28,000
Digital transition
As EICB TV is structured as a series of low-power stations, its analogue transmitters are not required to transition to digital broadcasting when full-power stations do so in 2009.
Various stations in this group have already applied to convert to digital on their existing channel assignments, increase power or relocate closer to the center of a broadcast market, but all of these measures are voluntary.
See also
- Glorystar
- WEBR-CA/W17CD, rebroadcasters of the same programming in the New York, New York market
- FTA receiver and Ku-band satellite television, on which GCN is available nationally
External links
Stations:
Construction permits: