KBLN

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KBLN
city =
station_
station_slogan = Bringing Hope Into Your Life...
station_branding = Better Life TV
analog = 30 (UHF)
digital = 30 (UHF)
(post-2009)
other_chs = (see article)
affiliations = 3ABN
network =
founded =
airdate = October 15, 2001
location = Grants Pass, Oregon
callsign_meaning = Better
Life
Network
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Better Life Television, Inc.
licensee =
sister_stations =
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = Analog: 9.77 kW
Digital: CP to 2 kW
HAAT = 654 m
class =
facility_id = 83306
coordinates = coord|42|22|55|N|123|16|33|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.betterlifetv.tv/ www.betterlifetv.tv]

KBLN 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

Because it was granted an original construction permit after the FCC finalized the DTV allotment plan on April 21, 1997 [http://www.transmitter.com/FCC97115/chanplan.html] , the station did not receive a companion channel for a digital television station. Instead, on or before February 17, 2009, which is the end of the digital TV conversion period for full-service stations, KBLN will be required to turn off its analog signal and turn on its digital signal (called a "flash-cut"). http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf]

Translator Stations

Class "A" Translators:

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K22FC K22FC] Channel 22 Grants Pass
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K47GI K47GI] Channel 47 Grants Pass (converting to Digital)
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K23EX K23EX] Channel 23 Medford

Repeater Stations:

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K05KI K05KI] Channel 5 Lakeview
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K17EZ K17EX] Channel 17 Rogue River
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K18GB K18GB] Channel 18 Ashland
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K25IM K25IM] Channel 25 Hornbrook, California
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K33GJ K33GJ] Channel 33 Merlin
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K39EO K39EO] Channel 39 Crescent City, California
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K48GO K48GO] Channel 48 Cave Junction
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K48HV K48HV] Channel 48 Klamath Falls
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K49IG K49IG] Channel 49 Yreka, California
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K57GP K57GP] Channel 57 Brookings (Moving to Ch. 21)

"Eugene DMA"

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K29GX K29GX] Channel 29 Myrtle Creek / Tri-City (Moving to Ch. 20)
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K32ET K32ET] Channel 32 Canyonville
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K34IC K34IC] Channel 34 Sutherlin
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K44FH K44FH] Channel 44 Coos Bay
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K47HT K47HT] Channel 47 Roseburg

"Portland DMA"

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K26HS K26HS] Channel 26 Tillamook

Future expansion

KBLN has 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. It is currently unknown if KBLN will acquire an existing station, or a permit for a still-unbuilt station. [http://christiansdonate.org/3-angels-broadcating-network-3abn/roseburg-oregon-tv-station-to-provide-247-christian-broadcasting-3abn/]

In addition, KBLN holds a construction permit for [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K50JF K50JF] channel 50, a new low-powered repeater in Astoria.

ee also

*Media ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

External links

* [http://www.betterlifetv.tv/ KBLN website]
*TVQ|KBLN
*BIA|KBLN|TV|TV

References