Bohemia Visual Music (also referred to as "BVM" and "BVM TV") is an Internet broadcast music video service in the United States that was formerly a Television Broadcast Station Service.

History

The service began as Bohemia Afterdark in 1982 and operated in Phoenix, AZ but early history is unknown until 1990 when they moved to

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the list of cities in Oregon, largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette River, Willamette and Columbia River, Columbia rivers, Portland is ...

. In 1992 they began airing on

KPDX KPDX (channel 49) is a television station licensed to Vancouver, Washington, United States, serving the Portland, Oregon area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. It is the only major commercial station in Portland that is licensed to the Washingto ...

Portland and then they move to KWBP in 1994. In 1995 they began airing on 22

Network One Network One was a small "independent" network, consisting of mostly low-powered television stations, scattered across the Continental United States, similar to Urban America Television, America One, or the better-known Ion (formerly PAX). The ...

affiliates. In 1997 Network One shut down and the service moved to

KOIN Koin or KOIN may refer to: * KOIN, a TV station in Portland, Oregon * Koin, Guinea See also * Koine (disambiguation) {{dab ...

and in 2001, the service moved back to Phoenix, airing on

KASW KASW (channel 61) is a television station in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, affiliated with The CW. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside ABC affiliate KNXV-TV (channel 15). Both stations share studios on North 44th Street on t ...

, then in 2002, moved to KPHO-TV. In 2003 they got their own station, KPHE-LP, at the time broadcasting on channel 19 in Mesa, Arizona, and changed their name to Bohemia Visual Music. KPHE moved to channel 44 in Phoenix in 2005. Bohemia Visual Music changed their name to 24-7 Videos for a few months from mid-2005 to early-2006, then reverted to Bohemia Visual Music. In July 2006, KPHE replaced Bohemia Visual Music with Spanish-language programming, and BVM was without a broadcast outlet until September 2006, when they began broadcasting on KORS-CA digital subchannel 16.2 in Portland. In March 2008, Bohemia Visual Music began broadcasting on

KDOC-TV KDOC-TV (channel 56) is a religious television station licensed to Anaheim, California, United States, serving the Los Angeles area as an owned-and-operated station of Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station maintains studios on East F ...

56.3 in

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

and KJKZ-LP 27 in

Fresno, California Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, maki ...

, but by July, BVM was no longer airing on these channels. On March 29, 2010, Bohemia Visual Music left KORS-CA from its digital signal to focus on Internet Broadcasting. Now KORS-CD, it carries only Home Shopping Network (HSN) and

America One America One was an American television network established in 1995 by USFR Media Group through its America One Television subsidiary.

. As of August 20, 2011, Bohemia Visual Music relaunched with a website as an internet broadcast.

Programming

Bohemia Visual Music featured a diverse mix of music video programming.

Former affiliates

Logos

Image:Bvm.jpg.gif, BVM logo, 2003-2005 Image:Bvm logo.jpg, BVM logo 2005–present

Slogans

* ''Music Television, The Way It Should Be'' (2002-2010) * ''It's About The Music'' (2003-2010) * ''Your Music Channel'' (2008-2010)

References

External links

Bohemia Visual Music official website

Youtube: Bohemia Visual Music
{{American broadcast television (English) Music video networks in the United States Music of Portland, Oregon Music of Phoenix, Arizona Television channels and stations established in 1982 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2010 Defunct television networks in the United States