KPTV
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Portland, Oregon United States |
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| Branding | Fox 12 Oregon (general) Fox 12 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | First. Live. Local. |
| Channels |
Digital: 12 (VHF) Virtual: 12 () |
| Subchannels | 12.1 Fox 12.2 Cozi TV 12.3 Laff |
| Translators | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Fox (since 2002; also from 1986–1988) |
| Owner |
Meredith Corporation (KPTV-KPDX Broadcasting Corporation) |
| First air date | September 20, 1952 |
| Call letters' meaning | Portland TeleVision |
| Sister station(s) | KPDX |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 27 (UHF, 1952–1957) 12 (VHF, 1957–2009) Digital: 30 (UHF, 2000–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: NBC (1952–1959) ABC (1959–1964) Independent (1964–1986, 1988–1995) UPN (1995–2002) Secondary: CBS (1952–1953) ABC (1952–1955) DuMont (1952–1955) |
| Transmitter power | 24.5 kW |
| Height | 529 metres (1,736 feet) |
| Facility ID | 50633 |
| 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.kptv.com |
KPTV, channel 12, is the Fox-affiliated television station for Portland, Oregon. The station is owned by Meredith Corporation, as part of a duopoly with MyNetworkTV affiliate KPDX (channel 49). The two stations share studios on NW Greenbrier Parkway in Beaverton, while its 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.
KPTV signed on the air on September 20, 1952, as Oregon's first television station. KPTV originally broadcast on channel 27, making it also the nation's first commercial television station to broadcast on the UHF band. (the first experimental UHF station was Bridgeport, Connecticut's KC2XAK on channel 24). The station was originally owned by Empire Coil. As Portland's only television station at the time, it carried programming from all four networks of the time: ABC, CBS, NBC and the DuMont Television Network. CBS programming was dropped from KPTV's schedule when Portland's first VHF station, KOIN (channel 6), signed on the air on October 15, 1953. KPTV then became a primary NBC affiliate, and also continued to air some ABC and DuMont programming.
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