KMVU
 
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Medford/Klamath Falls, Oregon United States |
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| Branding | Fox 26 |
| Channels |
Digital: 26 (UHF) Virtual: 26 () |
| Subchannels | 26.1 Fox 26.2 MeTV |
| Translators | (See article) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Northwest Broadcasting (Broadcasting Licenses, LP) |
| First air date | August 8, 1994 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Medford VU (View) -or- Medford Rogue Valley UHF |
| Sister station(s) |
KFBI-LD KMCW-LP |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 26 (UHF, 1994–2009) Digital: 27 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Transmitter power | 16.2 kW |
| Height | 442 metres (1,450 feet) |
| Facility ID | 32958 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°17′54″N 122°44′57″W / 42.29833°N 122.74917°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.fox26medford.com |
KMVU-DT is the local Fox Television affiliate based in Medford, Oregon. The station serves the 5 southern most Oregon counties, plus Siskiyou County California.
It was founded in 1994 by Bob and June Sheehan, and the station's start-up was funded by Salmon River Communications under a Leased Management Agreement between the Sheehans and Salmon River's CEO, Robert J. Hamaker. KMVU signed-on Friday August 8, 1994. Prior to the station's sign on, Medford residents could only receive Fox programming via the national Foxnet service. Hamaker appointed Peter Rogers as the station's original General Manager in July 1994 once the transfer of control of the station from the Sheehans to Salmon River was approved by the Federal Communications Commission. Rogers came from KRON-TV, San Francisco's then-NBC Television affiliate, where he had established his credentials in television station programming, operations, production and administration. Rogers managed KMVU FOX26 from 1994 to 2004. Salmon River sold the station to Northwest Broadcasting in 1998.
In 2006, the station began broadcasting Fox 26 First At Ten, a 10 o'clock local news program produced by KMVU competitor KOBI-TV. The newscast is currently anchored by Jennifer Elliott, with meteorologist Adam Colpack handling weather.
On January 10, 2011, FOX 26 launched a new morning news program called FOX 26 Morning News Live at Seven. The newscast is currently anchored by Bianca Peters, Taelor Rian, and meteorologist Jeff Heaton.
Only a 10 p.m. newscast is produced and aired on the weekends. It is anchored by Kyle Aevermann and weather forecaster Matt Jordan.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
KMVU shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 26, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 27 to channel 26.
KMVU-DT is rebroadcast on the following translator stations:
On May 6, 2007, KMVU was replaced by Chico, California Fox affiliate KCVU-TV on Northland Cable Television channel 13 in both Mt. Shasta and Yreka, California, when KMVU and Northland could not come to an agreement to remain on the cable system. (Northland also carries KCVU's sister station KRVU-LD My 21 on cable channel 2.) However, Northland has been blocked from airing Fox Network programming as a result.
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