| Medford/Klamath Falls, Oregon | |
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| Branding | News 10 |
| Slogan | Your Connection |
| Channels | Digital: 10 (VHF) |
| Subchannels | 10.1 HD 10.2 The CW 10.3 CBS SD |
| Translators | K19HH-D 19 Klamath Falls K47LD-D 47 Medford for others, (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | Freedom Communications, Inc. (sale to Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. pending) (Freedom Broadcasting of Oregon Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | October 3, 1961 |
| Call letters' meaning | The "TV" refers to the fact that it is a television station |
| Former callsigns | KMED-TV (1961-1977) |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 10 (VHF, 1961-2009) Digital: 35 (UHF) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: NBC (1961-1983) Secondary: ABC (1961-1984) |
| Transmitter power | 9 kW |
| Height | 1001 m |
| Facility ID | 22570 |
| Website | www.ktvl.com www.southernoregoncw.com |
KTVL, channel 10 (known as "News 10") is a CBS television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon and broadcasts from a transmitter high atop Mount Ashland, 15 miles (24 km) south of the city. The station covers eight counties in southern Oregon and northern California. The studios are located on Rossanley Drive in northwest Medford. The station has 27 translators.[1]
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Channel 10 signed on the air October 3, 1961 as KMED-TV, owned by Ray Johnson and his company, Radio Medford, Inc., along with KMED-AM 1440. Several groups contended for the second television station in the area, but Radio Medford received a substantial assist from Bill Smulin, owner of KTVM (now KOBI), who offered Radio Medford space on KTVM's tower. KMED-TV was an NBC affiliate, since KMED-AM had been an NBC radio affiliate since 1937. It also shared ABC with KTVM.
In 1963, the station started a joint news department with its radio sister. KMED-AM had set up the first full radio news department between Portland and San Francisco in 1957.
In 1966, the station moved to a new tower on Mount Ashland, which added Klamath Falls to its city-grade coverage. It is the highest transmitting tower in the Pacific Northwest, with over 132,000 watts of power. To this day, channel 10 is the only Medford station that covers the entire market without a full-power satellite station.
KMED-TV bought the first color cameras in Southern Oregon in 1968, a year of many firsts for the station. That year also saw the area's first live remote broadcast, the first television editorials and the first use of live microwave technology.
In 1977, KMED was sold off, and KMED-TV became KTVL. In 1981, Johnson sold KTVL to its current owner, Freedom Communications, marking Freedom's entry into television. Under Freedom's ownership, KTVL aired the first color weather forecast in Southern Oregon. In the meantime Johnson was working on another station, which would become KTVZ in Bend, Oregon.
In 1983, KTVL traded affiliations with KOBI and became a CBS affiliate, though it continued to carry some ABC programming until KDRV signed on a year later. Kingsley Kelley currently serves as the station's general manager.
Freedom announced on November 2, 2011 that it would bow out of television and sell its stations, including KTVL, to Sinclair Broadcast Group.[2]
KTVL is also the only southern Oregon and northern California television station that has continuously broadcast the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon every Labor Day Weekend since 1970. (Fellow CBS affiliate KHSL-TV in Chico, California, was the next closest station to do so before broadcasting the program was ceased after 1997 by new ownership.) The local portion of the telethon is now hosted by members of the News 10 newscast team including Trish (Borucki) Glose, Kevin Lollis and Libby Dowsett. It is believed to be one of the most successful local telethon broadcasts in the country. Marvin Rhodes, who was the main host for 35 years, and Donna Hildebrand, who was co-host for over 25 years, ended their tenure as telethon hosts in 2005.
The most emotional moment came in 2002 when a devastated Marvin Rhodes announced that Grants Pass, Oregon resident Ray Dimmick, who battled courageously against ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), had died in December 2001. Dimmick, accompanied by his wife Debra, appeared on the show every year for 10 years despite his condition deteriorating. A tribute video was broadcast in his memory. [3] [4] [5]
With Jerry Lewis's retirement as host of the national telethon and its move from 21 1/2 hours to 6 hours beginning in 2011, it is uncertain if KTVL will continue coverage.
On June 3, 2006, KTVL launched a new locally-produced late night program for young adults called After 10, hosted by Curtis Bartlett and Lindsey Matherly, every Saturday night at 11:30pm. It was dubbed as the only locally produced show that delivers news and information on the local music scene, video games, movie releases (in theaters and on video), graphic novels, music videos, viral videos from the internet, and websites.
After 10 was KTVL's attempt to compete against NBC's Saturday Night Live by producing a program for its target audience themselves, instead on relying on syndication. After 10 was being retooled and was expected to be relaunched in the third quarter of 2007, but it never returned to the air.
On January 24, 2011 KTVL added an additional hour to their morning news program. Originally, it was News 10 at 6 a.m. but they changed the start time to 4:55 a.m. dubbing it "News 10 Good Morning" going head-to-head with competitor KDRV's early morning newscast. The show switch up its format, differing from its competitors to include faster-paced headline style news with more morning weather hits than any other station in Southern Oregon and Northern California. In addition to showcasing the station's strong social media content, with the only station to have smart phone and iPad applications.
The newscasts are currently anchored by Trish Glose and Rick Tillery at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. The chief meteorologist is Kevin Lollis. David De Rurange and Cate Cauguiran anchor the 5 a.m. newscast News 10 Good Morning (starts at 4:55a.m.) with the weather anchored by Lindsey Matherly and Libby Dowsett anchors the region's only noon newscast.
KTVL (as well as competitor KOBI) does not currently have a local sportscast. It was dropped in 2009 by management. It is a move that many believe has hurt the station. (KDRV is the only station in the market to continue airing a local sportscast.)
News Team
Weather Team
Sports Team
KTVL-DT broadcasts on digital channel 10.
Digital channels
| Channel | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|
| 10.1 | KTVL-HD | Main KTVL programming / CBS |
| 10.2 | KTVL-CW | The CW |
| 10.3 | KTVL-SD | SD simulcast of 10.1 |
KTVL shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 10, on June 12, 2009, as part of the DTV transition in the United States. [6] The station had been broadcasting its pre-transition digital signal over UHF channel 35, but returned to channel 10 for its post-transition operations.[7]
On September 18, 2006, The WB and UPN merged to form the new CW Network. KTVL has picked up the affiliation to The CW, and is broadcasting its programming on a digital subchannel. KMFD, Medford's former WB "cable-only" station is the new CW affiliate and has been renamed KTVL-DT 2, "Southern Oregon's CW 11". KTVL-DT2 receives all of its programming from The CW Plus.
KTVL is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.
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