KPTV

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KPTV
city =
station_
station_slogan = First. Live. Local.
station_branding = Fox 12 Oregon
analog = 12 (VHF)
digital = 30 (UHF)
other_chs = (see article)
affiliations = Fox
network =
founded =
airdate = September 20, 1952
location = Portland, Oregon
callsign_meaning = Portland TV
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers = 27 (1952-1957)
owner = Meredith Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations = KPDX
former_affiliations = Primary:
NBC (1952-59)
ABC (1959-64)
Independent (1964-1986 and 1988-95)
Fox (1986-1988)
UPN (1995-2002)
Secondary:
CBS (1952-1953)
ABC (1952-1955)
DuMont (1952-1955)
effective_radiated_power = 316 kW (analog)
741 kW (digital)
HAAT = 544 m (analog)
528 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 50633
coordinates = coord|45|31|18.7|N|122|44|57.4|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kptv.com/ 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.

History

1950s

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 KIAH; 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, but will be vacated in February 2009 as that station will convert its present channel 10 analog signal to digital.)

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.

1960s

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. A color mobile unit was also purchased as well. Soon KPTV went on to become an independent station.

1970s

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 1970-1978. Jimmy Jones was the first play-by-play announcer. He was also KPTV sports director at the time.

1980s

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.

1990s

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).

2000s

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. On September 8, 2008, it expanded to air a weekday 5pm newscast after its' existing 4pm one, as well as producing an weekday 8pm newscast for KPDX.

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)

Newscasts

Weekdays

*Good Day Oregon - 4:30AM - 9AM
*Better - 9AM - 10AM
*The 4 O'Clock News - 4PM - 5PM
*The 5 O'Clock News - 5PM - 6PM
*The 8 O'Clock News - 8PM - 9PM (on KPDX)
*The 10 O'Clock News - 10PM - 11PM
*The 11 O'Clock News - 11PM - 11:30PM

aturdays

*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

undays

*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

On-air personalities

News anchors

*Pete Ferryman - Good Day Oregon
*Julie Grauert - Good Day Oregon
*Kimberly Maus - BetterTV, 4PM, 5PM
*Wayne Garcia - 4PM, 8PM, 10PM
*Shauna Parsons - 5PM, 8PM, 10PM
*Kevin Coari - 11PM
*Debra Gil - weekend Good Day Oregon
*Chad Carter - weekend 5PM, 10PM
*Sophie Soong - weekend 5PM, 10PM

Weather

*Andy Carson - Good Day Oregon
*Mark Nelsen (Chief Meteorologist, CBM) - 4PM, 5PM, 10PM
*Drew Jackson (CBM) - 8PM, 11PM
*Stephanie Ortmann - weekend Good Day Oregon
*Stephanie Kralevich - weekend 5PM, 10PM
*Rob Martin - Consulting Meteorologist, Good Day Oregon

ports

*Matt Smith, Host, Oregon Sports Final
*Mark Ross, Sports Anchor (Fri-Sun)

Afternoon & evening reporters

*Jim Hyde, General Assignment
*Jamie Wilson, General Assignment
*David Wilson, General Assignment & Investigators
*Kerry Tomlinson, Investigators
*Mark Hanrahan, General Assignment
*Stephanie Kralevich, General Assignment
*Kevin Coari, General Assignment
*Sophie Soong, 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
*Debra Gil, General Assignment
*Joe Vithayathil, Local Feature
*Kara Mack, Better Portland
*Dave Schmitke, Home and Garden

Digital television

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , KPTV will move its digital broadcasts back to its present analog channel number, 12. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101252089&formid=387&fac_num=50633 CDBS Print ] ]

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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* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K18EA K18EA] Channel 18 Cottage Grove

News/Station presentation

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)

ee 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.

External links

* [http://www.kptv.org/ Yesterday's KPTV] - A look back at KPTV's history
*TVQ|KPTV
*BIA|KPTV|TV|TV
*TitanTV|KPTV

References