KTVZ

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KTVZ


Bend, Oregon
Branding NewsChannel 21
Bend CW (on DT2)
Fox Central Oregon
(on DT3)
Slogan Central Oregon's
News Leader
Channels Digital: 21 (UHF)
Affiliations 21.1 NBC
21.2 The CW
21.3 Fox
Owner News-Press & Gazette Company
(NPG of Oregon, Inc.)
First air date November 6, 1977
Sister station(s) KFXO-LD, KQRE-LP
Former channel number(s) Analog:
21 (UHF, 1977-2009)
Digital:
18 (UHF, 2006-2009)
Former affiliations CBS (secondary, 1980-1997)
Transmitter power 131.8 kW
Height 197 m
Facility ID 55907
Transmitter coordinates 44°4′40″N 121°19′49″W / 44.07778°N 121.33028°W / 44.07778; -121.33028
Website ktvz.com

KTVZ is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Oregon that is licensed to Bend. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 from a transmitter in the city on Awbrey Butte west of U.S. 97. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, the station is sister to low-powered Fox affiliate KFXO-LD and low-powered Telemundo affiliate KQRE-LP. All three share studios on Northwest O.B. Riley Road in Bend. Syndicated programming on KTVZ includes: Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy!, Dr. Oz, Live with Kelly, and Dr. Phil.

Digital channels

Channel Video Aspect PSIP Short Name Programming
21.1 1080i 16:9 KTVZ-HD Main KTVZ programming / NBC
21.2 480i KTVZ-SD Bend CW
21.3 KFXO-SD Simulcast of KFXO-LD

Rebroadcasters

KTVZ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.

Call sign Channel City of license Transmitter location
K04HK 4 Black Butte Ranch northwest of city
K05JV 5 La Pine southeast of city
K06JN 6 Severance Ranch southeast of Post
K06LI 6 Chemult north of community
K22IL-D 22 Prineville Grizzly Mountain
K38DT-D 38 North La Pine west of Sunriver
K41HZ 41 Burns northwest of Hines
K66BC 66 Madras / Culver southeast of Metolius along U.S. 97 (moving to ch. 26)

History

KTVZ went on-the-air November 6, 1977. It was started by former owners Ray Johnson of KMED-AM-TV (now KTVL) in Medford and C. Howard Lane from KOIN-TV in Portland who formed Ponderosa Broadcasting, Inc. The station has always been an NBC affiliate but also began to carry CBS programming on a secondary basis. Efforts to carve out Deschutes County from the Portland television market began in 1980. By Fall 1981, Nielsen formed the newly created Bend DMA. In 1986, the station was sold to Stainless Broadcasting Company which later became known as Northwest Broadcasting, Inc. based in Spokane, Washington.

By 1997, KTVZ discontinued CBS programing since KOIN in Portland (now seen through semi-satellite KBNZ-LD) already had full translator and cable coverage in the Bend area. Later in 2002, Northwest Broadcasting sold KTVZ to the News-Press & Gazette Company. By 2006, they added more network affiliations to the growing Central Oregon area when The CW was added as a second digital channel. In late 2006, it was announced that Meredith would sell KFXO to the News-Press & Gazette Company which occurred on May 24, 2007. BendBroadband filed a petition with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to block the proposed sale but it still went through. KQRE-LP was originally a repeater of KTVZ. In January 2007, that station completed a transmitter move that brought it closer to Bend making the rebroadcast redundant. The station then began airing Telemundo's schedule.

Newscasts

Its nightly 6 o'clock news open.

On June 22, 2007, KFXO's own prime time news at 10 pm was replaced by one produced by KTVZ. In September of that year, this station began to air its newscasts in 16:9 widescreen format. It broadcasts five hours of local news every weekday. It produces a two-hour weekday morning show and nightly hour-long newscast for KFXO. Like all CW Plus affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone, KTVZ-DT2 airs the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz on weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m.

Newscast titles

  • TV-21 News (1977–1984)
  • NewsCentral 21 (1984-1990s)
  • Z-21 News (1990s-2005)
  • NewsChannel 21 (2005–present)

Station slogans

  • "Your Hometown News" (1999–2005)
  • "Central Oregon's News Leader" (2005–present)

News team

Anchors

  • Matt McDonald - Weeknights
  • Alicia Inns - Weeknights
  • Ryan Wing - Sports Director
  • Katie Higgins - Weekday mornings
  • Renee Nelson - Weekday mornings

NewsChannel 21 Local Alert Weathercasters

  • Travis Knudsen - Weeknights
  • Bob Shaw - Weekday mornings and Community Affairs Director
  • Brittany Weiner - Weekends and news reporter

Reporters

  • Barney Lerten - Digital Content Director and Assignment Manager
    • "Leave it to Barney" segment producer
  • John Hendricks
  • Wanda Moore
  • Grace Joyal
  • Samantha O'Connor
  • Kandra Kent

Notable former staff

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  • See also: Portland TV
  • Eugene TV
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ION
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See also
ABC
CBS
CW
Fox
ION
MyNetworkTV
NBC
PBS
Other stations in Oregon
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