Southern Oregon Public Television

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KSYS / KFTS
Image:Soptv.jpg
KSYS: Medford, Oregon
KFTS: Klamath Falls, Oregon
Branding SOPTV
Slogan Connecting Our Community
Channels Analog:
KSYS: 8 (VHF)
KFTS: 22 (UHF)

Digital:
KSYS: 42 (UHF)
KFTS: 33 (UHF)
Subchannels 8.1 SOPTV-HD (1080i)
8.2 SOPTV (480i)
8.3 Oregon Channel
Translators (see article)
Affiliations PBS
Owner Southern Oregon Public Television, Inc.
First air date KSYS: January 17, 1977
KFTS: January 1989
Transmitter Power KSYS:
191 kW (analog)
366 kW (digital)
KFTS:
9.33 kW (analog)
9.6 kW (digital)
Height KSYS:
818 m (analog)
802 m (digital)
KFTS:
656 m (analog)
649 m (digital)
Facility ID KSYS: 61350
KFTS: 61335
Transmitter Coordinates KSYS:
42°41′31.2″N, 123°13′48.6″W
KFTS:
42°5′49.6″N, 121°38′2.9″W
Website www.soptv.org

Southern Oregon Public Television is the PBS member for most of southwest Oregon. It operates KSYS, channel 8 in Medford and KFTS, channel 22 in Klamath Falls.

In 1965, Oregon Educational Broadcasting, forerunner of Oregon Public Broadcasting, persuaded the FCC to reassign channel 8 to from Brookings to Medford. OEB intended to make channel 8 the third station in its television network, which at that time included flagship KOAC-TV in Corvallis and KOAP-TV (now KOPB-TV) in Portland. Southern Oregon was the only region of the state without public television. However, OEB backed out after a protracted battle with several commercial applicants. The license eventually went to Liberty Television, owners of KEZI-TV in Eugene.

However, the owners of the two commercial stations in the area--Bill Smullin of KTVM-TV (now KOBI) and Ray Johnson of KMED-TV (now KTVL) helped a new nonprofit corporation, Southern Oregon Educational Company, buy the channel 8 construction permit from Liberty. They also pledged payments of $50,000 once the station signed on. Getting the funds to sign on proved more difficult than expected. With the FCC permit about to run out, KSYS went on the air on January 17, 1977 with the strongest signal of any station in the region, at 191,000 watts. This was still not enough to cover Klamath Falls, and SOEC (later renamed Southern Oregon Public Television, Inc.) immediately applied for another station to cover that region. However, it took 12 more years before KFTS went on the air in January 1989.

The two stations are the only public television stations in the state not affiliated with OPB, but occasionally air some of OPB's programs.

The Oregon Channel is a public affairs network. Programing consist of Oregon legislative sessions and other public affairs events.

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[edit] Digital Television

The SOPTV network digital channels is multiplexed:

Channel Video Aspect Programming
First Digital Channel 1080i 16:9 SOPTV in HD
Second Digital Channel 480i 4:3 SOPTV (Standard Definition)
Third Digital Channel 480i 4:3 The Oregon Channel

In 2009, when the analog to digital conversion is complete, KSYS, in Medford, will return to channel 8 due to problems caused by UHF's severe terrain limitations. [1] However, KFTS, in Klamath Falls, will remain on digital channel 33.[2]

[edit] Rebroadcasters

SOPTV is rebroadcast on the following translator stations. Some channels currently broadcasting, are not listed in the FCC database:

City Grade Translators:

Repeater Stations:

Service to Gold Beach, Lakeview, Paisley, Port Orford, Silver Lake and Wedderburn is provided by Oregon Public Broadcasting.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-07-90A1.pdf
  2. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
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Broadcast television in the Medford/Klamath Falls market (Nielsen DMA #140)

Medford (Rogue Valley):
KOBI 5 (NBC, AccuWX TV on DT2) - KSYS 8 (PBS/SOPTV, SOPTV SD on DT2, Oregon Channel on DT3) - KTVL 10 (CBS, The CW on DT2) - KDRV 12 (ABC) - KMCW 14 (TEL) - KMVU 26 (FOX) - K28GG 28 (HSN) - KBLN 30 (3ABN) - K39EF 39 (HSN) - K41IX 41 (TBN) - KFBI 48 (MNTV)
Klamath Falls (Klamath Basin):
KOTI 2 (NBC, AccuWX TV on DT2) - K07PU 7 (CBS) - KFTS 22 (PBS/SOPTV, SOPTV SD on DT2, Oreg Ch on DT3) - KDKF 31 (ABC) - K39DP 39 (HSN) - K41ID 41 (MNTV) - K44DZ 44 (FOX) - K48HV 48 (3ABN) - K58BG 58 (TBN)
Brookings-Curry County:
K07JT 7 (NBC) - K10LR 10 (CBS) - K18EP 18 (PBS/SOPTV) - K31GP 31 (FOX) - K36HM 36 (ABC) - KBSC 49 (Ind./WSTV) - K57GP 57 (3ABN)

Local cable television channels

KMFD cable 11 (The CW) - MCTV 15 (Weed, CA) - RVTV (Ashland) - YCTV 4 (Yreka, CA) - The Oregon Channel (Salem)

Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations
Reception may vary by geographical location


Chico/Redding: KRCR 7 (ABC) - KIXE 9 (PBS) - KHSL 12 (CBS) - KRVU 21 (MNTV) - KNVN 24 (NBC) - KCVU 30 (FOX)
Eureka: KIEM 3 (NBC) - KVIQ 6 (CBS) - KUVU-LP 9 (The CW) - KEET 13 (PBS) - KAEF 23 (ABC) - KBVU 29 (FOX)
Eugene/Coos Bay: KEZI 9 (ABC) - KCBY 11 (CBS) - KEVU-LP 23 (MNTV) - KMCB 23 (NBC, CW on DT2) - KEPB 28 (PBS/OPB) - KLSR 34 (FOX)
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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