KTVZ

KTVZ
Bend, Oregon United States

Branding	NewsChannel 21 Bend CW (on DT2) Fox Central Oregon (on DT3)
Slogan	Central Oregon's News Leader
Channels	Digital: 21 (UHF) Virtual: 21 (PSIP)
Subchannels	21.1 NBC 21.2 The CW 21.3 Fox
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG of Oregon, Inc.)
First air date	November 6, 1977 (1977-11-06)
Sister station(s)	KFXO-LD, KQRE-LP
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 21 (UHF, 1977-2009) Digital: 18 (UHF, 2006-2009)
Former affiliations	Secondary: CBS (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
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.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.

Rebroadcasters

KTVZ is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.

Call sign	Channel	City of license	Transmitter location
K05JV	5	La Pine	southeast of city
K22IL-D	22	Prineville	Grizzly Mountain
K38DT-D	38	North La Pine	west of Sunriver

Low-power analog translators in Burns, Chemult and Madras have been discontinued

Digital television

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is multiplexed:

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
21.1	1080i	16:9	KTVZ-HD	Main KTVZ programming / NBC
21.2	480i		KTVZ-SD	Bend CW
21.3	480i		KFXO-SD	Simulcast of KFXO-LD

Analog-to-digital conversion

KTVZ shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to former analog channel 21.^[2]

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. Sierra Cascade Communications sold the station to Stainless Broadcasting Company in 1986 which later became known as Northwest Broadcasting in 1997 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.

Notable former staff

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KTVZ
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.

External links

Television stations in Deschutes County, Oregon, including Bend

Local stations	KOAB (PBS / OPB, 3.1 HD, 3.2 "Plus", 3.3 FM) KBNZ-LD (7.1 CBS) KTVZ (21.1 NBC, 21.2 The CW, 21.3 Fox) KFXO-LD (39.1 Fox, 39.2 TEL) K42BR (IND) KOHD (51.1 ABC)

Cable channels	Central Oregon Television (COTV) The Oregon Channel (Salem) Root Sports Northwest

Adjacent locals	Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television KQRE-LD 20 (TMD) (Prineville) KUBN-LD 43 (MNTV) (Madras)

Silent stations	KABH-CA 17 (silent) K33AG 33 (silent)

Defunct stations	K48BL 48 (A1)

See also: Portland TV Eugene TV

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Oregon

KOTI-DT 2.1 / KOBI 5 (Klamath Falls / Medford) KGW 8 (Portland) KMTR 16 / KMCB 23 / KTCW 46 (Eugene / Coos Bay / Roseburg) KTVZ 21 (Bend)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Oregon

CW Network affiliates in the state of Oregon

KTVL-DT 10.2 (Medford) KMTR-DT 16.2/KMCB-DT 23.2/KTCW-DT 46.2/"KZWB" (Eugene/Coos Bay/Roseburg) KTVZ-DT 21.2 (Bend) KRCW 32 (Portland/Salem)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Oregon

News-Press & Gazette Company

Newspapers

Television
stations

ABC network affiliates	KECY-DT2 KESQ-TV KEYT-TV KIFI-TV KMIZ KRDO-TV KVIA-TV

CBS network affiliates	KCOY-TV ¹ KIDK ¹ KION-TV KPSP-CD KSWT ²

CW network affiliates	KBJO-LD ³ KCWQ-LP KECY-DT3 KIFI-DT3 KION-DT2 KTVZ-DT2

Fox network affiliates	KDFX-CD KECY-TV KFXO-LD KKFX-CD KNPN-LD ³ KQFX-LD KXPI-LD ¹

MyNetworkTV affiliates	KECY-TV ⁴ KEYT-DT2 ⁵ KMIZ-DT2 ⁴ KXPI-LD ^{1, 4}

Telemundo affiliates	KECY-DT4/KESE-LP KIFI-DT2 KMUV-LP KQRE-LP KNPG-LD/KNPN-LD4 ³ KUNA-LP

Other affiliations	AZA K42DJ ⁶ NBC KTVZ KYMA-DT ² Cable News-Press 3 NOW ⁷

Radio stations

¹ Owned by VistaWest Media, LLC, NPG operates this station under a SSA.
² Owned by Northwest Broadcasting, NPG operates this station under an SSA.
³ This station was built and signed on by NPG.
⁴ This station carries a secondary MyNetworkTV affiliation on its primary channel.
⁵ This station carries a secondary Retro Television Network affiliation on its second digital subchannel.
⁶ This station is owned by Hubbard Broadcasting, but is operated by NPG.
⁷ Originally operating as a cable-only channel, News-Press 3 NOW is also relayed on a second digital subchannel of KNPN-LD.
⁸ This station is owned by Optima Communications, but is operated by NPG.

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