KOTI

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call_letters = KOTI
city =
station_
station_slogan = Local News Comes First
station_branding = NBC 2
analog = 2 (VHF)
digital = 13 (VHF)
other_chs = (see article)
subchannels = 2.1 HD 2.2 The AccuWeather Channel
affiliations = NBC

network =
founded =
airdate = August 1956 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says August 12, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says August 13.]
location = Klamath Falls, Oregon
callsign_meaning = Oregon
Technical
Institute
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations = Primary:
ABC (1961-1984)
NBC (1956-1961)
Secondary: CBS (1956-1984)
NBC (1961-1984)
ABC (1956-1961)
effective_radiated_power = 35.5 kW (analog)
9 kW (digital)
HAAT = 671 m (analog)
659 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 8284
coordinates = coord|42|5|48|N|121|38|2|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.localnewscomesfirst.com/ www.localnewscomesfirst.com]

KOTI is a local NBC affiliate based in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Founded on August 12, 1956 by William B. Smullin of California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., the station now serves as a repeater facility for sister station KOBI-TV NBC 5 of Medford, Oregon. The call letters KOTI are believed to have come from the city's local four-year college, the Oregon Institute of Technology(formerly Oregon Technical Institute). Originally KOTI carried all three networks.

About KOTI

The station is owned by president Patricia C. "Patsy" Smullin, who also owns the parent company COBi, which is the longest, continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country. Their number one interest is localism. KOTI served as the only staffed television station in the Klamath Basin for many years. The station's vice president and general manager is Robert Wise, formerly general manager of former sister station KRCR-TV in Redding, California. Viewers in 12 counties in Oregon and California receive programming from NBC 2.

News

KOTI-TV is the home for "NBC 2 News" at 5:00pm, 6:00pm and 11:00pm anchored by Christina Anderson and Audrey Kuchen. The chief meteorologist is Jeff Heaton and Joe Camarlinghi is sports director. Lyle Ahrens serves as the Klamath Basin news bureau chief.

Past News Titles

* "Eye Five News" (1970s ?)
* "Pacesetter News" (1974-1976)
* "Eyewitness News" (1970s-1998)
* "The News Channel" (1998-2005)

Digital Television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

In 2009, KOTI will leave channel 2 and move to channel 13 when the analog to digital conversion is complete.http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf]

Rebroadcasters

KOTI is rebroadcast on the following translator stations. Some channels currently broadcasting, are not listed in the FCC database:

See also

* KOBI
* California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. (ownership)

References

External links

* [http://www.localnewscomesfirst.com/ KOTI website]
* [http://www.wsmb.org/Page.asp?NavID=15 Western States Museum of Broadcasting: History of Television In Southern Oregon]
* [http://www.wsmb.org/Page.asp?NavID=18 Bill Smullin: Southern Oregon TV's pioneer]
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