KTVZ

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KTVZ
Bend, Oregon
Branding	Central Oregon's News Channel 21
Channels	21 (UHF) analog, 18 (UHF) digital
Translators	(see article)
Affiliations	NBC The CW (on DT2) Telemundo (on DT3)
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company
Founded	November 6, 1977
Former affiliations	CBS (secondary 1977-1997)
Transmitter Power	126 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital)
Website	www.ktvz.com

KTVZ is a television station in Bend, Oregon, broadcasting locally on channel 21 as an affiliate of NBC. KTVZ signed on the air November 6, 1977 and was owned by Ponderosa Broadcasting, Inc. The station is currently owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company of St. Joseph, Missouri.

The station currently broadcasts 4 hours of local news every weekday.

The station broadcasts in digital on channel 18, which also includes The CW on digital subchannel DT2 and Telemundo on DT3.

Contents 1 Channel 19 2 Digital Television 3 Rebroadcasters 4 External links

[edit] Channel 19

Main article: K19GC

K19GC Channel 19 in Riley is currently a KTVZ translator. Later in 2007 it will became an affiliate of Telemundo. KTVZ has a construction permit to move that station's license to Prineville and its transmitter northwest of that town, with a power increase from 5.5kw to 50kw.

[edit] Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Programming
21.1 / 18.1	NewsChannel 21 / NBC
21.2 / 18.2	The CW
21.3 / 18.3	Telemundo (will also be seen on K19GC later in 2007)

[edit] Rebroadcasters

KTVZ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

• K04HK Black Butte Ranch
• K05JV La Pine
• K06JN Severance Ranch
• K06LI Chemult
• K43IH Burns
• K66AZ Prineville (Moving to Ch. 34)
• K66BC Madras (Moving to Ch. 9)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KTVZ
• Query the FCC's TV station database for K19GC