KMTR

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KMTR / KMCB / KTCW

KMTR: Eugene, Oregon KMCB: Coos Bay, Oregon KTCW: Roseburg, Oregon
Branding	NewsSource 16
Channels	KMTR: 16 (UHF) KMCB: 23 (UHF) KTCW: 46 (UHF) analog, KMTR: 17 (UHF) KMCB: 22 (UHF) KTCW: 45 (UHF) digital
Translators	(See article)
Affiliations	NBC The CW (DT2)
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (sale pending)
Founded	KMTR: October 4, 1982 KMCB: July 8, 1991 KTCW: April 8, 1992
Former callsigns	KMTR: none KMCB: KUCW (2006), KMTZ (1991-2006) KTCW: KMTX (1992-2006)
Website	kmtr.com

KMTR is the NBC and The CW affiliate television station serving the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon designated market area. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station reaches additional viewers in central and western Oregon via co-owned full-powered satellite stations KMCB channel 23 (Coos Bay) and KTCW channel 46 (Roseburg). KMTR's transmitter is located near Springfield, Oregon.

1 Overview
2 History
3 Digital Television
4 Translators
5 Personalities
6 Trivia
7 Previous Logos
8 External links

[edit] Overview

In its promotion and marketing KMTR refers to itself as NewsSource 16. Together with KMCB and KTCW, the stations are known as Oregon's News Source Network. The station also operates a cable-only station, former WB affiliate KZWB.

KMTR covers local news, sports, and weather for Springfield, Eugene and Western Oregon. It currently is the only local television station in Eugene/Springfield offering streaming video newscasts on the Internet. One of the most popular segments on their news is "I Dare Dave", where sports anchor Dave Wenda takes dares from people in the community.

KMTR was named "Station of the Year" for 2005 by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters (OAB).

In February 2006, the two satellite stations, KMTZ and KMTX, changed call letters to KUCW and KTCW, respectively. The call letters held no real meaning, as neither station, nor the primary station, KMTR, had secured the CW affiliation yet. However, after the announcent of The CW's formation, some broadcasters, Clear Channel in particular, placed key call letters with "CW" in them on their stations, just to keep them out of the hands of the competition. This seems to have been the case with the Coos Bay station, for in September 2006, Clear Channel transferred the "KUCW" call letters to its Salt Lake City CW affiliate, formerly KUWB. The Coos Bay station picked up the call letters KMCB - likely taking the "M" from the primary station, and the "CB" from Coos Bay.

Effective September 2006, KMTR has added programming from The CW Television Network to its DT2 subchannel, as well as converting cable-only WB station KZWB to the CW.

On November 16, 2006, Clear Channel announced its intention to sell off all of its television stations, including KMTR, after the company was bought out by a private equity firm.

[edit] History

KMTR started as a UHF station carrying NBC programming. KMTR began broadcasting after former NBC affiliate, KVAL began selectively omitting certain NBC prime-time broadcasts from its evening line-up, replacing them with alternate programming from rival network, CBS. The resulting conflict over this programming decision preceeded the introduction of KMTR to the media market, and a switch of KVAL affiliation away from NBC to CBS.

[edit] Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Eugene	Coos Bay	Roseburg	Programming
16.1 / 17.1	23.1 / 22.1	46.1 / 45.1	Main KMTR/KMCB/KTCW programming
16.2 / 17.2	23.2 / 22.2	46.2 / 45.2	The CW

[edit] Translators

The stations are rebroadcasted on the following translators:

KMTR Repeaters

K11KI Channel 11 Disston
K55HE Channel 55 London Springs (Moving to Ch. 35)
K60DO Channel 60 Cottage Grove (Moving to Ch. 48)
K60DQ Channel 60 Florence (Moving to Ch. 43)

KTCW Repeaters

K22GX Channel 22 Tri-City
K31AE Channel 31 Sutherlin

KMCB Repeaters

K46AS Channel 46 Coos Bay (City Grade Signal)
K61EH Channel 61 Powers

[edit] Personalities

Current anchors at KMTR include:

Matt Templeman Evening News Anchor
Renee McCullough Evening News Anchor
Monica Guza Morning Meteorologist
Joseph Calbreath Evening Weather

Kelli Warner Morning News
Marc Mullins Morning News
Brent Prasnikar 11pm Weather
Jared Meyer Weekend News & Weather
Darren Fabre Weekend Sports & Friday Night Fever

Cambra Ward is KMTR's station manager.

[edit] Trivia

The call letters KMTR originally belonged to My Network TV station in Los Angeles, KCOP-TV.

[edit] Previous Logos

Former logo for WB cable station, KZWB.

[edit] External links

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) - KMOR-LP 51 (MTV2) - KAMK-LP 53 (RTN) - 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) - K63DO 63 (FOX)
Local cable television channels
KZWB (The CW) - The Oregon Channel (Salem)
Out-of market television stations:
Medford: KOBI 5 (NBC) - Salem: KPXG 22 (ION)

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Oregon

KOTI 2 / KOBI 5 (Klamath Falls / Medford) - KGW 8 (Portland) - KMTR 16 / KMCB 23 / KTCW 46 (Eugene / Coos Bay / Roseburg) - KTVZ 21 (Bend)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS and Other stations in Oregon

CW Network Affiliates in the state of Oregon

KTVL-DT 10.2/"KMFD" (Medford) - KMTR-DT 16.2/KMCB-DT 23.2/KTCW-DT 46.2/"KZWB" (Eugene/Coos Bay/Roseburg) KTVZ-DT 21.2 (Bend) - KRCW 32 (Salem)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other stations in Oregon