 The new owners changed the station's call letters to KEEN-LP in October, 1997 and on January 2, 2001, the license for KEEN-LP was upgraded to Class A, although the station at that time kept the "-LP" suffix instead of changin to "-CA".The station was a local independent station and earned recognition for its, appropriately, innovative use of the Internet.In addition to over-the-air viewing (the station was not carried by the local cable companies), KEEN-LP broadcast over the Internet, and while that was not notable in itself, the station made it possible for viewers of any given program to participate in live chat sessions, making the experience truly interactive.