Faith Broadcasting Network, which is associated with Tri-State Christian Television, has completed its purchase of a full-power TV station in the Cedar Rapids market that also has coverage of the Quad Cities.
Faith Broadcasting closed on its $4 million purchase of KWKB/20.1 (Iowa City) and a full-power station in Utah from HC2 Broadcasting on Aug. 2. Viewers in Eastern Iowa report KWKB’s main channel is now carrying TCT.
Faith Broadcasting Network has the same officers and shareholders as Radiant Life Ministries and Tri-State Christian TV. The companies own or are buying 21 full-power stations, including stations in the Des Moines, Sioux Falls, and Duluth markets.
KWKB is a former WB and CW affiliate that previously carried Court TV Mystery as its primary affiliation, along with five other subchannels. Mystery has moved to DT2, replacing Laff, which moved to DT4. SBN is now on DT3 while DT5 and DT6 continue to carry TheGrio.TV and Quest.
Discontinued channels Grit and Bounce were recently added on KPXR (Cedar Rapids) after Scripps’ purchase of ION and the move of Scripps-owned networks to ION subchannels.
With a transmitter in West Branch, KWKB provides coverage of Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and the Quad Cities, but just misses Waterloo and Dubuque. The other commercial stations in the Cedar Rapids market transmit from sites midway between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
TCT is the second Christian network with a full-power TV station in the Cedar Rapids market: Christian Television Network has owned KFXB/40.1 (Dubuque) since 2004.
This article was originally posted on March 19 and updated August 23.
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