KOPB-TV

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KOPB-TV
Portland, Oregon
Branding	OPB
Channels	Analog: 10 (VHF) Digital: 27 (UHF)
Affiliations	PBS
Owner	Oregon Public Broadcasting
First air date	February 6, 1961
Call letters’ meaning	Oregon Public Broadcasting
Former callsigns	KOAP-TV (1961-1989)
Former affiliations	NET (1961-1970)
Transmitter Power	316 kW (analog) 753 kW (digital)
Height	524 m (analog) 509 m (digital)
Facility ID	50589
Transmitter Coordinates	45°31′20.5″N, 122°44′49.5″W
Website	www.opb.org

KOPB-TV is a public television station serving the Portland, Oregon television market. It is owned and operated by Oregon Public Broadcasting. It broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 10, and its digital signal on UHF channel 27.

Channel 10 signed on the air as KOAP on February 6, 1961. Called letters mirroring originating station KOAC-TV Channel 7 Corvallis. KOAP call letter meaning: Oregon Air Portland. The station was first housed at campus of Portland State University. With the transmitter being located on Council Crest. KOAP was a member of NET, National Educational Television carrying its programs. On April 30, 1962 KOAP's FM sister service signed on the air. By 1966 most local programs originated at KOAP-TV. In October 1970 PBS, Public Broadcasting Service replaced NET. KOAP-TV and KOAC-TV were known on the air as OEB, Oregon Educational Broadcasting. In early 1972 OEB became OEPBS, Oregon Educational & Public Broadcasting Service. In October 1981 OEPBS became OPB, Oregon Public Broadcasting. On February 15, 1989 KOAP FM-TV became KOPB FM-TV.

OPB was a pioneer in HDTV. As early as March 5, 1997 OPB's experimental HDTV station transmitted a random-bit data stream. On September 15, 1997 OPB Portland was assigned the experimental call letters KAXC for channel 35. Then on October 11, 1997 at 4:37 P.M. KAXC became the first TV station in Oregon and one of the first on the west coast to transmit an HDTV picture. After experimentation ended, channel 35 was vacated. On December 7, 2001 KOPB-DT began operation on channel 27.

[edit] External links

• Oregon Public Broadcasting: Homepage
• PBS Homepage
• KOPB Engineering site About broadcast facilities of KOPB
• KOPB Tower About broadcast facilities of KOPB
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KOPB-TV
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on KOPB-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Portland, Oregon market (Nielsen DMA #23) KATU 2 (ABC) - KOIN 6 (CBS) - KGW 8 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - KOPB 10 (PBS/OPB, PBS-HD on DT1, OPB-SD on DT2, Create on DT3, Oreg Ch on DT4) - KPTV 12 (Fox) - KUNP 16 / KUNP-LP 47 (UNI) - KOXI-CA 20 (A1) - KPXG 22 / KPXG-LP 54 (ION, qubo on DT2, ION Life on DT3, Worship on DT4) - KNMT 24 (TBN, The Church Channel on DT2, JCTV on DT3, TBN Enlace on DT4, Smile of a Child on DT5) - K26GJ 26 (Ind) - KRCW 32 / KRCW-LP 5 (The CW) - KORK-CA 35 (HSN) - KKEI-CA 38 (TEL) - KPDX 49 (MNTV) - KOXO-CA 51 (TFR) Salem-Marion County: KORS-CA 16 (HSN, BVM on DT2) - KWVT-LP 17 / KSLM-LP 14 (A1/WSTV) - K21GX 21 (Ind) - K50GG 50 (MNTV) - KXPD-LP 52 (AZA) Outlying areas: The Dalles-Wasco County: K06NI  6 (A1/WSTV) - KRHP-LP 14 (FN/Worship/COR) - K31HZ 31 (PBS/OPB)  Tillamook-Tillamook County: KPWC-LP  4 / K05KX  5 (A1/WSTV) - K19EI 19 (PBS/OPB) - K26HS 26 (3ABN)  Defunct Television Stations KVDO 3 (Ind.) - KLOR 12 (ABC) - KHTV 27 (Ind.) - KAXC 35 (OPB) Local Cable Television Channels CSN Northwest - FSN Northwest - NorthWest Cable News - The Oregon Channel - TVW (Washington) - White Springs Television Significantly Viewed Out-of-Market Broadcast Stations Reception may vary by geographical location Seattle: KOMO 4 (ABC) - KCTS 9 (PBS) - KCKA 15 (PBS) Eugene: KEZI 9 (ABC) - KVAL 13 (CBS) - KMTR 16 (NBC)

v • d • e PBS Member Stations in the state of Oregon OPB: KOAB 3 (Bend) - KOAC 7 / KEPB 28 (Corvallis / Eugene) - KOPB 10 (Portland) - KTVR 13 (La Grande) SOPTV: KSYS 8 / KFTS 22 (Medford / Klamath Falls) See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC and Other stations in Oregon