added on subchannel 24.3 in July 2017. February 2018 saw home shopping retailer Evine (the legal successor to ShopNBC/ShopHQ) added to channel 24.2 and Jewelry TV moved to channel 24.4. Evine returned to its previous name, ShopHQ, on August 21, 2019. In September 2020, ShopHQ ceased airing and was replaced with a "This channel is available for lease" notification. Sale to Tri-State Christian Television On February 8, 2021, Venture Technologies Group announced that it would sell KBCB to Marion, Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television for $7.74 million, including a $2 million cash donation. The sale was completed on April 30, and KBCB became the third station in the Seattle market to be owned and operated by a religious organization (alongside KTBW-TV and KWDK). Christian programming from TCT's satellite channel now broadcasts on channel 24.1 and Sonlife airs on subchannel 24.2, as a result. Having gone dark since the sale, channels 24.3 and 24.4 began transmitting again in March 2022, carrying Newsmax TV and Shop LC, respectively. Subchannel 24.5 was added at the same time, displaying a static message that a yet to be named channel is coming soon. Newsmax TV was dropped in December of the same year. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion KBCB shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 24, on February 17, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television (which Congress had moved the previous month to June 12). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 19, using PSIP to display KBCB's virtual channel as 24 on digital television receivers. References External links Official website Tri-State Christian Television affiliates BCB 1989 establishments in Washington (state) Television channels and stations established in 1989