Oregon Public Broadcasting

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OPB
(Oregon Public Broadcasting)
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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.

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[edit] History

OPB traces its roots to 1922, when KFDJ-AM signed on from the Corvallis campus of Oregon Agricultural College. It became KOAC-AM in 1927. KOAC-TV began operation in 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.

KTVR-TV began life as a commercial station, a satellite of Boise, Idaho NBC affiliate KTVB. It was unique in the Pacific Time Zone because as a repeater of a Mountain Time Zone station, its "prime-time" schedule was broadcast from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The station was sold to OEPBS in the mid-1970's and converted to PBS programming.

KOAB-TV began broadcasting in February 1970 as KVDO-TV, an independent station licensed to Salem. The station 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 in February 1976, and turned the station into a PBS affiliate. In 1983, after many complaints about the duplication of service to Salem-area viewers (who could also tune to channel 10 (KOPB) or 7 (KOAC) to view PBS programming), OPB relocated the channel 3 license to Bend and renamed the station KOAB-TV.

[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 Agricultural 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

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

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 several low-powered repeaters statewide that rebroadcast OPB programming.

There are also two repeaters in Washington: K59BX in Grays River, and K28IH in Longview.

[edit] Radio stations

Station City Frequency Callsign Meaning
KOAB-FM Bend 91.3 FM Oregon Agricultural Bend
KOAC-AM
KOAC-FM		 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 Agricultural 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

[edit] See also

[edit] External links


Broadcast television in the Portland, Oregon market  (Nielsen DMA #23)

KATU 2 (ABC) - KRCW-TV 5 (The CW) - KOIN 6 (CBS) - KGW 8 (NBC) - KOPB 10 (PBS/OPB) - KPTV 12 (Fox) - KORS-CA 16 (A1) - KPOU 16 / KPOU-LP 47 (UNI) - KOXI-CA 20 (AS) - KPXG 22 (i) - KNMT 24 (TBN) - KRCW 32 (The CW/The Tube On DT2) - KORK-CA 35 (HSN/A1) - KKEI-CA 38 (TEL) - KPDX 49 (MNTV) - KOXO-CA 51 (TFR) - KWVT-LP 52 (A1) - KPXG-LP 54 (i)
Defunct Television Stations

KVDO 3 (Ind.) - KLOR 12 (ABC) - KHTV 27 (Ind.)


Broadcast television in the Eugene market  (Nielsen DMA #120)

Eugene: KOAC 7 / KEPB 28 (PBS/OPB) - KEZI 9 (ABC) - KVAL 13 (CBS) - KMTR 16 (NBC/CW on DT2) - KEVU 23 (MNTV) - KLSR 34 (FOX) - K36FJ 36 (3ABN) - KORY-CA 41 (A1) - KAMK-LP 49 (RTN) - KMOR-LP 51 (Ind.) - K59DJ 59 (TBN)

Roseburg: KPIC 4 (CBS) - K33FE (FOX) - KTVC 36 (RTN) - KTCW 46 (NBC/CW on DT2) - K47HT 47 (3ABN) - K49FV 49 (TBN) - K51GJ 51 (PBS/OPB) - K53CU 53 (ABC)

Coos Bay: KCBY 11 (CBS) - K17AA 17 (PBS/OPB) - KMCB 23 (NBC/CW on DT2) - K27CL 27 (ABC) - K30CL 30 (MNTV) - K33AO 33 (TBN) - K44FH 44 (3ABN) - K66DO 66 (FOX)
Local cable television channels

KZWB (The CW)
Out-of market television stations:

Medford: KOBI 5 (NBC)


Broadcast television in the Bend market  (Nielsen DMA #194)

KOAB 3 (PBS/OPB) - KABH-CA 15 (UNI) - KTVZ 21 (NBC/The CW on DT2) - K31CR 31 (CBS) - K33AG 33 (TBN) - KFXO-LP 39 (FOX) - K48BL 48 (A1) - KUBN-LP 50 (MNTV)
Local digital television channels

KOHD 51 (ABC)
Out-of market television stations:

KATU 2 (ABC) - KEZI 9 (ABC) - KVAL 13 (CBS)
Broadcast television in the Yakima / Walla Walla / Pasco / Richland / Kennewick market  (Nielsen DMA #126)

Yakima: KKFQ-CA 2 / KWWA-CA 49 (ShN/UNI) - KNDO 23 (NBC) - KCWK-LP 27 (The CW) - KIMA 29 (CBS) - KAPP 35 (ABC) - KCYU-LP 41 (FOX) - KYVE 47 (PBS)

Tri-Cities: KFFX 11 (FOX) - KVVK-CA 15 (ShN/UNI) - KEPR 19 (CBS) - KNDU 25 (NBC) - KTNW 31 (PBS) - KVEW 42 (ABC) - KRLB-LP 49 (TBN)

Walla Walla: KCWK 9 (The CW) - KTVR 13 (PBS/OPB) - KORX-CA 16 (ShN/UNI) - K22BI 22 / K21EK 21 / K28FT 28 (HOPE/Worship) - K33EJ 33 (3ABN) - KWWO-LP 47 (COR)
FM radio stations in the Portland(OR)/Vancouver(WA) market (Arbitron #23)

 KBVM 88.3 | KLVP 88.7 | KMHD 89.1 | KBPS 89.9 | KBOO 90.7 | KOPB 91.5 | K220IN 91.9 | KGON 92.3 | KTRO 93.1 | KPDQ 93.9 | KNRK 94.7 | KXJM 95.5 | K242AF 96.3 | KYCH 97.1 | KRRC 97.9 | KPSU 98.3 | KUPL 98.7 | KWJJ 99.5 | KKRZ 100.3 | KUFO 101.1 | KINK 101.9 | K274AR 102.7 | KKCW 103.3 | KFIS 104.1 | KRSK 105.1 | KIJZ 105.9 | KLTH 106.7 | KVMX 107.5 

See also: Portland(OR) (FM) (AM)

Oregon State Radio Markets
Portland (AM) (FM) · Eugene-Springfield · Medford-Ashland · Bend
See also: List of radio stations in Oregon and List of United States radio markets
Radio stations in the Eugene-Springfield, Oregon market (Arbitron #150)

(FM) KWVA - 88.1 | KQFE - 88.9 | KLCC - 89.7 | KWAX - 91.1 | KRVM - 91.9 | KKNU - 93.3 | KMGE - 94.5 | KUJZ - 95.3 | KZEL - 96.1 | KNRQ - 97.9 | KODZ - 99.1 | KRKT - 99.9 | KDPM - 100.5 | KFLY - 101.5 | KEHK - 102.3 | KXPC - 103.7 | KDUK - 104.7 | KEUG - 105.5 | KLOO - 106.3 | KLVU - 107.1 | KHPE - 107.9

(AM) KOAC - 550 | KUGN - 590 | KXOR - 660 | KFIR - 720 | KKNX - 840 | KORE - 1050 | KPNW - 1120 | KRVM - 1280 | KSCR - 1320 | KLZS - 1450 | KOPT - 1600

Oregon State Radio Markets
Portland (AM) (FM) · Eugene-Springfield · Medford-Ashland · Bend
See also: List of radio stations in Oregon and List of United States radio markets
Radio stations in the Bend, Oregon market (Arbitron #217)

(FM) KLBR - 88.1 | KWRX - 88.5 | KVRA - 89.3 | KKJA - 89.9 | KVLB - 90.5 | KOAB - 91.3 | KRXF - 92.7 | KXIX - 94.1 | KLTW - 95.1 | KWLZ - 96.5 | KNLR - 97.5 | KTWS - 98.3 | KMTK - 99.7 | KMGX - 100.7 | KLRR - 101.7 | KSJJ - 102.9 | KWPK - 104.1 | KQAK - 105.7 | KPOV - 106.7

(AM) KRCO - 690 | KICE - 940 | KBND - 1110 | KRDM - 1240

Oregon State Radio Markets
Portland (AM) (FM) · Eugene-Springfield · Medford-Ashland · Bend
See also: List of radio stations in Oregon and List of United States radio markets
PBS Member Stations in the state of Oregon

OPB: KOAB 3 (Bend) - KOAC 7 / KEPB 28 (Corvallis / Eugene) - KOPB 10 (Portland) - KTVR 13 (La Grande)
SOPTV: KSYS 8 / KFTS 22 (Medford / Klamath Falls)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Oregon
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