Oregon Public Broadcasting

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OPB (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
Statewide Oregon
Branding	OPB
Channels	(various, see article) analog, (various, see FCC data in "External Links") digital
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Oregon Public Broadcasting
Founded	1922
Transmitter Power	(see FCC data in "External Links")
Website	opb.org

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington, with (as of 2006) over one million viewers throughout that region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. It is the third largest producer of national programming for public television.

OPB consists of six television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over 20 radio stations and frequencies. Broadcasts include local programming as well as programs from PBS, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, and the BBC World Service.

Since 2003, OPB has received no funds from Oregon state government, despite its costly efforts to broadcast its signal to distant, rural parts of the state. It is the only public broadcasting network without any state taxpayer's subsidy.

Contents 1 History 2 Television stations 2.1 Repeaters 3 Radio stations 3.1 HD Radio Stations 3.2 Other radio frequencies 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] History

OPB traces its roots to October 7, 1922, when KFDJ-AM signed on from the Corvallis campus of Oregon Agricultural College.

• KOAC - Corvallis

It became KOAC-AM on December 21, 1925. KOAC-TV began operation October 7, 1957. KOAC-AM-TV soon became the flagship for a large network of radio and television stations, which became known as the Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service (OEPBS) in 1971. In 1981, OEPBS was spun off from the Oregon State System of Higher Education and renamed Oregon Public Broadcasting. KOAC's former Portland satellites, KOAP-FM-TV, were renamed KOPB-FM-TV and became the flagship of the new organization.

• KOPB - Portland

Main article: KOPB-TV

KOAP-TV Portland signed on the air February 6, 1961. Then on February 15, 1989 changed calls from KOAP-TV to KOPB-TV.

• KTVR - La Grande

KTVR-TV (13) went on the air December 6, 1964 as a commercial station, an NBC primary affiliate that also carried selected ABC network programs. KTVR was a satellite of Boise, Idaho station KTVB (7), but had a La Grande studio at 1605 Adams Ave., producing a nightly newscast and other local programming. However, by 1967, the La Grande studio and office had been closed and KTVR was wholly a satellite of KTVB. KTVR was unique in the Pacific time zone because as a repeater of a Mountain time zone station, its "prime-time" schedule was broadcast from 6 to 9 p.m. OEPBS bought KTVR on August 31, 1976, shut down the station and converted it to PBS programming on February 1, 1977. KTVR rebroadcast programming from KWSU in Pullman, Wash. and KSPS in Spokane, Wash. until OEPBS completed a TV link to La Grande. On September 1, 1977 OEPBS shut KTVR down because of increasing technical problems. KTVR returned to the air on January 1, 1978, carrying OEPBS programming for the first time.

• KOAB - Bend

KOAB-TV began broadcasting on February 24, 1970 as KVDO-TV, an independent station licensed to Salem. Channel 3 struggled to compete with Portland's established independent, KPTV, and by the mid 1970s the station was bought out by Liberty Communications, then-owners of ABC affiliate KEZI. KVDO then became a full-power satellite of KEZI. KATU, Portland's ABC affiliate, responded by taking legal action, forcing KEZI to black out any ABC programming on KVDO in order to protect KATU. OEPBS purchased the station on February 19, 1976, and turned the station into a PBS affiliate. On February 28, 1976 a disgruntled viewer protesting KVDO's sale to OEPBS cut guy wires, toppling the channel 3 TV tower. On September 20, 1976 KVDO signed back on the air with a new tower. On August 6, 1983, after many complaints about duplication of service to Salem-area viewers (who could also tune to channel 10 (KOAP) or 7 (KOAC) to view PBS programming), KVDO was shut down. Channel 3's license was relocated to Bend. On December 22, 1983 channel 3 signed back on the air as KOAB. Call letters changed to KOAB-TV when KOAB-FM signed on the air January 23, 1986.

• KEPB - Eugene

KEPB-TV began operation on February 27, 1990 as Eugene's first public television station, reboadcasting OPB programming clearer than KOAC's rimshot signal from Corvallis.

[edit] Television stations

Station	City	Analog Channel	Digital Channel	Callsign Meaning
KOPB-TV	Portland	10	27	Oregon Public Broadcasting
KOAC-TV	Corvallis	7	39	Oregon Agricultural College
KEPB-TV	Eugene	28	29	Eugene Public Broadcasting
KOAB-TV	Bend	3	11	Oregon Air Bend
KTVR-TV	La Grande	13	5	TeleVision Grande Ronde

The OPB network digital channels is multiplexed:

Channel	Programming
First Digital Channel	PBS HD programing in 1080i
Second Digital Channel	Create in 480i
Third Digital Channel	The Oregon Channel in 480i

OPB's analog service is currently not shown on DTV channels. Some analog programing is shown on the Create channel. Monday thru Friday from the hours of 6:00 PM - Midnight.

The Oregon Channel is a public affairs network. Programing consist of Oregon legislative sessions and other public affairs events.

Southwestern Oregon is served by KSYS in Medford and KFTS in Klamath Falls, which offers some OPB programming in their schedules.

[edit] Repeaters

There are also many low-powered repeaters statewide that rebroadcast OPB programming. A few repeaters are not owned by OPB.

• Arlington — K17GK
• Astoria — K23GK
• Baker City — K48DC
• Burns — K36BA
• Cloverdale — K19EI
• Coos Bay — K17AA
• Cottage Grove — K52CV - Moving to Ch. 20
• Elkton — K11VI
• Enterprise — K28JC
• Eugene — K21FS - (Backfill for KEPB)
• Florence — K54DG - Moving to Ch. 32
• Glide — K24FH
• Gold Beach — K55CM
• Halfway — K10NF
• Heppner — K28GD
• Hood River — K36FG
• John Day — K26FQ
• La Grande — K50CI - (Backfill for KTVR)
• Lakeview — K19BK
• London Springs — K57GW - Moving to Ch. 33
• Mapleton — K19EC
• Maupin — K52CH
• Milton-Freewater — K50FX
• Monument — K12MX
• Myrtle Point — K55FM
• Newport — K18FR
• Oakridge — K11SZ
• Ontario — K15DY - (Only OPB TV translator in the Mountain Time Zone)
• Paisley — K04PK & K09VC
• Pendleton — K59BO - Moving to Ch. 22
• Port Orford — K61BU - Moving to Ch. 47
• Powers — K66DG, K69AM
• Prairie City — K05JL
• Prineville — K16EM - (Backfill for KOAB)
• Reedsport — K02NW
• Richland — K08KW
• Rockaway — K36GU
• Roseburg — K51GJ
• Silver Lake — K08LG
• The Dalles — K66AH - Moving to Ch. 31
• Wasco — K15EY
• Wedderburn — K04MG

There are also two repeaters in Washington: K59BX (Moving to Ch. 31) in Grays River, and K28IH in Longview.

[edit] Radio stations

Station	City	Frequency	Callsign Meaning
KOAB-FM	Bend	91.3 FM	Oregon Air Bend
KOAC-AM K276BU	Corvallis	550 AM 103.1 FM	Oregon Agricultural College
KTVR-FM	La Grande	89.9 FM	TeleVision Grande Ronde
KOAP-FM	Lakeview	88.7 FM	Oregon Air Portland (after former callsign of Portland station)
KRBM-FM	Pendleton	90.9 FM	Radio Blue Mountain
KOPB-FM	Portland	91.5 FM	Oregon Public Broadcasting
KTMK-FM	Tillamook	91.1 FM	TillaMooK

[edit] HD Radio Stations

Currently KOPB-FM only carries HD Radio programing.

The OPB HD radio channels:

Channel	Programming
OPB FM HD-1	Main OPB radio programing
OPB FM HD-2	Rock Music
OPB FM HD-3	Golden Hours Radio (Planned for 2007)

[edit] Other radio frequencies

• Baker City, 91.5 FM
• Burns 91.7 FM
• Goldendale, Washington 91.5 FM
• Halfway 91.3 FM
• Hood River 94.3 FM
• Lincoln City 91.7 FM
• Manzanita 106.1 FM
• Mount Vernon 90.7 FM
• Ontario 107.5 FM - (Only OPB Radio translator in the Mountain Time Zone)
• Richland 91.9 FM
• Salishan (Lincoln County) 91.7 FM
• Silver Lake (Lake County) 91.7 FM
• The Dalles 91.5 FM
• Valley Falls (Lake County) 91.1 FM
• Wagontire (Harney County) 90.3 FM

[edit] See also

• Barry Serafin - Early OPB news reporter
• High-Five Challenge - A high school quizbowl competition in Oregon and Washington

[edit] External links

• OPB's website
• FCC Information for OPB's television stations:
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for KOPB
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for KOAC
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for KEPB
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for KOAB
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVR
• FCC Information for OPB's radio stations:
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KOAB
  • Query the FCC's AM station database for KOAC
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for K276BU
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KTVR
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KOAP
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KRBM
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KOPB
  • Query the FCC's FM station database for KTMK
• FCC Information for OPB's television repeaters:
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K02NW
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K04MG
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K04PK
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K05JL
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K08KW
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K08LG
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K09VC
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K10NF
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K11SZ
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K11VI
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K12MX
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K15DY
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K15EY
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K16EM
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K17AA
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K17GK
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K18FR
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K19BK
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K19EC
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K19EI
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K21FS
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K23GK
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K24FH
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K26FQ
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K28GD
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K28IH
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K28JC
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K36BA
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K36FG
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K36GU
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K48DC
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K50CI
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K50FX
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K51GJ
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K52CH
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K52CV
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K54DG
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K55CM
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K55FM
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K57GW
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K59BO
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K59BX
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K61BU
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K66AH
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K66DG
  • Query the FCC's TV station database for K69AM