Oregon Public Broadcasting
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| statewide Oregon except the Medford area United States |
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| Branding | OPB |
| Channels |
Analog: see table below Digital: see table below |
| Affiliations |
Radio: NPR, PRI, American Public Media, Public Radio Exchange Television: PBS (1970–present), American Public Television |
| Owner | Oregon Public Broadcasting |
| First air date | January 23, 1923 (radio) October 7, 1957 (television) |
| Call letters' meaning | see table below |
| Former affiliations | NET (1957–1970) |
| Transmitter power | see table below |
| Height | see table below |
| Facility ID | see table below |
| Transmitter coordinates | see table below |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Public Broadcasting Profile Public Broadcasting CDBS |
| Website | OPB.org |
Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) is the primary television and radio public broadcasting network for most of Oregon as well as southern Washington. OPB consists of five full-power television stations, dozens of VHF or UHF translators, and over 20 radio stations and frequencies. Broadcasts include local programming as well as television programs from the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and American Public Television (APT), and radio programs from NPR, Public Radio International, and the BBC World Service, among other distributors. Its headquarters and television studios are based in Portland.
OPB is also a major producer of television programming for national broadcast on PBS and Create through distributors like APT, with shows such as History Detectives, Barbecue America, Foreign Exchange, and travel shows hosted by Rick Steves and Art Wolfe.
As of 2006[update], OPB had over one million viewers throughout its region and an average of over 380,000 radio listeners each week. The part of southwestern Oregon not served by OPB is served by Jefferson Public Radio and Southern Oregon Public Television.
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