KTVL
 
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Medford/Klamath Falls, Oregon United States |
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| Branding | News 10 |
| Slogan | Your Connection |
| Channels |
Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 10 () |
| Subchannels | 10.1 CBS 10.2 CW+ 10.3 Comet TV 10.4 TBD |
| Translators | K19HH-D 19 Klamath Falls K47LD-D 47 Medford for others, (see article) |
| Affiliations | CBS (1983–present) |
| Owner |
Sinclair Broadcast Group (KTVL Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | October 3, 1961 |
| Call letters' meaning | The "TV" refers to the fact that it is a television station; the "L" does not stand for anything. |
| Sister station(s) | KVAL-TV, KMTR |
| Former callsigns | KMED-TV (1961–1977) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 10 (VHF, 1961–2009) Digital: 35 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: NBC (1961–1983) Secondary: ABC (1961–1978) |
| Transmitter power | 9 kW |
| Height | 1,001 metres (3,284 feet) |
| Facility ID | 22570 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°4′51.4″N 122°43′13.1″W / 42.080944°N 122.720306°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website |
ktvl.com southernoregoncw.com |
KTVL, channel 10 (known as "News 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 translators.
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 1440. 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. A year later, the station picked up some CBS programs after KOBI switched its primary affiliation to ABC. In 1981, Johnson sold KTVL to 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.
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