KGEB
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Tulsa, Oklahoma United States |
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| Branding | GEB America |
| Slogan | Helping You Live Well |
| Channels |
Digital: 49 (UHF) Virtual: 53 () |
| Affiliations | GEB America |
| Owner |
Oral Roberts University (University Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| First air date | January 24, 1996 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Golden Eagle Broadcasting (refers to the Golden Eagles, Oral Roberts University's mascot and sports teams) |
| Former callsigns | KWMJ (1996–1999) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 53 (UHF, 1996–2009) |
| Transmitter power | 50 kW |
| Height | 182 m |
| Facility ID | 24485 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°2′35.1″N 95°57′11.8″W / 36.043083°N 95.953278°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.kgebamerica.com |
KGEB, virtual channel 53 (UHF digital channel 49), is a religious independent television station located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The station is owned by Oral Roberts University. KGEB maintains studio facilities located at Mabee Center on the Oral Roberts University campus at South Lewis Avenue and East 81st Street in south Tulsa, and its transmitter atop the CityPlex Towers (located south of the campus). On cable, the station is available on Cox Communications channel 23 and AT&T U-verse channel 53. In addition, KGEB's programming is distributed throughout the United States as GEB America on satellite provider DirecTV, IPTV provider Sky Angel and select cable providers.
The station first signed on the air on January 24, 1996 as KWMJ; when it began operations, the station maintained a 24-hour family-oriented programming format, consisting mostly of religious programs along with a few classic and public domain television programs.
In June 1999, during the broadcast of two children's programs that aired on the station, KWMJ ran an advertisement for a videotape of the program that was being aired at the time, followed by an commercial for a toy resembling a character from that program. Under the Federal Communications Commission's Children's Television Act, the usage of character tie-ins in advertising during children's programs is treated as a program-length commercial in violation with an advertising clause in the Act. The station originally was to be fined $8,000, but KGEB managed to get the fine reduced by 20% as remedial action had been taken and there had not been any other problems since then; this was also because the error came from a syndicator that distributed the program and not KGEB.
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