KBLN-TV

KBLN-TV
Grants Pass, Oregon United States

Branding	Better Life TV
Slogan	Bringing Hope Into Your Life...
Channels	Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 30 (PSIP)
Subchannels	30.1 3ABN
Translators	(see article)
Affiliations	3ABN
Owner	Better Life Television, Inc.
First air date	October 15, 2001 (2001-10-15)
Call letters' meaning	Better Life Network
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 30 (UHF, 2001-2009)
Transmitter power	2 kW
Height	654 m
Facility ID	83306
Transmitter coordinates	42°22′55″N 123°16′33″W / 42.38194°N 123.27583°W / 42.38194; -123.27583
Licensing authority	FCC
Public license information:	Profile CDBS
Website	www.betterlifetv.tv

KBLN-TV digital channel 30 is an affiliate of the Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN) based in Grants Pass, Oregon, serving the Medford, Oregon television market. The station, owned by Better Life Television, is seen in five counties in southern Oregon, plus Siskiyou County in northern California.

Better Life Television is a viewer-supported non-profit outreach organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, with a 501(c)3 status. The station managers are Ron and Marta Davis.

Digital television

Digital channel

Channel	Video	Aspect	PSIP Short Name	Programming^[1]
30.1	480i	4:3	KBLN-DT	Main KBLN-TV programming / 3ABN

Analog-to-digital conversion

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997.^[2] The station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, at the end of digital TV conversion, KBLN-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 30, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation on its analog-era UHF channel 30.^[3]

Translator Stations

Class "A" Translators:

K22FC-D Channel 22 Grants Pass
K47GI-D Channel 47 Grants Pass
K23EX-D Channel 23 Medford

Repeater Stations:

K17EZ-D Channel 17 Rogue River
K18GB-D Channel 18 Medford
K25IM Channel 25 Hornbrook, California
K33GJ-D Channel 33 Merlin
K33HH Channel 33 Redding, California
K48GO-D Channel 48 Cave Junction
K48HV-D Channel 48 Klamath Falls
K49IG Channel 49 Yreka, California

Expansion

In 2007, KBLN announced plans to purchase a full power station in Roseburg and a low-powered repeater station in Eugene, to expand coverage to more than 500,000 viewers in the Eugene market.^[4] In 2009, the stations, KTVC and Eugene translator KAMK-LP, were sold to KBLN during a bankruptcy auction for Equity Media Holdings.^[5] Plans for this expansion were announced by Better Life before Equity's economic woes came to light.
In 2009, according to its website, Better Life "negotiated and signed an agreement to purchase a low power digital station in the Portland area." However, the site then failed to mention which station it was intending to purchase. It was not clear if the station was in talks with a particular station, or with many stations in the region. On March 23, 2010, the FCC granted Consent to Assignment for KEVE-LP channel 36 from Fiori Media, Inc. to the Southern Oregon Conference Assn. of Seventh-Day Adventists. KEVE-LP, at the time licensed to Longview, Washington, held a construction permit to move to the Portland area, while changing its city of license to Vancouver, Washington. The station would sign on October 24, 2010 as KEVE-LD.
In 2011, Better Life acquired a low-powered station in Redding, California, K33HH channel 33, from the Northern California Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists; previously, the translator carried 3ABN programming directly via satellite. Also that year, Better Life leased a subchannel on FMI Media's KNRC-LD in Reno, Nevada, where it can be seen on subchannel 14.5.^[6]
A chain of low-power stations owned by One Ministries, Inc. (led by KKPM-CD) simulcast KBLN's "Better Life TV" programming throughout Northern California.

References

↑ RabbitEars TV Query for KBLN
↑
↑ "DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
↑ "God is working out this miracle!". KBLN Better Life TV. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
↑ "Takers found for 60 Equity stations". Television Business Report. April 18, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2009. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
↑ Better Life TV: "Better Life Adds 2 New Stations!"

External links

Broadcast television in Southern Oregon and Siskiyou County, California, including Medford

Medford	KOBI (5.1 NBC, 5.2 This TV) KSYS (8.1 PBS HD, 8.2 World, 8.3 Create) KTVL (10.1 CBS, 10.2 CW, 10.3 Comet TV) KDRV (12.1 ABC, 12.2 Antenna TV) KMCW-LP 14 (TMD) KMVU (26.1 Fox, 26.2 Me-TV) KBLN (30.1 3ABN) KDOV-LP (44.1 Christian Ind.) KFBI-LD (48.1 MNTV, 48.2 Telemundo)

Klamath Falls	KOTI (2.1 NBC, 2.2 AccuWX) K19HH-D (10.1 CBS, 10.2 CW) KFTS (22.1 PBS HD, 22.2 World, 22.3 Create) KDKF (31.1 ABC, 31.2 SD)

Local cable channels	SOPTV Cable 21 (PBS) CSN Northwest CSN Bay Area CSN West Northwest Cable News The Oregon Channel Root Sports Northwest RVTV (Ashland) MCTV (Weed, California) YCTV (Yreka, California)

Defunct	K41IX 41 (TBN) KBSC 49 (Ind)

California television Bakersfield Chico–Redding Eureka Fresno Las Vegas NV Los Angeles Medford OR Monterey Inland Empire (Palm Springs) Reno NV Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara El Centro CA / Yuma AZ See also Eugene TV

Broadcast television in Northern California, including Redding and Chico

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

English channels	KRCR (7.1 ABC, 7.2 Me-TV, 7.3 Movies!) KIXE (9.1 PBS, 9.2 Create, 9.3 World) KMCA-LD 10 (Youtoo) K11VZ-D 11/KRDT-CD 23 (Religious) KHSL (12.1 CBS, 12.2 CW) K19FY 19 (silent) KCVU (20.1 Fox, 20.2 This TV) KRVU-LD (21.1 MyNetworkTV) KZVU-LD (22.1 MyNetworkTV) KRDT-LD (23.1 Religious, 23.2 HSN) KNVN (24.1 NBC, 24.5 AccuWX) KGEC-LD (26.1 RTV, 26.2 Tuff TV, 26.3 The Family Channel, 26.4 NASA) KKPM-CA (28.1 Religious, 28.2 HSN) K33HH 33 (KBLN-TV/3ABN) K50GP 50 (TBN) K15HV-D (73.1 3ABN)

Spanish channels	K11VZ-D/KRDT-CD (11.4/23.4 K49KS-D 49.2) KNVN (24.2 Telemundo) KUCO 27 (UNI) KKTF-LD (30.1 UniMás) KRHT 41 (AZA)

Regional cable channels	CSN Bay Area CSN West

Adjacent locals	Sacramento KCRA (3.1 NBC) KVIE (6.1 PBS, 6.3 V-me) KXTV (10.1 ABC) KOVR (13.1 CBS)

Defunct locals	KRDN-LP (5 DS) KXVU-LP (17 TMD) K46DQ (46 Network One)

California television Bakersfield Chico–Redding Eureka Fresno Las Vegas NV Los Angeles Medford OR Monterey Inland Empire (Palm Springs) Reno NV Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara El Centro CA / Yuma AZ

Other television stations in the state of Oregon

KRHP-LD 14 (FN/Legacy TV/JUCE TV, The Dalles) KMCW 14 (Telemundo, Medford) KORS-CD 16 (HSN/A1, Salem) KUNP 16 / 47 / KABH-CA 15 (Univision, La Grande / Portland / Bend) KPXG 22 (Ion, Salem) KNMT 24 (TBN, Portland) KSLM-LD 27 (RTV/AZA, Salem) KBLN 30 (3ABN, Grants Pass) KTVC 36 (3ABN, Roseburg) KDOV-LP 44 (Christian Ind., Medford) KWVT-LD 49 (A1, Salem)

KBSC 49 (defunct) (Ind., Brookings)

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

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