KPDX
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Vancouver, Washington/Portland, Oregon United States |
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| City | Vancouver, Washington |
| Branding | PDX TV |
| Slogan | Totally Entertaining TV |
| Channels |
Digital: 30 (UHF) Virtual: 49 () |
| Subchannels | 49.1 MyNetworkTV 49.2 Escape 49.3 Bounce TV 49.4 Grit |
| Translators | KUBN-LD 43 Bend (for others see article) |
| Affiliations | MyNetworkTV (2006–present) |
| Owner |
Meredith Corporation (KPTV-KPDX Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Founded | March 30, 1981 |
| First air date | October 9, 1983 |
| Call letters' meaning | PDX = Portland's IATA airport code |
| Sister station(s) | KPTV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 49 (UHF, 1983–2009) Digital: 48 (UHF, 2004–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Independent (1983–1988) Fox (1988–2002) UPN (2002–2006) |
| Transmitter power | 749 kW |
| Height | 513 metres (1,683 feet) |
| Facility ID | 35460 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 45°31′19″N 122°44′53″W / 45.52194°N 122.74806°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www.kpdx.com |
KPDX, virtual channel 49 (UHF digital channel 30), (Comcast Channel 13) is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station serving Portland, Oregon, United States that is licensed to Vancouver, Washington. it is the only major commercial station in Portland that is licensed to the Washington side of the market.
The station is owned by the Meredith Corporation, as part of a duopoly with Fox affiliate KPTV (channel 12). The two stations share studios located in Beaverton. KPDX's transmitter is located in the Sylvan-Highlands section of Portland; master control operations for both KPTV and KPDX are located at Meredith's West Coast hub facility at the studios of Phoenix, Arizona sister station KPHO-TV.
The station is available on channel 13 on Comcast and other local cable television providers in the market. KPDX's signal is relayed in Central Oregon through translator station KUBN-LP (channel 43) in Bend, making the station available in about two-thirds of the state.
The station first signed on the air on October 9, 1983, as a general entertainment independent station; the station's format consisted of cartoons, sitcoms, classic movies, drama series and religious programs. The station was originally owned by Columbia River Television. It was originally licensed under the call letters KLRK, but the station changed to the present KPDX callsign prior to the station's launch. Portland had been big enough since at least the 1960s to support a second independent station alongside long-established KPTV. The station first operated from studio facilities located in Vancouver. However, the Portland market is a very large one geographically; it stretches across a large swath of Oregon as well as much of southwestern Washington. The established stations needed an extensive translator network to reach the entire market, an expense which stymied the first attempt at a second independent in the market, Salem-based KVDO-TV (now Bend Oregon Public Broadcasting outlet KOAB-TV). By the early 1980s, however, cable and satellite—which are all but essential for acceptable television in the rural portions of the market—had gained enough penetration for a second independent to be viable.
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