KOTI

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KOTI
Klamath Falls, Oregon
Branding	NBC 2
Slogan	"Local News Comes First"
Channels	2 (VHF) analog, 13 (VHF) digital
Translators	(See article)
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.
Founded	1956
Call letters meaning	K Oregon Technical Institute
Transmitter Power	35,500 watts visual power 3,550 watts aural power
Website	www.localnewscomesfirst.com

KOTI is a local NBC affiliate based in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Founded on August 12, 1956 by William B. Smullin of California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., the station now serves as a repeater facility for sister station KOBI-TV NBC 5 of Medford, Oregon. The call letters KOTI are believed to have come from the city's local four-year college, the Oregon Institute of Technology(formerly Oregon Technical Institute). Originally KOTI carried all three networks.

Contents 1 About KOTI 2 News 2.1 Past News Titles 3 Rebroadcasters 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] About KOTI

The station is owned by president Patricia C. "Patsy" Smullin, who also owns the parent company COBi, which is the longest, continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country. Their number one interest is localism. KOTI served as the only staffed television station in the Klamath Basin for many years. The station's vice president and general manager is Robert Wise, formerly general manager of former sister station KRCR-TV in Redding, California. Viewers in 12 counties in Oregon and California receive programming from NBC 2.

[edit] News

KOTI-TV is the home for NBC 2 News at 5:00pm, 6:00pm and 11:00pm anchored by Chris Corcoran and Selena Davis. The chief meteorologist is Jeff Heaton and Brent Biedel is sports director. Lyle Ahrens serves as the Klamath Basin news bureau chief.

[edit] Past News Titles

• "Eye Five News" (1970s ?)
• "Eyewitness News" (1970s-1998)
• "The News Channel" (1998-2005)

[edit] Rebroadcasters

KOTI is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

• K04CB Plush
• K04ES Klamath Falls (City Grade Signal)
• K05ET Alturas
• K06GS Little Valley
• K06NS Chiloquin
• K07NR Lakeview
• K07PS Chemult
• K11JM Fall River Mills
• K62BE Midland (Moving to Ch. 36)

Translators currently broadcasting, but not listed in the FCC database.

• K06BP Paisley
• K06FF Surprise Valley
• K07FW Summer Lake

[edit] See also

• KOBI
• California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. (ownership)

[edit] External links

• KOTI website
• Western States Museum of Broadcasting: History of Television In Southern Oregon
• Bill Smullin: Southern Oregon TV's pioneer
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KOTI

Broadcast television in the Medford/Klamath Falls market  (Nielsen DMA #141)
Medford: KOBI 5 (NBC) - KSYS 8 (PBS/SOPTV) - KTVL 10 (CBS/The CW on DT2) - KDRV 12 (ABC) - KMCW 14 (TEL) - KMVU 26 (FOX) - K28GG 28 (AS) - KBLN 30 (3ABN) - K39EF 39 (HSN) - K41IX 41 (TBN) - KFBI 48 (i/MNTV)
Klamath Falls: KOTI 2 (NBC) - K07PU 7 (CBS) - KFTS 22 (PBS/SOPTV) - KDKF 31 (ABC) - K39DP 39 (HSN) - K41ID 41 (i/MNTV) - K44DZ 44 (FOX) - K48HV 48 (3ABN) - K58BG 58 (TBN)
Brookings: K07JT 7 (NBC) - K10LR 10 (CBS) - K18EP 18 (PBS/SOPTV) - K31GP 31 (FOX) - K36HM 36 (ABC) - KBSC 49 (Ind.) - K57GP 57 (3ABN)
Local cable television channels
KMFD cable 11 (The CW) - MCTV 15 (Weed, CA) - RVTV (Ashland) - The Oregon Channel (Salem)