KOHD
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KOHD is the ABC
affiliated television station
for Central Oregon
that is licensed to Bend
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter in the city on Awbrey Butte west of U.S. 97
. Owned by the Chambers Communications Corporation
, the station has studios on Lower Meadow Drive in Bend. Syndicated
programming on KOHD includes: Inside Edition
, The Insider
, Entertainment Tonight
, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
. It can also be seen on K53JV channel 53 from a transmitter on Awbrey Butte. It has a construction permit to air a low-powered digital signal on channel 18 from the same location.
The station signed-on as a digital-only station on September 9, 2006 and never had a full-power analog signal prior to the June 12 analog shutdown for broadcast television stations. KOHD is the first primary digital station to carry a major network affiliation. They replaced co-owned KEZI
in Eugene
as well as KATU
from Portland
on area cable systems.
For its first year on-the-air, KOHD simulcasted weeknight newscasts from fellow ABC affiliate KEZI (which KOHD uses a similar logo and the same slogan) while building their own local news department. Chambers Communications completed their 11000 square feet (1,021.9 m²) facility at Brinson Business Park on the north side of Bend in August 2007.
in Eugene, KDRV
in Medford, and KDKF in Klamath Falls) and Dish Network
could not come to a long-term agreement to keep the station on the air in the Medford market and were in danger of losing local ABC programming as a result. Viewers were encouraged to read a special Q&A
page regarding this matter. Despite their best efforts, their previous agreement expired on December 15th and the stations were removed from the Dish Network local line-ups. Chambers and Dish finally came to an agreement to resume service and as of December 30, 2010 the stations returned on Dish Network.
on Saturday nights at 11 and Inside Edition Weekend on Sunday nights at 5 and 11. Following the March 5, 2010 11 p.m. show, KOHD's news operation was scaled back to three reporters and fourteen staffers were laid off. Long form newscasts were canceled with news and weather updates replacing them. In September, 2010 half-hour newscasts returned to KOHD at 6 and 11 p.m. Monday-Friday. In September, 2011 KOHD began simulcasting all of KEZI's weekday newscasts (except the 5am hour of "KEZI 9 News: This Morning") as well as the 6pm and 11pm on weekends.
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...
affiliated television station
Television station
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for Central Oregon
Central Oregon
Central Oregon is a geographic region in the U.S. state of Oregon and is traditionally considered to be made up of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. Other definitions include larger areas, often encompassing areas to the north towards the Columbia River, eastward towards Burns, or south...
that is licensed to Bend
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...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on UHF channel 51 from a transmitter in the city on Awbrey Butte west of U.S. 97
U.S. Route 97 in Oregon
In the U.S. state of Oregon, U.S. Route 97 is a major north–south United States highway which runs through the state of Oregon . In Oregon, it runs from the Oregon-California border, south of Klamath Falls, to the Oregon-Washington border on the Columbia River, between Biggs Junction, Oregon and...
. Owned by the Chambers Communications Corporation
Chambers Communications Corporation
Chambers Communications Corporation is a broadcasting company based in Eugene, Oregon. With roots back to 1959, Chambers Communications was founded by Carolyn S. Chambers and owns a chain of ABC affiliates in Western, Central Oregon and Southern Oregon...
, the station has studios on Lower Meadow Drive in Bend. Syndicated
Television syndication
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programming on KOHD includes: Inside Edition
Inside Edition
Inside Edition is a thirty-minute American television syndicated news program, first aired on CBS on October 9, 1988. It was originally similar to the programs Hard Copy and A Current Affair, but now more closely resembles a condensed version of breakfast television, exclusively with pre-recorded...
, The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
, Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is an American television quiz show which offers a maximum prize of $1,000,000 for correctly answering 14 consecutive multiple-choice questions of random difficulty. Until 2010, the format required contestants to correctly answer 15 consecutive questions of increasing...
. It can also be seen on K53JV channel 53 from a transmitter on Awbrey Butte. It has a construction permit to air a low-powered digital signal on channel 18 from the same location.
History
KEZI
KEZI is a digital broadcast television station operating in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is the ABC affiliate for Eugene and produces more than 24 hours of newscasts a week...
in Eugene
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...
as well as KATU
KATU
KATU, virtual channel 2, also known as K2, is an ABC-affiliated television station broadcasting on digital channel 43 in Portland, Oregon, USA. It has been owned by Fisher Communications of Seattle, Washington, which has been the owner of the Seattle's ABC affiliate KOMO-TV, ever since it began...
from 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...
on area cable systems.
For its first year on-the-air, KOHD simulcasted weeknight newscasts from fellow ABC affiliate KEZI (which KOHD uses a similar logo and the same slogan) while building their own local news department. Chambers Communications completed their 11000 square feet (1,021.9 m²) facility at Brinson Business Park on the north side of Bend in August 2007.
Dispute with Dish Network
On December 10, 2010, KOHD announced that their owners Chambers Communications (who also own KEZIKEZI
KEZI is a digital broadcast television station operating in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It is the ABC affiliate for Eugene and produces more than 24 hours of newscasts a week...
in Eugene, 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....
in Medford, and KDKF in Klamath Falls) and Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
could not come to a long-term agreement to keep the station on the air in the Medford market and were in danger of losing local ABC programming as a result. Viewers were encouraged to read a special Q&A
Q&A
-General:* Q&A is a media relations technique whereby public relations professionals attempt to anticipate journalists' questions on a particular issue and provide answers in order to prepare their spokespeople for press conferences and interviews...
page regarding this matter. Despite their best efforts, their previous agreement expired on December 15th and the stations were removed from the Dish Network local line-ups. Chambers and Dish finally came to an agreement to resume service and as of December 30, 2010 the stations returned on Dish Network.
News operation
On September 26, 2007, KOHD began airing local newscasts (which were broadcast in high definition) from 5:30 to 7 a.m. as well as 5, 6, 6:30, and 11 p.m. Weekend newscasts were canceled in July 2009 replaced by HouseHouse (TV series)
House is an American television medical drama that debuted on the Fox network on November 16, 2004. The show's central character is Dr. Gregory House , an unconventional and misanthropic medical genius who heads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in...
on Saturday nights at 11 and Inside Edition Weekend on Sunday nights at 5 and 11. Following the March 5, 2010 11 p.m. show, KOHD's news operation was scaled back to three reporters and fourteen staffers were laid off. Long form newscasts were canceled with news and weather updates replacing them. In September, 2010 half-hour newscasts returned to KOHD at 6 and 11 p.m. Monday-Friday. In September, 2011 KOHD began simulcasting all of KEZI's weekday newscasts (except the 5am hour of "KEZI 9 News: This Morning") as well as the 6pm and 11pm on weekends.
Station slogans
- "Central Oregon's New High Definition ABC Station" (2006-present)
- "Your Local News Team" (2006-2007, during period station simulcasted news from KEZI)
- "Connecting You" (2007-present)