KPDX

:" KPDX is also the ICAO airport code for Portland International Airport.Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = KPDX
station_
station_slogan = Totally Entertaining TV
station_branding = PDX TV
analog = 49 (UHF)
digital = 48 (UHF)
(30 (UHF) post-2009)
other_chs = KUBN-LP 50 Bend
(for others see article)
affiliations = MyNetworkTV
Fox (alternate)
network =
founded =
airdate = October 9, 1983
location = Vancouver, Washington/Portland, Oregon
callsign_meaning = PDX = Portland's IATA airport code
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Meredith Corporation
licensee =
sister_stations = KPTV
former_affiliations = Independent (1983-1988)
Fox (1988-2002)
UPN (2002-2006)
effective_radiated_power = 2950 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
HAAT = 527 m (analog)
530 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = 35460
coordinates = coord|45|31|21.5|N|122|45|10.8|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
homepage = [http://www.kpdx.com/ www.kpdx.com]

KPDX is the MyNetworkTV affiliate serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. It broadcasts its analog signal on UHF channel 49, and its digital signal on UHF channel 48. In addition, it is seen on channel 13 on most local cable systems.

The station is currently owned by Meredith Corporation, and is licensed to Vancouver, Washington. Its' transmitter is located in Portland. It runs a general entertainment format with sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows, court shows, cartoons, movies, and first-run shows.

KPDX' signal is simulcast in Bend on KUBN-LP, channel 50, making the station available in about two-thirds of the state.

History

KPDX signed on October 9, 1983 (the station was to have used the call letters KLRK, but changed to the present calls prior to launch). As a general entertainment station, airing a number of cartoons, sitcoms, old movies, drama shows, and religious shows. The station was bought by First Media in the mid-1980s. Even though then-rival KPTV was easily the leading independent station, KPDX still received decent ratings.

After KPTV disaffiliated from the young FOX network in 1988, the Fox affiliation ended up on KPDX on August 29, 1988. The station began to add more talk and children's programs in the 1990s. For a while, KPDX ran a 10pm newscast produced by KOIN. The partnership with KOIN later ended, and in 2000, KPDX launched its own news operation, producing its own 10pm newscast. The station, along with WHNS in Asheville, NC, was acquired by Meredith Corporation in 1997.

Meredith acquired KPTV in 2002 in a station swap with Fox Television Stations, Inc for WOFL and WOGX in Orlando, FL. This resulted in the first "duopoly" operation in the Portland TV market, and precipitated an affiliation switch on September 2 in which the market's FOX affiliation went to KPTV (the higher-rated station of the two), and the UPN affiliation went to KPDX. KPDX's news operation 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. However, Fox's Saturday morning lineup remained on KPDX, where it continues to air today under the title 4Kids TV.

On January 24, 2006, the UPN and WB networks announced they would merge into a new network, to be called The CW. The merger would take effect on-the-air in September 2006, and WB station KWBP (now KRCW-TV), owned by the Tribune Company, became the CW's Portland affiliate. One month later, Fox announced that it would form a new network, MyNetworkTV, and on March 9, 2006, it was announced that KPDX would switch affiliations to the new network.

KPDX dropped the UPN branding on April 1, 2006. It changed its name from "UPN 49" to "PDX 49", along with its logo. This change of branding had been in the planning stages before the shutdown of the UPN network was announced, but the timing of the change was convenient for the upcoming affiliation. KPDX's move mirrored those implemented at future My Network TV stations WDCA in Washington, D.C. ("DCA 20") and KUTP in Phoenix ("PHX 45"), which began using the station's last three letters as station branding. KPDX is one of two MyNetworkTV affiliates to not adopt the network's "blue TV" logo and branding style (the other being KAUT), and keep its current scheme and branding. Since joining MyNetworkTV, KPDX has become responsible for carrying Fox network programs whenever KPTV cannot in the event of an emergency.

Sports programing includes the Portland LumberJax and the Oakland Raiders.

On September 8, 2008, KPDX began airing a weekday 8:00 PM newscast produced by KPTV. In turn, MyNetworkTV programming moved to 9-11 PM, making it one of five MyNetworkTV stations (KEVU-LP in Eugene, KRON-TV in San Francisco, KQCA in Sacramento, and KMYQ in Seattle are the others) to not air the network programming in its' normal 8-10 PM timeslot. Along with the schedule change & in celebration of the station's 25th anniversary, came a branding change from 'PDX 49' to 'PDX TV'.

Digital Television

After the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, which is tentative scheduled to take place on February 17, 2009 http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf] , KPDX will move its digital broadcasts to channel 30. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101256820&formid=387&fac_num=35460 CDBS Print ] ] However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers will display KPDX's virtual channel as 49.

Repeater stations

KPDX is rebroadcast on the following network of translator stations.

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K20EH K20EH] Channel 20 Hood River
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K20DD K20DD] Channel 20 Albany
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K23DB K23DB] Channel 23 La Grande
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K30EW K30EW] Channel 30 Pendleton
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K34HK K34HK] Channel 34 Longview, Washington
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K41CP K41CP] Channel 41 Elgin
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K43FH K43FH] Channel 43 Wasco
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K50GG K50GG] Channel 50 Salem
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K51FK K51FK] Channel 51 Rockaway Beach
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K53EJ K53EJ] Channel 53 Baker City (Moving to Ch. 51)
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K62EI K62EI] Channel 62 Maupin
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K69AH K69AH] Channel 69 The Dalles (Moving to Ch. 22)

Bend area translators.

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=KUBN KUBN-LP] Channel 50 Redmond (Moving to Ch. 43)

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K44AH K44AH] Channel 44 Prineville
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K57CH K57CH] Channel 57 Sunriver (Moving to Ch. 24)

Portland area translators.

When KPDX became a FOX affiliate in 1988, the station's signal was spotty in several areas around Portland. For KPDX to provide better signal coverage in these areas, several translator stations were activated.

* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K14HN K14HN] Channel 14 Vancouver, Washington
* [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=K18EL K18EL] Channel 18 Newberg
* K16CB Channel 16 Portland (Discontinued)

The channel 14 and 18 translators signed on the air May 1, 1994. The channel 16 translator began in 1992 as an independent LPTV station, owned by Kenneth J. Seymour carrying programming from Main Street Television and The Opportunity Channel. Later in 1992 the station was acquired by KPDX, and became KPDX's translator. It was shut down in 1999 due to the loss of its transmitter site lease and duplication of signal by channel 14 in Camas. The license was returned to the FCC in 2002.

Trivia

KPDX is one of a few stations to have been affiliated with both News Corporation-owned networks, Fox and My Network TV.

Previous Logos

External links

* [http://www.kpdx.com/ KPDX Website]
*TVQ|KPDX
*TVQ|KUBN-LP
*BIA|KPDX|TV|TV
*TitanTV|KPDX

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