KFXO-LP

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KFXO-LP
"(a Class-A station)"
station_
station_slogan = "First and Local for Central Oregon"
station_branding = Fox Central Oregon
analog = 39 (UHF)
digital = KTVZ-DT 18.4 (UHF)
other_chs = (see article)
affiliations = Fox
founded = November 17 1993
location = Bend, Oregon
callsign_meaning = FoX Oregon
former_callsigns =
owner = News-Press & Gazette Company
effective_radiated_power = 21.6 kW
HAAT =
class = Class-A
homepage =

KFXO-LP is a low-power television station in Bend, Oregon, broadcasting on channel 39 as an affiliate of the Fox network. The station was owned by Meredith Corporation but sold May 24th and is referred to on the air as Fox Central Oregon. Even though the station uses the -LP suffix in its call letters, KFXO is officially licensed as a Class A television station.

In late-2006, it was announced that Meredith would sell KFXO and KBND to the News-Press & Gazette Company, owners of the local NBC affiliate, KTVZ. Meantime the local cable operator, Bend Broadband, filed a petition with FCC to block the proposed sale of the station. The sale was completed on May 24, 2007.

History

KFXO-LP began as K39DU on November 17 1993 as a satellite of KPDX, the Fox affiliate in Portland, Oregon then owned by First Media. On December 18 1995 K39DU became KFXO-LP. Meredith acquired KFXO and KPDX in 1997 when Meredith bought out First Media. KFXO was a satellite of KPDX, the Fox affiliate in Portland, Oregon until 2002, when KPDX became a UPN affiliate. At that point, KFXO became its own self-sufficient station though some operations continued and the simulcasts of KPDX's newscasts (by then cancelled) were replaced with that of sister station and new Fox affiliate KPTV.

In 2008, broadcasts on channel 41 regularly exhibited several-second delays between images and sound, making it extremely difficult to watch.

Newscast

In April 2006, KFXO began airing its own 10:00 p.m. newscast. On June 22, 2007, KFXO's 10:00 p.m. newscast was replaced by a newscast produced in the KTVZ studio.

Rebroadcasters

KFXO is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=KBND KBND-LP 41] Channel 41 Bend (City Grade Signal)
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K02JL K02JL] Channel 2 La Pine
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K27DO K27DO] Channel 27 Prineville
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K32CC K32CC] Channel 32 Sunriver

References

* " [http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72940&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1007274&highlight= Meredith Finalizes Sale of KFXO-LP to NPG of Oregon] " "Meredith Corp. Press Release". May 25, 2007
* " [http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2007/05/21/daily51.html?surround=lfn Meredith sells Bend station] " "Portland Business Journal". May 25, 2007

External links

*TVQ|KFXO