KOHD

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KOHD
KOHD logo
Bend, Oregon
Branding KOHD News
Slogan Connecting You
Channels Analog: 53 (UHF) - K53JV

Digital: 51 (UHF)

Affiliations ABC
Owner Chambers Communications Corporation
(Three Sisters Broadcasting, LLC)
First air date September 9, 2006
Call letters’ meaning Oregon
High
Definition
Transmitter Power 84.1 kW
Height 205.7 m
Facility ID 166534
Transmitter Coordinates 44°4′39.9″N, 121°20′0.3″W
Website www.kohd.com

KOHD is the callsign of a digital-only ABC affiliate broadcasting on UHF channel 51 in Bend, Oregon. KOHD signed on September 9, 2006.

Owned by Chambers Communications of Eugene, Oregon, KOHD is the first digital-only station to carry a major network affiliation. The station replaced co-owned KEZI in Eugene, as well as KATU from Portland, on some local cable systems.

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On September 26th, 2007, KOHD began broadcasting local newscasts with KOHD Daybreak at 5 and 6 AM, and KOHD News at 5, 6, 6:30 and 11 PM. KOHD can be seen on analog channel 53, over-the-air digital channel 51.1, digital cable channel 9 on Bend Broadband, and cable channel 9 in La Pine and Sunriver.

Chambers Communications completed their 11,000-square-foot (1,000 m²) facility at Brinson Business Park, on the north side of Bend in August of 2007.

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