KTVL
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KTVL, channel 10 is a CBS
television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon
and broadcasts from a transmitter high atop Mount Ashland
, 15 miles (24 km) south of the city. The station covers eight counties in southern Oregon and northern California. The studios are located on Rossanley Drive in northwest Medford. The station has 27 translator
s.
. Several groups contended for the second television station in the area, but Radio Medford received a substantial assist from Bill Smulin, owner of KTVM (now KOBI
), who offered Radio Medford space on KTVM's tower. KMED-TV was an NBC
affiliate, since KMED-AM had been an NBC radio affiliate since 1937. It also shared ABC
with KTVM.
In 1963, the station started a joint news department with its radio sister. KMED-AM had set up the first full radio news department between Portland
and San Francisco in 1957.
In 1966, the station moved to a new tower on Mount Ashland, which added Klamath Falls to its city-grade coverage. It is the highest transmitting tower in the Pacific Northwest
, with over 132,000 watts of power. To this day, channel 10 is the only Medford station that covers the entire market without a full-power satellite station.
KMED-TV bought the first color cameras in Southern Oregon in 1968, a year of many firsts for the station. That year also saw the area's first live remote broadcast, the first television editorials and the first use of live microwave technology.
In 1977, KMED was sold off, and KMED-TV became KTVL. In 1981, Johnson sold KTVL to its current owner, Freedom Communications
, marking Freedom's entry into television. Under Freedom's ownership, KTVL aired the first color weather forecast in Southern Oregon. In the meantime Johnson was working on another station, which would become KTVZ
in Bend, Oregon
.
In 1983, KTVL traded affiliations with KOBI and became a CBS affiliate, though it continued to carry some ABC programming until KDRV
signed on a year later. Kingsley Kelley currently serves as the station's general manager.
Freedom announced on November 2, 2011 that it would bow out of television and sell its stations, including KTVL, to Sinclair Broadcast Group
.
every Labor Day Weekend since 1970. (Fellow CBS affiliate KHSL-TV
in Chico, California
, was the next closest station to do so before broadcasting the program was ceased after 1997 by new ownership.) The local portion of the telethon is now hosted by members of the News 10 newscast team including Trish (Borucki) Glose, Kevin Lollis and Libby Dowsett. It is believed to be one of the most successful local telethon broadcasts in the country. Marvin Rhodes, who was the main host for 35 years, and Donna Hildebrand, who was co-host for over 25 years, ended their tenure as telethon hosts in 2005.
The most emotional moment came in 2002 when a devastated Marvin Rhodes announced that Grants Pass, Oregon
resident Ray Dimmick, who battled courageously against ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), had died in December 2001. Dimmick, accompanied by his wife Debra, appeared on the show every year for 10 years despite his condition deteriorating. A tribute video was broadcast in his memory.
With Jerry Lewis's retirement as host of the national telethon and its move from 21 1/2 hours to 6 hours beginning in 2011, it is uncertain if KTVL will continue coverage.
On June 3, 2006, KTVL launched a new locally-produced late night program for young adults called After 10, hosted by Curtis Bartlett and Lindsey Matherly, every Saturday night at 11:30pm. It was dubbed as the only locally produced show that delivers news and information on the local music scene, video games, movie releases (in theaters and on video), graphic novels, music videos, viral video
s from the internet, and websites.
After 10 was KTVL's attempt to compete against NBC's Saturday Night Live
by producing a program for its target audience themselves, instead on relying on syndication. After 10 was being retooled and was expected to be relaunched in the third quarter of 2007, but it never returned to the air.
KTVL (as well as competitor KOBI
) does not currently have a local sportscast. It was dropped in 2009 by management. It is a move that many believe has hurt the station. (KDRV is the only station in the market to continue airing a local sportscast.)
Weather Team
Sports Team
Digital channels>
Channel
Name
Programming
10.1
KTVL-HD
Main KTVL programming / CBS
10.2
KTVL-CW
The CW
10.3
KTVL-SD
SD simulcast of 10.1
KTVL shut down its analog signal, over VHF
channel 10, on June 12, 2009, as part of the DTV transition in the United States
. The station had been broadcasting its pre-transition digital signal over UHF
channel 35, but returned to channel 10 for its post-transition operations.
merged to form the new CW Network. KTVL has picked up the affiliation to The CW, and is broadcasting its programming on a digital subchannel. KMFD, Medford's former WB "cable-only" station is the new CW affiliate and has been renamed KTVL-DT 2, "Southern Oregon's CW 11". KTVL-DT2 receives all of its programming from The CW Plus
.
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CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon
Medford, Oregon
Medford is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 US Census, the city had a total population of 74,907 and a metropolitan area population of 207,010, making the Medford MSA the 4th largest metro area in Oregon...
and broadcasts from a transmitter high atop Mount Ashland
Mount Ashland
Mount Ashland ski area is located on Mount Ashland and features 23 trails on served by four lifts, in addition to chute skiing in a glacial cirque called The Bowl. The mountain receives over of snow annually with a season from early December until mid-April...
, 15 miles (24 km) south of the city. The station covers eight counties in southern Oregon and northern California. The studios are located on Rossanley Drive in northwest Medford. The station has 27 translator
Broadcast relay station
A broadcast relay station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator , rebroadcaster , or repeater is a broadcast transmitter which relays, repeats, or reflects the signal of another radio station or television station, usually to an area not covered by the signal of the originating station...
s.
History
Channel 10 signed on the air October 3, 1961 as KMED-TV, owned by Ray Johnson and his company, Radio Medford, Inc., along with KMED-AM 1440KMED
KMED is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Medford, Oregon, USA, the station serves the Medford-Ashland area. The station is currently owned by Bicoastal Media Licenses Vi, LLC....
. Several groups contended for the second television station in the area, but Radio Medford received a substantial assist from Bill Smulin, owner of KTVM (now KOBI
KOBI
KOBI is a local NBC affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. It is owned by Patricia Smullin. The company, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., is the longest continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country....
), who offered Radio Medford space on KTVM's tower. KMED-TV was an NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
affiliate, since KMED-AM had been an NBC radio affiliate since 1937. It also shared ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
with KTVM.
In 1963, the station started a joint news department with its radio sister. KMED-AM had set up the first full radio news department between Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
and San Francisco in 1957.
In 1966, the station moved to a new tower on Mount Ashland, which added Klamath Falls to its city-grade coverage. It is the highest transmitting tower in the Pacific Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
, with over 132,000 watts of power. To this day, channel 10 is the only Medford station that covers the entire market without a full-power satellite station.
KMED-TV bought the first color cameras in Southern Oregon in 1968, a year of many firsts for the station. That year also saw the area's first live remote broadcast, the first television editorials and the first use of live microwave technology.
In 1977, KMED was sold off, and KMED-TV became KTVL. In 1981, Johnson sold KTVL to its current owner, Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications
Freedom Communications, Inc. is a media conglomerate in the United States. It owns approximately 100 daily and weekly newspapers in the US, with a combined daily circulation of nearly one million subscribers, and also operates over seventy local news websites...
, marking Freedom's entry into television. Under Freedom's ownership, KTVL aired the first color weather forecast in Southern Oregon. In the meantime Johnson was working on another station, which would become KTVZ
KTVZ
KTVZ is the NBC-affiliated television station for Central Oregon that is licensed to Bend. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 21 from a transmitter in the city on Awbrey Butte west of U.S. 97. Owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company, the station is sister to low-powered...
in Bend, Oregon
Bend, Oregon
Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...
.
In 1983, KTVL traded affiliations with KOBI and became a CBS affiliate, though it continued to carry some ABC programming until KDRV
KDRV
KDRV, channel 12, is an ABC television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. The station is located near Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport in north Medford. The station is owned by Chambers Communications Corporation of Eugene, Oregon....
signed on a year later. Kingsley Kelley currently serves as the station's general manager.
Freedom announced on November 2, 2011 that it would bow out of television and sell its stations, including KTVL, to Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
.
Jerry Lewis Telethon
KTVL is also the only southern Oregon and northern California television station that has continuously broadcast the Jerry Lewis MDA TelethonJerry Lewis MDA Telethon
The MDA Labor Day Telethon is an annual telethon in the United States to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association . The first MDA telethon was during the Thanksgiving Day weekend of 1952 and titled Party for MDA. It has been held annually since 1966...
every Labor Day Weekend since 1970. (Fellow CBS affiliate KHSL-TV
KHSL-TV
KHSL-TV Channel 12 is a CBS affiliate television station based in Chico, California. Its transmitter is located in Cohasset, California. The station is owned and operated by Catamount Broadcasting of Norwalk, Connecticut, which also operates KNVN channel 24, a NBC affiliate owned by Evans...
in Chico, California
Chico, California
Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 86,187 at the 2010 census, up from 59,954 at the time of the 2000 census...
, was the next closest station to do so before broadcasting the program was ceased after 1997 by new ownership.) The local portion of the telethon is now hosted by members of the News 10 newscast team including Trish (Borucki) Glose, Kevin Lollis and Libby Dowsett. It is believed to be one of the most successful local telethon broadcasts in the country. Marvin Rhodes, who was the main host for 35 years, and Donna Hildebrand, who was co-host for over 25 years, ended their tenure as telethon hosts in 2005.
The most emotional moment came in 2002 when a devastated Marvin Rhodes announced that Grants Pass, Oregon
Grants Pass, Oregon
-Rogue River:The Rogue River runs through Grants Pass.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,003 people, 9,376 households, and 5,925 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 9,885 housing units at an average density of 1,303.3 per square mile . By 2008,...
resident Ray Dimmick, who battled courageously against ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease), had died in December 2001. Dimmick, accompanied by his wife Debra, appeared on the show every year for 10 years despite his condition deteriorating. A tribute video was broadcast in his memory.
With Jerry Lewis's retirement as host of the national telethon and its move from 21 1/2 hours to 6 hours beginning in 2011, it is uncertain if KTVL will continue coverage.
After 10
Viral video
A viral video is one that becomes popular through the process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites, social media and email...
s from the internet, and websites.
After 10 was KTVL's attempt to compete against NBC's Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
by producing a program for its target audience themselves, instead on relying on syndication. After 10 was being retooled and was expected to be relaunched in the third quarter of 2007, but it never returned to the air.
News 10 Good Morning
On January 24, 2011 KTVL added an additional hour to their morning news program. Originally, it was News 10 at 6 a.m. but they changed the start time to 4:55 a.m. dubbing it "News 10 Good Morning" going head-to-head with competitor KDRV's early morning newscast. The show switch up its format, differing from its competitors to include faster-paced headline style news with more morning weather hits than any other station in Southern Oregon and Northern California. In addition to showcasing the station's strong social media content, with the only station to have smart phone and iPad applications.News Operation
The newscasts are currently anchored by Trish Glose and Rick Tillery at 5:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. The chief meteorologist is Kevin Lollis. David De Rurange and Cate Cauguiran anchor the 5 a.m. newscast News 10 Good Morning (starts at 4:55a.m.) with the weather anchored by Lindsey Matherly and Libby Dowsett anchors the region's only noon newscast.KTVL (as well as competitor KOBI
KOBI
KOBI is a local NBC affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. It is owned by Patricia Smullin. The company, California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., is the longest continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country....
) does not currently have a local sportscast. It was dropped in 2009 by management. It is a move that many believe has hurt the station. (KDRV is the only station in the market to continue airing a local sportscast.)
Current On-Air Staff
News Team- Trish Glose - Anchor; News 10 at 5, 6,and 11 p.m.
- Rick Tillery - Anchor; News 10 at 5, 6 and 11 p.m.
- Libby Dowsett - Anchor; News 10 at Noon
- David De Rurange - Anchor/Reporter; News 10 Good Morning
- Katie Conner - Weekend Anchor/Reporter; News 10 Weekends at 6 and 11 p.m.
- Cate Cauguiran - Anchor/Reporter; News 10 Good Morning
- Jenica Villamor - Reporter
- Whitney Clark - Reporter
- Caitlin Conrad - Reporter
Weather Team
- Kevin Lollis - Chief Meteorologist; News 10 at 5, 6 and 11 p.m. (also environmental reporter)
- Lindsey Matherly - Weather Anchor; News 10 Good Morning and Noon
- Krystle Henderson - Weather Anchor; News 10 Weekends at 6 and 11 p.m. (also reporter)
Sports Team
- The station does not currently operate a sports department.
Former staff
- Ann CurryAnn CurryAnn Curry is an American television news journalist and co-anchor on NBC's morning television program Today. She is the former news anchor on Today, a role she began in March 1997, and was the host of Dateline NBC from 2005-2011.Curry is a Board Member at the IWMF .-Biography:Curry was born in...
(telethon co-hostess, now of NBC's The Today Show)
Newscast titles
- NewsCenter 10 (?-1980s)
- Channel 10 News (1980s-2002)
- News 10 (2002-present)
Station slogans
- Making a Difference (2002-2006)
- Coverage You Can Count On (2006-2011)
- Your Connection (2011-present)
Digital television
KTVL-DT broadcasts on digital channel 10.The CW Television Network
The CW Television Network is a television network in the United States launched at the beginning of the 2006–2007 television season. It is a joint venture between CBS Corporation, the former owners of United Paramount Network , and Time Warner's Warner Bros., former majority owner of The WB...
KTVL shut down its analog signal, over VHF
Very high frequency
Very high frequency is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency...
channel 10, on June 12, 2009, as part of the DTV transition in the United States
DTV transition in the United States
The DTV transition in the United States was the switchover from analog to exclusively digital broadcasting of free over-the-air television programming...
. The station had been broadcasting its pre-transition digital signal over UHF
Ultra high frequency
Ultra-High Frequency designates the ITU Radio frequency range of electromagnetic waves between 300 MHz and 3 GHz , also known as the decimetre band or decimetre wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten decimetres...
channel 35, but returned to channel 10 for its post-transition operations.
Southern Oregon CW 11
On September 18, 2006, The WB and UPNUPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
merged to form the new CW Network. KTVL has picked up the affiliation to The CW, and is broadcasting its programming on a digital subchannel. KMFD, Medford's former WB "cable-only" station is the new CW affiliate and has been renamed KTVL-DT 2, "Southern Oregon's CW 11". KTVL-DT2 receives all of its programming from The CW Plus
The CW Plus
The CW Plus is a group of primarily digital sub-channels, analog, and non-broadcast cable television outlets for the CW Television Network, for markets below the top 99 television media markets in the United States....
.
Translators
KTVL is rebroadcast on the following translator stations.City Grade Translators:
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