KMTR
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| KMTR | |
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| Eugene, Oregon | |
| Branding | NewsSource 16 |
| Channels | Analog: 16 (UHF) |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | NBC The CW (DT2) |
| Owner | Newport Television, LLC |
| First air date | October 4, 1982 |
| Transmitter Power | 1910 kW (analog) 70 kW (digital) |
| Height | 512 m (analog) 473 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 35189 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.kmtr.com |
KMTR is the NBC and The CW affiliate television station serving the Eugene/Springfield, Oregon designated market area. Owned by Newport Television, the station reaches additional viewers in central and western Oregon via co-owned full-powered satellite stations KMCB channel 23 (Coos Bay) and KTCW channel 46 (Roseburg). KMTR's transmitter is located near Springfield, Oregon.
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[edit] Overview
In its promotion and marketing KMTR refers to itself as NewsSource 16. Together with KMCB and KTCW, the stations are known as Oregon's News Source Network. The station also operates a cable-only station, former WB affiliate KZWB.
KMTR covers local news, sports, and weather for Springfield, Eugene and Western Oregon. It currently is the only local television station in Eugene/Springfield offering streaming video newscasts on the Internet.
[edit] History
KMTR started as a UHF station carrying NBC programming. KMTR began broadcasting after former NBC affiliate, KVAL began selectively omitting certain NBC prime time broadcasts from its evening lineup, replacing them with alternate programming from rival network, CBS. The resulting conflict over this programming decision preceded the introduction of KMTR to the media market, and a switch of KVAL affiliation away from NBC to CBS.
The station was originally owned by the Ackerley Group, who merged with Clear Channel Communications in 2001. KMTR was named "Station of the Year" for 2005 by the Oregon Association of Broadcasters (OAB).
In February 2006, the two satellite stations, KMTZ and KMTX, changed call letters to KUCW and KTCW, respectively. The call letters held no real meaning, as neither station, nor the primary station, KMTR, had secured the CW affiliation yet. However, after the announcement of The CW's formation, some broadcasters, Clear Channel in particular, placed key call letters with "CW" in them on their stations, just to keep them out of the hands of the competition. This seems to have been the case with the Coos Bay station, for in September 2006, Clear Channel transferred the "KUCW" call letters to its Salt Lake City CW affiliate, formerly KUWB. The Coos Bay station picked up the call letters KMCB - likely taking the "M" from the primary station, and the "CB" from Coos Bay.
Effective September 2006, KMTR has added programming from The CW Television Network to its DT2 subchannel, as well as converting cable-only WB station KZWB to the CW.
On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television stations group to Newport Television, a unit of Providence Equity Partners.[1] The deal closed on March 14, 2008.
[edit] Satellite stations
| Station | City of license | Channels (Analog/ Digital) |
First air date | Former callsigns | ERP (Analog/ Digital) |
HAAT (Analog/ Digital) |
Facility ID | Transmitter Coordinates |
| KMCB | Coos Bay | 23 (UHF) 22 (UHF) |
July 8, 1991 | KMTZ (1991-2006) KUCW (2006) |
12.3 kW 10 kW |
190 m 179 m |
35183 | |
| KTCW | Roseburg | 46 (UHF) 45 (UHF) |
April 19921 | KMTX-TV (1992-2006) | 9.77 kW 12 kW |
109 m 109 m |
35187 |
Notes:
- 1. The Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook says KTCW signed on April 8, while the Television and Cable Factbook says it signed on April 20.
[edit] Digital Television
The station's digital channel is multiplexed:
Digital channels
| Video | Aspect | Programming | |
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| First Digital Channel | 1080i | 16:9 | Main KMTR/KMCB/KTCW programming / NBC HD |
| Second Digital Channel | 480i | 4:3 | The CW |
In 2009, KMTR, KMCB and KTCW will remain on their current digital channels.[2]
[edit] Translators
The stations are rebroadcasted on the following translators:
KMTR Repeaters
- K11KI Channel 11 Dorena
- K55HE Channel 55 London Springs (Moving to Ch. 35)
- K60DO Channel 60 Cottage Grove (Moving to Ch. 48)
- K60DQ Channel 60 Florence (Moving to Ch. 43)
KTCW Repeaters
KMCB Repeaters
[edit] Personalities
Current anchors at KMTR include:
- Matt Templeman Evening News Anchor
- Renee McCullough Evening News Anchor
- Joseph Calbreath Evening Meteorologist
- Nohelani Graf Weekend News Anchor
- Kelli Warner Morning News
- Marc Mullins Morning News
- Brent Prasnikar 11pm Weather
- Jared Meyer Weekend News & Weather
- Darren Fabre Weeknight Sports & Friday Night Fever
- Scott Fleishman Weekend Sports Anchor & Friday Night Fever
[edit] Trivia
The call letters KMTR originally belonged to MyNetworkTV station in Los Angeles, KCOP-TV.
[edit] External links
- KMTR
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KMTR
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KMCB
- Query the FCC's TV station database for KTCW
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KMTR-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KMCB-TV
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KTCW-TV
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