KPTV
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| KPTV | |
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| Portland, Oregon | |
| Branding | Fox 12 Oregon |
| Slogan | First. Live. Local. |
| Channels | Analog: 12 (VHF) |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Meredith Corporation |
| First air date | September 20, 1952 |
| Call letters’ meaning | Portland TV |
| Sister station(s) | KPDX |
| Former channel number(s) | 27 (1952-1957) |
| Former affiliations | Primary: NBC (1952-1959) ABC (1959-1964) independent (1964-1986) Fox (1986-1988) independent (1988-1995) UPN (1995-2002) Secondary: CBS (1952-1953) ABC (1952-1955) DuMont (1952-1955) |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 741 kW (digital) |
| Height | 544 m (analog) 528 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 50633 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kptv.com |
KPTV is the Fox television affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 12, and its digital signal on UHF channel 30. Its transmitter is located in Portland.
KPTV is owned by Meredith Corporation, and is sister station to KPDX, Portland's MyNetworkTV affiliate.
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[edit] History
The station signed on the air September 20, 1952 on channel 27, as Oregon's first television station, as well as the world's first commercial TV station on the UHF band (though, the first experimental station award goes to Bridgeport, Connecticut's KC2XAK on Channel 24). It was owned by Empire Coil. As Portland's only TV station at the time, KPTV carried programming from all four networks: ABC, CBS, NBC, and the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. CBS disappeared from KPTV's schedule when Portland's first VHF television station, KOIN on channel 6, signed on October 15, 1953; at that point, KPTV's primary affiliation became NBC. Empire Coil sold KPTV and its other broadcasting property, WXEL-TV (now WJW-TV) in Cleveland, to Storer Broadcasting on November 17, 1954.
The channel 12 allocation was at first occupied by KLOR-TV, which signed on March 8, 1955 as an ABC affiliate with a secondary DuMont affiliation. The ABC affiliation on KLOR lasted a little over a year and a half; DuMont ceased network operations in 1956. When KGW-TV (channel 8) signed on as a full-time ABC affiliate December 15, 1956, KLOR became an independent station.
On April 17, 1957, KPTV and KLOR came under common ownership when Detroit businessman George Haggerty purchased KPTV from Storer and KLOR from its local owners. Both KLOR channel 12 and KPTV channel 27 signed off the air April 30, 1957. The following day, the two stations merged under KPTV's license and call letters, using KLOR's channel 12 assignment. The channel 27 allocation was later used by an independent station with the call letters KHTV, which was on the air for less than four months, from July 6 to October 31, 1959. (The KHTV calls were later used on Houston's Channel 39, now KHCW; that station is unrelated to KPTV. The channel 27 allocation in Portland is currently home to the digital signal of PBS member station KOPB-TV.)
On April 17, 1959, KPTV swapped affiliations with KGW, becoming an ABC affiliate. On September 1 of that year, KPTV was sold to the NAFI Corporation, which then purchased Chris-Craft in early 1960; the merged NAFI/Chris-Craft companies became known as Chris-Craft Industries. On March 1, 1964, KPTV lost its ABC affiliation to previously independent KATU. The station sued ABC and Fisher Broadcasting for breach of contract. The proceeds from the settlement went to rebuild the station into a color facility. And color mobile unit was also purchased as well. Soon KPTV went on to become an independent station. The station's long-running news program, The 10 O'Clock News, launched in 1970.
KPTV was the first local station to broadcast the Portland Trail Blazers from 1971-1978. Jimmy Jones was the first play-by-play announcer. He was also KPTV sports director at the time.
KPTV was one of Fox network's original charter affiliates in 1986; however, the station disaffiliated from the network in 1988 and reverted to its independent status. The Fox affiliation ended up on upstart KPDX. KPTV once again gained a network affiliation in 1995, as Portland's UPN outlet (and the network O&O under United/Chris Craft's stake).
Chris-Craft sold most of its television holdings, including KPTV, to News Corporation in 2000 (with the sale closing on July 31, 2001). Instead of keeping KPTV, News Corp. decided to trade it to Meredith in exchange for WOFL in Orlando, Florida, a deal which was finalized on June 17, 2002. This move gave Meredith, which already owned KPDX, the first "duopoly" operation in the Portland market.
Meredith decided to move the Fox affiliation to the higher-rated KPTV. As a result, an affiliation switch occurred on September 2, 2002, with KPDX becoming a UPN affiliate, and KPTV becoming a Fox affiliate once again. KPDX's news department was merged into KPTV's newsroom (although KPTV's operation actually moved into KPDX's newer facility, located in Beaverton), and KPDX's existing 10pm newscast was cancelled. KPTV, however, chose not to air Fox's children's programming (4Kids TV; formerly Fox Kids), which remains on KPDX.
On June 5, 2007, KPTV became the second Portland TV Station to broadcast its daily newscasts in widescreen.
[edit] Ownership history
- Empire Coil (1952-1954)
- Storer Broadcasting (1954-1957)
- George Haggerty (1957-1959)
- NAFI Corporation (1959-1960)
- Chris-Craft (1960-2001)
- News Corporation (2001-2002)
- Meredith Corporation (2002- Current)
[edit] Newscasts
Weekdays
- Good Day Oregon - 4:30AM - 9AM
- Better - 9AM - 10AM
- The 4 O'Clock News - 4PM - 5PM
- The 10 O'Clock News - 10PM - 11PM
- The 11 O'Clock News - 11PM - 11:30PM
Saturdays
- Good Day Oregon - 6AM - 8:30AM
- Good Day Oregon Home & Garden - 8:30AM - 9AM
- The 5 O'Clock News - 5PM - 6PM
- The 10 O'Clock News - 10PM - 11PM
Sundays
- Good Day Oregon - 6AM - 9AM
- The 5 o'Clock News - 5PM - 6PM
- The 10 O'Clock News - 10PM-11PM
- Oregon Sports Final - 11PM - 11:30PM
[edit] On-Air Personalities
News Anchors
- Wayne Garcia---Weeknights (4PM, 10PM & 11PM)
- Shauna Parsons---Weeknights (4PM, 10PM & 11PM)
- Pete Ferryman---Weekday Mornings (4:30-9AM)
- Julie Grauert---Weekday Mornings (4:30-7AM)
- Kimberly Maus---Weekday Mornings & Afternoons (7-9AM, 4PM)
- Kevin Coari---Weekends (5PM & 10PM)
- Sophie Soong---Weekends (5PM & 10PM)
- Chad Carter --- Weekend Mornings (6-9AM)
Weather
- Mark Nelsen, Chief Meteorologist at 4PM, 10PM & 11PM Weeknights
- Andy Carson, Weekday Mornings (Primary Weather Anchor)
- Drew Jackson, Weekend Mornings (Weekday Meteorologist)
- Stephanie Kralevich, Weekend Evenings
Sports
- Matt Smith, Host, Oregon Sports Final
- Mark Ross, Sports Anchor (Fri-Sun)
- Ron Pivo, Fill-in Sports Anchor
Afternoon & Evening Reporters
- Jim Hyde, General Assignment
- Jaimie Wilson, General Assignment
- David Wilson, General Assignment & Investigators
- Kerry Tomlinson, Investigators
- Debra Gil, General Assignment
- Stephanie Kralevich, General Assignment
- Kevin Coari, General Assignment
- Sophie Soong, General Assignment
- Jessica Silva, General Assignment
- Mark Ross, General Assignment
- Bill Deiz, Afternoon Traffic
Morning Reporters
- Tony Martinez, Traffic
- Mark Glyzewski, General Assignment
- Marilyn Deutsch, General Assignment
- Chad Carter, General Assignment
- Julie Grauert, General Assignment
- Joe Vithayathil, Local Feature
- Kara Mack, Better Portland
- Dave Schmitke, Home and Garden
[edit] Digital Television
In 2009, KPTV will remain on channel 12 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.[1]
[edit] Repeater stations
As do all of the stations in Portland, KPTV has low power repeater stations across the state. KPTV owns some, others are owned by local translator districts.
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Part of the Eugene Market
- K18EA Channel 18 Cottage Grove
[edit] News/Station Presentation
[edit] Newscast Titles
- Newspaper of the Air (1953-1956)
- News Central/Newsroom (1956-1967)
- Eye Opener (1960-1961; morning newscast)
- TV-12 News (1967-1974)
- The Three O'Clock News (1974-1978)
- News 12 (1978-1996)
- Oregon's News 12 (1996-2002)
- FOX 12 News (2002-present)
[edit] See also
- Lars Larson - Former KPTV news report/anchor and host of Northwest Reports.
- Portland Wrestling - A weekly sports program seen on KPTV for many decades.
- Prime Time Entertainment Network - Chris-Craft stations carried PTEN programing from 1993-1995
- Ramblin' Rod Anders - Children's programing.
- Rusty Nails - Children's programing.
[edit] External links
- Yesterday's KPTV - A look back at KPTV's history
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KPTV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KPTV-TV
[edit] References
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