| Callsign: | KJEF-LP |
| Location: | Jennings, Louisiana |
| Country: | United States |
| Analog: | 13 (VHF) |
| Owner: | Townsquare Media |
| Licensee: | Townsquare Media Lake Charles License, LLC |
| Callsign Meaning: | from sister station KJEF |
| Sister Stations: | KHLA, KJEF, KJMH, KLCL, KNGT, KTSR |
| Erp: | 12 watts |
| Haat: | 67.10NaN0 |
| Class: | CA |
| Facility Id: | 8170 |
| Coordinates: | 30.2106°N -92.6653°W |
KJEF-CA (channel 13) was a low-power, Class A independent television station in Jennings, Louisiana, United States. It was the only television station owned by Townsquare Media, a company that otherwise specializes exclusively in radio.
The station's original construction permit was originally granted on August 24, 1987,[1] as K13VD; this was changed to K13VG a month later.[2] The station was originally owned by Jennings Broadcasting Company along with KJEF radio (1290 AM, now KJEF; and 92.9 FM, now KHLA), but was sold to Cajun Country Broadcasting in 1994.[3] K13VG was again sold, this time to Apex Broadcasting, in 2000;[4] soon afterward, it obtained class A status[5] and, in 2001, changed its call letters to KJEF-CA to match its radio sisters.[2]
From March 15 until August 24, 2004, KJEF-CA suspended its normal programming and became, in effect, a temporary translator of KPLC, the NBC affiliate in Lake Charles; that station's tower had collapsed on March 4, and KJEF helped augment the lower-power auxiliary transmitter KPLC was broadcasting from upon resuming broadcasts on March 6.[6] [7]
Gap Broadcasting purchased Apex Broadcasting's Lafayette stations in 2007.[8] What eventually became Gap Central Broadcasting (following the formation of GapWest Broadcasting) was folded into Townsquare Media on August 13, 2010.[9]
The station went dark at 5 p.m. on April 19, 2013. Three days later on April 22, Townsquare surrendered the station's license to the Federal Communications Commission, who subsequently canceled it.