Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary

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organization for the U.S. state of

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as well as southern

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. It provides news, information, and programming via television stations, dozens of VHF or

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, on more than 20

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, and via opb.org and other digital platforms. TV broadcasts include local and regional programming as well as programs from the Public Broadcasting Service (

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) and

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(APT), and radio programs from National Public Radio (

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(APM),

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(PRX), and the

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, among other distributors. Its headquarters and television studios are located in

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. The part of southwestern Oregon not served by OPB is served by KLCC radio,

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, and

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History

20th century

OPB traces its roots back to January 23, 1923, when KFDJ signed on from the

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campus in Corvallis. From 1923 to 1981, the Oregon State campus served as the radio and later TV base of operations for Oregon's public broadcasting. Charles B. Mitchel, a first-year speech professor at Oregon State, was instrumental in bringing Oregon's first public radio station to the state. OSU physics instructor Jacob Jordan is credited with building the station's first radio transmitter near campus in 1923. The radio station's call letters were changed to KOAC on December 11, 1925. In 1932, KOAC became a service of the

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General Extension Division.KOAC timeline
from the

website During the mid-1950s, the university constructed KOAC's first TV studios inside

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. On October 7, 1957, the station began television broadcasting as KOAC-AM-TV. For nearly 60 years, faculty and students at Oregon State University broadcast news, information and entertainment programming across the state from the Corvallis studios. First known as Oregon Educational Broadcasting, the public network became the Oregon Educational and Public Broadcasting Service (OEPBS) in 1971. KOAC won its first

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for Outstanding Public Service by a Local Station in 1942 for ''Our Hidden Enemy,

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''. KOAC won a second

in 1972 for ''Conversations with

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and Certain of His Friends''. Koac-announcer

In the late 1950s, KOAC's broadcast signal was shared across the state by microwave transmitters and receivers. KOAC also added satellite studios for radio broadcasting in

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, and Portland. In the 1960s, satellite TV studios were added in Portland and Eugene. The Portland satellite, KOAP-FM-TV, was located in a leased building at what is now 2828 SW Naito Parkway. KOAP started broadcasting on February 6, 1961. The Eugene satellite was located on the

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campus, in Villard Hall. Up until 1965, all programs from the KOAC satellites were live, due to a lack of video recording equipment. Both studios operated two

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TK31 cameras for live broadcasts. On December 6, 1964, KTVR-TV began broadcasting in La Grande. The station started primarily as a

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station, affiliated with

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and

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. KTVR-TV operated as a semi-satellite of

KTVB KTVB (channel 7) is a television station in Boise, Idaho, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Tegna Inc. The station's studios are located on West Fairview Avenue (off I-184) in Boise, and its transmitter is located on Deer Point in u ...

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. The La Grande studio was located at 1605 Adams Ave. and produced nightly newscasts and other local programming. However, by 1967, the La Grande studio and office were closed and KTVR became a full-fledged satellite of KTVB. KTVR was unique in the

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, because as a repeater of a

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station, its "prime time" schedule was broadcast from 6 to 9 p.m. OEPBS bought KTVR on August 31, 1976, and converted it to PBS on February 1, 1977. At first, KTVR rebroadcast programming from two Washington stations—

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in Pullman and

KSPS-TV KSPS-TV (channel 7) is a PBS member television station in Spokane, Washington, United States, owned by KSPS Public Television. The station's studios are located on South Regal Street in the Southgate, Spokane, Washington, Southgate neighborhood ...

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—until OEPBS completed a transmission link to La Grande. On September 1, 1977, OEPBS took KTVR off the air for transmitter repairs, due to increasing technical problems. KTVR returned to the air on January 1, 1978, carrying OEPBS programming for the first time. KOAB-TV in Bend began broadcasting on February 24, 1970, as KVDO-TV, a commercial

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licensed to Salem. Channel 3 struggled to compete with

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's established independent,

KPTV KPTV (channel 12) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by Gray Media alongside Vancouver, Washington–licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate KPDX (channel 49). The two stations sh ...

(channel 12), and in 1972, the station was purchased by Liberty Communications, then-owners of Eugene's ABC affiliate

KEZI KEZI (channel 9) is a television station in Eugene, Oregon, United States, affiliated with American Broadcasting Company, ABC and owned by Allen Media Group. The station's studios are located on Chad Drive in Eugene, and its transmitter is locat ...

(channel 9). The intention was to make KVDO a full-power satellite of KEZI. During the sale,

KATU KATU (channel 2) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with ABC. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside La Grande–licensed independent station KUNP, channel 16 (which KATU simulcasts on its sec ...

(channel 2), Portland's ABC affiliate, objected over duplication of programming, and there were also objections to Liberty's common ownership of local cable systems and the television station. As a result, the

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(FCC) allowed Liberty to buy KVDO-TV on the condition that it sell the station within three years. The state government approved the purchase of KVDO-TV in 1975, with OEPBS taking control of the station on February 19, 1976. Nine days later, on February 28, a disgruntled viewer protesting KVDO's sale to OEPBS cut guy wires, toppling the channel 3 transmitter tower. On September 20, 1976, KVDO signed back on the air with a new tower; from then until March 31, 1981, the station broadcast an alternate program lineup to KOAP-TV and KOAC-TV, featuring time-shifted OEPBS programs, shows for the Spanish-speaking population in the

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, and several local productions in Salem. OEPBS consistently eyed moving the station elsewhere to reduce duplication, which became more acute when budget cuts prompted KVDO-TV to drop its separate programs in 1981. The network pursued and won approval from the FCC to move the channel 3 allocation and license to Bend, which had no PBS coverage. KVDO-TV ceased broadcasting in Salem on July 31, 1983; on December 22, channel 3 signed back on the air as KOAB. The call letters were modified to KOAB-TV when KOAB-FM signed on the air on January 23, 1986. KEPB-TV in Eugene began operation on February 27, 1990, as Eugene's first public television station, bringing most of Eugene a clear signal for PBS programming for the first time ever. Although KOAC-TV had long claimed Eugene as part of its primary coverage area (Corvallis is part of the Eugene market), it only provided rimshot coverage to most of Eugene itself and was marginal at best in the southern portion of the city. Most of Eugene could only get a clear picture from KOAC-TV on cable. In 1981, OEPBS was spun off from the Oregon State System of Higher Education and became a separate state agency, Oregon Public Broadcasting. As part of the network overhaul, KOAP became the flagship of the OPB network and central operations were relocated from Corvallis to Portland. In the early 2000s, OPB installed Oregon's first digital transmitter, taking a critical first step in the digital television transition.

21st century

For 2001 and 2002, the Oregon state government provided about 14 percent of OPB's operational budget; for 2003 and 2004, it was cut to 9 percent. On December 4, 2007, OPB launched opbmusic, a 24-hour online radio channel spotlighting Pacific Northwest musicians. As of December 11, 2020, OPB discontinued the opbmusic HD radio and online audio stream and integrated opbmusic multimedia content into its broader arts and culture reporting. In March 2009, the

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chose OPB to manage the pilot version of American Archive, CPB's initiative to digitally preserve content created by public broadcasters.

Television stations

Notes:

Cable and satellite availability

OPB Television is available on all cable providers in its service area. On

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, KOPB-TV, KEPB-TV, and KOAB-TV are available on the Portland, Eugene and Bend local broadcast station lineups, respectively. KOPB-TV and KEPB-TV are available on the Portland and Eugene

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broadcast station lineups.

Digital television

OPB's first digital channel was OPB CREATE (an affiliate of the Create network), announced in January 2006; its availability was limited to certain Comcast digital cable customers and on Clear Creek Television in

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. In December 2008, in anticipation of the original February 18, 2009, deadline for switching to all-digital broadcasting, OPB announced the launch of three digital subchannels: OPB, which would air OPB programming with an "improved picture for viewers with traditional sets", OPB HD, airing programming in "high definition with the highest-quality picture and sound", and OPB Plus, which offered "more choices in viewing times and added programs in news, public affairs and lifestyle."

Subchannels

OPB currently offers four digital

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channels: OPB was one of the partners of The Oregon Channel, a public affairs network that began with the 74th Oregon Legislative Assembly in 2007. Programming consisted of Oregon legislative sessions and other public affairs events. The Oregon Channel was discontinued in 2011. All of OPB's digital channels are also available on cable providers

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and

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(grandfathered TV subscribers), and three other providers serving specific regions and communities in Oregon: Clear Creek (a cooperative serving the Redland area of

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(serving

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), and Crestview Cable Communications (serving

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, and

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). On July 6, 2011, OPB combined OPB and OPB SD into one high-definition channel feed on the main channel of its digital stations. OPB Plus moved from the third digital subchannel to the second subchannel and OPB Radio moved from the fourth digital subchannel to the third subchannel. On January 26, 2023, OPB ended broadcasting of OPB Plus and replaced it with OPB World.

Analog-to-digital conversion

During 2009, OPB shut down the analog transmitters of the stations on a staggered basis. The station's digital channel allocations post-transition are as follows: * KOAC-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition

channel 39 to VHF channel 7. * KOPB-TV shut down its analog, signal, over VHF channel 10; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 27 to VHF channel 10. * KEPB-TV shut down its analog signal, over

channel 28; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 29, using

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28. * KOAB-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition VHF channel 11, using virtual channel 3. * KTVR shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13; the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 5 to channel 13.

Translators

Arlington Arlington most often refers to: *Arlington, Virginia **Arlington National Cemetery, a United States military cemetery *Arlington, Texas Arlington may also refer to: Places Australia *Arlington light rail station, on the Inner West Light Rail in S ...

(translates KOPB-TV) * Astoria (translates KOPB-TV) * Baker City (translates KTVR) *

Burns Burns may refer to: Astronomy * 2708 Burns, an asteroid * Burns (crater), on Mercury People * Burns (surname), list of people and characters named Burns ** Burns (musician), Scottish record producer Places in the United States * Burns, ...

(translates KOPB-TV) *

Christmas Valley Christmas Valley is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Lake County, Oregon, Lake County, Oregon, United States. The community was named after nearby Christmas Lake, usually dry, east of the present town and the site of the forme ...

(translates KOPB-TV) *

Coos Bay Coos Bay (Hanis language, Coos language: Atsixiis or Hanisich) is an estuary where the Coos River enters the Pacific Ocean, the estuary is approximately 12 miles long and up to two miles wide. It is the largest estuary completely within Oregon sta ...

(translates KOAC-TV) *

, etc. (translates KEPB-TV) * Cottage Grove (translates KEPB-TV) * Elkton (translates KOAC-TV) *

Enterprise Enterprise (or the archaic spelling Enterprize) may refer to: Business and economics Brands and enterprises * Enterprise GP Holdings, an energy holding company * Enterprise plc, a UK civil engineering and maintenance company * Enterpris ...

(translates KTVR) *

(translates KEPB-TV) *

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

(translates KEPB-TV) * Glide, etc. (translates KEPB-TV) *

Gold Beach Gold, commonly known as Gold Beach, was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allies of World War II, Allied invasion of German military administration in occupied France during World War II, German-occupied France in the Normandy la ...

(translates KOPB-TV) * Grays River, WA (translates KOPB-TV) * Halfway (translates KTVR) * Heppner, etc. (translates KOPB-TV) * Hood River, etc. (translates KOPB-TV) * John Day (translates KOPB-TV) * La Grande (translates KTVR) * Lakeview (translates KOPB-TV) * London Springs (translates KEPB-TV) * 16

(translates KOAC-TV) *

(translates KOAC-TV) * Mapleton (translates KEPB-TV) * Milton-Freewater (translates KTVR) *

Myrtle Point Myrtle Point is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States, established in 1887. The population was 2,514 at the 2010 census. Located in the Coquille River Valley, Myrtle Point is part of the Coos Bay/ North Bend/ Charleston Metropolitan Stati ...

(translates KEPB-TV) * 29 Newberg (translates KOPB-TV) *

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay * Newport (Vietnam), a United States Army and Army of t ...

(translates KOAC-TV) * Oakridge (translates KEPB-TV) *

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

, etc. (translates KTVR) * Pacific City/ Cloverdale (translates KOAC-TV) * Paisley (translates KOPB-TV) * Paisley (translates KOPB-TV) * Pendleton (translates KTVR) * Port Orford (translates KEPB-TV) * Powers (translates KOAC-TV) *

, etc. (translates KOAB-TV) * Rainier (translates KOPB-TV) * Reedsport (translates KEPB-TV) * Richland (translates KTVR) * Rockway Beach (translates KOPB-TV) * Roseburg (translates KEPB-TV) *

Seneca Seneca may refer to: People, fictional characters and language * Seneca (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname : :* Seneca the Elder (c. 54 BC – c. AD 39), a Roman rhetorician, writer and father ...

(translates KOPB-TV) * 28 Sentinel Hill (translates KOPB-TV) * Silver Lake, etc. (translates KOPB-TV) *

The Dalles The Dalles ( ;) formally the City of the Dalles and also called Dalles City, is an inland port, the county seat of and the largest city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,010 at the 2020 census, and it is the large ...

, etc. (translates KOPB-TV) * 30

Warm Springs Warm Springs may refer to: *Warm Springs Apache, a subdivision of the Chiricahua Apache *Warm Springs, California, in Riverside County *Warm Springs, Fremont, California **Warm Springs Elementary School, elementary school in Fremont, California **W ...

(translates KOAB-TV) *

Wedderburn Wedderburn may refer to: People * Alexander Wedderburn (disambiguation) * Bill Wedderburn, Baron Wedderburn of Charlton (1927–2012), British politician and legal scholar * Charles F. Wedderburn (1892–1917), United States Navy officer * David ...

, etc. (translates KOPB-TV) Low-power translators in Elkton, Glendale, Mapleton,

Oakland Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...

, Oakridge, and Swisshome have been discontinued.

Radio stations

Notes: Since the spring of 2009, OPB has operated jazz radio station

KMHD KMHD (89.1 FM) is a listener-supported, non-profit FM broadcast radio station in Portland, Oregon. For the first 25 years of its operation, the station's studio was located on the Mt. Hood Community College campus in Gresham, Oregon, before movi ...

; the station is owned by

Mount Hood Community College Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) is a public community college in Gresham, Oregon, United States, named after Mount Hood. Opened in 1966, MHCC enrolls around 30,000 students each year and offers classes at the main campus in Gresham, as well as ...

, but operates out of OPB's studio facilities in Portland.

HD stations

Currently only KMHD and KOPB-FM carry HD radio content. The OPB HD radio channels are:

Other radio frequencies

* Halfway 91.3 FM *Happy Hollow, Oregon 93.5 FM * Nedonna Beach 106.5 FM * Richland 91.9 FM * Silver Lake ( Lake County) 91.7 FM *

Riley Riley may refer to: Businesses * Riley (brand), British sporting goods brand founded in 1878 * Riley Motor, British motorcar and bicycle manufacturera 1890–1969 * Riley Technologies, American auto racing constructor and team, founded by Bob ...

90.3 FM K212AQ (50 watts) *

Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha. An American landmar ...

90.7 FM K214AQ (25 watts) * Pacific City 93.5 FM K228DT (10 watts) *

Walton Walton may refer to: People * Walton (given name) * Walton (surname) * Susana, Lady Walton (1926–2010), Argentine writer Places Canada * Walton, Nova Scotia, a community ** Walton River (Nova Scotia) *Walton, Ontario, a hamlet United Kingd ...

98.3 FM K252DL (8 watts) * Corvallis 103.1 FM K276BU (15 watts) * Astoria 104.5 FM K283BT (70 watts) * Nedonna Beach 106.5 FM K293BL (10 watts) Translators upgrading to full-power stations: *

Wagontire Wagontire is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States, along U.S. Route 395. The community was named after nearby Wagontire Mountain. From 1986 to at least 1997, Wagontire was home to just two people: William and Ol ...

( Harney County) 90.3 FM (CP: KOHP 90.7 FM Hines )

Original programming

OPB produces original audio and video content for distribution across multiple channels including TV, radio, and online podcasting or streaming services. Notable podcast series include '' Bundyville'', a deep-dive investigation of the beliefs and politics behind the 2014

Bundy standoff The 2014 Bundy standoff was an armed confrontation between supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and law enforcement following a 21-year legal dispute in which the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) obtained court orders directin ...

, the 2016

Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge On January 2, 2016, an armed group of right-wing militants seized and occupied the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, and continued to occupy it until law enforcement made a final arrest on February 1 ...

, and the

sovereign citizen movement The sovereign citizen movement (also SovCit movement or SovCits) is a loose group of anti-government activists, conspiracy theory, conspiracy theorists, vexatious litigants, tax protesters and financial scammers found mainly in English-speakin ...

. Its second season aired in 2019 with a broadened focus on

right-wing Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property ...

and anti-government extremism in the United States. Long-running programs include ''OPB Politics Now'' and ''Think Out Loud'', both of which have been on air since 2008. The newest series ''The Evergreen'' is a weekly podcast highlighting stories from across the Pacific Northwest. Notable TV and video productions include

Oregon Field Guide ''Oregon Field Guide'' is a weekly television program produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting focusing on recreation, the outdoors, and environmental issues in the state of Oregon. The show has become part of the Oregon zeitgeist. Steve Amen is th ...

and Oregon Art Beat, which first premiered in 1990 and 1999 respectively.

References

External links

*
The Remembered Years
nbsp;– KOAC history
“Oregon Field Guide Education Program; Focus on Organisms; Part 1,”
1994–03, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia,

American Archive of Public Broadcasting The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between the Library of Congress and WGBH Educational Foundation, founded through the efforts of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). The AAPB is a national effort to di ...

“Oregon Field Guide Education Program; Focus on Organisms; Part 2,”
1994–03, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia,

{{Authority control 1923 establishments in Oregon American radio networks Mass media in Portland, Oregon NPR member networks Organizations based in Portland, Oregon PBS member networks Peabody Award winners * Television stations in Oregon