KOIN
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| Portland, Oregon | |
| Branding | KOIN News 6 (pronounced "Coin News 6") |
| Channels | Analog: 6 (VHF) |
| Translators | K31CR Bend (for others see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS |
| Owner | New Vision Television, Inc. (NVT Portland Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | October 15, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Know Oregon's Independent Newspaper (from "The Portland News", original newspaper owner of KOIN radio) |
| Former callsigns | KOIN-TV (1953-1992) |
| Transmitter Power | 100 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 490.5 m (analog) 523.3 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 35380 |
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| Website | www.koin.com |
KOIN ("KOIN 6") is the CBS television affiliate serving the Portland metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located in Portland, Oregon[1]; it broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 6, and its digital signal on UHF channel 40. KOIN has rebroadcasters in Prineville (K31CR[2]) and in Bend (K07YM[3]).
KOIN's studios are located at KOIN Center, a notable skyscraper in Portland.
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[edit] History
KOIN began in 1925 as a radio station, KOIN-AM.[4]. It became part of the CBS Radio Network in 1930.[4] During the golden years of radio, KOIN-AM was one of the major radio stations in Portland, with an extensive array of local programming, including live music from its own studio orchestra. As a CBS radio affiliate, it was the local home for CBS radio network programs such as the CBS World News Roundup, Lux Radio Theater, and Suspense.
(note: KOIN's own history page has omissions and errors in its early days. KOIN radio signed on the air as KQP on November 9, 1925 and changed call sign to KOIN on April 12, 1926. KOIN became a CBS Radio affiliate on September 1, 1929. From: Craig Adams, radio historian).
The television station began operation on October 15, 1953 as Portland's first VHF TV station.[4] At that time, it was owned by Mount Hood Radio and Television, a group that included Advance Publications, owner and publisher of The (Portland) Oregonian; local investors and Marshall Field's department stores.[citation needed] The Oregonian also owned KOIN radio (AM 970 and 101.1 FM). The radio stations had been owned previously by, the Oregon Journal, with KOIN-AM earlier owned by "The Portland News" another newspaper. The original Call letter slogan: Know Oregon's Independent Newspaper was derived from "The Portland News" slogan minus "Know". Eventually, Marshall Field sold its stake to Advance. KOIN-AM (now KCMD) and KOIN-FM (now KUFO) were sold off when Lee Enterprises purchased KOIN from Mt Hood broadcasting in October 1977. A year later a production company MIRA Mobile Television was founded.
On February 28, 1971, both transmitter towers used by KOIN-FM and KOIN-TV—the 1000-foot-tall main tower and the 700-foot-tall auxiliary tower—collapsed during an ice and wind storm.[5] The two KOIN (AM) towers, located on the same property, were not damaged. Nine days later, on March 9, 1971, KOIN-FM and KOIN-TV returned to the air when a temporary tower was erected on the site of the collapsed auxiliary tower. During those nine days off the air, CBS programming was provided to the Portland market by KVDO-TV channel 3 in Salem, which would later move to Bend and become Oregon Public Broadcasting's KOAB-TV.
During the 1970s, KOIN had a few locally produced programs on the air, including KOIN Kitchen (cooking show), and public affairs programs such as News Conference Six and Northwest Illustrated.[citation needed] KOIN-TV was the second TV station in the Portland Market to broadcast Portland Trail Blazers games from 1976–1996, while KOIN-AM did the radio side from 1970 until the station was sold in 1977.
By the 1980s, one of KOIN's past general managers—Richard M. "Mick" Schafbuch—served one term in 1981 as President of the CBS Network Affiliates Group. During KOIN-TV thirtieth Anniversary week in 1983, the station broadcasted some old CBS programs from the 1950s and 1960s. By this time the station had moved into its new location at KOIN Center Tower. In 1984 the station aired the Japanese program From Oregon With Love.[6]
In October 2000, the Lee Enterprises television group, including KOIN, was purchased by Emmis Communications.
[edit] Since 2006
On January 27, 2006, Emmis sold KOIN (along with KHON/Honolulu, KSNT/Topeka, and KSNW/Wichita) to Montecito Broadcast Group for $259 million.
Due to a dispute over fees, Comcast did not offer KOIN in HDTV for over two years after it started offering other local channels in HDTV.[citation needed] After Montecito took ownership, Comcast started carrying KOIN in high-definition on February 28, 2006.
KOIN is still in a dispute with DirecTV over HD broadcast. Both sides have claimed the other is the problem, and no end is in sight.[citation needed]
KOIN updated its website in September 2006[7] as part of a partnership with WorldNow.[8] KOIN expects the switch to lead to over $1 million in revenue during its first year; the switch was characterized by Bob Singer, KOIN's general sales manager, as a "creative new way" to boost revenue for a station with a "somewhat average ratings position."[9]
On February 1, 2007, KOIN began to broadcast its daily newscasts in widescreen.[10]
According to Oregon Media Insiders, since Montecito took over KOIN, its local news ratings have declined in all time periods; among the four stations producing local news in the Portland area, KOIN has had the greatest loss in audience share.[11]
On July 24, 2007, Montecito announced the sale of all of its stations (KOIN, plus KHON-TV in Honolulu and its satellites, KSNW in Wichita and its satellites, and KSNT in Topeka) to New Vision Television. The sale closed on November 1, 2007.[12]
In January 2008, KOIN's owners, New Vision Television, fired news director Jeff Alan and replaced him with Lynn Heider. As a result, KOIN was forced to drop their slogan "Bringing News Home" because Jeff Alan had trademarked it under his name in 2000 before he worked at KOIN.
In March 2008, KOIN relaunched its website through Newport Television subsidiary Inergize Digital Media, replacing the old World Now-powered site.
For the first time in ten years, KOIN finished in first position in the 11 pm news in the May 2008 NSI sweeps.[citation needed] A strong performance from CBS prime certainly helped. KOIN News 6 at 11—unlike a year earlier when it lost over twenty percent of its CBS lead-in share—held its prime time share throughout its 11 pm newscast in the May 2008 NSI sweeps.[citation needed]
Under new News Director Lynn Heider and long-time Creative Services Director Rodger O'Connor, KOIN News 6 at 11 increased its HH[clarify] ratings from May 2007 to May 2008 by twelve percent and its HH[clarify] share by nineteen percent. It increased its HH[clarify] ratings by 30% from February 2008 to May 2008 and its HH[clarify] share by 33%.[citation needed]
According to General Manager Christopher Sehring, "The defining moment for KOIN News came in the third week of the sweeps. Up until then, we were having a strong ratings run against some terrific competition. Unfortunately, we then lost two straight nights—and I was worried that these losses might shake our new-found confidence. Fortunately, our team roared back on Thursday night, delivering an 8 HH[clarify] rating by increasing Without A Trace’s 19 share lead-in to a 21 share. This type of comeback is indeed the sign of a station that refuses to toss in the towel—and will go a long way to helping us continue New Vision's plan to reenergize this great operation."[citation needed]
This was the first time in a decade that KOIN has won any newscast. The hard-fought win at 11 pm was particularly impressive since the May Nielsen is the most important sweeps period of the year[citation needed] -- and the 11 pm news is considered the most prestigious newscast of the day for the majority of television stations across the nation.[citation needed]
[edit] Past reporters and anchors
Anchors
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Sports
- Brian Bushlach - Sports
- Johnny Carpenter - Sports (Also sports reporter, play-by-play announcer for KOIN-AM)
- Brian Drees - Sports
- Rick Metsger - Sports (Also did sports reports for KOIN-AM before 1977)
- Ann Schatz - Sports
- Ed Whelan - Sports
Weather
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Reporters
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[edit] Past staff and management
Other Staff/Programs
- Bud Beechwood - Host "Bud Beechwood Outdoors" - Staff announcer
- Kris Eisenhauer - Medical Reporter
- Lars Larson - Morning Show Host - "The Buzz" (1998-2000)
- Horst Mager - Host of KOIN Kitchen (1970's)
- Stu Martin - Host "Nightcap Theater With Stu Martin" (1970's)
- Bob O'Donnell - Host "The Talkies" (1970's)
- Gordon Scott - Staff announcer/Image voice
- Ray Summers - Features Reporter/"Ray Summers at Large" and "Oregon by Air"
- Rebecca Webb - Anchor/Reporter/Host of "Live at Noon" 1980 - 1986
Management
- C. Howard Lane - Owner/General Manager of Mt Hood Broadcasting (1953-1977)
- Richard M. "Mick" Schafbuch - General Manager (Early 80's)
- Peter Maroney - General Manager (Late 90's)
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- KOIN Television Newsreel (1953-1961)
- The Six O'Clock Report/The Eleven O'Clock Report (1961-1967)
- TV-6 News (1967-1975)
- Channel 6 News (1975-1982)
- Newsroom 6 (1982-1994)
- NewsCenter 6 (1994-1997)
- KOIN 6 News (1997-2004)
- KOIN News 6 (2004-present)
[edit] Digital Television
The station's digital channel:
Digital channels
| Virtual Channel |
Physical RF Channel |
Video | Aspect | Programming |
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| 6.1 | 40.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main KOIN programming / CBS HD |
| 6.2 | 40.2 | 480i | 4:3 | KOIN (Standard Definition) |
In 2009, KOIN will leave channel 6 and move to channel 40 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.[13]
[edit] Translators
KOIN is rebroadcast on the following network of translator stations.
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Bend area translators.
- K31CR Channel 31 Bend/Prineville (Wide Area Signal)
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Low power translators in Florence, Seaside, and Sisters have been discontinued.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- KOIN-TV blog entries on Oregon Media Insiders
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KOIN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KOIN-TV
[edit] References
- ^ Query the FCC's TV station database for KOIN
- ^ Query the FCC's TV station database for K31CR
- ^ Query the FCC's TV station database for K07YM
- ^ a b c KOIN History from the station's website
- ^ KOIN Transmission Towers Collapse - 1971
- ^ Oregon Kara Ai wiki
- ^ ...Here comes KOIN.com, from the Oregon Media Insiders blog
- ^ Nine Station Groups Sign New Partnership Agreements from the WorldNow website
- ^ Broadcasters Learn the Secrets to Making Online Millions..., from the PR Newswire website
- ^ KOIN goes widescreen from the Oregon Media Insiders blog
- ^ February 2007 Ratings from the Oregon Media Insiders blog
- ^ Michael Malone (July 24, 2007). New Vision Buys Montecito Stations. Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
- ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
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